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ICNR and WeRob 2018 Sponsor and Exhibitor Program Guide
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Sponsor and Exhibitor Program Guide
International Conference on NeuroRehabilitation
International Symposium on Wearable Robotics
October 16-20, 2018
Pisa, Italy
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Dear Colleagues:
We invite you to the 2018 International Conference on NeuroRehabilitation (ICNR2018) and to the 2018 International Symposium on Wearable Robotics (WeRob2018). Both events will be held in Italy for the first time.
Researchers and innovators from all around the world will discuss novel approaches, challenges and potential solutions in technologies for robots used in rehabilitation, as well as neural processes in neuromodulation and neuroplasticity and biomechanics. The conference and the symposium will encompass topics ranging from pediatric application of robots, recent innovations in wearable robotic technology, computational neurorehabilitation, physical human-robot interaction and interfaces, and solutions for the needs of persons with disabilities and the aging population.
The conference and symposium programs will include interactive workshops with engineers, clinicians, and end-users to promote collaboration among different disciplines, and an exhibition area for demonstrating the latest in wearable exoskeletons and rehabilitation robots.
We look forward to welcoming you to Pisa.
Sincerely,
ICNR and WeRob 2018 Co-Chairs,
Silvestro Micera, PhD
Professor, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
Professor, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
José Luis Pons Rovira, PhD
Director, Neural Rehabilitation Group
Cajal Institute
Professor, Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) Madrid, Spain
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ICNR & WeRob Agenda at a glance
Tuesday 16/10 Wednesday 17/10 Thursday 18/10 Friday 19/10 Saturday
20/10
8.30– 9.20 ICNR and WeRob registration 8.30– 9.20 ICNR and WeRob Plenary #1 8.30– 9.20 ICNR and WeRob Plenary #3 8.30– 9.20 ICNR and WeRob Plenary #5
9.00 – 13.30
Labs tour at
The
BioRobotics
Institute
9.20- 9.40 Demonstration #1 9.20- 9.40 Demonstration #2 9.20- 9.40 Demonstration #4 9.20- 9.40 Demonstration #6
9.40 – 11.10 ICNR
workshops
9.40 – 11.10
WeRob session
9.40 – 11.10 ICNR
sessions
9.40 – 11.10
WeRob session
9.40 – 11.10 ICNR
sessions
9.40 – 11.10 WeRob
session
9.40 – 11.10 ICNR
sessions
9.40 – 11.10 WeRob
session
11.10 – 11.30 Coffee break 11.10 – 11.30 Coffee break 11.10 – 11.30 Coffee break 11.10 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 - 13.00 ICNR
workshops
11.30 - 12.20
WeRob Plenary 11.30 – 13.00 ICNR
sessions
11.30 – 13.00
WeRob session
11.30 – 13.00 ICNR
sessions
11.30 – 13.00 WeRob
session
11.30 – 13.00 ICNR
sessions
11.30 – 13.00 WeRob
session 12.20 – 13.00
WeRob session
13.00 – 15.00 Lunch
13.00 – 13.50 Lunch 13.00 – 13.50 Lunch 13.00 – 13.50 Lunch
13.50 – 14.10 Demonstration #3 13.50 – 14.10 Demonstration #5 13.50 – 14.10 Demonstration #7
14.10 – 15.00 ICNR and WeRob Plenary #2 14.10 – 15.00 ICNR and WeRob Plenary #4 14.10 – 15.00 ICNR and WeRob Plenary #6
15.00 – 16.30 ICNR
workshops
15.00 – 16.30
WeRob session 15.00 – 16.30 Poster session 15.00 – 16.30 Poster session
15.00 – 16.30 ICNR
sessions
15.00 – 16.30 WeRob
session
16.30 – 17.00 Coffee break
16.30 – 18.00 Coffee break & Poster session 16.30 – 17.30 Coffee break & Poster session 16.30 – 17.30 Coffee break 17.00 – 18.30 ICNR
workshops
17.00 – 18.30
WeRob session
18.30 – 20.00 Welcome party and official
opening 18.00 – 22.00 Social events (City tours)
17.30 – 19.00 WeRob
session
17.30 – 19.00 ICNR
Parallel sessions
17.30 – 19.00
WeRob session
17.30 – 19.00 ICNR
Parallel sessions
20.00 Conference banquet
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ICNR & WeRob list of confirmed keynote speakers
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Prof. M. Chiara Carrozza, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
Prof. Maria Chiara Carrozza received the Laurea degree in physics from the University of Pisa, Italy, in 1990
and the PhD in Engineering at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (SSSA), in 1994. Since November 2006, she is
Full Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Robotics at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna. Since Nov. 2004 to
Oct. 2007, she was Director of the Research Division and elected Member of the national Board of the Italian
association of Biomedical Engineering. Since Nov. 2007, she is Rector of Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna. She
was visiting professor at the Technical University of Wien, Austria, with a graduate course entitled
Biomechatronics, she is involved in the scientific management of the Italy-Japan joint laboratory for
Humanoid Robotics ROBOCASA, Waseda University, Tokyo, and she is Guest Professor at the Zhejiang
University, Hangzhou, China. She has scientific and coordination responsibilities within several research
projects, funded under the Sixth and Seventh Framework Programme of the European Union (some recent
projects are CYBERLEGs, WAY, CogLaboration, Nanobiotouch, Evryon, SmartHand, Nanobiotact, Neurobotics, RobotCub, CyberHand) and under
national and regional programmes (some recent projects are OPERA, EARLYRehab, AMulos, OpenHand, Tectum, Rita, Safehand, Neuro-Bike).
