Workshop Agenda

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 DAY 1: MONDAY OCTOBER 21, 2024DAY 2: TUESDAY OCTOBER 22, 2024
9:00 AM

Welcome

Introduction + Purpose
Conference Chairs, 

NSF/NIH VIP Andrea Beckel-Mitchener, NIH BRAIN Initiative
Dave Rampulla, NIH NIBIB, Paul Lane NSF

 

Welcome                                                        

Summary of Day 1 + Goal of Day 2 Conference Chairs, Sunny Bains (Science Writer)

9:15 AMKeynote (45 mins + 15 mins QA) Set 
Tim Denison, Electroceuticals &
Neuromodulations, U. Oxford, U.K.  
Keynote (45 mins + 15 mins QA) Set 
Zhenan Bao, Materials and Devices, Stanford U.,
CA
10:15 AMBreak (15 mins)Break (15 mins)
10:30 AMSession 1: Topic 1 - Epilepsy & Cortical Disorders (Neuromodulation)

1. William Stacey, U. Michigan
2. Sri Sarma, Johns Hopkins U., MD
3. Viktor Jirsa, Inserm, France

Panel (Moderators: Grace Hwang and Jessica Falcone):
1. Sydney Cash, MGH – Harvard U.
2. Nathan Crone, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, MD
3. Giacomo Valle,  Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. (Virtual)
4. Kendall Lee, Mayo Clinic, MN
5. Chris Rozell, GTech, GA
Session 3: Topic 3 - Materials for Neuromorphics (Devices)

1. Duygu Kuzum, UCSD, CA
2. M. Anthony Lewis, BrainChip Corp, CA
3. Deji Akinwande, U.Texas Austin, TX

Panel (Moderators: Duygu Kuzum and Shantanu Chakrabarty):
1. Gina Adams, George Washington U., DC
2. Gert Cauwenberghs, UCSD, CA (virtual)
3. Shantanu Chakrabarty, Washington U. – St. Louis, MO
4. Jennifer Hasler, GTech, GA
5. Ulkuhan Guler, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA
12:00 PMLunchLunch
1:00 PMSession 2: Topic 2 - Human-machine interfaces (Prosthetics)

1. R. James Cotton, U. Northwestern, IL
2. Ranu Jung, U. Arkansas, AR
3. Elisa Donati, INI/ETH Zurich,
Switzerland

Panel (Moderators: Francisco Valero-Cuevas and Luke Osborn):
1. Luke Osborn, Case Western R. U., OH
2. Vikash Gilja, UCSD, CA
3. Xing Chen, U. Pittsburgh, PA
4. Helen Huang, U. North Carolina, NC
5. Nitish Thakor, Johns Hopkins U., MD                                         
6. Shih-Chii Liu, INI, Zurich
Session  4:  Topic  4 - Medical Imaging, wearables and analysis

1.  Sihong Wang, U. Chicago, IL
2.  Erika Schmitt, Patrick Abbs ,Cambrya
3.   Bradley Aimone, Sandia National Labs

Panel (Moderators: Ralph Etienne-Cummings and Jennifer Blain):
1. Andreas Andreou, Johns Hopkins U., MD
2. Robert Stevens, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, MD
3. Amparo Güemes Gonzalez (virtual) University of Cambridge
4. Pamela Abshire, Brain and Behavior Institute, MD
5. Jennifer Blain, Arizona State U., AZ
2:30 PMBreak + Posters (Graduate Students)Break + Posters (Graduate Students)
3:30 PMModerated Discussion (Moderator: Sunny Bains)
Gaps, Future Directions + Roadmap
Moderated Discussion (Moderator: Sunny Bains)
Gaps, Future Directions + Roadmap
4:30 PMMeet the Funders 
NSF, NIH, FDA, DARPA, OpenGPU Foundation
Summary of Outcomes 
Organizers/Scribe
5:15 PMAdjournAdjourn