
Brain-computer interfaces: New technology. More data. Improving lives.

Wyss Center symposium at Campus Biotech
Tuesday 6 December 13h - 16h & apero
Campus Biotech auditorium | In-person only
All welcome | Free to attend | Register here
Over recent years, research groups and companies have accelerated the development of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) with the goal of restoring movement and communication for people with severe paralysis.
They have pushed the boundaries of medical device miniaturization and data transfer to build fully implantable devices that wirelessly record brain activity with a variety of electrodes.
The data now being collected has tremendous potential to tackle important clinical and social needs for people with paralysis. To realize this opportunity, groups are exploring new approaches in neural signal decoding with artificial intelligence algorithms.
As the BCI community shifts its focus to clinical studies for patient benefit, join us at Campus Biotech to hear from researchers and companies working together at the forefront of BCI development discussing paths to translation and BCI home-use.
Meet the speakers


Prof. Gernot Mueller Putz, PhD, Head of the Institute of Neural Engineering and its associated Laboratory of Brain-Computer Interfaces at the Graz University of Technology

Henri Lorach, EPFL

Vincent Delattre, Onward

Jonas Zimmermann, PhD, Senior Neuroscientist at the Wyss Center

Silvia Marchesotti, University of Geneva

Martin Schüttler, CorTec
Nicolas Vachicouras, CEO, Neurosoft
Brain-computer interfaces:
New technology. More data. Improving lives.
Agenda:
13:00 - 13:20 Intracranial Neuro Telemetry to Restore Communication in people with Locked-in Syndrome (INTRECOM) (Nick Ramsey / UMC Utrecht Brain Center)
13:20 - 13:40 Non-invasive BCI for the control of upper limbs (Gernot Müller-Putz / Graz University of Technology)
13:40 - 14:00 Brain-spine interfaces for motor restoration after spinal cord injury (Henri Lorach / EPFL)
14:00 - 14:20 ONWARD – Empowering movement (Vincent Delattre / Onward)
14:20 - 14:40 Coffee
14:40 - 15:00 Developing neurotechnology for communication (Jonas Zimmermann / Wyss Center)
15:00 - 15:20 Brain-computer interfaces for speech decoding (Silvia Marchesotti / University of Geneva)
15:20 - 15:40 CorTec Brain Interchange – An implantable bi-direction brain-computer interface and it’s future developments (Martin Schüttler / CorTec)
15:40 - 16:00 Soft and stretchable implantable electrodes to interface with the human brain (Nicolas Vachicouras / Neurosoft)
Apéro
The event is free to attend, but registration is needed for catering numbers.
If you have registered but are no longer able to attend, please let us know by sending an email to: info@wysscenter.ch.
Find us: 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.
Updates
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25.05.2023
Wyss Center partners with ALBA network
The Wyss Center partners with the ALBA Network to raise awareness and advocate for increased equity, inclusion and visibility of scientists from underrepresented groups in brain research.
Collaboration -
03.04.2023
Wyss Center Geneva appoints Erwin Böttinger as new Chief Executive Officer
The appointment follows a funding commitment of CHF 120 million from the Wyss Foundation to further strengthen the Center’s mission to accelerate innovative therapies to the clinic to transform the lives of people with brain disorders.
Wyss Center -
10.03.2023
New project: InnerVoice
A new Wyss Center - University of Geneva collaboration aims to decode imagined speech directly from the brain using novel implanted electrodes and new algorithms.
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