Requests the pleasure of your company Tuesday, December 1e, 2010 From 6:30 to 8:30pm for a cocktail and an intimate conversation on "CONSCIENCE" with PROFESSOR YVES AGID Professor in Neurology and Biology at the Pitie-Salpetriere hospital, University of Paris Co-Founder of the ICM — The Brain and Spine Institute About Professor Yves AeId With over 600 publications under his belt, Yves Agid, Professor in neurology and biology at the Pitie-Salpetriere hospital, University of Paris, is one of the most cited scientists of the past 20 years. Among his seminal works is the description of various neurodegenerative disorders and their associated biochemical and anatomical features, in particular Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease. Pr. Yves Agid is a co-founder and the Scientific Strategy Consultant of the "Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle epiniere" — ICM (Brain and Spine Institute), an international brain and spinal cord research center which is being launched in Paris. With 600 international researchers, engineers and technicians and 22,000 square meters of laboratory space, ICM is an innovative and ambitious model of excellence in the field of neuroscience. EFTA01155275