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Marshall Wang, Zoey Yan, Nataliya Kosmyna
Marshall Wang, Zoey Yan, Nataliya Kosmyna
'Augmenting Brains' is an all-day, in-person event dedicated to the discussion of the future of brain sensing.
The event will be held on December 9, 2022 at the newly opened MIT Museum and MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA, United States.
We will cover a variety of topics, including:
Also included will be demos and inspiration stations of dream experiences, and other brain-computer interfaces.
We will have a deep dive together with our speakers and audience about the multitude of current use cases and form-factors, as well as the future ones.
Additionally, we will cover topics such as: hardware, healthtech, entertainment, wellbeing, ethics, and legislation.
Who should attend the event?
'Augmenting Brains' is perfect for BCI aficionados, sci-fi lovers, ethicists, creators, directors, producers, tinkerers, VCs, investors, heads of innovation, lab decision makers responsible for information, technology, strategy, and investment in brain sensing tech.
Speakers and Agenda
In addition to world renowned scientists from the Media Lab and larger MIT community , we are extremely excited to host speakers and guests all in-person from different institutions around the world with different backgrounds. The tentative agenda is below.
10:00am | Registration & Breakfast
10:30am | Welcome and Intro.
Video available here.
Nataliya Kosmyna, Ph.D – Research Scientist, MIT Media Lab; Creator, Curator and Organizer of Augmenting Brains 2022
10:40am | Cognitive Augmentation.
Video available here.
Prof. Pattie Maes – MIT Media Lab; Media Arts and Sciences
11:20am | Coffee break | Demos and Inspiration Stations
11:40am | Writing to the Brain, Part 1 – Implanting Memories.
Video available here.
Prof. Elizabeth F. Loftus – UCI School of Social Ecology; Distinguished Professor of Psychological Science
12:40pm | Writing to the Brain, Part 2 – Writing to the Brain in Sleep.
Video available here.
Dr. Nathan Whitmore – MIT Media Lab
1:10pm | Lunch
2:10pm | Living with a BCI
Video available here.
Theresa Vaughan, BA, National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies
3:10pm | Coffee break | Demos and Inspiration Stations
3:30pm | Towards future systems? Part 1 - Living Wires
Video available here.
Prof. Kacy Cullen, University of Pennsylvania
4:10pm | Towards future systems? Part 2 – Holograms, AGI, Entertainment and Beyond
Video available here.
Steven Kane, producer, Halo
4:50pm | Closing Remarks
Video available here.
Nataliya Kosmyna, Ph.D – Research Scientist, MIT Media Lab; Creator, Curator and Organizer of Augmenting Brains 2022
Please check the event's website for up-to-date information.