Innovations in TBS protocols against TBS in neurorehabilitation
We envision the workshop as an opportunity to pursue focused and critical discussions of current empirical and theoretical issues concerning transcranial brain stimulation (TBS) in cognitive neuroscience in general and of the interfacing of TBS innovation and use in basic research and neurorehabilitation.
Half a day of the workshop will be set aside for an open discussion and decision section on a current multi-centre tACS initiative. The initiative hopes to bring together TBS researchers from multiple sites with different expertise. The plan is to identify a commonly agreed, basic tACS protocol at the workshop based on proposal from individual or grouped labs (call for proposals is out), before testing its effectivity across sites.
The workshop differs from larger conferences in so far as there are a small number of speakers (all invited) and there are no concurrent talks. In addition to the individual talks, there will be a poster session for students, post-docs and researchers to present their work.
The workshop, organized by the Center for Mind/Brain Sciences will start on Thursday December 6 at 9 am, and end on Friday December 7 at 5 pm.
Social dinner of the event will be on December 6 at around 8 pm.
Submissions for poster presentations due October 31, 2018.
Scientific Organizers:
- Carlo Miniussi - University of Trento, Italy
- Gregor Thut - University of Glasgow, UK
- Lorella Battelli - Italian Institute of Technology, Italy; Harvard University, USA
- Alexander Sack - Maastricht University, the Netherlands
Poster Transcranial Brain Stimulation in Cognitive Neuroscience Workshop - December 6-7, 2018 (PDF - 580 KB)
Programme
The venue of the workshop is Palazzo Piomarta, Corso Bettini 84, Rovereto (TN)
Thursday, 6th of December
08.30- 9.10 – Registration
09.10- 9.15 – Opening Carlo Miniussi
Session introduction and chair: Alexander Sack
09.15-10.15 – Axel Thielscher, Modeling the effects of stimulation on the brain
10.15-11.15 – Poster session and coffee break
11.15-12.15 – Nir Grossman, Noninvasive Deep Brain Stimulation via Temporally Interfering Electric Fields
12.15-13.45 – Lunch break (not provided)
Session introduction and chair: Gregor Thut
13.45-14.45 – Marinella Cappelletti, Transcranial Brain Stimulation across the life-span
14.45-15.45 – Flavio Frohlich, Rational Design of Brain Stimulation to Target Oscillations in Health and Disease
15.45-16.15 – Poster session and coffee break
16.15-17.15 – Simon Hanslmayr, Brain oscillations and episodic memory - A causal test of the Synchronization / Desynchronization Framework
17.15-17.30 – Break
Multi-centre Initiative chair: Simon Hanslmayr, Andrea Antal, Til Ole Bergmann, Nir Grossman, Carlo Miniussi, Benedikt Zoefel, Gregor Thut
17.30-17.45 – Introduction and general idea: Simon Hanslmayr
17.45-19.00 – Presentation of the short-listed paradigms
Live streaming of Multi-centre Initiative here
20.00 – social dinner
Friday, 7th of December
Session introduction and chair: Lorella Battelli
09.00-10.00 – Til Ole Bergmann, Brain state-dependent brain stimulation
10.00-11.00 – Poster session and coffee break
11.00-12.00 – Jacinta O'Shea, Sensorimotor adaptation: mechanisms, modulation and rehabilitation potential
12.00-13.00 – Friedhelm Hummel, Towards patient-tailored treatment strategies based on brain stimulation to enhance stroke recovery.
13.00-14.00 – Light lunch provided at conference venue
Multi-centre Initiative chair: Simon Hanslmayr, Andrea Antal, Til Ole Bergmann, Nir Grossman, Carlo Miniussi, Benedikt Zoefel, Gregor Thut
14.00-15.30 – Multi-centre tACS initiative - Open Discussions
15.30-16.00 – Poster session and coffee break
16.00-19.00 – Multi-centre tACS initiative - Open Discussions
Live streaming of Multi-centre Initiative here
Invited Speakers
There are a small number of speakers (all invited) and there are no concurrent talks.
There will be a poster session for students, postdocs and young researchers to present their work. A small number of travel grants will be awarded on a competitive basis.
- Marinella Cappelletti - Goldsmiths University of London, United Kingdom
- Flavio Frohlich - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
- Nir Grossman - Imperial College London, United Kingdom
- Simon Hanslmayr - University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Friedhelm Hummel - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Geneva, Switzerland
- Heidi Johansen-Berg - Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging Oxford, United Kingdom
- Jacinta O'Shea - University of Oxford, United Kingdom
- Axel Thielscher - Copenhagen University, Hvidovre, Denmark
Abstract submission and workshop registration
Registration to TBS CNW @ ROVERETO 2018 workshop is mandatory for all participants.
