Pre-Conference Workshops - Thursday, July 30, 2026
| 8:00 AM | Venue Opens / Breakfast for purchase / Registration Open |
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| 7:30 AM - 6:00 PM |
Addiction Neuromodulation Trials: How To Optimize Design And Outcomes
Hamed Ekhtiari, MD, PhD; Colleen Hanlon, PhD; Edward Nunes, MD; Diana Martinez, MD; Andre Brunoni, MD, PhD; Travis Baker, PhD; Greg Sahlem, MD; Rita Z Goldstein, PhD; Claudia Padula, PhD; Yihong Yang, PhD; Marom Bikson, PhD; Will Aklin, PhD; Carmela Reichel, PhD; Abraham Zangen, PhD; Abhishek Datta, PhD; Alejandro Covalin, PhD; Joshua Brown, MD, PhD; Manish Jha, MD; Kelvin Lim, MD; Daniel McCalley, PhD; Ghazaleh Soleimani, PhD; Khaled Moussawi, MD, PhD; Brian Mickey, MD, PhD; Casey Halpern, MD; Venkat Bhat, MD; Navid Khodaparast, PhD; Heather Ward, MD; Gopalkumar Rakesh, MD; Victor Tang, MD, MSc; Leigh Charvet, PhD; Vaughn Steele, PhD |
| 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM |
Computational Neuromodulation Workshop: Modeling Brain Stimulation Fundamental And Applications
Aman Aberra, PhD; Sergey Makaroff, PhD; Boshuo Wang, PhD; Alexander Opitz, PhD; Esra Neufeld, PhD; Nicole Pelot, PhD; Cameron McIntyre, PhD; Costas Anastassiou, PhD; Konstantin Weise, PhD; Luis Gomez, PhD |
| 8:30 AM - 6:00 PM |
Fundamental And Application Of tDCS
Benjamin M. Hampstead, PhD; Marom Bikson, PhD; Michael Nitsche, MD; Alexandru Iordan, PhD; Aprinda Indahlastari, PhD; Andre Brunoni, MD, PhD; J.P. Miron, PhD; Giuseppina Pilloni, PhD; Leigh Charvet, PhD |
| 5 - 7 PM |
Post-Workshop / Pre-Conference Al Fresco Social (Open to all delegates)
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Day 1 Program - Friday, July 31, 2026
| 7:00 AM | Venue Opens / Registration Open |
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| 7:30 AM | Exhibit Hall Open / Poster Session A |
| 7:30 - 8:30 AM | Breakfast  |
| 8:00 AM | Morning Workshop with Breakfast Sponsored by 
Advancements in Neuromodulation Research Solutions for Targeted Temporal Interference |
| 8:00 - 8:50 AM | Breakfast with Personalized TMS (Oral Highlights) Session O1 Shepard 207 Moderator: Ulf Ziemann, PhD |
| 8:08 - 8:16 AM | Nasser Bouhalassa, MS - Personalised connectome-guided TMS normalises abnormal connectivity in anxiety and correlates with clinical improvementHighlight talk |
| 8:16 - 8:24 AM | Maximilian Lueckel, PhD - Precision matters: Stronger negative subgenual BOLD responses with precise TMS of personalized DLPFC targetsHighlight talk |
| 8:24 - 8:32 AM | Juliana R. Hougland, MS - Noise or Not? Investigating the Relationship Between Aperiodic Brain Activity and Corticospinal ExcitabilityHighlight talk |
| 8:32 - 8:40 AM | Zhuoran Li - Multimodal Evidence for Hippocampal Engagement and Modulation by Functional Connectivity-Guided Parietal TMS Highlight talk |
| 8:40 - 8:48 AM | Kutluhan Mahmat, PhD - Correlating excitability and brain hemodynamics using a multimodal TMS-EEG-EMG-fNIRS Highlight talk |
| 9:00 AM | Opening Remarks - Marom Bikson, PhD; Allison Waters, PhD; Giuseppina Pilloni, PhD; Elisa Kallioniemi, PhD |
| 9:05 - 10:20 AM | Waves And Resonance Brain Stimulation 1 Session 1 Great Hall Moderator: Nicole Provenza, PhD |
| 9:05 - 9:20 AM | Tay Netoff, PhD - Chaos And Resonance As Therapeutic Mechanisms Of Deep Brain Stimulation |
| 9:20 - 9:35 AM | Uma Mohan, PhD - Targeting memory-related neural oscillations with direct electrical stimulation |
| 9:35 - 9:50 AM | Alexander Opitz, PhD - TMS, tACS, EEG And Traveling Waves Of Neural Oscillations |
| 9:50 - 10:05 AM | Dora Hermes, PhD - Signatures Of Electrical Stimulation Driven Network Interactions |
| 10:05 - 10:20 AM | Q&A |
| 9:05 - 10:20 AM | Closed-Loop TMS Session 2 Shepard 250 moderator: Angel Peterchev, PhD |
| 9:05 - 9:20 AM | Ulf Zeiman, PhD - Oscillatory brain state-dependent stimulation with EEG-TMS: some important facts |
| 9:20 - 9:35 AM | Elisa Kallioniemi, PhD - AI-Guided Robotic TMS: Automating Closed-Loop Neuromodulation |
| 9:35 - 9:45 AM | Brian Erickson, PhD - Brief Trains of Closed-Loop TMS Induce Controllable Power in Frontal-Midline Theta OscillationsHighlight talk |
| 9:45 - 9:53 AM | Matias Di Martino, PhD - TMS Neuronavigation With A Depth Camera Highlight talk |
| 9:53 - 10:20 AM | Q&A |
| 10:20 AM | Coffee break / Poster Session A Sponsored by   |
| 10:40 - 11:55 AM | Mapping and Control 1: Depression Session 3 Great Hall Allison Waters, PhD |
| 10:40 - 10:55 AM | Ziad Nahas, MD - Personalized And Adaptive Cortical Electro-stimulation (PACE) For Treatment Resistant Depression |
| 10:55 - 11:10 AM | Katherine Scangos, MD, PhD - Closed-loop neuromodulation in an individual with treatment-resistant depression |
| 11:10 - 11:25 AM | Gong-Jun Ji, PhD - Distinct antidepressant therapies (pharmacotherapy, ECT, MST, DBS, TMS) act on a common brain network |
