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)