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Program
Prenary Lecture
Symposium
Workshop
Satellite Symposium
Poster list (PDF)
  The time allocated for poster presentation is 8minutes (5 min talk and 3 min discussion).
Schedule
Mon, 25 / Tue, 26 / Wed, 27
Thu, 28 / Fri, 29
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  Monday, 25 Tuesday, 26 Wednesday, 27
8:30
 
Satellite Symposium
Registration
8:30-9:15
Plenary Lecture 1
8:30-9:15
Plenary Lecture 3
9:00 9:15-10:00
Plenary Lecture 2
9:15-10:00
Plenary Lecture 4
9:30
10:00 Coffee Break Coffee Break
10:30 10:30-12:00
Poster Session 1A
(Guided Tour)
10:30-12:00
Poster Session 2A
(Guided Tour)
11:00
11:30
12:00
Lunch
12:00-13:30
Advisory Board Meeting
Lunch
12:30
13:00
13:30 13:30-15:30
Symposium 1

Symposium 2
13:30-15:00
Workshop 1

Workshop 2

14:00
14:30
15:00 Coffee Break
15:30 Coffee Break 15:30-17:00
Workshop 3

Workshop 4

16:00 16:00-18:00
Symposium 3

Symposium 4
16:30
17:00 17:00-17:15
Opening
17:00-18:00
Poster Session 2B
17:15 17:15-18:00
Opening Lecture
17:30
18:00 Welcome Reception 18:00-19:00
Poster Session 1B
18:00-19:00
Business Meeting
18:30
19:00    
19:30    
20:00    
  Thursday, 28 Friday, 29
8:30 8:30-9:15
Plenary Lecture 5
8:30-10:00
Workshop 7

Workshop 8
9:00 9:15-10:00
Plenary Lecture 6
9:30
10:00 Coffee Break Coffee Break
10:30 10:30-12:00
Poster Session 3A
(Guided Tour)
10:30-12:30
Symposium 7

Symposium 8
11:00
11:30
12:00 Lunch
12:30 12:30-13:00
Closing
13:00 13:00-14:00
ISACM Town Meeting
13:30 13:30-15:00
Symposium 5

Workshop 5
14:00  
14:30  
15:00 Coffee Break  
15:30 15:30-17:00
Symposium 6

Workshop 6
 
16:00  
16:30  
17:00 17:00-18:00
Poster Session 3B
 
17:30  
18:00 Barbecue Party  
18:30  
19:00  
19:30  
20:00  
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Plenary Lecture
August 26 (Tuesday)
Plenary Lecture 1: 8:30-9:15
Chairperson: Isao Hashimoto, Japan
  Riitta Hari Helsinki, Finland
  Time matters from senses to cognition
Plenary Lecture 2: 9:15-10:00
Chairperson: Shinya Kuriki, Japan
  Jun Tanji Tokyo, Japan
  A new look at the workings of premotor and prefrontal cortex
August 27 (Wednesday)
Plenary Lecture 3: 8:30-9:15
Chairperson: Yoshinori Uchikawa, Japan
  Kensuke Sekihara Tokyo, Japan
  Adaptive inverse modeling: current status of research and future directions
Plenary Lecture 4: 9:15-10:00
Chairperson: Shoogo Ueno, Japan
  Ole Jensen Nijmegen, the Netherlands
  How slow event-related fields are created from cognitive modulations in oscillatory brain activity
August 28 (Thursday)
Plenary Lecture 5: 8:30-9:15
Chairperson: Toshiki Yoshimine, Japan
  Nobukazu Nakasato Sendai, Japan
  Uses of clinical MEG beyond spike and functional mapping
Plenary Lecture 6: 9:15-10:00
Chairperson: Gian Luca Romani, Italy
  Guido Nolte Berlin, Germany
  Studying brain connectivity with EEG/MEG using time delays
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Symposium (Tentative)
August 26 (Tuesday) 13:30-15:30
Symposium 1:  Phase (Basic MEG)

Organizers
T. Nagamine, Japan
R. Ilmoniemi, Finland

Speakers
R. Ilmoniemi, Finland
Mechanism for evoked responses
T. Kawase, Japan
Neuromagnetic evaluation of binaural unmasking
F. Tecchio, Italy
Somatosensory dynamic gamma-band synchrony: a neural code of sensorimotor dexterity
K. Jerbi, France
Long-range multi-frequency synchronization reveals large-scale sensorimotor networks in MEG source space
M. Butz, Germany
Relevance of pathological oscillatory synchronization revealed by MEG


Symposium 2: Inverse Modeling and Signal Processing.