| 11:25 - 11:55 AM | Q&A |
| 10:40 - 11:55 AM | Brain Stimulation of Metabolism and Clearance: Mechanisms and Applications in Dementia Session 4 Shepard 207Moderator: Leigh Charvet, PhD |
| 10:40 - 10:55 AM | Rashad Hussain, PhD - tDCS enhances efflux of cerebral metabolic waste in AD/ADRD rodent models |
| 10:55 - 11:10 AM | Li-Huei Tsai, PhD - Neural substrate responding to gamma frequency response and light and sound stimulation to mitigate dementia |
| 11:10 - 11:25 AM | Yong An Chung, MD, PhD - Long-term ultrasound and tDCS (6 months) for Alzheimer’s |
| 11:25 - 11:35 AM | Denis Bragin, PhD - Non-Invasive Modulation of Brain Clearance: NIR-II Transcranial Photobiomodulation Improves Vascular, Lymphatic, and Synaptic Outcomes After Repetitive Mild TBI Highlight talk |
| 11:35 - 11:55 AM | Q&A |
| 10:40 - 11:55 AM | Rehabilitation Brain Stimulation 1: Mechanisms Session 5 Shepard 250Moderator: Bolu Ajiboye, PhD |
| 10:40 - 10:55 AM | John Martin, PhD - Epidural cortical and TMS promote corticospinal outgrowth |
| 10:55 - 11:10 AM | Marco Capogrosso, PhD - Biophysics of epidural spinal cord stimulation for applications in motor control disorders |
| 11:10 - 11:25 AM | Jason Carmel, MD, PhD - Epidural spinal stimulation more strongly augments brain motor responses than transcutaneous stimulation |
| 11:25 - 11:55 AM | Q&A |
| 11:55 AM | Boxed lunch on the lawn / Poster Session A Sponsored by |
| 1:25 - 2:40 PM | Optimizing TMS For Depression Session 6 Great Hall Moderator: Linda Carpenter, MD |
| 1:25 - 1:40 PM | Mark George, MD - Establishing Optimal Dose And Objective Outcome Indicators For TMS |
| 1:40 - 1:55 PM | Michael Fox, MD - To Target Or Not To Target TMS |
| 1:55 - 2:10 PM | Corey Keller, MD, PhD - Personalized Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation For Depression |
| 2:10 - 2:40 PM | Q&A |
| 1:25 - 2:40 PM | New Biophysics (And Vistas) Of Neuromodulation Session 7 Shepard 207 Moderator: Ines Violante, PhD |
| 1:25 - 1:40 PM | Warren Grill, PhD - Highly Efficient Simulation of Neuromodulation for Analysis and Design |
| 1:40 - 1:55 PM | Christopher Rozell, PhD - Explainable AI To Advanced DBS For Depression |
| 1:55 - 2:10 PM | Esra Neufeld, PhD - The New Biophysics Of TI |
| 2:10 - 2:40 PM | Q&A |
| 1:25 - 2:40 PM | Toward Closed-Loop Invasive Stimulation - Oral Highlights Session O7 Shepard 250 Moderator: Kara Johnson, PhD |
| 1:25 - 1:35 PM | Isabel Danstrom, PhD - Reshaping evoked potentials: How tuning pulse width impacts neural responsesHighlight talk |
| 1:35 - 1:45 PM | Chaitanya Goswami - From Suppression to Enhancement: Why High-Frequency Deep Brain Stimulation Suppresses but Low-Frequency Potentiates Cortical ActivityHighlight talk |
| 1:45 - 1:55 PM | Zarghona Imtiaz, MS - Pallidal Activity During Inhibitory Control Tracks Clinical Response to Deep Brain Stimulation in Obsessive-Compulsive DisorderHighlight talk |
| 1:55 - 2:05 PM | Nandini PS - Electrical Stimulation modulates Multidien Biomarkers of Human Treatment-Resistant Depression - an Emerging Neuromodulation TargetHighlight talk |
| 2:05 - 2:15 PM | Jonathan Baker, PhD - Real-time regulation of arousal and performance in non-human primates using the bidirectional neuromodulation platform, the DyNeuMo-2cHighlight talk |
| 2:15 - 2:25 PM | Stephanie Brener - Happiness is Reflected in Human Subthalamic and Midfrontal Theta OscillationsHighlight talk |
| 1:25 - 3:55 PM |
Workshop: Bayesian Optimization of Neuromodulation Therapies
Tay Netoff, PhD; Babak Mahmoudi, PhD
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| Core Concepts and Theory | |
| Applications Examples: DBS for Parkinson’s and SCS for Spinal Cord Injury | |
| Hands-On Implementation | |
| 2:40 - 3:55 PM | Quantifying Response To Clinical TMS Session 8 Great Hall Moderator: Valerie Voon, PhD |
| 2:40 - 2:55 PM | Yvette I. Sheline, MD - Resting fMRI-guided TMS Evokes Subgenual Anterior Cingulate Response |
| 2:55 - 3:10 PM | Noah Philip, MD - All TMS works the same - experience for PTSD and Depression |
| 2:10 - 3:25 PM | Jing Jiang, PhD - Signatures Of Response To TMS |
| 2:25 - 3:55 PM | Q&A |
| 2:40 - 3:55 PM | New Neuromodulation For Parkinson's Disease Session 9 Shepard 250 Moderator: Cameron McIntyre, PhD |
| 2:40 - 2:55 PM | Marie-Laure Welter, MD, PhD - From DBS to video games for gait disorders in Parkinson’s Disease |
| 2:55 - 3:10 PM | Doris Wang, MD, PhD - Novel deep brain stimulation to enhance gait functions in Parkinson’s disease |
| 2:10 - 3:25 PM | Lauren H Hammer, MD, PhD - Technology Enabling Long-Term Personalized Adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson Disease |
| 2:25 - 3:55 PM | Q&A |
| 2:40 - 4:00 PM | New Physics for Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation and BCI 1 - Oral HighlightsSession O3 Shepard 207 Moderator: Alexander Opitz, PhD |
