2nd International Conference on Medical Bionics Preliminary Program

*Please note this program is subject to change.

Sunday 20 November 2011

TRANSPORT FROM THE BIONICS INSTITUTE TO SILVERWATER RESORT HOTEL CHECK IN 1300 1350 REGISTRATION Conference Opening Room: Churchill/Flinders Room Chair: Prof Rob Shepherd Conference Opening Prof Rob Shepherd, Bionics Institute Plenary Symposium Room: Churchill/Flinders Room Chair: Prof Rob Shepherd 1400 - 1445 1445 - 1500 Medical Bionics: From Laboratory to Clinic Prof Jim Patrick, Cochlear Ltd SHORT BREAK Session 1: Overview of Medical Bionics Design, Development and Safety Room: Churchill/Flinders Room Chair: Prof Rob Shepherd Electrochemical Processes and Limitations Governing Neural Prostheses Dr Stuart Cogan, EIC Laboratories Proudly sponsored by Bionic Vision Australia Fundamentals of a Neural Prosthesis: A Surgical Perspective Dr Penny Allen, CERA/RVEEH & TBC Fundamentals of a Neural Prosthesis: The role of pre-clinical studies Prof Chris Williams, Bionics Institute Principles of Safe Electrical Stimulation of Neural Tissue Dr Doug McCreery, Huntington Medical Research Laboratory WELCOME RECEPTION

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Monday 21 November 2011

REGISTRATION Session 2: Enabling Technologies for Medical Bionics: ICT, Smart Materials and Smart Biology Room: Churchill/Flinders Room Chair: Dr. Kristien Verhoeven, Cochlear This session is proudly sponsored by The University of Melbournes School of Engineering 0800 - 0830 0830 - 0900 Next-Generation Colloids for Therapeutic Delivery: From Assembly to In-Vivo Application Prof Frank Caruso, University of Melbourne Nanobionics: The Challenges, the Conquests and the Outright Confounding!! Prof Gordon Wallace, University of Wollongong Electrode Materials for Microstimulation and Recording of Neural Tissue Dr Stuart Cogan, EIC Laboratories Proudly sponsored by Bionic Vision Australia The Application of Stem Cell Therapies in Medical Bionics Dr Bryony Nayagam, University of Melbourne One Selected Presentations MORNING TEA Proudly sponsored by School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences at Latrobe University Session 3: The Electrode - Biological Interface and Drug Delivery Technologies Room: Churchill/Flinders Room Chair: Prof Patricia Leake, UCSF The Electrode-Tissue Interface: An in Vitro Perspective Dr Carrie Newbold, The Hearing CRC The Changing Paradigm on the Ideal Biomaterial Surface for Biofilm Control of Totally Internal, Permanent Implants - From Mono-Functional to Multi-Functional Coatings Prof Henny van der Mei, University Medical Center Groningen Drug Delivery to the Inner Ear Dr Andrew Wise and Dr Lisa Pettingill, Bionics Institute One Selected Presentations LUNCH Session 4: Bionic Hearing: Improving Hearing Technology Room: Churchill/Flinders Room Chair: Prof Stephen O'Leary, University of Melbourne Implants for the Mechanical Stimulation of the Cochlea Speaker TBC Protection of Inner Ear Function after Cochlear Implantation: Technologies and Animal Studies Dr Jochen Tillein, J.W.Goethe University TBC AFTERNOON Tea Signal Processing for Hearing Instruments Dr Stefan Launer, Phonak AG Two Selected Presentations TWILIGHT POSTER SESSION (ODD NUMBERS: TBC) Proudly sponsored by Swinburne University

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1045 - 1115

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2nd International Conference on Medical Bionics Preliminary Program

*Please note this program is subject to change.

