34th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society

Unconference Program

The meeting will consist of plenary and breakout sessions as well as a session devoted to live demonstrations of rehabilitation robotics solutions contributed by attendees. A competition will take place to recognize the best demonstrations. Attendees interested in participating in the Demo Competition are asked to submit an abstract. Abstracts will be made available on the unconference website. The use of short presentations will be allowed to highlight the content of each demonstration.

The unconference minutes will be posted on the meeting website. The unconference committee will also produce a white paper summarizing the key elements that emerge at the meeting.

When: Tuesday, 28 August, 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Where: Sapphire M

Unconference Program

8:00 AM – 8:45 AM Doors Open – Registration
8:45 AM – 9:00 AM Introduction
9:00 AM – 10:15 AM Unpanel – Clinical Perspective

Bill Aal - Moderator
Partner at Unconference.net
David Reinkensmeyer - Moderator
Professor – University of California at Irvine
Stefan Bircher
Executive Vice President at Hocoma Inc.
Susan Fasoli
Senior Researcher - Center for Restorative and Regenerative Medicine Providence VA Medical Center
Albert Lo
Associate Professor – Brown University
Judy Deutsch
Professor - University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM Agenda Creation
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM Breakout Sessions
12:15 AM – 1:15 PM Breakout Sessions
1:15 PM – 1:45 PM Lunch – Lunch boxes will be provided
1:45 PM – 3:00 PM Poster and Demo Competition
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Breakout Sessions
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM Plenary Discussion
4:30 PM – 5:45 PM Unpanel - The future of Rehabilitation Robotics

Bill Aal – Moderator
Partner at Unconference.net
James L. Patton – Moderator
Associate Professor – Univeristy of Illinois, Chicago
Mindy Aisen
Chief Medical Officer - Rancho Los Amigos National Hospital Center
Russ Angold
Co-Founder at Ekso Bionics
Maja Materic
Professor – University of Southern California
Silvestro Micera
Associate Professor – École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Carolee Winstein
Professor - University of Southern California
5:45 PM – 6:00 PM Closing Remarks and Award Ceremony

For more information, please contact us: EMBC2012unconference@srh-mal.net.