Category: Clinical Application of Technology

Workshop Title: Cognitive rehabilitation for dementia

Workshop Organizer(s): Arlene Astell

In person Speaker(s):

• Desai, Shital, York University
• Michaud, Rochelle, person living with early dementia

Virtual Speaker(s): TBA

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Category: Clinical Application of Technology

Workshop Title: Value-Based Neuro-Therapy – What is Needed for Useful Data Interpretation? - A Live Demonstration of Data-Driven Robotic Gait Therapy, Intra-Session Labeling and Near-Time Data Reporting.

Workshop Organizer(s): Dennis Veit & Alison Watt

In person Speaker(s):

• Dennis Veit
• Rupert Kluhs-Preißler
• Gernot Greimler

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Category: Clinical Application of Technology

Workshop Title: Applications of Wearable Technology in Rehabilitation: Measuring and Restoring Function in Our Patients

Workshop Organizer(s): Megan K. O'Brien

In person Speaker(s):

• O'Brien, Megan K., Shirley Ryan AbilityLab / Northwestern University
• Jayaraman, Arun, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab / Northwestern University
• Wen, Yue, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
• Pons, Jose L., Shirley Ryan AbilityLab / Northwestern University

Virtual Speaker(s): Yue Wen

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Category: Clinical Application of Technology

Workshop Title: Ethical Implications of Artificial Intelligence and Sensing Devices in Rehabilitation

Workshop Organizer(s): Shehroz Khan & Rosalie Wang

In person Speaker(s):

• Koh, Ryan, KITE, University Health Network, Canada
• Yue Li, KITE, University Health Network, Canada
• Dinesh Kumbhare, University of Toronto
• Mollayeva, Tatyana, KITE, University Health Network, Canada
• Lynn Haslam-Larmer, KITE, University Health Network, Canada
• Andria Bianchi, Unity Health Toronto, Canada

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Category: Clinical Application of Technology

Workshop Title: Building Capacity to Engage End Users in Advanced Technology Implementation throughout a Continuum of Care

Workshop Organizer(s): Amber M Walter

In person Speaker(s): Matt Wilks

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Category: Clinical Application of Technology

Workshop Title: Restoring Hope, Rebuilding Lives: Transformation of Clinical Practice with Rehabilitation Technology

Workshop Organizer(s): Seng Kwee Wee

In person Speaker(s):

• Associate Professor Karen Chua Sui Geok, Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH)
• Associate Professor Wee Seng Kwee, TTSH
• Dr Loh Yong Joo, TTSH
• Dr Ong Poo Lee, TTSH
• Mr Christopher Kuah Wee Keong, TTSH
• Mr Phua Min Wee, TTSH
• Ms Ng Chwee Yin, TTSH
• Ms Tegan Plunkett, TTSH
  
  

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Category: Clinical Application of Technology

Workshop Title: Communication and Swallowing are Central to Life! An Interactive Exploration of Neurotechnology for Speech and Language Therapy Throughout a Stroke Patient’s Recovery - Supporting Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Workshop Organizer(s): Chrissy Bibby

In person Speaker(s):

• Bibby, Chrissy, Hobbs Rehabilitation
• Marriot, Laura, Hobbs Rehabilitation
• Dennis-Jones,Amy Hobbs Rehabilitation

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Category: Clinical Application of Technology, Lower Limb

Workshop Title: The Challenge of Tuning Robot-Assisted Gait Therapy to Patient’s Individual Needs: What to Tune? That’s the Question

Workshop Organizer(s): Cristina Bayón, Edwin van Asseldonk and Eduardo Rocon

In person Speaker(s):

• Marchal Crespo, Laura, TU Delft
• Van Dellen, Florian, University Children's Hospital Zurich
• Bulea, Thomas, National Institutes of Health
• Meléndez-Calderón, Alejandro, University of Queensland & Jamieson Trauma Institute
• Nevio Tagliamonte, Foundation Santa Lucia

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Category: Clinical Application of Technology, Lower Limb

Workshop Title: Automated Gait Pattern Facilitation with Advanced Closed-Loop Control Algorithm. Opportunities and Challenges in Clinical Practice

Workshop Organizer(s): Juan Pablo Gonzalez Appelgren

In person Speaker(s):

