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Upcoming Neuromodulation Event

CRANIA Conference 2024

Conference

October 24-25, 2024 | Toronto, Canada


Overview

The 3rd annual CRANIA Conference will be held at the BMO Conference Centre at the Toronto Western Hospital located in downtown Toronto on October 24 and 25, 2024. The conference features keynotes, workshops, and panel discussions on comprehensive topics pertaining to the emerging field of neuromodulation. Our goal is to provide a highly-interactive environment which will foster learning and networking for all those who are interested in neuromodulation.
The annual CRANIA Conference is a forum of students, scientists, clinicians, engineers, neurosurgeons, mathematicians, psychologists and others involved in the development of neuromodulation procedures and device creation who have come together to shape the future of the industry.

Program


Time Session
Day 1
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Registration and Networking (Coffee and Tea)
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Introduction to CRANIA
Luka Milosevic
Assistant Professor, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto
Taufik Valiante
Associate Professor, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto
9:00 AM - 9:40 AM Quantitative Imaging Approaches for Accurate Targeting in Surgical Neuromodulation
Jonathan Lau
Assistant Professor, Western University
9:40 AM - 10:40 AM Trainee Oral Presentations 1
Coffee Break (20 mins)
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Trainee Poster Session
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM Lunch and Networking
1:45 PM - 2:25 PM Workshop 1: Optical Interrogation & Manipulation of Cells and Circuits
Jiannis Taxidis
Assistant Professor, SickKids, University of Toronto
Tamás Füzesi
Staff Scientist, University of Calgary
2:25 PM - 3:05 PM Workshop 2: Clinical Interrogation & Manipulation of Brain Networks
Alexandre Boutet
Assistant Professor, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto
John Griffiths
Assistant Professor, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto
3:05 PM - 4:05 PM Trainee Oral Presentations 2
4:05 PM - 4:45 PM TBA
Day 2
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Registration and Networking (Coffee and Tea)
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM TBA
Luka Milosevic
Assistant Professor, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto
Taufik Valiante
Associate Professor, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto
9:00 AM - 9:40 AM The Future of Closed-loop Neuromodulation
Dejan Markovic
Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
9:40 AM - 10:20 AM Advancing High-Resolution Human Brain Recording: Pathways and Potential Insights
Angelique Paulk
Instructor, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Wellness + Refreshments (30 mins)
10:50 AM - 11:30 AM Neurological Nexus: Uniting Entropy, Dynamical Systems, Matrix Theory and EEG to Characterize the Brain in Health and in Disease
Sridevi Sarma
Professor, Johns Hopkins University
11:30 AM - 12:10 PM Tools for Multi-modal, Multi-scale Neuroscience
Bratislav Misic
Associate Professor, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University
12:10 PM - 1:40 PM Lunch and Networking
1:40 PM - 2:20 PM Panel Discussion - Brain Computer Interface (BCI)
Alfonso Fasano
Professor, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto
Angelique Paulk
Instructor, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
2:20 PM - 3:00 PM TBA
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Closing Remarks - Awards
Luka Milosevic
Assistant Professor, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto
Taufik Valiante
Associate Professor, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto



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