Organizers
A. Matani, Japan
J.C. De Munck, Netherland

Speakers
S. Nagarajan, USA
Bayesian methods for electromagnetic source reconstructions
D. Pantazis, USA
Custom ANCOVA models for Statistical Inference in MEG
V. Nikulin, Germany
Neuronal oscillations and evoked responses
Jan C. De Munck, Netherland
The modulation of MEG/EEG-rhythms in the brains resting state: an MEG/EEG/fMRI study
A. Matani, Japan
Phase series analysis: Another averaging method for analyzing ERF/ERP
 
August 26 (Tuesday) 16:00-18:00
Symposium 3: Human Brain Development

Organizers
Y. Okada, USA
R. Wakai, USA

Speakers
C. Lowery, USA
Fetal, neonatal MEG
E. Pihko, Finland
Magnetoencephalography (MEG) reveals cortical maturation of tactile processing
T. Imada, USA
Recording MEG from awake infants during speech sound stimulation
J. Stephen, USA
Investigations into Typical and Atypical Brain Development in Infants and Toddlers Using the Pediatric MEG System Called babySQUID
Tim Roberts, Canada
Autism
D. Cheyne, Canada
Neural sources associated with early processing of facial emotions
 

Symposium 4:  Multimodal imaging

Organizers
N. Fujimaki, Japan
M.S. Hamalainen, USA

Speakers
T. Sander, Germany
Relationship between vascular and neuronal signals measured using broadband MEG and time resolved NIRS
J. Riera, Japan
Experimental evidence and modelling for the astrocytic networks underlying sustained functional hyperemia via metabolic wave
J. Kilner, UK
Dynamic causal modelling of event related responses
M. Sato, Japan
Hierarchical Bayesian approach for multi-modal neuro-imaging
C. Grova, Canada
Multimodal analysis of epileptic activity: concordance between BOLD responses in EEG/fMRI studies and EEG/MEG distributed sources
 
August 28 (Thursday) 13:30-15:00
Symposium 5: Magnetic particles

Organizers
I. Nemoto, Japan
W. Moeller, Germany 

Speakers
C. Rudolph, Germany
Magnetic drug targeting to the lung
D. Eberbeck / L. Trahms, Germany
Magnetrelaxometry for quality management of magnetic nanoparticles for applications in medicine and bioanalytics
T. Matsunaga, Japan
Molecular engineering and morphological control of biogenic magnetite particles obtained from magnetotactic bacteria
O. Baffa, Brazil
Magnetic Particles in Gastrointestinal Motility and Drug Delivery
 
August 28 (Thursday) 15:30-17:00
Symposium 6: Instrumentation

Organizers
G. Uehara, Japan
D. Cheyne, Canada

Speakers
T. Walker, USA
Ultrasensitive Atomic Magnetometers
C. Fermon, France
Magnetoresistive technology for biomagnetic applications
Y. Adachi, Japan
A 105-ch SQUID magnetometer system for human cervical spinal cord evoked field measurement
Y.H. Lee, Korea
A compact whole-head MEG system for supine position measurement
 
August 29 (Friday) 10:30-12:30
Symposium 7: MEG (Clinical)

Organizers
K. Kamada, Japan
A. Papanicolaou, USA

Speakers
H. Otsubo, Canada
MEG for epilepsy surgery in children with intractable epilepsies
R. Paetau, Finland
MEG as part of epilepsy surgery planning. -Helsinki experience
S. M. Bowyer, USA
Coherence analysis of brain activity associated with Tinnitus
G. L. Romani, Italy
Multi-modal studies of vascular, psychiatric and sensory-motor diseases of the brain
S. Rampp, Germany
Focus localization using MEG/EEG frequency analysis
 

Symposium 8: Advances in MCG

Organizers
Y. Nakaya, Japan
J. Haueisen, Germany

Speakers
K. Nakai, Japan
Clinical Significance of Three-dimensional Spectral Map of Atrial Fibrillation by a 64 Channel Magnetocardiogram
M. Nomura, Japan
Detection of cardiac dipole using a current density map using MCG
A. Kandori, Japan
Animal and Human Magnetocardiogram
M. Göernig, Germany
Diagnosis of coronary artery disease by Digital Subtraction Magnetic Field Imaging (DS-MFI)
D. Kim , Korea
Clinical Application of Magnetocardiography for Map-guided Minimal Atrial Fibrillation Surgery
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Workshop (Tentative)
August 27 (Wednesday) 13:30-15:00
Workshop 1: Combination of MEG and low field magnetic resonance imaging

Organizers
R. H. Kraus, USA
M. Burghoff, Germany

Speakers
P. Bandetini, USA
Neuronal current imaging with MRI: Current status and future prospects
J. Clarke, USA
Magnetic resonance imaging in microtesla fields.
P. Volegov, USA
Ultra Low Field MRI: a new method for human brain mapping
M. Burghoff, Germany
A 304-channel SQUID system for MEG and low field MRI
A. M. Cassarà, Italy
Feasibility of neuronal current MRI at low fields
 
August 27 (Wednesday) 13:30-15:00
Workshop 2: Does occipital gamma reflect more than stimulus representations?

