KSCHIRT Symposium
Tentative Agenda

Thursday, April 29, 2010 Dinner with Speakers and Invited Guests

Friday, April 30, 2010 KSCHIRT Symposium
Hyatt Regency Hotel & Convention Center

7:15 a.m. – 7:45 a.m. Registration & Continental Breakfast

7:45 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Opening Remarks – Dean Perman

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Theresa Pape, Dr.PH, MA, CCC-SLP/L

Department of Veterans Affairs, Northwestern University
Title: Neural Plasticity in Neurorehabilitation: Transcranial
Magnetic Stimulation

9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Joseph T. Giacino, Ph.D.
New Jersey Neuroscience Institute
Title: Defining the Borders of Consciousness: Recent
Challenges to Conventional Wisdom

10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. BREAK

10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Andrea Behrman, Ph.D., PT, FAPTA
University of Florida
Title: TBA

11:15 p.m. – 12:00 p.m. LUNCH

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Hermano Igo Krebs, Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Title: Robotic Devices as Therapeutic and Diagnostic Tools for
Stroke Rehabilitation and Cerebral Palsy Habilitation

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Eric Wassermann, M.D.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Title: Noninvasive Brain Stimulation: The Outlook After 50 Years

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Round Table Discussion

3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Closing Remarks