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)