• Giffhorn, Matt, Max Näder Lab for Rehabilitation Technologies and Outcomes Research Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Chicago, IL, USA
• Gonzalez-Appelgren, Juan Pablo, Translational Research Unit, Trainfes Center, Santiago, Chile
• Breen, Kelly, Max Näder Lab for Rehabilitation Technologies and Outcomes Research, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Chicago, IL, USA
• Hossiason, Matias, TRAINFES Center, Santiago, Chile
  
  

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Category: Clinical Application of Technology, underlying Principles

Workshop Title: From brain recovery knowledge to best clinical practice and technological tools development: Neurovision and Dualebike as examples

Workshop Organizer(s): Manuel Murie-Fernandez

In person Speaker(s):

• Manuel Murie-Fernandez, neurorehabiltiation Unit, Hospital CIudad de Telde, ICOT group, Spain

• Carmen Bhamonde, Neurorehabilitation Unit, Hospital CIudad de Telde, ICOT group, Spain

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Category: Clinical Application of Technology, underlying Principles

Workshop Title: Exploring the Scientific Principles and Technologies of Neurorehabilitation

Workshop Organizer(s): Shimoda Shingo

In person Speaker(s):

• Fady Alnajjar (UAEU)
• An Qi (Univ. of Tokyo)
• Shingo Shimoda (RIKEN, Nagoya University)
• Juan Moreno (CSIC)
• Yasuhisa Hirata (Tohoku University)
• Yang Ningjia (Zhejiang Lab)

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Category: Clinical Application of Technology, Upper Limb

Workshop Title: Upper limb robotics and their influence on functional connectivity and motor network changes after stroke: an evidence based practice framework.

Workshop Organizer(s): Jose Lopez

In person Speaker(s):

• Lopez, Jose, European Neurosciences Center
• Vazquez Cristina, European Neurosciences Center
• Leong, Chen Onn, Fourier Intelligence

Virtual Speaker(s): TBA

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Category: Clinical Application of Technology, Upper Limb

Workshop Title: How Advancing Technologies Complement Clinical Practice in Specialist Residential Rehabilitation; An Exploration of Practical Application and Protocol Development

Workshop Organizer(s): Toria Chan

In person Speaker(s):

• Lucy Greensmith, specialist rehabilitation OT. 
• Kostas Falidas, Senior Physiotherapist
• Colette Shaw, Co-Founder and Director of STEPS Prosthetics Prosthetist
• Toria Chan, Co-founder and clinical Director of STEPS

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Category: Clinical Application of Technology, Upper Limb

Workshop Title: Bringing Technology-Assisted Upper Limb Neurorehabilitation From Clinic to Home: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

Workshop Organizer(s): Simone Kager, Hsiao-Ju Cheng, Olivier Lambercy

In person Speaker(s):

• Ekaterina Ivanova
• Asif Hussain
• Tegan Kate Plunkett
• Jacqueline Mair
• Ludovic Dovat

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Category: Clinical Application of Technology

Workshop Title: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Multidisciplinary Approach to Neuro-rehabilitation in Persons with Brain Injury

Workshop Organizer(s): Abhishek Srivastava

In person Speaker(s):

• Dr Navita Vyas - Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: Principles and Practice
• Dr Abhishek Srivastava - Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Persons with Disorders of Consciousness after Brain Injury

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Category: Development and Implementation of Technology

Workshop Title: Brain Computer Interfaces for Rehabilitation and Assistance: Moving from the Lab to the Clinic

Workshop Organizer(s): Nicole Wenderoth

In person Speaker(s):

• Guan, Cuntai, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
• Millán, Jose del R, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Department of Neurology, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
• Soekadar, Surjo, Clinical Neurotechnology Laboratory, Charite Berlin, Germany
• Ruddy, Kathy, Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience and School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

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Category: Development and Implementation of Technology

Workshop Title: Balance Control for Lower-Limb Prostheses and Exoskeletons

Workshop Organizer(s): Maura Eveld & Edwin van Asseldonk

In person Speaker(s): 

• Aaron Young, Georgia Tech
• Eloise Dalin, Wandercraft
• Nidhi Seethapathi, MIT
• Michael Raitor, Stanford University

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Category: Development and Implementation of Technology

Workshop Title: Instrumented Dummy Limbs for the Assessment of Safety and Performance of Wearable Robots

Workshop Organizer(s): David Rodriguez-Cianca

In person Speaker(s):