Organizers
A. Takashima, Netherlands
G. Barnes, UK

Speakers
A. Hadjipapas, UK
Spontaneous oscillations in primary visual cortex contain stimulus specific information
M. Wibral, Germany
Visual gamma oscillations in normal and pathological brain functioning
N. Hoogenboom, UK
Gamma band synchronization in human visual cortex predicts speed of change detection
A. Takashima, Netherlands
Occipital gamma activity reflects working and long-term memory operations
 
August 27 (Wednesday) 15:00-16:30
Workshop 3: Changes in neural orchestration and the neural code

Organizers
A. Daffertshofer, Netherlands
T. Mima, Japan

Speakers
C. Gerloff, Germany
Neural synchrony during bimanual motor behaviour and visuotactile integration
S. Houweling, Netherlands
Dynamics of neural synchronization during complex motor performance
T. Boonstra, Australia
On neural synchronization as information carrier in human motor control
T. Mima, Japan
Directional structure of sensorimotor beta rhythm in monkeys
 
August 27 (Wednesday) 15:00-16:30
Workshop 4: MEG based analysis of spontaneous cortical oscillations

Organizers
S. S. Cash, USA
A. Kato, Japan

Speakers
D. Cohen, USA
Personal recollections of first MEG cortical oscillations
R. Hari, Finland
About MEG alpha, mu, tau, and sigma rhythms
E. Halgren, USA
MEG and EEG give different views of sleep spindles that are resolved
by intracranial recordings
A. Ikeda, Japan
Movement-related changes in human cortical activity: an input from direct cortical recording
A. Kato, Japan
Functional restoration after surgical treatment for intractable epilepsy studied by synthetic aperture magnetometry
 
August 28 (Thursday) 13:30-15:00
Workshop 5: MEG and fMRI presurgical functional mapping in epilepsy

Organizers
W.H. Theodore, USA
K. Kamada, Japan

Speakers
W. H. Theodore, USA
Preoperative Functional Imaging in Epilepsy
K. Kamada, Japan
Expressive and receptive language areas determined by a Non-Invasive reliable method Co-Utilizing fMRI and MEG
E. Pang, Canada
FMRI and MEG: technical and methodological advantages and pitfalls.
O. Ganslandt, Germany
Structural and metabolic correlates of functional anatomy: evidence from DTI and MRS.
 
August 28 (Thursday) 15:30-17:00
Workshop 6: The spatial and dynamic characteristic of an epileptic network

Organizers
P. Ossenblok, Netherlands
N. Nakasato, Japan

Speakers
H. Shiraishi, Japan
Magnetoencephalography analysis to demonstrate widespread or multi-focal epileptogenic regions
R. Matsumoto, Japan
Epileptic networks engaged in generation of generalized epileptiform discharges in patients with partial epilepsy
P. Ossenblok, Netherlands
Spatiotemporal analysis of an epileptic network may improve the selective treatment of epilepsy
L. Lemieux, U.K.
Spatio-temporal patterns of haemodynamic change associated with generalised spike and wave discharges in humans
 
August 29 (Friday) 8:30-10:00
Workshop 7: Visions of audition past and present - in memoriam M. Hoke

Organizers
B. Lütkenhöner, Germany
J. Mäkelä, Finland

Speakers
B. Lütkenhöner, Germany
Early MEG research on audition revisited
N. Fujiki, Japan
Cortical representation of hearing disorders and evaluation of binaural interaction
M. Chait, UK
Temporal edge detection in human auditory cortex
I. Jääskeläinen, Finland
Spatiotemporal brain imaging of human auditory cognition

 
August 29 (Friday) 8:30-10:00
Workshop 8: Recent advances in fetal magnetocardiography

Organizers
S. Comani, Italy
J. Strasburger, USA

Speakers
S. Comani, Italy
Fetal MCG processing for an optimal extraction of fetal magnetocardiographic signals in single and multiple pregnancy
H. Preissl, USA-Germany
Application of fetal magnetocardiography in high risk pregnancies
J. Strasburger, USA
Simultaneous fetal magnetocardiography and ultrasound/Doppler imaging
U. Schneider, Germany
Fetal heart rate variability as a marker for neuron-vegetative development in normal and high risk pregnancies
H. Horigome, Japan
Emerging clinical application of fetal magnetocardiography
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Satellite Symposium (tentative)
August 25 (Monday) 9:00-16:30
Satellite Symposium 1 :  Royton Hall A    9:00 - 15:30
Signal Processing and Source Localization in Biomagnetism

