Agenda

Venue: Immatrikulationshalle, Arcisstraße 21, Munich (https://nav.tum.de/room/0501.EG.136)

9:00 - 12:30: Morning Session 

• • 9:00 - 9:15: Welcome (Prof. Gordon Cheng)

  • 9:15 - 10:00: Prof. Ella Striem-Amit (Georgetown University): "How neural plasticity informs rehabilitation from blindness and hand loss"

• Student moderator: Karahan Yilmazer

• • 10:00 - 10:45: Prof. Anton Sirota (LMU): "Hippocampal cognitive map results from a multi-sensory integration"

• Student moderator: Kunal Aggarwal

• • 10:45 - 11:00: Break (Coffee/Tea and Snacks)

  • 11:00 - 11:45: Prof. Markus Ploner (TUM, MRI): "Using neurotechnology for understanding, assessing, and treating pain“

    1. 1. 1. • Student moderator: Ritika Gupta

  • 11:45 - 12:00: NeuroTUM student team

  • 12:00 - 12:45: Student Pitches & Poster Session

12:45 - 13:30: Lunch Break

• 13:15: Group photo

13:30 - 16:30: Afternoon Session

• • 13:30 - 14:15: Prof. Dr. Nathan Weisz (University of Salzburg): "Tracking speech with your brain and your eyes"

• Student moderator: Niclas Brand

• • 14:15 - 15:00: Prof. Dr. Julijana Gjorgjieva (TUM): "Inhibitory plasticity shapes structure and function in neural networks"

• Student moderator: Niclas Brand

• • 15:00 - 15:30: Break (Coffee/Tea and Snacks)

  • 15:30 - 16:30: PhD/PostDoc research talks (Noah Steinberg, Prachi Kumari, Nicolas Berberich)

16:30 - 19:30: Student project work at ICS (add-on for motivated students)

Venue: Immatrikulationshalle, Arcisstraße 21, Munich (https://nav.tum.de/room/0501.EG.136)

9:15 - 12:30: Morning Session 

• 9:15 - 10:00: Prof. Werner Hemmert (TUM): "Neuronal Excitation in Cochlear Implants"

  • • Student moderator: Alena Starikova

• 10:00 - 10:45: Prof. Josef Rauschecker (Georgetown University): "Brain Mechanisms of Music and Speech"

  • • Student moderator: Beste Tasci

• 10:45 - 11.00: Break (Coffee/Tea and Snacks)

• 11:00 - 11:45: Prof. Max Riesenhuber (Georgetown University): "How the brain makes slow thinking fast"

  • • Student moderator: Beste Tasci

• 11:45 - 12:30: Panel Discussion: Will we still need speech in the future? (Moderator: Prof. Gordon Cheng)

12:30 - 13:30: Lunch Break

13:30 - 16:00: Afternoon Session

• 13:30 - 14:15: Prof. Bernhard Seeber (TUM): "Creating, investigating, modeling and improving communication in real-life scenarios"

  • • Student moderator: Ritika Gupta

• 14:15 - 15:00: Prof. Tobias Reichenbach (FAU): "Towards a neuro-steered auditory prosthesis"

  • • Student moderator: Roua Brini 

• 15:00 - 15:15: Break (Coffee/Tea and Snacks)

• 15:15 - 16:00: PhD/PostDoc research talks (Alireza Malekmohammadi, Carmen Marie Castaneda González, Lisa Held)

Detailed information: Lab Tours

9:00 - 12:30: Lab Tours Part 1 

• 9:00 - 10:15: Lab Tour Part 1 - Klinikum rechts der Isar

Meeting place: 8:50 am at the entrance of Neuro-Kopf-Zentrum (at the red pillars)

Group I:

• 9:00-9:30: Translational Neurotechnology (Prof. Jacob)

• 9:45-10:15: Human Pain Research (Prof. Ploner)

Group II:

