jan. icahn school of medicine at mount sinai, nyc
feb. world governments summit, dubai
mar. university of memphis, tn
mar. alquds university, palestine
mar. brain awareness week, lebanon
apr. frontiers in research metrics and analytics
apr. autism meeting, abu dhabi
may. jp morgan life sciences summit, abu dhabi
may. jackson laboratory, maine (keynote)
jun. society for behavioral neuroendocrinology (keynote), ohio
jul. comscicon, boston
sep. community for rigor, philadelphia 
oct. society for neuroscience, chicago

feb. friedman brain institute, nyc
apr. fralin biomedical research institute, va
apr. scientific arab forum
may. society for neuroscience
jun. american society for cell biology
jun. rockefeller university, nyc
jul. mclean, harvard medical school, ma
jul. arabs in neuroscience
aug. alba-ibro
nov. society for neuroscience, washington dc
dec. kaust, saudi arabia
dec. mohammed bin rashid university, dubai