Program ABC Symposium

9:00 Registration and coffee

9:30 Welcome

9:40 Lecture by dr. Anneke Alkemade (University of Amsterdam) Mixed methodology in brain imaging

10:25 Lecture by prof. dr. Boudewijn Lelieveldt (Leiden University) How to standardize a brain: data visualization for the Human and Mammalian Brain Atlas project.

11:10 Coffee break

11:30 Entrepreneur session: from academia to the companies.
Patricija Burgar of Phosphoenix
Inside a Neurotech Startup: Developing a Brain Implant for Restoring Vision
Kambiz Nanbakhsh of Salvia Bioelectronics From Lab to Body: Long-Term Design Strategies for Small Bioelectronic Implants

12:10 Dutch Neurotechnology: INTENSE crossover session with researchers from the INTENSE Consortium

Maureen van der Grinten VR simulator of the visual prosthesis (WP1/B)
Emily Mo Nipshagen Decoding moving signals from the motor cortex/AI for paralysis (WP3/B)

12:55 ABC Journal

13:00 Students poster session + lunch

14:30 Lecture by prof. dr. Gerben Meynen (Utrecht University) Do we need neurorights?

15:15 Lecture by prof. dr. Michael Hausser (University College London) Illuminating causal links between neural circuit activity and behaviour

16:00 Coffee break

16:20 Honorary Frijda Lecture by prof. dr. Stéphanie Lacour (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne) Advances in Implantable Neurotech for Brain, Spinal Cord, and Peripheral Nerve Interfaces

17:20 Closing + poster award

17:30 Networking event including drinks