A Neurotech Future is a collaborative project between the Queen's University Centre for Neuroscience Studies, the Surveillance Studies Centre, and the Faculty of Law. This meeting brings together a diverse group of perspectives to discuss the technological, ethical, legal and policy issues surrounding emerging neurotechnologies.

Thurs Apr 22, 2021: Conference (Open to all)

Fri Apr 23, 2021: Workshop (By Invite)

Speakers (Click for Full Bios and Talk Abstracts)

Agenda:

A Neurotech Future: Ethical, Legal, & Policy Issues

Thursday, April 22, 2021 (open to public)

9:15am EST - Welcome from Provost (Mark Green) and Organizing Committee

9:30am EST - Panel 1: Separating neuroscience reality from science fiction

What is possible now, what is possible in the future, what may never be possible.

Chair: Gunnar Blohm (Queen’s Neuroscience)

· Steve Scott (Queen’s Neuroscience) Brain Computer Interfaces: A history and future directions.

· Ron Levy (Queen’s Neurosurgery) Current Neurosurgical challenges for BCIs.

· Graeme Moffat (System2) Non-invasive methods of measuring brain signals.

· Shideh Ameri (Queen’s Engineering) Graphene based skin-conformal sensor for EEG.

· Ali Etemad (Queen’s Engineering) Towards User-centered BCI.

11:30am EST - Keynote: Judy Iles (UBC, Neuroethics Canada)

Neuroethics as an Anchor for the Canadian Brain Research Strategy.

12:30pm EST - Lunch Hour: Neurotech Company Videos/Meet the Industry Break out Rooms

Merlin Neurotech (NeuroTechX), System 2, Interaxon, TeleMag, Zentrela, AwakeLabs, and KINARM

1:30pm EST - Panel 2: Neurotechnology, Surveillance and Data Privacy

Chair: David Lyon (Director, Queen’s Surveillance Studies Centre (SSC))

· Jason Gallivan (Queen’s Neuroscience) ‘Mind-reading’ with fMRI? Is it possible?

· Catherine Stinson (Queen’s Philosophy, Computing) The artifice of AI mindreading.

· David Murakami-Wood (Queen’s SSC) Societal Impacts of Emerging Neurotechnologies.

· Brenda McPhail (Canadian Civil Liberties Association) Privacy in the Age of Neurotech.

3:00pm EST - Panel 3: Neurotechnologies and Implications for the Legal System

Chair: Martha Bailey (Queen’s Law)

· Samuel Dahan (Queen’s Law) Using AI for Conflict Resolution and Negotiation.

· Jennifer Chandler (UOttawa Law) Legal challenges of neurotech-enabled communication & decision-making.

· Teresa Scassa (UOttawa Law) Legislation (Bill C11) for data protection - Does it apply to brain data?

4:00pm EST - Keynote: John Weigelt (National Technology Officer, Microsoft)

Collaboration for success in policy and regulation: how industry, government, and civil society come together - lessons from responsible AI.

4:20pm EST - Panel 4: Policy and Regulation: Perspectives from Industry and the Government

Chair: Graeme Moffat (Munk School of Public Policy, University of Toronto; System2)

Discussion Panel: John Weigelt (Microsoft), Ariel Garten (Interaxon), Garth Smith (Ontario Brain Institute), Nathaniel Erskine-Smith (Member of Parliament, Canada).

5:00pm EST - Closing remarks (Susan Boehnke, David Lyon, Martha Bailey)

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To promote accessibility, this event is free to attend. If you would like to donate to future Queen's University Neurotech initiatives, consider making a voluntary contribution here.