| 2:40 - 2:48 PM | Skylar E. Stolte, PhD - GATOR-JMAPS: A Fully Automated tDCS Modeling Tool for Older AdultsHighlight talk |
| 2:50 - 2:58 PM | Oded Meiron, PhD - Single-channel EEG captures neurophysiological responses to tDCS in disorders of consciousnessHighlight talk |
| 3:00 - 3:08 PM | Guncha Bhasin, PhD - First time demonstration of seizure source localization in Focal Electrically Administered Seizure Therapy (FEAST)Highlight talk |
| 3:10 - 3:18 PM | Benoit Duchet, PhD - Dithering suppresses half-harmonic neural synchronisation to photic stimulation in humans Highlight talk |
| 3:20 - 3:28 PM | Kallene Vidal MD, PhD - Flickering 60-Hz white light stimulation for major depressive disorder: results from 2a phase studyHighlight talk |
| 3:30 - 3:38 PM | John Ralston, PhD - Innovations in wearable non-invasive sensory neuromodulation and restorative treatments for age-related motor-cognitive declineHighlight talk |
| 3:40 - 3:48 PM | Chang Xu, MD - Impaired Network Stabilization During Motor Imagery in Stroke Reveals a Target for NeuromodulationHighlight talk |
| 3:50 - 3:58 PM | Yizhao Wang, PhD - The improvement of motor function in stroke patients by non-invasive BCIHighlight talk |
| 3:55 PM | Coffee break / Poster Session A Sponsored by   |
| 4:15 - 5:30 PM | Chasing Biomarkers Of Disease 1 Session 10 Great Hall Moderator: Allison Waters, PhD |
| 4:15 - 4:20 PM | Allison Waters, PhD - Opening Remarks: Brain Based Biomarkers For Neuromodulation |
| 4:20 - 4:35 PM | Nanditha Rajamani, PhD - Deep Brain Stimulation Of Symptom-specific Networks |
| 4:35 - 4:50 PM | Nicole Provenza, PhD - Decoding And Modulating Circuits Of Depression And OCD |
| 4:50 - 5:05 PM | Valerie Voon, MD, PhD - Physiological and neuropsychological biomarkers predict neuromodulation outcomes in depression |
| 5:05 - 5:30 PM | Q&A |
| 4:15 - 5:30 PM | Scaling and Enhancing Home-Based Stimulation for Depression 1 Session 11 Shepard 250 Moderator: Mark George, MD |
| 4:15 - 4:30 PM | Linda Carpenter, MD - FDA Approved: Home-based, combined occipital and trigeminal afferent stimulation therapy for depression |
| 4:30 - 4:45 PM | Jean-Philippe Miron, MD, PhD - Feasibility of Home-Based Spaced tDCS for Treatment-Resistant Depression: Clinical and Neurophysiological Outcomes |
| 4:45 - 5:00 PM | Mohamad FallahRad, PhD - From stickers to concrete: New electrode materials |
| 5:00 - 5:30 PM | Q&A |
| 4:15 - 5:30 PM | Debate - For / against massive bandwidth in implanted neural interfaces Session 12 Shepard 207 Moderator: Christopher Rozell, PhD |
| 4:15 - 4:30 PM | Jacob Robinson, PhD - The case for low-bandwidth implantable neurotechnologies |
| 4:30 - 4:45 PM | Shadi Dayeh, PhD - The case for high-bandwidth implantable neurotechnologies |
| 4:45 - 5:30 PM | Panel: Jacob Robinson,PhD; Shadi Dayeh, PhD; Barbara Hollunder, PhD; Katherine Scangos, PhD |
| 5:30 PM | Conference Cocktail Reception (free to all conference attendees) / Poster Session A Welcome remarks from NYC Neuromodulation, Allison Waters and Elisa Kallioniemi Welcome remarks from Zabara Foundation, Erik Herzfeld Details >> |
| 7 PM | Venue Closes |
Day 2 Program - Saturday, August 1, 2026
| 7:00 AM | Venue Opens / Registration Open |
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| 7:30 AM | Exhibit Hall Open / Poster Session B |
| 7:30 - 8:30 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:00 AM | Morning Workshop with Breakfast Sponsored by
Innovations and Advances in Neuromodulation |
| 8:00 - 8:45 AM | Breakfast with New Targets of Invasive Neuromodulation - Oral Highlights Session O4 Shepard 207 |
| 8:00 - 8:05 AM | Helma Zareian, MD - Neuromodulatory effect of invasive and non-invasive spinal cord stimulation in failed back surgery syndrome using functional ultrasound imagingHighlight talk |
| 8:05 - 8:10 AM | Kevin Wilkins, PhD - Image-Guided Deep Brain Stimulation of the Nucleus Basalis of Meynert for Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson’s Disease: Initial Human ObservationsHighlight talk |
| 8:10 - 8:15 AM | Robert Hermosillo - Vagal Nerve Stimulation Alters Self-reported Interoceptive Awareness and is related to Salience Network Topography in Treatment-Resistant DepressionHighlight talk |
| 8:15 - 8:20 AM | Kofi A. Agyeman, PhD - Responsive neurostimulation and surgical resection of epileptogenic tissue modulates interictal markers in a similar manner, in the human brain from functional ultrasound imagingHighlight talk |
| 8:20 - 8:25 AM | Elliot Nester - Aperiodic slope may be a local physiologic biomarker for thalamic neuromodulation in epilepsyHighlight talk |
| 8:25 - 8:30 AM | Zhenzong Lin, PhD - Deep Brain Stimulation of the Cerebellar Dentate Nucleus Improves Reinforcement-Driven Motor Learning and Task-Related β Oscillations in Chronic Stroke PatientsHighlight talk |
