Program at a Glance

Wednesday, 20 March 2019

8:00-5:00 pm – Workshops

6:30 – 7:30 pm -Opening Ceremony, Welcome and Keynote – Dr. Robert Knight

7:30 – 9:00 pm – Welcome Reception

Thursday, 21 March 2019

8:00-9:30 am – Plenary Session 1 – Neural Devices and Systems

9:30-10:30 am – Keynote – Dr. Jack Gallant

10:30-11:00 am – Coffee Break – Exhibitions open

11:00-12:30 pm – Plenary Session 2 – Peripheral Neuroprosthetics and Neurorehabilitation

12:30-1:30 pm – Lunch – Speaker, Dr. Nick Langhals – NIH

Student Lunch with Leaders – you must be pre-signed up in Cvent to attend this

1:30-2:30 pm – Keynote – Dr. Mark George

2:30-4:00 pm – Mini-Symposium – Motor Learning and Enhancement, Rui Costa (Columbia Univ), Megan Carey (Champalimaud Center) and John Krakauer (John Hopkins Univ)

4:00-4:30 pm – Ignite Poster Presentations Session 1

4:30-6:30 pm – Poster Session I with refreshments – Exhibitions close after poster session

7:00-9:30 pm – Conference Social Event sponsored by Plexon & WIE – see ad in program book for RSVP details.

Friday, 22 March 2019

8:00-9:30 am – Plenary Session 3 – Neural Coding and Computation

9:30-10:30 am – Keynote – Dr. Stephanie Lacour

10:30-11:00 am – Coffee Break – Exhibitions open

11:00-12:30 pm – Plenary Session 4 – Human Cortical Brain-machine Interfaces

12:30-1:30 pm – Lunch – Speaker, Dr. Al Emondi – DARPA-BTO

Student Lunch with Leaders – you must be pre-signed up in Cvent to attend this

1:30-2:30 pm – Keynote – Dr. Krishna Shenoy

2:30-4:00 pm – Panel Discussion – Ethics of Emerging Neurotechnologies, Justin Sanchez (DARPA), Winston Chiong (Univ California SF), Laura Speker-Sullivan (College of Charleston) and Hank Greely (Stanford Univ)

4:00-4:30 pm – Ignite Poster Presentations Session 2

4:30-6:30 pm – Poster Session II with refreshments – Exhibitions close after poster session