• 9:00-9:30: Human Pain Research (Prof. Ploner)

• 9:45-10:15: Translational Neurotechnology (Prof. Jacob)

Travel to Georg-Brauchle-Ring 60 (Room M001)

• 11:00 - 11:15: Break (Coffee/Tea and Snacks)

• 11:15 - 12:00: Distinguished Guest Lecture: Prof. Silvestro Micera (EPFL): Implantable and wearable neuroprostheses to restore neural functions

  • • Student moderator: Beste Tasci

12:00 - 13:00: Lunch Break (take-away bags)

13:00 - 18:00: Lab Tours Part 2 

Group I: 

• 13:00 Meeting place at Entrance to TUM Campus Olympiapark, Connollystr. 32

• 13:15-13:45 Olympia Center: Human Movement Science (Prof. Hermsdörfer)

• 14:00 Meeting place in front of room M314, Georg-Brauchle-Ring 60

• 14:15-14:45 Campus C/D: Neuromuscular Diagnostics (Prof. Franklin)

• 14:45-15:30 Travel to Main Campus

• 15:30-16:00 Main campus: Neuroengineering Materials (Prof. Kozielski)

• 16:15-16:45 Main campus: Audio Information Processing (Prof. Seeber)

Group II:

• 13:00 Meeting place in front of room M314, Georg-Brauchle-Ring 60

• 13:15-13:45 Campus C/D: Neuromuscular Diagnostics (Prof. Franklin)

• 14:00 Meeting place at Entrance to TUM Campus Olympiapark, Connollystr. 32

• 14:15-14:45 Olympia Center: Human Movement Science (Prof. Hermsdörfer)

• 14:45-15:30 Travel to Main Campus, Arcisstr. 21

• 15:30-16:00 Main campus: Audio Information Processing (Prof. Seeber) 

• 16:15-16:45 Main campus: Neuroengineering Materials (Prof. Kozielski)

Travel to Karlstraße 45 

• 17:00 - 17:30: Coffee Break

• 17:30 - 18:00: Institute for Cognitive Systems (Prof. Cheng), Karlstraße 45, Munich

Venue: Garching, TUM Tent (https://nav.tum.de/room/5539.EG.002), the tent next to the mechanical engineering building and the U-Bahn exit (Lecture Hall 2)

9:15 - 12:00: Morning Session (2 talks)

• • 9:15 - 9:50: Andreas Schwersenz (TUM Entrepreneurship/ ForTe): "Next step startup"

• Student moderator: Karahan Yilmazer

• • 9:50 - 10:35: Prof. Marcello Ienca (TUM)

• Student moderator: Hyunjeong Lee

• • 10:35 - 10:50: Break (Coffee/Tea and Snacks)

  • 10:50 - 11:35: Prof. Dr. Patrick Forcelli (Georgetown University): "The 5Ws (W-Fragen) of Neurostimulation in the Epilepsies"

• Student moderator: Hyunjeong Lee

• • 11:35 - 12:15: Student Neurorehabilitation Technology Project Demos & Presentations

  • 12:15 - 12:40: PhD research talks

  • 12:40 - 13:00: Best Poster Award & Closing Remarks

13:00 - 14:00: Lunch Break

14:00 - 16:00: Lab Tour Garching Campus
Group I:

• 14:15-15:00 Neuro-electronics (Prof. Wolfrum): 

  • Invasive neuro-electronics & clean room labs 

  • Non-invasive neuro-electronics lab

• 15:15-16:00 Healthcare and Rehabilitation Robotics (Prof. Piazza)
  
  

      Group II:

• 14:15-15:00 Healthcare and Rehabilitation Robotics (Prof. Piazza)

• 15:15-16:00 Neuro-electronics (Prof. Wolfrum): 

  • Invasive neuro-electronics & clean room labs 

  • Non-invasive neuro-electronics lab

16:00 - 19:00: optional City Tour