| 8:30 - 8:35 AM | Charles Dickey, PhD - Deep-brain single-neuron evidence of plasticity induced by prefrontal theta burst stimulation in humansHighlight talk |
| 9:00 - 10:15 AM | When does Brain Stimulation Improve Memory or Impair Session 13 Great Hall Moderator: Roy Hamilton, MD |
| 9:00 - 9:15 AM | Dan Rizzuto, PhD - Closed-Loop Memory Modulation: When Does Brain Stimulation Improve or Impair Memory? |
| 9:15 - 9:30 AM | Adam Williamson, PhD - Temporal Interference Stimulation Can Enhance or Disrupt Human Memory Encoding as a Function of Brain Location and Frequency |
| 9:30 - 9:45 AM | Uma Mohan, PhD - Why does invasive brain stimulation sometimes improve memory and sometimes impair it? |
| 9:45 - 10:15 AM | Q&A |
| 9:00 - 10:15 AM | Surprising Things with Low-Intensity tES Session 14 Shepard 250 Moderator: Mohamad FallahRad, PhD |
| 9:00 - 9:15 AM | Ines Violante, PhD - Non-Invasive temporal interference stimulation in motor skill learning and in Alzheimer’s disease |
| 9:15 - 9:30 AM | Laurent Koessler, PhD - Transcranial direct current stimulation neuromodulates intracranial cognitive evoked activity in humans |
| 9:30 - 9:45 AM | Alexander Opitz, PhD - Desynchronization, entrainment and burstiness, mechanisms of tACS and tACS revisited |
| 9:45 - 10:15 AM | Q&A |
| 9:00 - 10:15 AM |
Workshop: Beyond Finite Element Method: Fast Multipole Method for High-Resolution Brain Stimulation, Brain Recordings, and Cellular-Scale Modeling: Part 1
Moderator: Sergey Makaroff, PhD |
| 9:00 - 9:10 AM | Sergey Makaroff, PhD, Aapo Nummenmaa, PhD - Introduction: Brain Modeling Problems Where BEM-FMM May Unlock New Science |
| 9:10 - 9:30 AM | Leslie Greengard, MD - The Fast Multipole Method: What Every Modeler Should Know |
| 9:30 - 9:45 AM | Gregory Noetscher, PhD, Esra Neufeld, PhD - Accurate Deep-Brain Field Prediction for ECT/TES: Why BEM-FMM Matters |
| 9:45 - 10:00 AM | Guillermo Ponasso, PhD, Thomas Knoesche, PhD - High-Definition M/EEG Forward Modeling with BEM-FMM: The Other Side of Reciprocity |
| 10:00 - 10:10 AM | Evgenii Kim, PhD, Mohammad Daneshzand, PhD - Fast E-field targeting with real-time navigation guidance for TMS experiments based on FMM-LU |
| 10:15 AM | Coffee break / Poster Session B Sponsored by   |
| 10:35 - 12:20 AM | Deep Evoked Signature of Stimulation Session 15 Great Hall Moderator: Irene Rembado, PhD |
| 10:35 - 10:50 AM | Corey Keller, MD, PhD - Deep neural oscillatory signatures of TMS in the human brain |
| 10:50 - 11:05 AM | Michael Fox, MD, PhD - Connectivity explains DBS evoked response signatures and outcomes |
| 11:05 - 11:20 AM | Ghazaleh Darmani, PhD - Intracranial Basal Ganglia Recordings Reveal Neural Effects of Transcranial Ultrasound Stimulation in Humans |
| 11:20 - 11:30 AM | Qi Xiu Fu - Subtherapeutic subcallosal cingulate stimulation modulates mood and learning during decision-making in treatment-resistant depression Highlight talk |
| 11:30 - 11:40 AM | Teryn Johnson - Extracranial detection of human thalamic stimulation-evoked potentials in the subgaleal spaceHighlight talk |
| 11:40 - 12:20 AM | Q&A |
| 10:35 - 11:50 AM | TMS: New Equipment for Better Outcomes Session 16 Shepard 207 Moderator: Elisa Kallioniemi, PhD |
| 10:35 - 10:50 AM | Angel Peterchev, PhD - 40 years of TMS hardware: Where have we gotten? |
| 10:50 - 11:05 AM | Alexander Opitz, PhD - Optimization of TMS: Dose and timing |
| 11:05 - 11:20 AM | Valerie Voon, MD, PhD - Dual-site Accelerated rTMS |
| 11:20 - 11:50 AM | Q&A |
| 10:35 - 11:50 AM | Bringing new brain interface technology to market: Part 1 - Technology is not enough Session 17 Shepard 250 Moderator: Timothy Denison, PhD |
| 10:35 - 10:50 AM | Renata Saha, PhD - Technology Is Not Enough: Materials, Integration, and the Path to Clinical Adoption |
| 10:50 - 11:05 AM | Ranya Belmaachi - Non-surgical bidirectional Brain-Computer Interface powered by Nanoparticles |
| 11:05 - 11:20 AM | TBD |
| 11:20 - 11:50 AM | Q&A | 10:35 - 12:20 PM |
Workshop: Beyond Finite Element Method: Fast Multipole Method for High-Resolution Brain Stimulation, Brain Recordings, and Cellular-Scale Modeling: Part 2
Moderator: Sergey Makaroff, PhD |
| 10:30 - 10:50 AM | Gregory Noetscher, PhD, Konstantin Weise, PhD - Gray Matter Is Not Homogeneous: 50-µm Conductivity Structure from Data and Models |
| 10:50 - 11:10 AM | Luis Gomez, PhD, Andres Catalino Castillo - Bidomain neuron modeling for predicting cellular responses to electromagnetic fields |
| 11:10 - 11:30 AM | Sergey Makaroff, PhD, Dexuan Tang, MS - Neurons During Brain Stimulation: What Happens Inside and Outside? |
| 11:30 - 11:40 AM | Derek Drumm, PhD, Guillermo Nuñez Ponasso - BEM-FMM in Python: Up and Running in 10 Minutes |
| 11:50 - 12:20 PM | Panel: Meet the NIH Session 18 Shepard 250 |
| Yvonne Bennett, PhD (NIMH) | |
