The Edmond and Lily Safra International Institute of Neurosciences (IIN-ELS) will hold, between October 18 and 20, 2021, the seventh edition of the International Symposium on Neuroengineering. The edition will be the first since the arrival of the covid-19 pandemic in Brazil, and will take place in a completely virtual format, with speakers linked to institutions from six countries. Registration for the event, which will also allow the submission of papers for presentation, are now open and will continue until October 18th.
The Neuroengineering Symposium was launched in 2015 by the Santos Dumont Institute (ISD), with the aim of complementing the training of future researchers and students, creating a stimulating environment for sharing and generating new knowledge from scientific research.
The IIN-ELS manager, Edgard Morya, says that the seventh edition of the event will take advantage of the online format to become even more international, bringing researchers with different approaches that can contribute to topics related to neuroengineering. “The idea of this edition is to bring even more researchers from outside Brazil, with different approaches and visions, in order to enrich and expand the participants' vision about neuroengineering”.
Among the speakers are professors and researchers from institutions such as the universities of Oxford and Birmingham, in the United Kingdom; the University of Buenos Aires, in Argentina; the Aix-Marseille University and the Institut des Neurosciences Paris‑Saclay, in France; from the Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne, in Switzerland, and from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN).
In addition to the lectures, participants will also have tutorials offered by IIN-ELS professors-researchers, with topics such as microscopy techniques; electrophysiology and neuromodulation for rodents; artificial intelligence (AI) for neuroengineering and surgery in animal models.
The coordinator of the IIN-ELS Graduate Program, Abner Rodrigues, points out that the edition should be larger than that of previous years. “It is the first time that we have held the Symposium since the beginning of the pandemic, and our expectation is that it will be even bigger than in previous years, with many guests, lectures and confirmed activities. In addition, the fact that it is online and free will allow it to attract participants from all over the country”. The event is supported by the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (Capes), the Ministry of Education and the General Consulate of France in Recife.
Works
Undergraduate and postgraduate students and researchers will be able to submit papers for the VII Symposium on Neuroengineering. Accepted topics encompass seven axes: Brain-Machine Interface and Human-Machine Interface (ICM/HMI); Data processing and analysis; Neurophysiology and Electrophysiology; Neuromodulation; Assistive technology/Rehabilitation/
The works will be evaluated by the Scientific Committee of the Symposium, composed of IIN-ELS professors and invited researchers. The six best-evaluated works by the committee will be selected to make an oral presentation at the Symposium, and will receive a special paper presentation certificate.
Certificates and inscriptions
Registration is free and is now open. The event will also have a 24-hour certificate of participation for those who attend at least 70% of the Symposium activities.
Service
VII Symposium on Neuroengineering
October 18th to 20th
Free registration and more information at:
https://eventos.congresse.me/
confirmed speakers
Adam Williamson, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
Lecture: non-invasiveive deep brain stimulation using temporally interfering electric fields
Daniel Shulz, Institut des Neurosciences Paris-Saclay, France
Lecture: Optimizing sensory feedback in a cortical closed-loop brain-machine interface in mice
Cecilia Martínez, Instituto de Fisiologia y Biofisica Bernardo Houssay, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Lecture: Neuronal correlates for the timely execution of actions in the dorsal striatum
Solaiman Shokur, Senior Research Fellow at the Bertarelli Foundation Chair at the Translational Neuroengineering Laboratory, Geneva
Lecture: Development of Neuroprostheses
Cynthia Katche, from the Institute of Cellular Biology and Neurosciences Prof. Eduardo De Robertis, UBA-CONICET, Argentina
Lecture: Functional connectivity of the retrosplenial cortex in recognition memory
Jonathan LC Lee, from the Memory persistence laboratory, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Lecture: Modeling EMDR therapy in rats to explore a novel mechanism of action
Sophie Sowden, Center for Human Brain Health, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Lecture: Role of movement in the way we perceive emotion from faces
Vitor Lopes dos Santos, from the MRC Brain network dynamics unit, Oxford University
Lecture: Using field potentials to study hippocampus functioning
Andressa Roveda, Co-founder of CogniSigns – Entrepreneur, psychologist, neuropsychologist, professor, speaker and consultant.
Lecture: Science and technology as allies of social transformation
Andressa Radiske, from the Memory Research Laboratory – Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
Lecture: Neuromodulation as a tool to modify traumatic memories
