<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The 2013 Workshop on Neurobionics in clinical neurology is jointly conducted by University of Göttingen, Forschungszentrum Jülich, and RWTH Aachen, Germany along with Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER), one of the top five medical schools in India. The workshop will be held at JIPMER in Pondicherry, a union territory town in southern India on the shores of the Bay of Bengal.</div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Website: <a href="http://www.dwih.in/node/62" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://www.dwih.in/node/62</a> For more information, please contact Dr. Anirban Dutta (<a href="mailto:adutta@ieee.org" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">adutta@ieee.org</a>)</div>
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Objectives</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The goal is to promote interaction between senior and junior researchers from India and Germany, to educate new members of the neurobionics community in India, to introduce new enabling fields and applications to the community, to promote on-going collaborative activities emerging from the Workshop, and to promote a self-sustaining neurobionics research field in India.</div>
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Summary of the activities</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">A two-and-half-day intensive workshop, with the first day focusing on the non-invasive brain stimulation techniques, the second day focusing on deep brain stimulation, spinal stimulation, functional MR imaging, neurofeedback and neurorehabilitation, and the third half-day on panel discussions on long-term Indo-German research collaboration in the field of neurobionics.</div>
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Workshop directors</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Prof. Dr. med. Michael A. Nitsche, University of Göttingen, Germany</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
Prof. Dr. med. Sunil K. Narayan, JIPMER, India</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
Keynote speakers</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Prof. Dr. med. Walter Paulus, University of Göttingen; Keynote on Non-invasive brain stimulation.</div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Prof. Dr. med. Dr. Peter A. Tass, Forschungszentrum Jülich; Keynote on Deep brain stimulation.</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
Prof. Dr. med. Dr. rer. nat. Klaus Mathiak, RWTH Aachen University; Keynote on Neuromodulation with neurofeedback based on functional imaging.</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Scientific organizing committee</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
Dr. Asokan Thondiyath</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Dr. Anirban Dutta</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Research collaboration committee</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
Dr. Ramesh Ahuja</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Dr. Ganesh Shankar</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Topic areas and agenda</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
February 15th, 9:00AM to 12:30PM </div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Welcome address, lectures and discussions on Non-invasive brain stimulation</div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">1.<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Prof. Dr. med. Sunil Narayan, Head of Neurology, JIPMER, Pondicherry, India.</div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Welcome address and lecture: Introduction and clinical scope in India for neurobionics in neurology.</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
2.<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Prof. Dr. med. Walter Paulus, Head of the Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University of Göttingen, Germany. Keynote lecture: Overview on the state of the art in non-invasive brain stimulation.</div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">3.<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Prof. Dr. med. Michael A. Nitsche, Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University of Göttingen, Germany.</div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Lecture: Introduction and physiological background for non-invasive brain stimulation.</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
4.<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Prof. Dr. med. Claudia Trenkwalder, University of Göttingen, Germany.</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
Lecture: TBD</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">February 15th, 1:30PM to 5:30PM</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
Lectures and discussions on Non-invasive brain stimulation and Hands-on session</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">5.<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Prof. Dr. med. David Liebetanz, Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University of Göttingen, Germany.</div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Lecture: Animal studies and safety aspects for clinical studies on non-invasive brain stimulation.</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
6. Dr. Pramod Kumar Pal, Additional Professor of Neurology, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India.</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Lecture: Transcranial magnetic stimulation and its applications.</div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">7.<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Dr. med. Min-Fang Kuo, Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University of Göttingen, Germany.</div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Lecture: Pharmacology and non-invasive brain stimulation.</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
8.<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Dr. med. Min-Fang Kuo and Dr. Anirban Dutta, Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University of Göttingen, Germany.</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
Hands-on session: Transcranial direct current stimulation and transcranial magnetic stimulation.</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">February 16th, 9:00AM to 12:30PM</div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Lectures and discussions on Deep brain stimulation and Neural engineering</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
1.<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Prof. Dr. med Madhuri Behari, Head of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
Opening lecture: Clinical scope in India for Deep Brain Stimulation in movement disorders</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">2.<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Prof. Dr. med. Dr. Peter A. Tass, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany</div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Keynote lecture: Overview on the state of the art in DBS - Long-lasting neuronal desynchronization caused by coordinated reset neuromodulation</div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">3.<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Dr. med. Paresh Doshi, Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre, Mumbai, India</div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Lecture: Deep Brain stimulation in Parkinsonism and other extrapyramidal disorders</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
4.<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Prof. Dr. med. Rupum Borgohain, Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
Lecture: Programming in Deep Brain Stimulation</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">5.<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Dr. Milind Sankhe, PD Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Mumbai, India</div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Lecture: Spinal stimulation in intractable pain</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
February 16th, 1:30PM to 6:00PM</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Lectures and discussions on Neurofeedback based on functional imaging and Neurorehabilitation</div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">6.<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Prof. Dr. med. Dr. rer. nat. Klaus Mathiak, RWTH Aachen University, Germany</div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Keynote lecture: Overview on the state of the art in neuromodulation with neurofeedback based on functional imaging</div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">7.<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Prof. Dr. Asokan Thondiyath, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India</div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Lecture: Role of robotics in neurorehabilitation</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
8.<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Mrs. Alakananda Banerjee, Head of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Max Hospital, New Delhi, India</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
Lecture: Neuromuscular electrical therapy following stroke - relevance of a rehabilitation problem-solving form</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
9.<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Dr. Anirban Dutta, University of Göttingen, Germany</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Lecture: Engineering multi-target multi-electrode non-invasive electrical stimulation</div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">10.<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Mr. Saurabh Bhavsar, RWTH Aachen University, Germany</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
Lecture: Functional brain imaging with MR - SNR and CNR of multi-echo and parallel imaging</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">11.<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Ms. Eliza Alawi, RWTH Aachen University, Germany</div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Lecture: Localized neuromodulation using functional MR - Neurofeedback in PTSD, schizophrenia and auditory hallucinations</div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">12.<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Mr. Saurav Bhavsar and Ms. Eliza Alawi, RWTH Aachen University, Germany</div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Hands-on session with simulated data: Working with real-time fMRI software for neurofeedback</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
February 17th, 9:00AM to 12:00Noon</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Lectures and discussions on Deep brain stimulation and Neural engineering</div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">1.<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Panel Discussions on opportunities for long-term Indo-German collaboration.</div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Panelists: Dr. Ramesh Ahuja, University of Göttingen-India office and Dr. Ganesh Shankar, Forschungszentrum Jülich-India office</div>