| Megan Frankowski, PhD (NINDS) | |
| Qi Duan, PhD (NIBIB) | |
| Lizzy Ankudowich, PhD (NIMH) | |
| 11:50 - 12:20 PM | Oral Highlights in Transcranial Brain StimulationSession O5 Shepard 207 Moderator: Elisa Kallioniemi, PhD |
| 11:50 - 11:58 AM | Yi-Ling Kuo, PhD - Longitudinal Effects of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Persistent Post-traumatic Headaches and Post-concussion Symptoms in Mild Traumatic Brain InjuryHighlight talk |
| 11:58 - 12:04 PM | Samantha Baldi, PhD - Target Engagement in a Head-to-head Clinical Trial of Dysphoric versus Anxiosomatic Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation TargetsHighlight talk |
| 12:04 - 12:12 PM | Joseph J. Taylor, MD, PhD - Connectivity- versus scalp-based targeting of accelerated TMS for depression: A randomized trialHighlight talk |
| 12:12 - 12:20 PM | Aleksandar Opančar, PhD - In vivo characterization of frequency-dependent intracranial electric fields during transcranial stimulation of the human brainHighlight talk |
| 12:20 PM | Boxed lunch on the lawn / Poster Session B Sponsored by |
| 1:40 - 2:55 PM | Advanced Ultrasound Neuromodulation 1 Session 19 Great Hall Moderator: Allison Waters, PhD |
| 1:40 - 1:55 PM | Kim Butts Pauly, PhD - Optimized ultrasound neuromodulation for non-invasive control of behavior and physiology |
| 1:55 - 2:10 PM | Shy Shoham, PhD - Holographic Transcranial Ultrasound Neuromodulation |
| 2:10 - 2:25 PM | Xue Han, PhD - Probe the cellular and circuit mechanisms of ultrasound and DBS using voltage imaging |
| 2:25 - 2:55 PM | Q&A |
| 1:40 - 2:55 PM | Bidirectional BCI 1: Decoding Technology and Why Closed-Loop Matters Session 20 Shepard 250 Moderator: Cynthia Steinhardt, PhD |
| 1:40 - 1:55 PM | Emily Graczyk, PhD - Bidirectional somatosensory neuroprostheses for upper limb sensorimotor restoration |
| 1:55 - 2:10 PM | Julian Neumann, MD - Whole brain connectromics, “sweet spots”, and closed-loop neuromodulation |
| 2:10 - 2:25 PM | Yi Guo, MD, PhD - EEG-Based Brain Function Assessment and Novel Pathways for Non-Invasive Brain-Computer Interfaces |
| 2:25 - 2:55 PM | Q&A |
| 1:40 - 2:55 PM | New Physics for Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation and BCI 2 - Oral HighlightsSession O6 Shepard 207 Moderator: Tay Netoff, PhD |
| 1:40 - 1:50 PM | Omid Yaghmazadeh, PhD - Transcranial radio frequency stimulation (trfs): a novel non-invasive bimodal platform for deep brain neuromodulation Highlight talk |
| 1:50 - 2:00 PM | Denys Nikolayev, PhD - Adaptive RF Wave Focusing for Efficient Power Delivery to Deep Neuroelectronic Devices Highlight talk |
| 2:10 - 2:20 PM | Xuandi Hou, PhD - Sono-mechanical nanostructures enable sustained and precise ultrasound brain stimulation Highlight talk |
| 2:20 - 2:30 PM | Athena Stein, PhD - Establishing Transcranial Endogenous Current Stimulation (tECS): A Pilot Study Modulating the EEG Aperiodic Exponent with Biomimetic Stimulation Highlight talk |
| 2:30 - 2:40 PM | Jacob Dahill-Fuchel - Neurovisceral Integration Following mPFC tFUS in Depression: Dynamic Brain-Heart Coupling and Autonomic Moderation of Network ChangeHighlight talk |
| 2:55 - 4:10 PM | Advanced Ultrasound Neuromodulation 2 Session 21 Great Hall Moderator: Kim Butts Pauly, PhD |
| 2:55 - 3:10 PM | Huiliang Wang, PhD - Rapid deep brain chemogenetics: Minimally invasive, genetically targeted deep brain stimulation is achieved using ultrasound-activated nanocrystals |
| 3:10 - 3:25 PM | Raag Airan, MD, PhD - Ultrasonic potentiation of ketamine neuromodulation |
| 3:25 - 3:40 PM | Brad Treeby, PhD - Through the Hair: Automated Per-Element Coupling for Deep-Brain Phased-Array Ultrasound Neuromodulation |
| 3:40 - 4:10 PM | Q&A |
| 2:55 - 4:10 PM | Debate: What is the Value of Closed Loop Deep Brain Stimulation Session 22 Shepard 250 Moderator: Michael Fox, MD |
| 2:55 - 3:10 PM | Timothy Denison, PhD - Towards Adaptive Neuromodulation |
| 3:10 - 3:25 PM | Cameron McIntyre, PhD - Is The Juice Worth The Squeeze? |
| 3:25 - 4:10 PM | Debate: Timothy Denison, PhD; Cameron McIntyre, PhD; Helen Mayberg, MD |
| 2:55 - 4:10 PM | Scaling and Enhancing Home-Based Stimulation for Depression 2 Session 23 Shepard 207 Moderator: Leigh Charvet, PhD |
| 2:55 - 3:00 PM | Leigh Charvet, PhD - Opening Remarks: tDCS Clinical Program, The NYU Langone Experience |
| 3:00 - 3:15 PM | Lais Razza, PhD - Improving tDCS For Depression |
| 3:15 - 3:30 PM | Kiwon Lee, PhD - tDCS After kFDA Clearance: Deployment, Scaling, and Real-World Impact |
| 3:30 - 3:40 PM | Clayton Olash, MD - High-Current and Accelerated tDCS for Depression Highlight talk |
| 3:40 - 4:10 PM | Q&A |
| 4:10 PM | Coffee break / Poster Session B Sponsored by |
| 4:25 - 5:40 PM | Neurotechnology for Women's Health Session 24 Great Hall Moderator: Allison Waters, PhD |
