Conference on Systems Neuroscience and Rehabilitation: SNR2012
Date: March 14-15, 2012
Place: 6F Conference room, College of National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities
National Rehabilitation Center
for Persons with Disabilities (NRCD)
Namiki 4-1, Tokorozawa, Saitama 359-8555, Japan
# 10 minutes walk from Shin-tokorozawa station (Seibu Shinjuku Line)
# 8 minutes taxi from Tokorozawa station (Seibu Ikebukuro & Seibu Shinjuku Line)
Host: Research Institute of National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities
Facilitator: Kenji Kansaku, MD, PhD
Language: English
Conference Objectives: Rapidly growing knowledge in systems neuroscience may help to expand the range of activities possible for persons with disabilities; however, practical application of this knowledge requires cooperation between experts in different research fields. At this conference, the speakers and audience will be from a wide range of research fields, including systems neuroscience, neurology, engineering, and psychology, and the attendees will discuss possibilities in this regard.
Programs
March 14
Opening remark
- 12:50-13:00
- Dr Fumio Eto (President, NRCD)
Introductory session
- 13:00-13:30
- Dr Kenji Kansaku (NRCD)
- 13:30-14:00
- Dr Toru Ogata (NRCD)
Keynote lecture
(chaired by Dr Yasoichi Nakajima; Dean, College of NRCD)
- 14:00-15:00
- Dr Mark Hallett (NINDS)
- "Stages of motor learning"
Poster presentation & coffee break
15:00-15:50
Session I: Brain-Machine Interfaces and Neurorehabilitation
- 15:50-16:30
- Dr Yasuharu Koike (Tokyo Tech)
- 16:30-17:10
- Dr Lauri Parkkonen (Elekta)
- 17:10-17:50
- Dr Hiroshi Yokoi (UEC/Tokyo)
March 15
Session II: Sensorimotor Integration
- 9:00-9:50 (Special lecture)
- Dr Patrick Haggard (UCL)
- 9:50-10:30
- Dr Tatsuya Mima (Kyoto University)
Poster presentation & coffee break
10:30-11:20
Session III: Animal Models
- 11:20-12:10 (Special lecture)
- Dr Tadashi Isa (NIPS)
- 12:10-12:50
- Dr Toru Takumi (Hiroshima University)
Closing remark
- 12:50-13:00
- Dr Seishi Kato (Dean, Research Institute of NRCD)