Augmenting Brains

MIT Media Lab

#HealthTech #NeuroEthics #Writing2Brain #ReadingBrain #LivingImplants #AI #Regulations #BrainAugmentation #MemoryFabrication #Dreams

MIT Museum

&#x27;Augmenting Brains&#x27; - 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:<ul><li>living implants</li><li>memory fabrication</li><li>holograms</li><li>sleep and dreams</li><li>and more.</li></ul>Also included will be demos and inspiration stations of dream experience, 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.Addiitonally, we will cover topics such as: hardware, healthtech, entertainment, wellbeing, ethics and legislation.Who should attend the event?&#x27;Augmenting Brains&#x27; 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 AgendaIn 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.10:00 AM Registration &amp; Breakfast10:30 AM Welcome and IntroNataliya Kosmyna, Ph.D – Research Scientist, MIT Media Lab; Creator, Curator and Organizer of Augmenting Brains 202210:40 AM Cognitive Augmentation Prof. Pattie Maes – MIT Media Lab; Media Arts and Sciences11:20 AM Coffee break | Demos and Inspiration Stations11:40 AM Writing to the Brain, Part 1 – Implanting MemoriesProf. Elizabeth F. Loftus – UCI School of Social Ecology; Distinguished Professor of Psychological Science12:40 PM Writing to the Brain, Part 2 – Writing to the Brain in SleepDr. Nathan Whitmore – MIT Media Lab1:10 PM Lunch2:10 PM Living with a BCITheresa Vaughan, BA, National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies3:10 PM Coffee break | Demos and Inspiration Stations3:30 PM Towards future systems? Part 1 - Living WiresProf. Kacy Cullen, University of Pennsylvania4:10PM Towards future systems? Part 2 – Holograms, Entertainment and BeyondSteven Kane, producer, Halo4:50PM Closing RemarksNataliya Kosmyna, Ph.D – Research Scientist, MIT Media Lab; Creator, Curator and Organizer of Augmenting Brains 2022

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