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Program

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Thursday 3 July 2008

Opening

09:45 - 10:00 Nick Ramsey, Rudolf Magnus Institute, UMC Utrecht, The Netherlands

Brain Computer Interfaces based on EEG

10:00 - 10:50 Gert Pfurtscheller, Graz University of Technology, Austria
Contributions from neurophysiology: Importance of sensorimotor rhythms
abstract

10:50 - 11:40 Michael Tangermann, FIRST Berlin, Germany
Contributions from mathematics: Applying machine learning algorithms to BCI
abstract

coffee break 11:40 - 12:10

12:10 - 13:00 Femke Nijboer, University Hospital Tübingen, Germany
Contributions from clinical practice: Brain-computer interfaces for (complete) locked-in patients
abstract

Lunch 13:00 - 14:00

14:00 - 14:50 Brendan Allison, Institute for Automation, University of Bremen, Germany
Contributions from cognitive science: Emerging Groups, Applications, and Challenges
abstract

Brain Computer Interfaces based on ECoG

14:50 - 15:40 Gerwin Schalk, Wadsworth Center, Albany, NY, USA
Contributions from software engineering and neuroscience: Brain-Computer Interfacing Using Non-Invasive and Invasive Methods
abstract

tea break 15:40 - 16:10

16:10 - 17:00 Nick Ramsey, Rudolf Magnus Institute, UMC Utrecht, The Netherlands
Contributions from cognitive neuroimaging: locating and targeting cognitive brain systems for BCI implants
abstract

17:00 - 17:50 Justin Williams, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Contributions from biomaterial science: Thin-Film Flexible Electronics for Interfacing with the Nervous System
abstract

Friday 4 July 2008

Brain Computer Interfaces based on intracortical electrodes

9:45 - 10:35 Andrew Schwartz, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Contributions from animal electrophysiology: Learning and the use of BMI in the real world
abstract paper

10:35 - 11:25 Phil Kennedy, Neural Signals Inc, Duluth GA, USA
Contributions from Neurology: Steps in Development of a Speech Prosthesis
abstract

coffee break 11:25 - 11:55

11:55 - 12:45 John Donoghue, Brown University, Providence RI, USA
Contributions from human electrophysiology: Turning Thoughts into Action: Neural Interface Systems to Restore Movement in Humans with Paralysis
abstract

Lunch 12:45 - 13:45

13:45 - 14:35 Bill Shain, Wadsworth Center, Albany, NY, USA
Contributions from cell and tissue biology: Controlling cell and tissue responses to inserted neural prosthetic devices
abstract

14:35 - 15:25 Patrick Wolf, Duke University, Durham, USA
Contributions from biomedical engineering: Overcoming obstacles to a clinical brain machine interface
abstract

tea break 15:25 - 15:55

Brain Computer Interfaces based on ECoG

15:55 - 16:45 Kai Miller, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Contributions from medical physics: The relation between motor movement and imagery and a quantification of the spectral augmentation during imagery-based feedback
abstract

16:45 - 17:35 Eric Leuthardt, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
Contributions from neurosurgery: The emergence of Electrocorticographic Brain Computer Interfaces - From basic science to clinical application
abstract

17:35 Closing remarks

17:50 Drinks

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