More than 270 people attended the 65th Anniversary of the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis Conference, whose theme was “Psychoanalysis, Neurobiology, and Therapeutic Change.” The conference was cosponsored by the Chicago Psychoanalytic Society and supported by the University of Illinois Medical Center in Chicago. The conference sought to bring psychoanalysts up to date on significant neuroscientific perspectives.

Nobel Laureate Gerald Edelman and his colleagues Evan Balaban and Giulio Tononi from the Neurosciences Instititue in San Diego delivered neuroscientific papers. Virginia Barry, Arnold Cooper, Barbara Fajardo, Fred Levin, and Arnold Modell gave psychoanalytic presentations and/or discussions aimed at bridging the two fields of study.

In organizing the conference the Chicago society prepared a “starter” bibliographic packet and reading list for the local psychoanalytic community. The society also forged a liaison with