Programme

Our programme attracted a diverse audience of leading researchers, entrepreneurs, investors, philanthropists, research foundations, healthcare organisations, policy makers and funding agencies. It included presentations from a distinguished panel of speakers, discussion sessions, as well as an exhibition showcasing research organisations and neurotechnology companies.

Event programme

Main Hall

Day 1

TUESDAY, 3 DECEMBER 2013
7:45–9:45
Registration
10:00–10:40
Opening Ceremony
  • HRH Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz Al-Sau, Ministry of Interior
  • Walid Juffali, The Brain Forum
10:40–10:45
Event moderator kick off
  • Bruno Giussani, TED
10:45–11:55
Opening Plenary Talk
Progress and Promise of Brain Research
  • Patrick Aebischer, EPFL
  • Alim-Louis Benabid, Joseph Fourier University
12:00–13.30
Prayer and Lunch
13:30–15:00
First Plenary Session
Unlocking the Mysteries of the Human Brain
  • Christof Koch, Allen Institute for Brain Science
  • Fowzan Al Kuraya, Alfaisal University
  • Pierre Magistretti, KAUST and EPFL
15:00–15.30
Prayer and Break
16:00–17:30
Second Plenary Session
Brain Machine Interface
  • Olaf Blanke, EPFL
  • Ralph Etienne-Cummings, John Hopkins University

Panel discussion moderated by Bruno Giussani, TED

Day 2

WEDNESDAY, 4 DECEMBER 2013
10:00–11:30
Third Plenary Session
Epilepsy and Advances in Neuroscience
  • Thomas Grunwald, EPI
  • Jamil El-Imad, NeuroPro
  • Wolfgang Knecht, Neuroscience Centre Zürich
11:30–13:30
Prayer and Lunch
13:30–14:15
Plenary Talk
Bowels Control the Brain
  • Stephen Bloom, Imperial College London
14:20–15:00
Networking
15:00–15:30
Prayer and Break
15:30–17:30
Fourth Plenary Session
The Impact of Big Data
  • Sean Hill, EPFL
  • Yike Guo, Imperial College London
  • Stefan Wess, Emporial

Panel discussion moderated by Bruno Giussani, TED and Hilal Lashuel, EPFL