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

Overview Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday
Day 3: Wednesday, June 23, 2010
7:00 am – 1:00 pm Registration Open
 
Lobby
7:00 am – 8:30 am Continental Breakfast
 
Exhibit Hall B
7:30 am - 8:30 am Special Session: Future of NIC
Moderator: Hunter Peckham
 
Room 202 A,B,&C
8:30 am – 12:30 pm Morning Session:

• 8:30-10:00 Session 7: In Vitro Neural Interface Models
Co-Moderators: Drs. Diane Hoffman-Kim and Naomi Kleitman
Goals: To understand when the in vitro system is the best system for investigation, explore what are the in vitro system’s advantages and limitations and when to advance in vitro finds to in vivo systems.
Speakers: Guenter Gross, Monty Reichert, Jeffrey Urbach
 

Grand Ballroom
10:00 am – 10:30 am Morning Session:

• 10:30 – noon Session 8: Modeling at the Neural Interface
Moderator: Dr. Dominique Durand Goals: To explore the potential of modeling for understanding and designing systems at the interface between neuroscience and engineering
Speakers: Theodore Berger, Dustin Tyler, Bin He

• Noon - 12:30 pm Special Report: Neural Interfaces for Prosthetic Limbs
Speaker: Jacob Vogelstein
 

Exhibit Hall B
12:30 – 2:00 pm Box Lunch Provided
 
Exhibit Hall B
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Breakout Sessions:

• Energy and Power for Implantable Medical Devices
Speakers: Mikito Nagata, Brian Dearden
• Facilities for microelectrode fabrication
Speakers; Satinderpall Pannu, Daryl Kipke, Florian Solzbacher, Rahul Sarpeshkar
 

 

Room 201 A&B

Room 202 A,B&C

 

2:00 pm Posters and Exhibits Area Closes to Attendees
 
 
2:00 pm – 6:00 pm Poster and Exhibit take down
 
Exhibit Hall B
2:00 pm – 5:30 pm Afternoon Session:

• 2:00- 3:30 Session 9: Epilepsy Detection and Control with Electrical Stimulation
Moderator: Dr. Dominique Durand
Goals: examine the latest finding on the success of recent clinical trials, and explore the limits of our understanding of the basic mechanisms involved in the control of seizure with epilepsy.
Speakers: Greg Worrell, Danielle Andrade, Leon Iasemidis
 

 
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm Afternoon Break in 2nd Floor Lobby
 
Exhibit Hall B
 

• 4- 5:30 Session 10: Electrocorticography (ECOG) - How Good Can It Be For BCI?
Moderator: Dr. Krishna Shenoy
Goals: Through a roundtable format, to discuss the invasiveness, robustness, bandwidth, and suitability for external device control of ECOG-based BCI.
Speakers: Eric Leuthardt, Dan Moran, Raj Rao
 

 
5:30 pm Meeting Adjourned – Thank You for Your Participation
 
 

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

 

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