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