| 4:25 - 4:40 PM | Emilė Radytė, PhD - Home-based tDCS for primary dysmenorrhea |
| 4:40 - 4:55 PM | Chris Czura, PhD - Transcutaneous auricular neurostimulation to reduce heavy menstrual bleeding in women with and without von Willebrand disease |
| 4:55 - 5:05 PM | Catarina Ferraz - Using TMS to Modulate GnRH-Driven LH Secretion Highlight talk |
| 5:05 - 5:15 PM | Elizabeth C Bottorff, PhD - Sexual-Function Outcomes in Women With SCI Using Epidural SCS: Evidence for Population-Specific Assessment Tools Highlight talk |
| 5:15 - 5:40 PM | Q&A |
| 4:25 - 5:40 PM | Bidirectional BCI 2: At Scale Session 25 Shepard 250 Moderator: Nicole Provenza, PhD |
| 4:25 - 4:40 PM | Shadi Dayeh, PhD - Multi-thousand Channel Bidirectional BCI |
| 4:40 - 4:55 PM | Jacob T. Robinson, PhD - Battery-free BCI at the skull with efficient network power transfer via magnetoelectrics |
| 4:55 - 5:10 PM | Robert Gaunt, PhD - Making Bidirectional BCI Last 10 Years |
| 5:10 - 5:40 PM | Q&A |
| 4:25 - 5:40 PM | Making Good Decisions with Brain Stimulation Session 26 Shepard 207 Moderator: Roy Hamilton, MD |
| 4:25 - 4:40 PM | Valerie Voon, PhD - To Stay or Go: Brain Stimulation Modules Decision Making Circuits |
| 4:40 - 4:55 PM | Hamed Ekhtiari, MD, PhD - Reinforcing Good Decision Where are we in Addiction Neuromodulation? |
| 4:55 - 5:05 PM | Brian Kavanaugh - Identifying transdiagnostic impulsivity treatment targets using TMS network mapping Highlight talk |
| 5:05 - 5:15 PM | Maayan Harel, PhD - Electrophysiological correlates of the clinical benefit induced by TMS for alcohol use disorder Highlight talk |
| 5:15 - 5:25 PM | Ghazaleh Soleimani, PhD - Phase-Optimized Closed-Loop TMS-EEG Guided by fMRI Drug Cue Reactivity for Stimulant Use Disorder Highlight talk |
| 5:25 - 5:40 PM | Q&A |
| 5:40 - 6:30 PM | Poster Session B / Exhibits / Networking |
| 5:40 - 6:30 PM | Women in Neurotech Shepard 250 |
| 7 PM | Venue Closes |
| 7 PM | Young Scientist Social (open to all delegates) |
Day 3 Program - Sunday, August 2, 2026
| 7:00 AM | Venue Opens / Registration Open |
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| 7:30 AM | Exhibit Hall Open / Poster Session C |
| 7:30 - 8:30 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:00 - 8:45 AM | Morning Workshop with Breakfast Sponsored by 
Syntropic Medical: flickering light therapy for depression |
| 8:00 - 8:45 AM | Morning Workshop with Breakfast Sponsored by  |
| 9:00 - 10:15 AM | Chasing Biomarkers Of Disease 2 Session 27 Great Hall Moderator: Renée Hartig, PhD |
| 9:00 - 9:10 AM | Renée Hartig, PhD - Opening Remarks: Brain and Body Based Biomarkers For Neuromodulation |
| 9:10 - 9:25 AM | Prasad Shirvalkar, MD, PhD - Deep Brain Stimulation For Pain With Biomarkers |
| 9:25 AM - 9:40 AM | Stavros Zanos, MD - Precision vagal neuromodulation driven by functional nerve anatomy, physiologic and immunologic biomarkers and therapy personalization |
| 9:40 - 9:55 AM | Joan Camprodon-Gimenez, MD - The Time for Experimental Medicine in Neuromodulation Is Now: A Roadmap from Biomarker Discovery and Target Engagement to Home-Based tDCS for ADHD |
| 9:55 - 10:15 AM | Q&A |
| 9:00 - 10:15 AM | Workshop: Advanced Electrode Technology: Part 1 Session W3 Shepard 207 Moderator: Cristin Welle, PhD; Shadi Dayeh, MD |
| 9:00 - 9:20 AM | Jeffrey R. Capadona, PhD - Bacteria invade the brain following electrode implantation, inducing gut-brain axis and electrode performance disruption |
| 9:20 - 9:40 AM | Erin Purcell, PhD - Spatial transcriptomics and glial responses at the implanted electrode |
| 9:40 - 10:00 AM | Claudia Cea, PhD - Multifunctional and ionic-communication bioelectronics |
| 10:00 - 10:10 AM | Gal Shpun - Hybrid Retinal Implant with 3D Micro-Well Electrodes for High-Resolution Visual Restoration via Single-Cell Neuromodulation Highlight talk |
| 9:00 - 10:15 AM | New Ideas in Temporal Interference Stimulation - Oral Highlights Session 28 Shepard 250 Moderator: Nir Grossman, PhD |
| 9:00 - 9:15 AM | Nir Grossman, PhD - Opening Remarks: Whats New in TI Stimulation? |
| 9:45 - 9:55 AM | Adam Williamson, PhD - Nightly Epilepsy Suppression with Temporal Interference Stimulation equals Sleep Enhancement Highlight talk |
| 9:15 - 9:25 AM | Sangwoo Lee - Fast and Accurate Parameter Optimization of Transcranial Temporal Interference Stimulation by Selectively Employing Target-Specific Candidate Electrodes Highlight talk |
| 9:25 - 9:35 AM | Christos Liontas - Optimization of Multipolar Temporal Interference Stimulation in Personalized Head Models Highlight talk |
| 9:35 - 9:45 AM | Raul Castillo Astorga - Temporal Interference Stimulation Increases Field Potential Power at the Interference Frequency, and Affects Single Unit Activity in Humans Highlight talk |
| 9:55 - 10:05 AM | Ryohei Yoshimoto - Spatiotemporal Focality of Temporal Interference Stimulation Highlight talk |
