Event: Wyss Center Brain Health Symposium
Monday 9 October 2023, 14h
Campus Biotech, Geneva, in-person event
Innovate. Accelerate. Transform Lives.
The symposium aims to bring together leading experts in brain health from around the world, Wyss Center partners, staff and friends, and academics to discuss the latest developments in the field.
Explore our agenda and register to attend this exciting event to:
- Learn about the latest developments in brain health
- Meet and exchange with passionate experts working in the field
- Network with peers to contribute to advance the field of brain health
This event is brought to you by the Wyss Center whose mission is to innovate and accelerate technologies and therapies to transform the lives of people with neurological and mental health disorders.
Agenda
14:00 Dr. Erwin Böttinger – CEO, Wyss Center – Welcome and Overview of the Day
14:10 Session 1: Innovate
Session Chair: Mark Stolz – Head of R&D, Wyss Center
14:15 Keynote speaker: Pr. David Atienza Alonso, PhD – EPFL, Lausanne – Edge AI Wearables for Ambulatory Monitoring of Brain Disorders
14:40 Michalina Gora , PhD – Wyss Center, Geneva – Lighting up the Gut-Brain Axis
14:45 Pierre Vassiliadis, MD, PhD – Hummel Lab, EPFL, Lausanne – Non-Invasive Deep Brain Stimulation by Means of Transcranial Temporal Interference Stimulation
14:50 Pr. Rares Vincent Salomir, PhD – HUG, Geneva – Focused Ultrasound Technology and Clinical Applications for Neurosurgery and Neuro-oncology
15:00 Networking Break & Meet the Speakers
15:30 Session 2: Accelerate
Session Chair: Dr. Tracy Laabs – CDO, Wyss Center
15:35 Keynote speaker: James Gorman, PhD – Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, USA – Transforming Brain Disease Treatment by Precise Brain Targeting of Drugs
16:00 Tom Hutson, PhD – Wyss Center, Geneva – Optogenetic Therapy for Spasticity
16:05 Fabian Queisner, MSc – Ababax Health, Berlin – Re-Enabling Alzheimer’s Patients to Form Memories with Non-Invasive, Visual Neurostimulation
16:10 Mohammad Ali Shaeri, PhD – Shoaran Lab, EPFL, Lausanne – Next-Generation AI-Enabled Electronics for Neuromodulation and BMI
16:20 Networking Break & Meet the Speakers
16:50 Session 3: Transform Lives
Session Chair: Dr. Craig Cook – Head of Business Development and Licensing, Wyss Center
16:55 Keynote speaker: Alik Widge, MD, PhD – University of Minnesota, USA – Engineering Brain Circuits to Treat Psychiatric Disorders
17:20 Jonas Zimmermann, PhD – Wyss Center, Geneva – Bringing Brain-Computer Interfaces to People's Homes
17:25 Pr. Dimitri Van De Ville, PhD – EPFL, UNIGE – ASL NQT: A Novel Quantification Tool of Brain Perfusion for Early Diagnosis of Dementia
17:30 Mark A. Anderson, PhD – NeuroRestore, EPFL, Lausanne, Wyss Center, Geneva - Regenerating the Spinal Cord
17:35 Matt Curran, MBA – Nanoflex Robotics A.G., Wyss Zurich – Nanoflex Robotics: Remote Robotic Treatment of Stroke
Networking Aperitif & Meet the Speakers
Meet the speakers
Michalina Gora , PhD - Wyss Center, Geneva
Pierre Vassiliadis, MD, PhD – Hummel Lab, EPFL, Lausanne
Pr. Rares Vincent Salomir, PhD – HUG, Geneva
James Gorman, PhD – Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, USA
Tom Hutson, PhD - Wyss Center, Geneva
Fabian Queisner, MSc – Ababax Health, Berlin
Mohammad Ali Shaeri, PhD – Shoaran Lab, EPFL, Lausanne
Alik Widge, MD, PhD – University of Minnesota, USA
Dr. Jonas Zimmermann, PhD – Wyss Center, Geneva
Pr. Dimitri Van De Ville, PhD – EPFL, UNIGE
Mark A. Anderson, PhD – NeuroRestore, EPFL - Lausanne; Wyss Center, Geneva
Matt Curran, BSc, MBA – Nanoflex Robotics A.G., Wyss Zurich
Find us: In person event only, Campus Biotech, Chemin des Mines 9, CH-1202, Geneva, Switzerland
Accessibility: Campus Biotech is a fully accessible building with wheelchair access and facilities on all floors.
If you have registered but are no longer able to attend, please let us know by sending an email to: info@wysscenter.ch
