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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2026  |  9:00 am - 6:00 pm  |  KCBD 1103
 

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Emily Graczyk

Emily Graczyk

Case Western Reserve University

Helen Mayberg

Helen Mayberg

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

John Rogers

John Rogers

Northwestern University

Frank Willett

Frank Willett

Stanford University


 

SCHEDULE
Thursday, December 3, 2026


9:00 - 9:10 am | Welcome and Introduction | Nicholas Hatsopoulos, PhD (University of Chicago)

9:10 - 9:55 am | Frank Willett, PhD (Stanford University)
"Speech brain-computer interfaces: Challenges & opportunities"

9:55 - 10:40 am | Emily Graczyk, PhD (Case Western Reserve University)
"Cortical and peripheral neurostimulation for sensory restoration after spinal cord injury"

10:40 - 11:00 am | Coffee Break

11:00 - 11:20 am | Yudai Tanaka, PhD (Lopes Lab, University of Chicago)
"Human-computer symbiosis through the nervous system"

11:20 - 11:40 am | Tao Xie, PhD (University of Chicago)
"Optimizing deep brain stimulation for challenging movement disorder symptoms"

11:45 - 1:30 pm | Lunch

1:30 - 2:15 pm | Helen Mayberg, MD (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)
"Tracking brain dynamics to optimize deep brain stimulation for depression"

2:15 - 2:35 pm | ​​Arantzazu San Agustin, PhD (Voss Lab, University of Chicago)
"Hippocampal modulation via indirectly targeted noninvasive stimulation in humans with intracranial EEG"

2:35 - 2:50 pm | Coffee Break

2:50 - 3:10 pm | Marta Silva, PhD (Jacobs Lab, University of Chicago)
"Hippocampal and cortical oscillations support the encoding of event memories during movie watching"

3:10 - 3:30 pm | Sihong Wang, PhD (University of Chicago)
"Biomimetic polymer electronics for interfacing with the human body"

3:30 - 4:15 pm | Bozhi Tian, PhD (University of Chicago)
"New synthetic materials and devices as bioelectronic and biophotonic interfaces"

4:15 - 5:00 pm | John Rogers, PhD (Northwestern University)
"Implantable optoelectronic systems as neural interfaces"

5:00 - 6:00 pm | Reception

PLEASE NOTE THAT SEATS ARE LIMITED, SO WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU SIGN UP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
 

 

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