• Torricelli, Diego, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
• Prange, Gerdienke, Roessingh Research and Development (RRD)
• Veneman, Jan, Hocoma
• Kwan-Woong, Gwak, Sejong University
• Been, Bernard, Humanetics
• Yoshida, Eiichi, Tokio University of Science (TUS)

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Category: Development and Implementation of Technology

Workshop Title: Holisitic development and implementation of rehabilitation technologies

Workshop Organizer: Eveline Graf
Workshop Co-Organizer: Martina Spiess

In person Speaker(s):

• Martina Spiess, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
• Eveline Graf, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
• Lena Sauerzopf
• Gernot Greimler

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Category: Development and Implementation of Technology

Workshop Title: Natural interfacing and embodiment of assistive and rehabilitation technologies

Workshop Organizer(s): Patricia Capsi-Morales, Dario Farina, Cristina Piazza

In person Speaker(s):

• Micera, Silvestro, Ecole polytechnique fédérale de lausanne
• Huang, Helen, NC State/UNC
• Muceli, Silvia, Chalmers University of Tehcnology
• Lock, Blair, Coapt
• González, Jose, Ottobock
• Þorsteinsson, Freygarður, Ossur

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Category: Development and Implementation of Technology

Workshop Title: Human Modeling in Rehabilitation Robotics

Workshop Organizer(s): Giacinto Barresi

In person Speaker(s):

• Barresi Giacinto (organizer), Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Genoa (Italy);
• Tessari Federico (organizer), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge (Massachusetts, USA);
• De Michieli Lorenzo, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Genoa (Italy);
• Muraki Satoshi, Kyushu University, Fukuoka (Japan);
• Pizzolato Claudio, Griffith University, Brisbane (Queensland, Australia);
• Holmes Michael, Brock University, St. Catharines (Ontario, Canada);
• Ang Wei Tech, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (Singapore);
• van der Kooij Herman, University of Twente, Twente (Netherlands);
• Castellini Claudio, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen (Germany)

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Category: Development and Implementation of Technology

Workshop Title: Re-Envisioning Clinical Research Evidence for Rehabilitation Technology to Support Integration to Practice

Workshop Organizer(s): Rosalie H Wang

In person Speaker(s):

• Rosalie H Wang
• Nina Hovanec
• Aaron Yurkewich
• José López Sánchez
• Amy Dennis-Jones
• Heather Colquhoun

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Category: Development and Implementation of Technology, Human Centered Design

Workshop Title: Fostering Successful Implementation and Adoption of Digital Technology

Workshop Organizer(s): Kathryn Jarvis

In person Speaker(s):

• Stockley, Rachel, University of Central Lancashire
• Kamalakannan, Sureshkumar, Northumbria University
• Jarvis, Kathryn, University of Central Lancashire

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Category: Development and Implementation of Technology, Human Centered Design

Workshop Title: Transfer of Research into Clinics for Upper Extremity Assessment in Cervical Spinal Cord Injury – The Patient Gain of Clinician, Therapist and Engineer Collaboration

Workshop Organizer(s): Cristian Federico Pasluosta

In person Speaker(s):

• Fridén, Jan, Swiss Paraplegic Centre
• Bersch, Ines, Swiss Paraplegic Centre
• Pasluosta, Cristian, Swiss Paraplegic Centre and University of Freiburg
• Alberty, Marie, Swiss Paraplegic Centre

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Category: Development and Implementation of Technology, Human Centered Design

Workshop Title: Bridging clinics, research, and industry: how to design user-centered rehabilitation technologies?

Workshop Organizer(s): Andrea Marinelli, Marco Puliti, Anna Bucchieri, Giulia Bodo

In person Speaker(s):

• De Michieli, Lorenzo, Head of the Rehab Technologies Lab at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia - Technology Transfer Directorate at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia;
• Laffranchi, Matteo, Coordinator of Robotics of the Rehab Technologies Lab at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia;
• Gruppioni, Emanuele, Direttore tecnico Area ricerca e formazione at Centro Protesi Inail
• Molteni, Franco, Director of Complex Operative Unit Functional Recovery and Rehabilitation of Villa Beretta Rehabilitation Center;
• Dosen, Strahinja, Professor of Department of Health Science and Technology at Aalborg University;
• Castellini, Claudio, Professor of Assistive Intelligent Robotics Lab and Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Engineering at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität;
• Tai, Zhi Kang, Business Development Director at Fourier Intelligence, Singapore
• Gonzalez, Jose, Head of Research Germany, Ottobock SE & Co. KGaA

