neural interfaces conference Diskobolos (the discus thrower) with neural interface equipment
By the National Institutes of Health

Overview Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday
Day 1: Monday, June 21, 2010
7:00 am – 6:00 pm Registration Open
 
Lobby
7:00 am – 9:00 am Poster and Exhibits setup
 
Exhibit Hall B
7:00 am – 9:00 am Continental Breakfast
 
2nd Floor Lobby
7:45 am – 9:00 am DBS Consortium Meeting
Moderator: Dr. Jerrold Vitek
 
Room 202 B & C
9:00 am – Noon Morning Sessions:

• 9:00 - 9:45 Welcome and Opening Address
Terry Hambrecht, M.D. History of Neural Prostheses

• 9:45 – 11:15 Session 1: DBS for Parkinson's: What is the Target?
Moderator: Dr. Jaimie Henderson Goal: Review what is known about current and potential future targets for neurostimulation for Parkinson’s disease
Speakers: Clement Hamani, William Marks, Cameron McIntyre

• 11:15 - 11:30 DBS User Perspective
 

Grand Ballroom
11:30 am - Noon Poster Blitz
Presenters: Su-Youne Chang, Joseph O’Doherty, Noppasit Laotaveerungrueng, Yue-Loong Hsin, Vikash Gilja, Jonathon Viventi
 
Grand Ballroom
Noon – 2:00 pm Lunch on your own. Posters and Exhibits open.
 
Exhibit Hall B
1:00pm - 2:00pm Poster Session 1 (all presenters please be by your posters)
 
Exhibit Hall B
2:00 pm – 5:30 pm Afternoon Session:

• 2:00 – 3:30: Session 2: Closed Loop Control of DBS
Moderator: Dr. Jaimie Henderson
Goal: Explore the potential of closed loop control of DBS – how much effort should we be putting toward this goal?
Speakers: Martha Morrell, John Doyle, Jerrold Vitek
 

Grand Ballroom
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm Afternoon Break in Posters, Exhibits Area
 
Exhibit Hall B
  Afternoon Session:

• 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Session 3: Neural Interfaces in Chronic Pain
Moderator: Dr. Jaimie Henderson Goal: Address they myriad complexities of treating chronic pain with neural interface devices
Speakers: Sean Mackey, Tipu Aziz, Robert Foreman
 

 
5:30 pm -7:00 pm Welcome Mixer in Posters, Exhibits Area
 
Exhibit Hall B

*Sessions are held in the Grand Ballroom.
**Workshops are held in the 2nd floor meeting rooms.

 

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