Online Events
ISPGR is pleased to announce that the society will be hosting a series of online events throughout 2020 and 2021 to facilitate scientific exchange and continue to support the membership and community. Sessions will consist of a series of talks around a specific theme and should include a keynote lecture and 4 – 6 associated papers for a duration of approximately 2.5 hours.
Online Symposium – Current evidence for cortical control of balance and gait
December 3, 15:00 UTC
Every day we must continuously adjust our posture to maintain balance and avoid falling. The prevalence of balance impairments associated with cortical lesions (e.g., stroke) demonstrates the importance of the cerebral cortex for human balance. This symposium will present an overview of recently revealed cortical correlates of balance and gait, which show that cortical activity does not only indicate cognitive and motor interference (for example during dual task) but also reflects dynamic adaptation of the gait pattern and reactive balance responses.
The symposium will consist of keynote presentations, invited speaker presentations and live Q&A periods over a duration of 2.5 hours.
Note – a recording of the webinar will be available to ISPGR members in the member only area of the website within a few days of the presentation.
Confirmed Schedule
| 15:00 | Welcome Address |
| 15:05 | Keynote Lecture – Dan Ferris |
| 15:35 | Martin Seeber |
| 15:55 | Brenda Malcolm |
| 16:15 | Aiden Payne |
| 16:35 | Teodoro Solis-Escalante |
| 16:55 | Keynote Lecture – Johanna Wagner |
| 17:25 | Closing Remarks |
Note all times are UTC
Registration
Registration is now open!
The Online symposium is free and open to all researchers, scientists and students interested in posture and gait research.
Please note the recorded version will only be available to members of the Society. Take out a membership to watch this, and other future online events at your leisure.
Confirmed Speakers
Dan Ferris
University of Florida
Mobile brain imaging of dynamic balance can improve human balance training
Brenda Malcolm
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Aging alters cortical contributions to balance
Aiden Payne
Emory University
Perturbation-evoked cortical responses are associated with balance ability
Martin Seeber
University of Geneva
Distributed EEG source imaging during gait
Teodoro Solis-Escalante
Radboud University Medical Center
Cortical correlates of postural stability
Johanna Wagner
Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience, University of California San Diego