| 10:15 AM | Coffee break / Poster Session C Sponsored by   |
| 10:35 - 12:20 PM | Vagus and Autonomic Stimulation Session 29 Great Hall Moderator: Stravros Zanos, MD |
| 10:35 - 10:50 AM | Cristin Welle, PhD - Vagus nerve stimulation drives selective circuit modulation through cholinergic reinforcement |
| 10:50 - 11:10 AM | Hubert Lim, PhD - Emerging opportunities and success with non-invasive autonomic stimulation for various inflammatory conditions |
| 11:10 - 11:25 AM | Harold Sackeim, PhD - Durability of Benefit in Markedly Treatment-Resistant Depression: Why is Implanted VNS Durable when Pharmacology Fails? |
| 11:25 - 11:33 AM | Natalija Secerovic - Precision Vagus Nerve Stimulation Combining Epi-Intraneural Interface and Bayesian Optimization: Toward Selective Autonomic and Metabolic ControlHighlight talk |
| 11:33 - 11:41 AM | Noa Nuzov - Branching patterns of vagus nerves using 3D tracing in 53 human cadavers Highlight talk |
| 11:43 - 12:20 PM | Q&A |
| 10:35 - 12:20 AM | Rehabilitation Brain Stimulation 2: Cortical and Deep Brain Session 30 Shepard 250 Moderator: Tay Netoff, PhD |
| 10:35 - 10:55 AM | Nicholas D. Schiff, MD - Thalamic DBS for traumatic brain injuries |
| 10:55 - 11:15 AM | Li Zixiao, MD, PhD - Neuroprotective effects of neuromodulation therapy in the acute phase of ischemic stroke |
| 11:35 - 11:55 AM | Elvira Pirondini, PhD - Deep Brain Stimulation Restores Movement and Speech |
| 11:55 - 12:20 PM | Q&A |
| 10:35 - 12:20 PM | Workshop: Advanced Electrode Technology: Part 2 Session W4 Shepard 207 Moderator: Cristin Welle, PhD; Shadi Dayeh, MD |
| 10:35 - 10:55 AM | Duygu Kuzum, PhD - High-density transparent microelectrode technologies for multimodal experiments combining e-phys with optical imaging and stimulation |
| 10:55 - 11:15 AM | Shadi Dayeh, PhD - Scalable Nanowire Array Microelectrodes |
| 11:15 - 11:35 AM | Robert Gaunt, PhD - Chronic intracortical microstimulation and the electrode–tissue interface |
| 11:35 - 11:55 AM | Khalil Ramadi, PhD - Peripheral and enteric neural interfaces |
| 11:55 - 12:15 PM | Anqi Zhang, PhD - Ultraflexible endovascular probes for brain recording through micrometer-scale vasculature |
| 12:20 PM | Boxed lunch on the lawn / Poster Session C Sponsored by  |
| 1:20 - 2:35 PM | Waves And Resonance Brain Stimulation 2 Session 31 Great Hall Moderator: Uma Mohan, PhD |
| 1:20 - 1:35 PM | Irene Rembado, PhD - Frequency as a mechanistic switch: how cortical sinusoidal electrical stimulation engages neural circuits |
| 1:35 - 1:50 PM | Nicole Provenza, PhD - Disruption of Neural Periodicity Predicts Clinical Response After Deep Brain Stimulation |
| 1:50 - 2:05 PM | Kara Johnson, PhD - Evoked resonant neural activity to guide deep brain stimulation for movement disorders |
| 2:05 - 2:35 PM | Q&A |
| 1:20 - 2:35 PM | Neuromodulation of Synapse and Metabolism Session 32 Shepard 250 Moderator: Marom Bikson, PhD |
| 1:20 - 1:30 PM | Giuseppina Pilloni, PhD - Opening Remarks: Metabolic And Hemodynamic Mechanisms Of Neuromodulation |
| 1:30 - 1:45 PM | Aman Aberra, PhD - Neuromodulation of synapses by subthreshold electric fields |
| 1:45 - 2:00 PM | Lucas Parra, PhD - tDCS from cellular plasticity to human motor learning: or Not |
| 2:00 - 2:15 PM | Zachary Rosenthal, MD, PhD - Electroconvulsive therapy generates a postictal wave of spreading depolarization in mice and humans |
| 2:15 - 2:35 | Q&A |
| 1:20 - 2:35 PM | Advanced Ultrasound Neuromodulation 3: New Directions Session 33 Shepard 207 Moderator: Kim Butts Pauly, PhD |
| 1:20 - 1:35 PM | Stavros Zanos, MD - Focused ultrasound neuromodulation of the spleen activates an anti-inflammatory response |
| 1:35 - 1:50 PM | Noah Philip, MD - How focused is transcranial neuromodulation anyways |
| 1:50 - 2:05 PM | Huiliang Wang, PhD - Bioadhesive hydrogel-coupled and miniaturized ultrasound transducer system for long-term, wearable neuromodulation |
| 2:05 - 2:35 PM | Q&A |
| 2:35 - 3:50 PM | kHz Neuromodulation Session 34 Great Hall Moderator: Tay Netoff, PhD |
| 2:35 - 2:50 PM | Angel Peterchev, PhD - kHz TMS |
| 2:50 - 3:05 PM | Nir Grossman, PhD - The Biophysical Mechanism of TI stimulation |
| 3:05 - 3:20 PM | Warren Grill, PhD - kHz Frequency Nerve Block, or Not |
| 3:20 - 3:50 PM | Q&A |
| 2:35 - 3:50 PM | Mapping and Control 2: From adaptive deep brain stimulation to adaptive circuit targeting Session 35 Shepard 250 Moderator: Warren Grill, PhD |
| 2:35 - 2:50 PM | Scott Stanslaski - Technology for Bi-Directional Neural Interface for DBS and Recording |
| 2:50 - 3:05 PM | Julian Neumann, MD - From adaptive deep brain stimulation to adaptive circuit targeting |
| 3:05 - 3:20 PM | Barbara Hollunder, PhD - Mapping and modulating dysfunctional brain circuits across disorders using DBS |
| 3:20 - 3:50 PM | Q&A |