Fees
- € 180 for external faculty members and non-academic participants
- € 100 for external students and post docs
The fee includes welcome reception and coffee breaks.
Social dinner (39 euro per person) is not included in the registration fee.
The fee can not be refunded.
Posters session
Abstracts (maximum of 250 words) should briefly state the background to the research, the methods used, the principal findings (no statistics), and the theoretical significance of the work. Please do not cite references in the abstracts. Each author can appear as first author on one poster only.
Abstract submission deadline for poster presentation has been extended to November 11, 2018.
Five 200 Euro awards will be granted on a competitive basis at the workshop, on the basis of the submitted abstracts. Only non-faculty first authored posters are eligible for the awards. The organizing committee will jointly decide the winning posters and will send emails with decisions to the winners.
In order to present the poster at the workshop, every poster session participant will be provided with a freestanding bulletin board, approximately 125 cm high and 95 cm wide, on which to display the poster. Please make sure that your poster does not exceed these dimensions.
Accommodation
We would like to remind that the conference venue is Rovereto.
We advise participants to contact the hotel directly to make a reservation. Booking details should include as reference “Transcranial Brain Stimulation in Cognitive Neuroscience Workshop 2018 - University of Trento”, surname, length of stay and credit card details. Please contact the hotel directly if there are any cancellations or changes to the reservation.
List of Hotels in Rovereto with reserved rooms
Rooms at these Hotels in Rovereto have been reserved for workshop participants at favourable prices (in agreement with the hotels and the University of Trento) for the nights of the 5th and 6th of December 2018.
- Hotel Leon d'Oro: rooms will be reserved for participants of the conference until September 30, 2018
- Hotel Rovereto: rooms will be reserved for participants of the conference until October 4, 2018
- Hotel S. Ilario : rooms will be reserved for participants of the conference until November 1, 2018
- Ostello di Rovereto: rooms will be reserved for participants of the conference until November 1, 2018
List of Hotels in Rovereto in agreement with University of Trento
Participants to the conference who want to make a reservation should contact hotel and bed and breakfast directly.
- Relais Mozart B&B
- Nerocubo business & design Hotel
The list of hotels is available here
Other accommodations in Rovereto
To have further information about other accommodations in Rovereto, please, go to the accommodation page of the “Azienda per il turismo di Rovereto e Vallagarina”.
Venue
The workshop, organized by the Center for Mind/Brain Sciences of the University of Trento, will take place at Palazzo Piomarta, Corso Bettini 84 - Rovereto (TN), Italy.
How to reach Rovereto
By car
A22 Brennero Motorway, exit Ala-Avio, exit Rovereto sud/Lago di Garda nord and exit Rovereto nord. Create your own route with www.maps.google.com www.viamichelin.com
By train
Rovereto Railway Station, on the Bologna-Brennero line. For timetables check the Trenitalia website http://www.trenitalia.com/
By plane
Rovereto is about 100 km from Verona airport (Valerio Catullo), 200 Km from Venice airport (Marco Polo), 215 Km from Milano-Linate airport, 170 km from Milano Bergamo airport, 203 from Bologna airport and 245 km from Milano Malpensa airport.
Before selecting the best airport for your departure make sure to check the “Airport directions to Rovereto” document.
- VERONA AIRPORT Valerio Catullo: http://www.aeroportoverona.it/passeggeri_t5/
- VENICE AIRPORT Marco Polo: http://www.veniceairport.it/
- VENICE TREVISO AIRPORT A. Canova: http://www.trevisoairport.it/en/
- MILANO LINATE AIRPORT : http://www.milanolinate.eu/it
- MILANO MALPENSA AIRPORT: http://www.milanomalpensa-airport.com/it
- BOLOGNA AIRPORT G. Marconi: http://www.bologna-airport.it/it/?LN=EN
- MILANO BERGAMO AIRPORT Orio al Serio: http://www.sacbo.it/Airpor/portalProcess.jsp
Moving around by bus
You can use buses to move around the city or to reach nearby places. For further information about routes, timetables and connections, check the Trentino Trasporti website: www.ttesercizio.it and here (JPG | 114 KB).
Taxi service in Rovereto
at the Railway Station – Piazzale Orsi n. 9, tel. 0464 421365
Useful links
- Rovereto and Vallagarina's Tourism Office: http://www.visitrovereto.it/
- Autostrada del Brennero: http://www.autobrennero.it/it
- Deutsche Bahn: http://www.bahn.de/p/view/index.shtm
- Trenitalia: http://www.trenitalia.com/
Contacts
Communication and Events Office – Polo Rovereto
University of Trento
Corso Bettini, 84, 38068 Rovereto (TN)
fax +39 0464 808459
comunicazione-rovereto@unitn.it