6:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.

Welcome Reception / Registration, Patio Room

9:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m.

Keynote Address

Michael M. Merzenich

Francis Sooy Professor of Otolaryngology

Keck Center for Integrative Neurosciences

University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine

Moderator: Hunter Peckham, Director, FES Center, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University

• Apostolos P. Georgopoulos, Regents Professor, McKnight Presidential Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience, Director, Center for Cognitive Sciences, American Legion Brain Sciences Chair, Professor of Neuroscience, Neurology, and Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School, Director, Brain Sciences Center, Director, The Domenici Research Center for Mental Illness, Veterans Affairs Medical Center

• Warren M. Grill, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Associate Professor of Neurobiology, Associate Professor in Surgery, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University

• Robert F. Kirsch, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Associate Chair for Graduate Programs, Case Western Reserve University

• David J. Mooney, Gordon McKay Professor of Bioengineering, Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

• Randolph J. Nudo, Director, Landon Center on Aging, Professor, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center

• Buddy D. Ratner, Director, University of Washington Engineered Biomaterials (UWEB), Professor of Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering, University of Washington

Moderator: Hunter Peckham

• Bradford C. Bennett, Research Director, Motion Analysis and Motor Performance Laboratory, Assistant Professor of Research, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Virginia

• Nancy Byl, Professor, Physical Therapy, University of California, San Francisco

• Kenneth C. Curley, Chief Scientist, U.S. Army Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center, Associate Director for Science and Medicine, Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine, Assistant Professor of Military and Emergency Medicine, Surgery, and Biomedical Informatics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

• Mark Humayun, Professor of Ophthalmology, Associate Director of Research, Doheny Retina Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California

• Frances Richmond, Director, Regulatory Science Program, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California

• Khaled J. Saleh, Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, Associate Professor, Health Evaluative Sciences Division, Division Head and Fellowship Director, Adult Reconstruction, University of Virginia

Palm Court 1

5 Create active orthotic devices.

Honoring

• Charles Mann, author of 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus (Alfred A. Knopf ), for his engaging and thought-provoking rediscovery of the early human history of our continent.

• Elizabeth Kolbert, staff writer, The New Yorker, for her authoritative treatment of the science and politics of global climate change in the three-part series “The Climate of Man.”

• Nic Young, director, Anna Thomson, producer, and Bill Locke, executive producer, for The History Channel and Lion Television’s “Ape to Man,” an accurate and entertaining overview of human evolution made accessible to broad audiences. (Nic Young will accept the award on behalf of his colleagues.)

9:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m.

Informal Discussions/Hospitality Room

Hyatt Regency Newport Beach, Patio Room

2:45 p.m.-3:30pm:

Session D posters are attended

9:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m.

Informal Discussions/Hospitality Room

Hyatt Regency Newport Beach, Patio Room

1:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.

Working Group Report-Outs (Auditorium)

(20 minutes per group including Q&A)

(Break from 3:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in Huntington Room)

9:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m.

Informal Discussions/Hospitality Room

Hyatt Regency Newport Beach, Patio Room