Monday, June 16th

8:30 am | Breakfast
9 am | Welcome – Norm Beauchamp, EVP Georgetown University Medical Center; Josef Rauschecker & Max Riesenhuber, CNE Co-Directors; Gordon Cheng, TUM
9:30 am | Max Riesenhuber – summer school overview
10 am | Gordon Cheng – “Fusion of Neuroscience and Humanoid Robotics for better health”
11am | Coffee Break
11:30 | Josef Rauschecker – “Crossmodal plasticity and sensory substitution
12:30 | Lunch
1:30 | Tina Liu – “Transcranial Electrical Stimulation for Enhancing Visual Perception and Plasticity in Humans”
2:30 | Mark Burns – “Transcranial Electrical Stimulation for Enhancing Learning and Memory in Rodent Models”
3:30 | Coffee Break
4pm | Mark Paranjape – Talk/Workshop Intro
Evening | Welcome Reception

Tuesday, June 17th

8:30 am | Breakfast
9 am | Matt Leonhard – “Speech and language computation in the human superior temporal gyrus: Implications for neuroprostheses”
10 am | Peter Turkeltaub – “Understanding mechanisms of aphasia recovery to improve neuromodulatory treatments”
11am | Coffee Break
11:30 | Nick Theodore – Talk: “Engineering the Future of Spine Surgery”
12:30 | Lunch and Discussion Panel, chaired by Carlo Tornatore, Regional Chief of Neurology for MedStar Health – “The future of neuroengineering in the clinic”
1:30 | Simon Jacob – “Right-hemispheric language processing in aphasia at single-neuron resolution”
2:30 | Joan Orpella – “Inner speaking: representations and mechanisms”
3:30 | Coffee Break
4pm | Workshop Kickoff
Evening | Evening Social Activity

Wednesday, June 18th

8:30 am | Breakfast
9 am | Bernhard Wolfrum – “Self-folding small peripheral nerve interface”
10 am | Razi Haque – “Flexible Microfabricated Neural Interface Systems”
11am | Coffee Break
1130 | Cristina Piazza – “Motor Synergies for Bionic Limb Integration”
12:30 | Student poster session and lunch
2:30 | Dan Sulmasy – “From bioethics to neuroethics”
3:10 | Marcello Ienca – “From Ethics of Neuroengineering to Ethics in Neuroengineering”
3:50pm | Neuroethics panel & discussion
4:30pm | Workshops
Evening | Reception

Thursday, June 19th

8:30 am | Breakfast
9 am– 5pm | Workshops

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Friday, June 20th

8:30 am | Breakfast
9 am | Can Dincer – “CRISPR-powered biosensors for point-of-care testing of neurologic disorders”
10 am | Rebekah Evans – Talk
11am | Coffee Break
1130 | Workshop presentations
1230 | Lunch – Workshop presentations
1:30 | Workshop presentations
2:30 | Wrap-up