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Category: Development and Implementation of Technology, Human Centered Design

Workshop Title: Intuitive Bidirectional Control of Bionic Limbs: Bringing across Accademia, Clinics, and Industry

Workshop Organizer(s): Jose Eduardo Gonzalez, Strahinja Dosen, Massimo Sartori, Herman van der Kooij

In person Speaker(s):

• Huang, Hellen, North Carolina State University (USA)
• De Michelli, Lorenzo, IIT (IT)
• Catalano, Manuel G, University of Pisa, IIT (IT)
• Hargrove, Levi, Northwestern University, Shirley Ryan Ability Lab (USA)
• Gonzalez, Jose, Ottobock SE & KGaA (DE)
• Rietman,Johan, Roessingh Research and Development (NL)

Virtual Speaker(s): 

• Herr, Hugh, MIT (USA)

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Category: Education in the field

Workshop Title: Novel Educational Pathways in Rehabilitation

Workshop Organizer(s): Chris Easthope Awai

In person Speaker(s):

• Beck, Desiree, RESC ETH Zürich
• Jayaraman, Arun, Shirley Ryan Ability Lab
• Koh, Zen, Fourier Intelligence
• Amy Dennis-Jones
• Pedrocchi, Alessandra, NEARLAB Politecnico di Milano
• Lieber, Richard, Shirley Ryan Ability Lab
• Molteni, Franco, NEARLAB Politecnico di Milan

Virtual Speaker: Alison Watt

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Category: FES, Brain Stimulation and Neurophysiology

Workshop Title: Brain monitoring and modulation for advancing of physical-abilities in therapy and caregiving

Workshop Organizer(s): Chuanxin M. Niu

In person Speaker(s):

• XIE, Qing, MD, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
• LIU, Yang, MD, Ruijin Hospiatl, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
• LIU, Honghai, PhD, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen
• PAN, Yu, MD, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital (BTCH) affiliated to Tsinghua University
• NIU, Chuanxin, PhD, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine

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Category: FES, Brain Stimulation and Neurophysiology

Workshop Title: Hybrid FES robotics: from design challenges to clinical perspectives

Workshop Organizer(s): Emilia Ambrosini

In person Speaker(s):

• Masia, Lorenzo, Heidelberg University, Germany
• Ferrante Simona, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
• Pedrocchi Alessandra, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
• King, Shane, Rice University
• Emilia Ambrosini, Politecnico Di Milano

Virtual Speaker(s): Molteni Franco, Villa Beretta Rehabilitation Center, Italy

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Category: FES, Brain Stimulation and Neurophysiology

Workshop Title: Advances in Electrical Stimulation Therapies After Spinal Cord Injury

Workshop Organizer(s): David Dolbow

In person Speaker(s):

• Davis, Glen, PhD, Clinical Exercise Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
• Dolbow, David, PT, DPT, PhD, Physical Therapy Department and College of Osteopathic Medicine, William Carey University, Hattiesburg, MS, USA
• Gorgey, Ashraf, PT, MPT, PhD, Spinal Cord Injury and Disorders Center, Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, VA, USA, College of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
• Bersch, Ines, PT, PhD, International FES Centre®, Swiss Paraplegia Center, Nottwil, Switzerland

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Category: FES, Brain Stimulation and Neurophysiology

Workshop Title: Impact of transcutaneous spinal stimulation and other neuromodulatory techniques on recovery following neurological injuries

Workshop Organizer(s): Arun Jayaraman

In person Speaker(s):

• Perez, Monica, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
• Forrest, Gail, Kessler Research Foundation
• Yang, Chen, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
• Jayaraman, Arun, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

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Category: FES, Brain Stimulation and Neurophysiology

Workshop Title: Take home messages for successful implementation of FES therapy in your clinic: What to do and not to do

Workshop Organizer(s): Matija Milosevic

In person Speaker(s):

• Popovic, Milos, KITE Toronto Rehab & University of Toronto
• Desai, Naaz, Krembil Research Institute-UHN
• Kei Masani

Virtual Speaker(s): Marquez-Chin, Cesar, KITE Toronto Rehab

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Category: Industry

Workshop Title: The Spectrum of Gait Training

Workshop Organizer(s): Jake Kee

In person Speaker(s):

• Kee, Jake, Fourier Intelligence
• Dufault, Lukas, KINESIQ Inc.