| 2:35 - 3:50 PM | Rehabilitation Brain Stimulation 3: Biomarkers and Interfaces Session 36 Shepard 207Moderator: Marco Capogrosso, PhD |
| 2:35 - 2:50 PM | Monica Perez, PhD - Cellular level insights, and biomarkers, drive the design of spinal cord injury electrotherapy. |
| 2:50 - 3:05 PM | Bolu Ajiboye, PhD - Circumventing spinal injury through intracortical brain-machine interfaces and functional electrical stimulation systems |
| 3:05 - 3:15 PM | David Cunningham, PhD - Revisiting neuromodulatory assumptions of non-invasive brain stimulation and recovery expectations for motor rehabilitation Highlight talk |
| 3:15 - 3:25 PM | Rohit Bose - Reliability of peripheral versus cortical stimulation to restore sensation in an individual with spinal cord injury Highlight talk |
| 3:25 - 3:50 PM | Q&A |
| 3:50 PM | Coffee break / Poster Session C Sponsored by |
| 4:15 - 5:30 PM | Bringing new brain interface technology to market: Part 2 - A future for DBS? Session 37 Shepard 250 Moderator: Cameron McIntyre, PhD |
| 4:15 - 4:30 PM | Timothy Denison, PhD (Oxford) |
| 4:30 - 4:45 PM | Helen Mayberg, MD (Mount Sinai) |
| 4:45 - 5:00 PM | Jacob T. Robinson, PhD (Motif Neurotech) |
| 5:00 - 5:30 PM | Q&A |
| 4:15 - 5:30 PM | Mapping and Control 3: What's Next Session 38 Great Hall Moderator: Cynthia Steinhardt, PhD |
| 4:15 - 4:20 PM | Cynthia Steinhardt, PhD - Opening remarks |
| 4:20 - 4:35 PM | Tay Netoff, PhD - Bayesian Adaptive Control of Deep Brain Stimulation |
| 4:35 - 5:50 PM | Nir Grossman, PhD - Non-invasive in vivo acoustoelectric neuromodulation and its contribution to ultrasound stimulation |
| 5:50 - 5:05 PM | TBD |
| 5:05 - 5:30 PM | Q&A |
| 4:15 - 4:55 PM | Advanced Neuromodulation for Parkinson’s Disease (Oral Highlights)Session O2 Shepard 207 Moderator: Lauren H Hammer, MD, PhD |
| 4:15 - 4:25 PM | Sudiksha Sridhar - Theta-Burst DBS Reduces Tremor in Parkinson’s Disease but Not Essential TremoHighlight talk |
| 4:25 - 4:35 PM | Sara Parmigiani - Circuit Decoding Across Scales: DBS and EEG Integration in Parkinson's Disease for Motor and Non-Motor SymptomsHighlight talk |
| 4:35 - 4:45 PM | Daryl Lawrence, PhD - Naturalistic movement-responsive DBS in Parkinson’s disease: a blinded, randomized feasibility trial Highlight talk |
| 4:45 - 4:55 PM | Hanna Cattan‑Hayat, PhD - Adaptive DBS to Enhance Slow‑Wave Activity During Sleep in Parkinson’s Disease and Dystonia Highlight talk |
| 5:30 - 5:40 PM | Closing Remarks and Conference Awards Ceremony - Marom Bikson, PhD; Allison Waters, PhD; Giuseppina Pilloni, PhD; Elisa Kallioniemi, PhD |
| 5:40 - 6:40 PM | Poster Session C / Exhibits / Networking |
| 7 PM | Venue Closes |
| On-Demand: Advanced Ultrasound Neuromodulation 4 Session OD1 | |
| Charlotte Stagg, PhD - Transcranial focused ultrasound-mediated neurochemical and functional connectivity changes in deep cortical regions in humans | |
| Elsa Fouragnan, PhD - Non-invasive ultrasonic neuromodulation: From Networks to Behaviour | |
| Jean-Francois Aubry, PhD - Deep transcranial ultrasound stimulation with personalized acoustic metamaterials for treatment-resistant depression: from single-site single-frequency stimulation to multi-site and muli-frequency stimulation | |
| On-Demand: On-Demand Mapping and Control 4 Session OD2 | |
| Helen Bronte-Stewart, MD - Closing The Loop In DBS: A Data-driven Approach | |
| Andrea A. Kühn, PhD - Deep Brain Stimulation Responsive Networks | |
| Helen Bronte-Stewart, MD - Long-Term Personalized Adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson Disease | |
| Jianxun Ren, PhD - Targeting the somato-cognitive action network to improve DBS, TMS, and FUS | |
| Ela Plow, PhD - Biomarkers of Response to Neurorestorative Therapies in Cervical SCI | |
| On-Demand: Scaling and Enhancing Home-Based Stimulation for Depression 2 Session OD3 | |
| Andre Brunoni, PhD - FDA approved: tDCS for depression | |
| Marom Bikson, PhD - Wearable Disposable Electrotherapy | |
| Leigh Charvet, PHD - How can we develop transcranial direct current stimulation into an effective at-home treatment tool for depression? | |
| On-Demand: Neurotechnology for Women's Health 2 Session OD4 | |
| Alexandra Haessler, MD - Vaginally-inserted, wearable neuromodulation device for overactive bladder (OAB) | |
| Belen Lafon, PhD - Wearables for Women’s Health | |
| On Demand: What's Next 2 Session OD5 | |
| Kevin Tracey, MD - Neuromodulation of the Great Nerve | |
| Kenneth Shepard, PhD - A subdural chip with 65,000 channels |
Post Conference Sattelite Symposiums - Monday, August 3 - Tuesday, August 4, 2026
| Aug. 3-4 |
The 2026 NYC Clinical & Research TMS Course
Separate Registration Required |
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| Aug. 3 | 10 AM - 4 PM |
2026 Neurotech Commercialization Workshop
Independently run / Separate Registration Required |