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Aotearoa Brain Project Day

Wednesday 28th June 2023
Jade Room, The Cordis Hotel, Auckland. 

 Time  Session
 8:30 am  REGISTRATION
 9:00 am  MIHIMIHI
 9:10 am  WELCOME
 Professor Peter Thorne, Dr Julie Wharewera-Mika & Professor Cliff Abraham, Co-Leads of Aotearoa Brain Project (ABP)


 9:15 am


 10:00 am

 SESSION 1: HAUORA - HOLISTIC HEALTH & WELLBEING

 Mindfulness and the kaupapa of Te Aho Tapu Trust
 Sharon Rickard, Te Aho Tapu Trust

 Māori data sovereignty
 Karen Blake, PWC & HiNZ

 10:30 am  Morning Tea


 11:00 am

 
 11:20 am


 11:40 am


 12:00 pm

 SESSION 2: SCREENING & DIAGNOSTICS

 Progressing blood-borne microRNA as diagnostic tools for Alzheimer’s disease
 
Associate Professor Joanna Williams, University of Otago

 EEG in the diagnosis and management of tinnitus: from auditory nonsense to sense
 
Professor Grant Searchfield, University of Auckland

 Digital solutions for stroke prevention
 
Professor Valery Feigin, Auckland University of Technology

 Digital health screening
 
Dr Marc Gutenstein, University of Otago

 12:30 pm  Lunch

 1:30 pm


 2:00 pm

 

 

 

 SESSION 3: WEARABLE & MOBILE NEUROTECHNOLOGIES

 Wearable neurotechnologies
 
Professor Paul Breen, Western Sydney University

 Neurotechnology Showcase
 An interactive session where you will have the opportunity to engage with a range of neurotechnologies. 

  • Remotely monitor Parkinson's Disease with the Mobile Phone Smile reaction time app - Yusuf Cakmak, UoO
  • Computational brain reconstruction and diagnosis - Gonzalo Talou, UoA
  • Assessing cognitive load on a balance board using EEG - Usman Ghani, NZ College of Chiropractic
  • Instrumented mouthguards for measuring mild traumatic brain injury - Eryn Kwon, Mātai
  • VR rehabilitation for stroke - Chris Heinrich, UoO
  • VR rehabilitation for traumatic brain injury - Jo Nunnerley, UoO
 3:00 pm  Afternoon Tea

 
 3:30 pm

 

 3:55 pm


 4:20 pm 

 SESSION 4: DEVELOPING FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES

 Conversations with the C Suite
 Natalia Lopez, COO of Kitea Health
 The (bumpy) road to commercialising MedTech ideas.

 The Power of Philanthropy – transforming the future
 Dr Nicole Bassett, Liggins Institute & Auckland Bioengineering Institute

 Pitching for Progress - telling great stories that can change the future
 
Chloe Wright, Wright Family Trust

 4:50 pm  CLOSING
 5:00 pm  Conference Day 3 ends

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