Sunday 20 - Wednesday 23 November 2011 Silverwater Resort, Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia           HOME PROGRAM SPEAKERS ABSTRACTS REGISTRATION ACCOMMODATION SOCIAL PROGRAM SPONSORSHIP VISIT VICTORIA CONTACT     You are here: HOME > PROGRAM     Program The final conference program is now available, click here to download the PDF. Note: program is subject to change. 1. Conference Themes Overview of medical bionics: design, development & commercialisation Bionic Hearing: improved hearing technologies Bionic Vision: retinal and CNS prostheses Neurobionics: neural interfaces for CNS and spinal cord stimulation Enabling technologies for medical bionics: ICT, smart materials and drug delivery technologies, and Future directions in medical bionics; 'blue-sky' projects and emerging trends. 2. General Topics Overview of Medical Bionics design, development and commercialisation Fundamentals of a neural prosthesis: an engineering perspective Fundamentals of a neural prosthesis: a surgical perspective Fundamentals of a neural stimulator: an electrochemist's perspective Principles of safe electrical stimulator of neural tissue Role of preclinical studies in device development We have a prototype device – how do we commercialise it? Bionic Hearing: improved hearing technology Electric- Acoustic Stimulation Drug Delivery to the inner ear Current focusing technologies Sound processing Implants for the mechanical stimulation of the cochlea Bionic Vision: retinal and CNS prosthesis Vision loss: aetiologies and treatments Bionic Eye: Electrode materials for retinal prosthesis Bionic Eye: engineering principles for a retinal prosthesis Bionic Eye: Psychophysics – sub retinal/implant Visual prosthesis based on Cortical stimulation Neurobionics: Neural interfaces for CNS and Spinal Cord Stimulation Functional Electrical Stimulation for people with spinal cord injury Medical Bionics approaches to the treatment of epilepsy Deep Brain Stimulation for the treatment of motor disorders (eg. Parkinson's Disease) Deep Brain Stimulation for the treatment of psychiatric disorders (eg. resistant depression) Enabling technologies for medical bionics: ICT, smart materials, cell therapies and drug delivery technologies. Biofilms and implantable materials: techniques to reduce the slime Nanotechnology inspired biocoatings and drug-delivery technologies Nanobionics technology in medical bionics Diamond: microstimulation of neural tissue Cell-based drug delivery techniques Blue Sky projects and emerging technologies Optical stimulation Micro stimulation of neural tissue: how micro can we go? Brain Plasticity and its role in medical bionics   RETURN TO TOP     Contact Us       Medical Bionics Conference 2011 Secretariat C/- International Conferences & Events P/L   T: +61 3 9681 6288 1/12-14 Gladstone Place,   F: +61 3 9681 6653 South Melbourne, VIC 3205, Australia   E: medicalbionics@iceaustralia.com       Important Dates           May 2011 Call for Abstracts Opens June 2011 Early Bird Registration Opens 19 August 2011 Call for Abstracts Close September 2011 Submitting Authors notified of abstract status 20 – 23 November 2011 Medical Bionics Conference 2011             Conference Venue           Silverwater Resort Phillip Island Tourist Road Phillip Island, Victoria         Hosted by   The Conference would like to thank their sponsors:   Principal Sponsor     Major Sponsor     The Conference Organising Committee appreciates all sponsors - click here to view all sponsors             CONFERENCE HOME  •  PROGRAM  •  SPEAKERS  •  CALL FOR ABSTRACTS  •  REGISTRATION  •  CONTACT US ACCOMMODATION  •  SOCIAL PROGRAM  •  SPONSORSHIP & EXHIBITION  •  VISIT VICTORIA         COPYRIGHT © 2010 - 2011  MEDICAL BIONICS - NEURAL INTERFACES FOR DAMAGED NERVES CALL +61 3 9681 6288  •  EMAIL medicalbionics@iceaustralia.com