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Summit Meeting on Chronic Microscale Neural Interfaces: Defining Standards and Benchmarks for an R&D Roadmap
June 18, 2007
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan USA
Final Schedule
Contact: Daryl Kipke (dkipke@umich.edu) or Bill Shain (shain@wadsworth.org)
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Monday, June 18
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8:00 am - 5:00 pm
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Summit Meeting on Chronic Microscale Neural Interfaces:
Defining Standards and Benchmarks for an R&D Roadmap
(Lurie Engineering Center, North Campus, University of Michigan)
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8:00 am
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Coffee and continental breakfast (Johnson rooms, 3rd floor)
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8:30 am |
D. Kipke & W. Shain |
Welcome & Introduction |
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8:40 am
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R. Vetter, K. Otto, W. Shain
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Current status of chronic microelectrode performance: technologies, recording, stimulation, biocompatibility
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10:00 am
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Break
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10:15 am
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Discussion session 1. Identifying significant applications, opportunities, and requirements for chronic microscale neural interfaces (Johnson rooms, 3rd floor)
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11:15 am
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Discussion session 2: Identifying critical barriers and unmet needs in the development of microscale neural interfaces (Johnson rooms, 3rd floor)
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12:15 pm
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Catered lunch
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1:15 pm |
J. Williams |
Emerging technologies, materials, and techniques--Presentations from participants (GM Room, 4th floor)
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2:15 pm |
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Break |
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2:30 pm
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D. Kipke & W. Shain
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Defining the chronic neural interface design space; known and hypothesized failure modes (GM Room, 4th floor)
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3:00 pm
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Discussion session 3. Identifying and developing standards for neural interfaces: benchmarks, performance measures, protocols, and databases
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4:15 pm
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D. Kipke & W. Shain
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Wrap-up, next steps
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5:00 pm
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Adjourn
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6:00 pm
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Reception and BBQ Dinner -- Island Park
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This meeting is sponsored by the Center for Neural Communication Technology at the University of Michigan. For more information, please see http://cnct.engin.umich.edu.
The CNCT is a Biotechnology Research Center funded by the NIH/National Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering.
Contact information:
Daryl Kipke, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Neural Communication Technology
University of Michigan, MI USA
Email: dkipke@umich.edu
Phone: +1-734-764-3716
Bill Shain, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Center for Neural Communication Technology
Wadsworth Center, Albany NY USA
Email: shain@wadsworth.org
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