Tuesday 22 November 2011

REGISTRATION Session 5: Bionic Vision - Retinal and CNS prosthesis Room: Churchill/Flinders Room Chair: Prof Anthony Burkitt, University of Melbourne This session is proudly sponsored by Bionic Vision Australia 0800 - 0830 Bionic Eye: Engineering principles for a Retinal Prosthesis Dr Gregg Suaning, UNSW Development of Electrodes for Visual Prostheses Prof Richard Normann, University of Utah Proudly sponsored by Monash Vision Group The Development of Bionic Vision at Monash University Prof Jeffrey Rosenfeld, Monash University Bionic Eye: Psychophysics and Clinical Performance of a Retinal Prosthesis Dr Robert Wilke, University of New South Wales One Selected Presentation MORNING TEA Session 6: Functional electrical stimulation Room: Churchill/Flinders Room Chair: TBC This session is proudly sponsored by National ICT Australia 1045 - 1115 Functional Electrical Stimulation for People with Spinal Cord Injury Prof Nick Donaldson, University College London Interfaces to the Nervous system: Devices and Applications Prof Richard Normann, University of Utah Proudly sponsored by Monash Vision Group New technologies for active implantable devices: Evoked potentials in the spinal cord during stimulation for pain management Dr John Parker, National ICT Australia One Selected Presentation LUNCH POSTER PRESENTATIONS (EVEN NUMBERS:TBC ) Proudly sponsored by ASSTA Session 7: Neurobionics: Neural interfaces for CNS Stimulation Room: Churchill/Flinders Room Chair: TBC 1430 - 1500 1500 - 1530 1530 - 1600 1600 - 1630 1630 - 1700 1700 - 1730 1900 - 2300 Non-invasive Stimulation of the CNS: Application in Neuropsychiatric Disorders Prof Paul Fitzgerald, Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, The Alfred and Monash University Medical Bionics Approaches for the Treatment of Epilepsy Prof Mark Cook, University of Melbourne AFTERNOON Tea Deep Brain Stimulation for Psychiatric and Movement Disorders: Technology and Applications Prof Hugh McDermott, Bionics Institute The Application of DBS for the Treatment-Refractory Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Prof Damiaan Denys, University of Amsterdam Two Selected Presentations CONFERENCE DINNER Proudly sponsored by Phonak AG

0830 - 0900

0900 - 0930 0930 - 1000 1000 - 1015 1015 - 1045

1115 - 1145

1145 - 1215 1215 - 1230 1230 - 1300 1300 - 1430

Wednesday 23 November 2011

REGISTRATION Session 8: Blue Sky Research, Brain Plasticity and Historical Perspectives Room: Churchill/Flinders Room Chair: Dr Lois Robblee 0830 - 0900 0900 - 0930 0930 - 1000 1000 - 1030 1030 - 1100 Optical Stimulation of Neural Tissue: Current State and Future Challenges Prof E. Duco Jansen, Vanderbilt University Micro Stimulation of Neural Tissue: How Micro Can We Go? Dr Doug McCreery, Huntington Medical Research Laboratory Polycrystalline Diamond: Applications in Medical Bionics Dr Steven Prawer, University of Melbourne Two Selected Presentations MORNING TEA Session 8: Blue Sky Research, Brain Plasticity and Historical Perspectives (Continued) Room: Churchill/Flinders Room Chair: Dr. Lois Robblee Restoring the Sixth Sense in 3D: Progress Toward a Multichannel Vestibular Prosthesis Dr Charles C Della Santina, John Hopkins School of Medicine Pathway to Market for Medical Bionics Devices Prof Peter Blamey, Bionics Institute Brain Plasticity and Medical Bionics Dr James Fallon & Prof Dexter Irvine, Bionics Institute Prof James Fallon is proudly sponsored by ASSTA The MRC Neurological Prosthesis Unit: London 1977 - 1992 Prof Nick Donaldson, University College London LUNCH TRANSPORT FROM SILVERWATER RESORT TO THE BIONICS INSTITUTE, MELBOURNE

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