QMEG programme


Tuesday 29th October

TimeSession/ ActivityVenue
9:00 - 10:00Registration and Arrival RefreshmentsEdgbaston Park Hotel, The Fry Lounge
10:00 - 10:15Welcome TalkEdgbaston Park Hotel, The Fry Suite
10:15 - 11:15OPM Session 1 - Introduction to OPMs in 2024

Lauri Parkkonen, Aalto University
Edgbaston Park Hotel, The Fry Suite
11:15 - 11:45Refreshment Break Edgbaston Park Hotel, The Fry Lounge
11:45 - 12:45OPM 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
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12:45 - 13:45Lunch and NetworkingEdgbaston Park Hotel, The Fry Lounge
13:45 - 15:15OPM 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
14:10-14:25 - Lauri Parkkonen, Aalto University – Closed and open-loop operation of OPM sensors
14:25 -14:40 - Tim Tierney, University College London – Software-based interference rejection
14:40-14:55 - Zelekha Seedat, Young Epilepsy – Multimodal OPM-MEG with EEG

14:55-15:15: Panel Discussion

Edgbaston Park Hotel, The Fry Suite
15:15 - 15:45Refreshment BreakEdgbaston 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 - 17:45Close
Edgbaston Park Hotel, The Fry Suite