Coller Dolittle Challenge 2025 Event

Key details

Date May 15, 2025
Time 2:00 pm

Overview

Welcome to the 2025 Coller Dolittle Challenge Short List Presentation Event! Today, we’ll hear from the finalists showcasing their groundbreaking research on interspecies communication. Their work pushes the boundaries of science, deepening our understanding of animal language and cognition. We look forward to an engaging and insightful afternoon as we explore these exciting proposals. Thank you for joining us!

Agenda

Introduction

Introduction to the Challenge’s Rules and The Judging Panel

Opening Address

Opening Address by Jeremy Coller

Project Showcase

Researches showcased by the four finalists, with presentations by:

  • Laela Sayigh and colleagues – Dolphins
  • Daniela Vallentin and Jan Clemens – Nightingales
  • Sophie Cohen-Bodenes and Peter Neri – Cuttlefish
  • David Omer and Guy Oren – Marmoset Monkeys
Guest Lecture

Judging Panel Retires for Deliberation, Lecture by special Guest, Dr. Irene Pepperberg: “Studies on the Communicative and Cognitive Abilities of Grey Parrots”

Winner Announcement

Announcement of the 2025 Coller-Dolittle Prize Winner.

Concluding Remarks