NOWCAM 2025 was held in Victoria, BC, Canada, from May 8–10 on the UVic campus. It was a big success. EVERY paper presentation was high quality, the posters were great, and Prof. Ira Hyman’s keynote was awesome.  We hope to upload a video of that keynote and photos of the conference soon.

Great good news that Prof Ryan Fitzgerald of Simon Fraser University is now the Grand Poobah Mother Hen of NOWCAM. Watch for a message from him in due course. See the bottom of this page for info on getting on (or off) the NOWCAM emailing list.

Original NOWCAMper Prof. Ira Hyman of Western Washington University to deliver the 2025 keynote: “Varieties of False Beliefs and False Memories.”

The Pacific Northwest is home to numerous Psychology departments with strengths in cognition and memory. The aim of NOWCAM is to support Pacific Northwest faculty and student researchers working in the general area of memory and cognition by creating an annual venue in which they can share their current research activities with an informed, sympathetic, and good-humoured group of fellow explorers. Inclusive, kind, and intellectually stimulating.  Interactions with other researchers can spark innovations and cross-fertilizations that move the research forward in new and exciting ways. In any case, it’s good fun to get together with friends and colleagues who share similar interests, chew the cognitive rag a bit, and quaff a beverage or two over a good meal. 

With the exception of a keynote address, NOWCAM papers and posters are presented by undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows (usually with faculty as co-authors). This gives students an opportunity to develop their chops, and faculty a chance to sit back and relax.

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