Agenda for Monday, February 26, 2024
(Agendas are subject to change)
This event is by invitation only, and a referral by Media Lab member companies or our faculty is necessary for participation. For organizations and individuals interested in joining, please contact the event organizer first at xr-events@media.mit.edu. Thank you.
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Main venue: Silverman Skyline (E14-648)
[Physical Address of the venue] 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA 02142
Event Theme: Future of Therapeutics, AI, and Beyond
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10:15 (15 min) Arrival
Please proceed to the 6th floor for registration.
10:30-12:00 (90 min)
Track 1 : Workshop in E14-240
Research Assistant Craig Ferguson from Affective Computing: Patient Engagement
Track 2: Demos and Guided Tour(30 min/group) in each lab area
10:30-11:00 - Conformable Decoders (#Implantable, #Conformable tech) E15-443
11:00-11:30 - Fluid Interfaces (#AI, #Wearables, #HCI) E14-548
11:30-12:00 - Biomechatronics (#Human Augmentation) E14-274
12:00-13:15 (75 min) Discussion over lunch with Associate Director, Professor Ramesh Raskar, faculty and researchers, beginning with a welcome by Director Dava Newman at 12:00 in E14-648
13:15-13:30 (15 min) Break in E14-648 and E14-638
13:30-16:30 (180 min) Talk Sessions* in E14-648
13:30-13:50 - Adoptive/Brain-controlled Prosthetics - Professor Hugh Herr
13:55-14:15 - Injectable nano devices - Professor Deblina Sarkar
14:20-14:40 - Patient Engagement - Professor Rosalind Picard
14:40-15:10 - Break
15:10-15:30 - Sculpting Evolution with AI - Professor Kevin Esvelt
15:35-15:55 - Wearables for Supporting Wellbeing and Sleep - Professor Pattie Maes
16:00-16:20 - Atom, CAD, Designing proteins, Molecules + DNA - Professor Joseph Jacobson
16:30-17:30 (60 min) Social Session in E14-648 and E14-638