Upcoming Neuromodulation Event
Conference
September 25-26, 2025 | London, UK
The UK DRI Centre at Imperial College London is excited to host this extended, interactive workshop, bringing together leaders in the novel field of temporal interference (TI) brain stimulation. Boasting an impressive line-up of expert speakers, the programme will comprise four sessions addressing distinct themes, a drinks reception, and a networking dinner on the evening of 25 September. This will be an exclusive meeting for select academic and industrial groups who have been at the forefront of development and/or deployment of TI brain stimulation. The overarching aim of this workshop is to cultivate a collaborative environment that enhances the field's impact on brain sciences and diseases. Our goal is to facilitate the exchange of knowledge, and promote synergistic research among active groups across the world, with a focus on the development of hardware and computational tools, deepening mechanistic knowledge, exploring clinical and preclinical applications, and refining improvement strategies. We hope to highlight accomplishments and to identify opportunities, while also addressing challenges and limitations to help guide better practices and the development of improvement strategies.
| Wednesday 25 September | |
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| 08:00 AM | Registration + Light Breakfast |
| 09:00 AM | Nir Grossman (Imperial College London, UK) - Opening remarks |
| Session 1: Concept, Mechanism, and Governing Parameters | |
| 09:10 AM - 09:25 AM | Marom Bikson (City College of New York, USA) - The biophysical foundations (computation, in-vitro electrophysiology). |
| 09:25 AM - 09:40 AM | Scott Lempka (University of Michigan, USA) - Theoretical role of ion channel rectification (computation). |
| 09:40 AM - 09:55 AM | Inés Santos (Miguel Merchán, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain) - Whole-brain mapping of cellular response (rodents, immunohistochemistry). |
| 09:55 AM - 10:10 AM | Matthew Krause (McGill University, Canada) - Modulation of spiking activity in-vivo (nonhuman primates, electrophysiology). |
| Coffee Break (10:10 AM - 10:20 AM) | |
| 10:20 AM - 10:35 AM | Huifang Wang (Aix-Marseille Université, France) - Virtual brain twins for TI stimulation (computation). |
| 10:35 AM - 10:50 AM | Eric Glowacki (CEITEC Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic) - Peripheral nerve stimulation - motor response (locust, electrophysiology). |
| 10:50 AM - 11:05 AM | Nir Grossman (Imperial College London, UK) - Insights into the neural depolarisation mechanism (rodents, electrophysiology, calcium imaging, computation). |
| Coffee Break (11:05 AM - 11:15 AM) | |
| Concept development | |
| 11:15 AM - 11:25 AM | Adam Williamson (St. Anne's University Hospital, Czech Republic) - Multipolar TI stimulation & Pulse TI stimulation via phase-shift keying (PSK). |
| 11:25 AM - 11:35 AM | Sudip Nag, Joshua Olorocisimo (University of Toronto, Canada) - Fascicle-selective TI nerve stimulation. |
| 11:45 AM - 11:55 AM | Nir Grossman (Imperial College London, UK) - Pulse width modulation (PWM) TI stimulation, Pulse TI stimulation via frequency-shift keying, Acoustoelectric (AE) stimulation. |
| 11:55 AM - 12:30 PM | Roundtable |
| 12:30 PM - 01:45 PM | Lunch |
| Session 2: Implementation and Deployment | |
| 01:45 PM - 02:00 PM | Myles Capstick (Foundation for Research on Information Technologies in Society (IT'IS), Switzerland) - The Principles TI stimulation electronics. |
| 02:00 PM - 02:15 PM | Christoph Herrmann (University of Oldenburg, Germany) - Characterisation and mitigation of nonlinear artefacts in concurrent EEG and MEG recording. |
| 02:15 PM - 02:30 PM | Xiaoqi Zhu, Thomas Deegan (Imperial College London, UK) - Origin and mitigation of nonlinear artefacts in concurrent LFP and EEG recording. |
| 02:30 PM - 02:40 PM | Chih-Wei Peng (Taipei Medical University, Taiwan) - Development and testing of a custom-made TI stimulation device. |
| Commercial TI equipment (examples) | |
| 02:40 PM - 02:50 PM | NeuroDome (China) |
| 02:50 PM - 03:00 PM | Neuroconn Ltd (Germany) |
| 03:00 PM - 03:10 PM | Soterix Medical Inc (USA) |
| 03:10 PM - 03:20 PM | TI Solutions AG (Switzerland) |
| Coffee Break (03:20 PM - 03:30 PM) | |
| Simulation tools | |