Since 2004 to 2007, she was the Coordinator of the ARTS Lab of SSSA. In the period 2006-2011 she supervised more than 45 PhD, Master and
Bachelor theses and she currently leads a group of about 35 researchers, PhD students and research assistants. She is author of several scientific
papers (more than 85 ISI papers and more than 150 papers in referred conference proceedings) and of 12 national and international patents. She
served as Editor of at least 4 Special Issues of International Journals, as Member of Committees for at least 13 International Conference
organizations, she gave more than 50 invited lectures and plenary speeches to national and international conferences, and she is a recipient of at least
11 awards. She is member and of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) and of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology. She is
member of the RAS Technical Committee “Micro/Nano Robotics and Automation”. Her research interests are in ambient assisted living, technical
aids, biorobotics, rehabilitation engineering, bionics, cybernetic hands, humanoid robotics, systems for functional replacements and augmentation,
biomechatronic interfaces, tactile sensors, artificial skin, harvesting microtechnologies, human touch.
Katja Mombaur, Heidelberg University
Katja Mombaur is a full professor at the Institute of Computer Engineering (ZITI) of Heidelberg University
and head of the Optimization in Robotics & Biomechanics (ORB) group as well as the Robotics Lab. She
holds a diploma degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Stuttgart and a Ph.D. degree in
Mathematics from Heidelberg University. She was a postdoctoral researcher in the Robotics Lab at Seoul
National University, South Korea. She also spent two years as a visiting researcher in the Robotics department
of LAAS-CNRS in Toulouse. Katja Mombaur is coordinator of the newly founded Heidelberg Center for
Motion Research. She also is PI in the European H2020 project SPEXOR and the Graduate School HGS
MathComp as well as in several national projects. Until recently, she has coordinated the EU FP7 project
KoroiBot and was PI in the EU projects MOBOT and ECHORD–GOP. She is founding chair of the IEEE
RAS technical committee Model-based optimization for robotics. Her research focuses on understanding
human movement and using this knowledge to improve motions of humanoid robots and in the interactions of
humans with exoskeletons, prostheses and external physical devices. Her particular interest is on dynamic
motions such as walking, running, and other kinds of motions in sports, as well as motions of daily life. She
and her team use and develop dynamic models and optimization methods for motion studies, based on the assumption that human movement is
optimal. In this context they are also interested in inverse optimal control which can determine what a human is optimizing in a given situation.
Herman van der Kooij, University of Twente
Prof. Dr. ir. Herman van der Kooij, (1970) received his Phd with honours (cum laude) in 2000 and is professor
in Biomechatronics and Rehabilitation Technology at the Department of Biomechanical Engineering at the
University of Twente, and Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. His expertise and interests are in
the field of human motor control, adaptation, and learning, rehabilitation robots, diagnostic, and assistive
robotics, virtual reality, rehabilitation medicine, and neuro-computational modelling. He has published over
100 publications in the area of biomechatronics and human motor control. He has directed approximately € 8.5
million in research funding over the past 10 years, from which he gained expertise in the management of
(inter)national medium-scale projects. He is associate editor of IEEE TBME, member of IEEE EMBS
technical committee of Biorobots and was member of several scientific program committees in the field of
rehabilitation robotics, bio-robotics, and assistive devices. He is co-group leader of the technology
development for new rehabilitation robotics workgroup of the Cost Action European Network on Robotics for
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NeuroRehabilitation and coordinator of the FP7 program Symbitron. He is member of the program committee of the Dutch IMDI core on
Neurocontrol, and of the NeuroSipe programme. At the UT he is founder and head of Rehabilitation robotics laboratory that therapeutic robots for
the rehabilitation of upper and lower extremities. He is founder and head of the Virtual Reality Human performance lab that combines robotic
devices, motion capturing and virtual environments.
Michael Goldfarb, Vanderbilt University
Michael Goldfarb received the B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of
Arizona, Tucson, in 1988, and the S.M. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, in 1992 and 1994, respectively.
