Conference on Systems Neuroscience and Rehabilitation: SNR2013
Date: March 13-14, 2013
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 13
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 John Donoghue (Brown Univ)
- "Turning Thoughts Into Action: Neural Interfaces to Restore Movement to Humans with Paralysis"
Poster presentation & coffee break
15:00-15:50
Session I: Sensory-to-motor Processing
- 15:50-16:40 (Special lecture)
- Dr Kenji Kawano (Kyoto Univ)
- 16:40-17:15
- Dr Isao Hasegawa (Niigata Univ)
- 17:15-17:50
- Dr Yasuharu Koike (Tokyo Tech)
March 14
Session II: Neuroimaging Application
- 9:00-9:35
- Dr Lauri Parkkonen (Aalto Univ/ELEKTA)
- 9:35-10:10
- Dr Sunao Iwaki (AIST)
Poster presentation & coffee break
10:10-11:00
Session III: Body Image
- 11:00-11:50 (Special lecture)
- Dr Olaf Blanke (EPFL)
- 11:50-12:25
- Dr Hiroshi Imamizu (NICT/ATR)
Closing remark
- 12:25-12:30
- Dr Seishi Kato (Dean, Research Institute of NRCD)