| 03:30 PM - 03:45 PM | Esra Neufeld (Foundation for Research on Information Technologies in Society (IT'IS), Switzerland) - Principles of TI stimulation field modelling. |
| 03:45 PM - 03:55 PM | Sumientra Rampersad (University of Massachusetts Boston, USA) - Optimising of TI stimulation locus. |
| 03:55 PM - 04:05 PM | Chang-Hwan Im (Hanyang University, South Korea) - Modelling multipolar, personalised, and epidural TI stimulation. |
| Available software (examples) | |
| 04:05 PM - 04:15 PM | Sim4Life |
| 04:15 PM - 04:25 PM | SimNIBS |
| 04:25 PM - 04:35 PM | HD-Targets |
| Coffee Break (04:35 PM - 04:45 PM) | |
| 04:45 PM - 05:15 PM | Individual groups |
| 05:15 PM - 05:45 PM | Summary |
| 07:00 PM | Dinner and Social (River Thames Cruise) |
| Thursday 26 September | |
| 08:00 AM - 09:00 AM | Light Breakfast |
| 09:00 AM - 09:05 AM | Opening remarks |
| Session 3: Translations and Applications 1 | |
| 09:05 AM - 09:20 AM | Yu Liu (Shanghai University of Sport, China) - Augmentation of rodent’s motor performance via TI stimulation-induced plasticity. |
| 09:20 AM - 09:35 AM | Dong Pyo Jang (Hangyang University, South Korea) - Targeted stimulation of the striatum (rodents) and hippocampus (primates). |
| 09:35 AM - 09:50 AM | Liang Wang (University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China) - Characterisation of the TI stimulation fields in non-human primates. |
| 09:50 AM - 10:05 AM | Brian Corneil (University of Western Ontario, Canada) - The oculomotor system of the non-human primate as a preclinical model for temporal interference brain stimulation. |
| Coffee Break (10:05 AM - 10:15 AM) | |
| 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM | Ines Violante (King's College London, UK), Nir Grossman (Imperial College London, UK) - Validation of non-invasive TI deep brain stimulation in humans. |
| 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM | Antonino Cassarà (Foundation for Research on Information Technologies in Society (IT'IS), Switzerland) - Safety considerations for TI stimulation. |
| 10:45 AM - 11:05 AM | Friedhelm Hummel (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Switzerland) - Stimulation of the striatum to augment motor learning & Safety assessment. |
| 11:05 AM - 11:40 AM | Individual groups |
| 11:40 AM - 12:15 PM | Summary |
| 12:15 PM - 01:30 PM | Lunch |
| Human investigations (Cont.) | |
| 01:30 PM - 01:45 PM | Michael Treadway (Emory University, USA) - Stimulation of the prefrontal cortex to augment cognition. |
| 01:45 PM - 02:00 PM | Xiaochu Zhang (University of Science & Technology of China) - Stimulation of the human’s frontostriatal network to modulate reward-guided behaviour. |
| 02:00 PM - 02:15 PM | Joshua Brown (Indiana University Bloomington, USA) - Characterising BOLD fMRI response to TI stimulation in humans. |
| 02:15 PM - 02:30 PM | Eddy Rhodes (Imperial College London, UK) - Stimulation of the human’s visual cortex assessed via behaviour and concurrent EEG. |
| Coffee break (02:30 PM - 02:40 PM) | |
| Session 4: Translations and Applications 2 | |
| 02:40 PM - 03:00 PM | Adam Williamson (St. Anne's University Hospital, Czech Republic) - Developing TI stimulation therapy for epilepsy. |
| 03:00 PM - 03:10 PM | Fran Chaloner (Imperial College London, UK) - Developing TI stimulation therapy for Alzheimer’s disease in a rodent model. |
| 03:15 PM - 03:30 PM | Magdalena Sastre (Imperial College London, UK) - Developing TI stimulation therapy for traumatic brain injury in a rodent model. |
| 03:30 PM - 03:45 PM | Irena Rektorová, Monika Pupíková (St. Anne's University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic) - Developing TI stimulation therapy for cognitive impairment in MCI with Lewy bodies. |
| Coffee break (03:45 PM - 03:55 PM) | |
| 03:55 PM - 04:10 PM | Chris Butler, Kety Alania (Imperial College London, UK) - Developing TI stimulation therapy for Alzheimer’s disease. |
| 04:10 PM - 04:25 PM | Martin Lamoš (St. Anne's University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic) - Developing TI stimulation therapy for Parkinson’s disease. |
| 04:25 PM - 04:40 PM | Chencheng Zhang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China) - Developing TI stimulation therapy for Parkinson’s disease and depression, redefining the landscape of clinical care? |
| 04:40 PM - 05:55 PM | Dinner and poster presentation |
| 05:55 PM - 06:00 PM | Closing remarks, Nir Grossman |
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