Since 1994, he has been with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University,
Nashville, TN, where he is currently the H. Fort Flowers Professor. His research interests include
the design and control of advanced upper and lower extremity prostheses, and gait restoration for
spinal cord injured persons.
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ICNR & WeRob Sponsor and Exhibitor Opportunities
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General Sponsor for ICNR or WeRob €15,000
Complimentary registration to ICNR and WeRob for up to four (4) people. One 4x2 booth with one table for sponsor information and/or for equipment demonstration, with priority on location choice. Product Exhibition Spotlight demo (15 minute product demo in exhibit area to all attendees). Logo recognition on ICNR and WeRob 2018 websites. Logo recognition on marketing media Logo on lanyard Logo on the conference stages
Platinum sponsor €5,000
Complimentary registration to ICNR and WeRob for up to four (4) people. One 3x2 booth with one table for sponsor information and/or for equipment demonstration. Product Exhibition Spotlight demo (15 minute product demo in exhibit area to all attendees). Logo recognition on ICNR and WeRob 2018 websites. Logo recognition on marketing media
Gold €4,000
Complimentary registration to ICNR and WeRob for up to two (2) people. One 2x2 booth with one table for sponsor information and/or for equipment demonstration. Product Exhibition Spotlight demo (15 minute product demo in exhibit area to all attendees). Logo recognition on ICNR and WeRob 2018 websites. Logo recognition on marketing media.
Silver €3,000
Complimentary registration to ICNR and WeRob for up to one (1) person. One table of space for sponsor information and/or for equipment demonstration. Logo recognition on ICNR and WeRob 2018 websites. Logo recognition on marketing media.
Gala dinner €5,000
Food and service cost is additional and will depending on dinner location
Special session/Workshop Sponsorship €1,500
Logo recognition on Special Session/Workshop meeting room and on ICNR and WeRob 2018 websites.
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A daily lunch €1,000
Logo recognition on signage at lunch and on ICNR and WeRob 2018 websites
A poster session €2,000
Logo recognition on signage at event and on ICNR and WeRob 2018 websites
CUSTOM OPPORTUNITIES
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ICNR & WeRob 2018 Sponsor and Exhibitor Information
Registrants are encouraged to visit the exhibit area during each day. This includes all refreshment breaks, lunches, and receptions, which will be held in the exhibit areas.
Exhibit Booth Application Process
All potential exhibitors will need to complete the Exhibitor Agreement Form.
Exhibit Booth Selection/Placement Process
Exhibit booth selection and placement are on a first-come, first-serve basis based on the order the organizer receives completed exhibit application forms. The organizer reserves the right to designate booth locations, but please indicate you top 3 space preferences.
Venue Floor Plan
Venue – Palazzo dei congressi
For any needs related to Palazzo dei Congressi for the Conference and Symposium, you can contact [email protected] or [email protected]. A member of the Organizing Committee will assist you with any needs related to shipping, storage, delivery of any items, displays, or other local support needs.
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Regulations Governing Exhibits
1. While every effort will be made to ensure that exhibits are secured at the Palazzo dei Congressi, neither the Organizing Committee nor Palazzo dei Congressi will assume responsibility for loss or damage to exhibits or other exhibition property.
2. Each exhibit is responsible for complying with all laws, ordinances and regulations pertaining to health, fire prevention and public safety. If an inspection indicates that an exhibit is neglecting to comply with these regulations, the Organizing Committee may cancel all or some parts of a display that may be irregular at the exhibitor’s expense.
3. Please note that no outside food or beverage may be served at the conference or exhibit area. All food and beverage must be purchased, prepared and served by the Palazzo dei Congressi in compliance with the Food Safe Handling Regulations. Please contact the conference organizers if you are planning to serve any food or beverage.
4. The Organizing Committee reserves the right to restrict displays which, because of noise, methods of operation, materials or any other reason, have become objectionable, and to prohibit or remove any displays which, in the opinion of the Organizing Committee, detract from the general character of the conference.
Deposit/Payment Information
Payment of 30% is required within one (1) month of confirmed reservation to guarantee your sponsorship and/or exhibit location. Final payment is due no later than September 16, 2018.
Cancellation Policy
The exhibitor may cancel this contract provided that written notice is received by the Organizing Committee on or before September 16, 2018. Please send notice to [email protected] or [email protected]. The deposit will be charged for cancellations.
Conditions and Regulations
The Organizing Committee reserve the right to designate a sponsorship opportunity different from the preferred option or reserve the right to deny sponsorship opportunities. All funds are submitted in the form of unrestricted educational grants or as tuition bursaries.
The conference program is set by planning committees and financial contributors have no influence on the content. Sponsorship will be recognized as a financial contribution at appropriate levels as outlined in the sponsorship prospectus.
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