NeuroCAS - Agenda Outline

Day One

Getting to know each other and exploring the challenges

Time Activity
08:00

Registration Opens

  • Coffee Available
08:30

Welcome to NeuroCAS

  • Scene setting
  • Aims and Objectives
08:50 Facilitators Introduction
09:00 Participant Introductions
09:30

Tim Denison, Ph.D., Oxford University
"Neural Co-processors: Getting from Theory to Practice"

Andrew Jackson, Ph.D., Newcastle University
“Closed-Loop Neural Interfaces”
10:00 Mapping the challenge
10:25 Share Highlights
10:40 BREAK
11:10

Jeffrey L. Ardell, Ph.D., UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center
“System Design for High Fidelity Mapping”
 

Brian Pepin, MSEE, Verily Life Sciences / Galvani Bioelectronics
“Technical Challenges in Electroceuticals - an industry perspective”
11:40 Mapping the challenge
12:05 Share Highlights
12:20 Forum
12:30 LUNCH
13:30

Reflections
Flow of afternoon
Forum
13:30

Gerwin Schalk, Ph.D., Wadsworth Center, New York State Dept. of Health
“Electrocorticographic neural interfaces: The challenges ahead”

Joern Rickert, Ph.D., CorTec GmbH
“Engineering the next generation of peripheral & cortical electrodes”
14:10 Mapping the challenge
14:35 Share Highlights
14:50 BREAK
15:10 Cluster the Challenges
15:40 Review Clusters
15:50 Wrap-Up Day One
And plan for tomorrow
16:00 Close
18:30 Evening Dinner and Poster Session in upstairs ballroom

Day TWO

Developing Collaborations

Time Activity
08:30

Welcome Back

  • Reflections from Day ONe
  • Forum
  • Shape of day Two
08:45

Review of Themes
09:00 Reframe
09:20 Share reframed challenges
09:40 Developing ideas for collaborative research
10:40 Introduce Feedback Process
10:50 Share and Feedback
11:20 Working groups refine their ideas in light of their feedback
12:00 LUNCH
12:45 Final Presentations
13:45 Plenary reflection
Next Steps
14:00 CLOSE