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satellite symposium 1 detail

Organizers
J. Vrba, USA
S. S. Nagarajan, USA
K. Sekihara, Japan

Session 1:  9:00 - 10:40
Chairs: S. Nagarajan, K. Sekihara
Speakers
S. Robinson, USA
Beamformer imaging of frequency differences
R. Oostenveld, Netherlands
Optimized statistical contrasts using beamformers
M. Brookes, UK
Beamformer imaging: Accuracy and interference rejection
J. Vrba, USA
Comparison of beamformer constructs

Session 2:  11:00 - 12:40
Chairs: M. Hamalainen, K. Sekihara
Speakers
H. Preissl, USA
Effect of projection operators on beamformers
J. Kilner, UK
Multiple sparse priors for the M/EEG inverse problem
D. Wipf, USA
Bayesian methods for tomographic imaging
M. Sato, Japan
Hierarchical Bayesian models for source localization

Session 3:  13:50 - 15:30
Chairs: J. Vrba, S. Nagarajan
Speakers
W. Ou, USA
A distributed spatio-temporal EEG/MEG inverse solver
K. Jerbi, USA
Estimation of inter-frequency coupling in MEG/EEG data
C. Braun, Germany
Decoding of magnetic brain activity: Applications in brain machine interfaces
G. Nolte, Garmany
Estimating direction of information flux from EEG/MEG data

 

Satellite Symposium 2 :  Royton Hall BC    13:30 - 15:30
From functional imaging to braim machine interface

Organizers
T. Yoshimine, Japan

Speakers
Y. Kamitani, Japan
Neural decoding with fMRI and MEG
M. Hirata, Japan
MEG oscillation analysis to ECoG BMI
H. Yokoi, Japan
FMRI Change of phantom limb with a robot arm

 

Satellite Symposium 3 :  Emerald Room B    13:30 - 15:30
Technologies for Biomagnetism

Organizers
I. Hashimoto, Japan

Speakers
John Clarke, USA
The SQUID: History, state-of-the art, and current and future applications
G. Uehara, Japan
Uncertainty of MEG measurement: the role of MEG phantom

 

Satellite Symposium 4 :  Emerald Room C    9:00 - 10:30
New MEG artifact rejection methods: extension of the clinical applications of MEG

Organizers
J. Mäkelä, Finland
S. Tobimatsu, Japan

Speakers
S. Taulu, Finland
Theoretical basis of MEG artifact suppression
J. Mäkelä, Finland
MEG effects of neurostimulation in Parkinson's disease and in chronic pain
V. Litvak, UK
Simultaneous magnetoencephalography and subthalamic local field potential recordings in Parkinson patients.
M. Funke, USA
Spatiotemporal signal space separation (tSSS) in clinical Practice – A three year review
S. Tobimatsu, Japan
Usefulness of signal space separation method in clinical and experimental MEG studies

 

Satellite Symposium 5 :  Emerald Room C    11:00 - 12:30
Uncovering the mechanisms of language processing by MEG

Organizers
C. Dobel, Germany
S. Koyama, Japan

Speakers
C. Dobel, Germany
Rapid and untutored second language acquisition evidenced by MEG
Yury Shtyrov, UK
Spatiotemporal patterns revealed by MEG index noise, speech, and meaning
L. Pylkkanen, USA
Semantics vs. world knowledge in prefrontal cortex
B. Maess, Germany
Processing of spoken sentences
A. Gunji, Japan
Audio-vocal control system in speech production
S. Koyama, Japan
A new method for assessing verbal comprehension using amplitude modulated spoken sentences

 

Satellite Symposium 6 :  Emerald Room C    13:30 - 15:00
Modulation of auditory processing revealed by MEG

Organizers
T. Knoesche, Germany
M. Yumoto, Japan

Speakers
H. Stracke, Germany
Attentional modulation of auditory signal-in-noise processing
T. Knoesche, Germany
Neural networks underlying the processing of music are modulated by formal training and acculturation
M. Yumoto, Japan
Neuromagnetic cortical representation of auditory prediction
S. Herholz, Germany
Musical imagery in musicians and nonmusicians

 

Satellite Tutorial Lecture :  Emerald Room C    15:30 - 16:30
The behavioural relevance of neural oscillations in human somatosensory system

J. Gross, UK
 
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ISACM Town Meeting
August 29 (Friday) 13:00-14:00

Chairpersons:
Nobukazu Nakasato, Sendai, Japan
Andrew C. Papanicolaou, Houston, USA

1. Nobukazu Nakasato: Summary of ISACM’07
2. Andrew C. Papanicolaou: Invitation to ISACM’09
3. Timothy P. Roberts: Election’08 “How to vote”
4. General Discussion

 
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