Time | Session/ Activity | Venue |
9:00 - 10:00 | Registration and Arrival Refreshments | Edgbaston Park Hotel, The Fry Lounge |
10:00 - 10:15 | Welcome Talk | Edgbaston Park Hotel, The Fry Suite |
10:15 - 11:15 | OPM Session 1 - Introduction to OPMs in 2024 Lauri Parkkonen, Aalto University | Edgbaston Park Hotel, The Fry Suite |
11:15 - 11:45 | Refreshment Break | Edgbaston Park Hotel, The Fry Lounge |
11:45 - 12:45 | OPM Session 2 11:45 - 12:05 - Caroline Witton, Aston University - First reports from the Aston OPM-MEG lab 12:05 - 12:25 - Anna Kowalczyk & Barbara Pomiechowska, CHBH - From Physics to Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience: applying OPM-MEG to study the infant brain 12:25 - 12:45 - Alex Wade & Catherine Preston, University of York - Update from the York OPM lab | Edgbaston Park Hotel, The Fry Suite |
12:45 - 13:45 | Lunch and Networking | Edgbaston Park Hotel, The Fry Lounge |
13:45 - 15:15 | OPM Session 3 - Panel: Challenges with OPM-MEG 13:45-13:55 Harry Cook (University of Birmingham) & Yulia Bezsudnova (University College London) – Introduction Panellists: 13:55-14:10 - Niall Holmes, University of Nottingham – Active and passive shielding for OPMs 14:55-15:15: Panel Discussion | Edgbaston Park Hotel, The Fry Suite |
15:15 - 15:45 | Refreshment Break | Edgbaston Park Hotel, The Fry Lounge |
15:45 - 17:15 | OPM Session 4 15:45 - 15:55 - Redmond O'Connell (online), Trinity College Dublin - Update from the Dublin OPM lab 15:55 - 16:15 - Ryan Hill, University of Nottingham - Developing calibration technologies for OPM-MEG 16:15 - 16:35 - Katarzyna Rudzka, University College London - Spatial navigation with OPM and its potential clinical implications 16:35 - 16:55 - Meaghan Spedden, University College London - Using OPMs to study interactions between the human brain and spinal cord 16:55 - 17:15 - Zoe Tanner, University of Nottingham - Demonstrating equivalence between SQUIDs and OPMs via neural Fingerprinting | Edgbaston Park Hotel, The Fry Suite |
17:15 - 17:45 | Close | Edgbaston Park Hotel, The Fry Suite |