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Category: Industry

Workshop Title: recoveriX - The Unique Stroke Neurorehabilitation for Stroke of Any Stages

Workshop Organizer(s): Christy Li

In person Speaker(s):

• Marc Sebeastian, PhD, g.tec Medical Engineering GmbH
• Christoph Guger, CEO, g.tec Medical Engineering GmbH

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Category: Industry

Workshop Title: Experience the Innovation in the Continuum of Upper Limb Rehabilitation

Workshop Organizer(s): Veronica Garcia

In person Speaker(s):

• Claudio Pizzolato, PhD, Senior Lecturer at Griffith University (Brisbane, Australia)
• Veronica Garcia-Marti, PhD, Clinical and Scientifical affairs Manager at Hocoma A.G. (Zurich, Switzerland)
• Matthias Näf, Product Manager at Hocoma A.G. (Zurich, Switzerland)
• Liliana Paredes, PhD, Scientific Coordinator ETH D-Hest Biomedical Data Science Lab (Zurich, Switzerland)

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Category: Industry

Workshop Title: Neuroskin: an AI-powered neuroprosthesis for gait rehabilitation after stroke

Workshop Organizer(s): Rudi Gombauld

In person Speaker(s): Lana Popovic Maneski

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Category: Neurorehabilitation

Workshop Title: Family Based Rehabilitation in Developing and under developed countries

Workshop Organizer(s): Nirmal Surya

In person Speaker(s):

• Surya, Nirmal, Consultant Neurologist, Bombay Hospital and Research Center, Mumbai, Chairman, Surya Neuro Centre, Mumbai, President, IFNR
• Srivastava Abhishek, Director, Physical Medicine & rehabilitation Department, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani hospital, Mumbai
• Someshwar, Hitav, Assistant Professor, Physiotherapy School & Center, TNMC & BYL Nair Ch. Hospital, Mumbai

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Category: Neurorehabilitation, Assessments

Workshop Title: ICF Based, App-Integrated Initial Patient Assessment - How can we Generate Activity Based, Patient Focused Therapy Goals With Structured Core Sets?

Workshop Organizer(s): Dennis Veit

In person Speaker(s):

• Krenn, Simon, tech2people; Frueh, Sophia, tech2people
• Marriott, Laura, Hobbs Rehabilitation

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Category: Neurorehabilitation, Assessments

Workshop Title: Is technology ready for everyday clinical assessments?

Workshop Organizer(s): David Rodriguez-Cianca

In person Speaker(s):

• Rodriguez-Cianca, David, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
• Sanz-Morere, Clara, Hospital los Madroños (HLM)
• Sinovas-Alonso, María Isabel, Spanish National Hospital for Spinal Cord Injury
• Trigili, Emilio, BioRobotics Institute Sant'Anna

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Category: Telerehabilitation

Workshop Title: Boosting the Implementation of Tele-Assessments for Individuals With Stroke

Workshop Organizer(s): Lena Sauerzopf, Michael Sy, Raymond Francis R. Sarmiento, Martina Spiess

In person Speaker(s):

• Martina Spiess (ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, PI Project “Tele-Assessment: Leveraging Deep Learning to Assess Upper Limb Kinematics after Stroke with Off-the-shelf Webcams”)
• Lena Sauerzopf (ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, University of Zurich, PhD student)
• Michael Sy (University of the Philippines Manila and ZHAW)
• Raymond Francis R. Sarmiento (Director National Telehealth Center, University of the Philippines Manila)
• Thierry Keller (Managing Director at Tecnalia: Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering)
• Liliana Paredes 

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Category: Telerehabilitation

Workshop Title: Mobile Health for Rehabilitation in Low- and Middle-Incomes Countries

Workshop Organizer(s): Bruno Bonnechère

In person Speaker(s):

• Bonnechère Bruno , UHasselt, Belgium
• Rintala Aki, LAB, Finland
• Guidetti Suzanna, Karolinska Institute, Sweden
• Judith Deutsch, Rutgers, USA

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Category: Telerehabilitation

Workshop Title: Case discussion in feasibility of Telerehabilitation with Seniors with Deconditioning
conditions in Singapore

Workshop Organizer(s): Sylvia Liew

In person Speaker(s): Felicia Teow, Charmaine Koh, Cheng Jing Wen, Magbago Ruel Esteron, Irene Toh

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