Wednesday, March 20, 2019
All full day workshops will run from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Half day AM workshops will run from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm. Half day PM workshops will run from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
Full day workshop
From flexible materials to cell-scale recording: emerging frontiers in neural interface technology
Organizers: Thomas Stieglitz (U of Freiburg – IMTEK), Ellis Meng (USC), Jacob Robinson (Rice) and Jonathan Viventi (Duke).
Full day workshop
Real-World Human Neuroscience: Moving Neuroimaging out of the Lab and into Complex, Naturalistic Environments and Tasks
Organizers: Jonathan Touryan (Army Research Lab), Paul Sajda (Columbia), and Amy Kruse (Platypus Institute)
Full day workshop
NeuroTech Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Organizers: Metin Akay (U Houston), Silvestro Micera (EPFL, Switzerland), Emilio Sacristan (UAM-Iztapalapa, Mexico)
Half day workshop (AM)
Neuroplasticity: technological challenges and ethical considerations
Organizers: Michela Chiappalone (IIT, Italy) and Marianna Semprini (IIT, Italy)
Half day workshop (AM)
Human implantable Brain-Machine-Interfaces
Organizers: Leigh Hochberg (MGH/Brown) and Ander Ramos (U Tuebingen, Germany)
Half day, workshop (AM)
Recording of peripheral nerve signals to decode changes in physiological parameters and biomarkers of disease
Organizer: Theodoros Zanos (Feinstein Institute for Medical Research)
Half day workshop (PM)
Developing the Next-Generation of Invasive Human Neuromodulation Therapies for Mental Health Indications
Organizers: David McMullen (NIH/NIMH)
Half day workshop (PM)
Recent Advances in NeuroRobotics for Rehabilitation
Organizers: Jose L Contreras-Vidal (U Houston) and Jose Pons (CSIC, Spain)