January 21, 2025
Time | Program | |
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8:45 - 9:15 | Registration | |
9:15 - 9:40 | Julia Berezutskaya | Introduction to STIM-ASSIST and BCI-FES technology for restoring facial movement |
9:40 - 10:20 | Mariska Vansteensel | Real-world application of implanted BCIs for communication |
10:20 - 11:00 | Ömer Güney | The Importance of accurate emotional conveyance in communication: a user's perspective |
11:00 - 11:20 | Coffee break | |
11:20 - 12:20 | Panel discussion: Mariska Vansteensel Ömer Güney Ricardo Bronsgeest Marieke Verbij Moderator: Nick Ramsey |
Stakeholder perspective: potential users, caregivers, clinicians |
12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch | |
13:30 - 14:10 | Rüdiger Rupp | Noninvasive grasp neuroprotheses for people with spinal cord injury – possibilities and challenges |
14:10 - 14:50 | Gernot Müller-Putz | Brain-computer interfaces for the control of FES: engineering aspects |
14:50 - 15:30 | Abidemi Bolu Ajiboye | Reconnecting the hand and arm to the brain: implanted BMI and FES clinical trial for sensorimotor functional restoration |
15:30 - 15:50 | Coffee break | |
15:50 - 16:50 | Panel discussion: Gernot Müller-Putz Abidemi Bolu Ajiboye Rüdiger Rupp Gerd Fabian Volk Jan Loits Moderator: Julia Berezutskaya |
Scientific feasibility and aligning the technology with identified user needs |
18:00 - 20:00 | Dinner for speakers |
January 22, 2025
Time | Program | |
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9:00 - 9:40 | Gerd Fabian Volk | Clinical experience with electrical stimulation of facial muscles |
9:40 - 10:20 | Jan Loitz | From innovation to implementation: the industrial path to advancing FES technologies |
10:20 - 10:40 | Coffee break | |
10:40 - 11:20 | Marcella van Hoolwerff | Standardisation in practice |
11:20 - 12:00 | Stephan Goedee | From electrical nerve stimulation to muscle activation: clinical experience and challenges |
12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch | |
13:00 - 15:00 | Breakout sessions: Group 1: Engineering Group 2: Users Group 3: Technology & Collaboration |
Identifying and prioritizing challenges and making a roadmap for the technology development |
15:00 - 15:15 | Closing remarks |