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iBCI Collaborative Community Inaugural Annual Meeting | 2024

  • DoubleTree by Hilton Silver Spring 8777 Georgia Avenue Silver Spring, MD, 20910 United States (map)

Access the slide deck and recording here.


Join us for a day of insightful discussions, enlightening presentations, and collaborative workshops!

Together, we can advance the implantable brain-computer interface field

Date/Time: Wednesday, September 18th, 2024, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM ET

  • Virtual attendees may join at 9:00 AM ET

  • Public Meeting: 8:30 AM - 11:45 AM ET

  • iBCI-CC Members Workshop: 12:45 PM - 5:00 PM ET

Location: DoubleTree by Hilton, Silver Spring, MD (Zoom links will be provided for both the Public Meeting and iBCI-CC Members Workshop)

PRELIMINARY AGENDA

Public Meeting: 8:30 AM - 11:45 AM ET

  • 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM: Light Breakfast

  • 9:00 AM - 9:20 AM: Welcome

  • 9:20 AM - 9:40 AM: How did we get here and how can the iBCI-CC advance the field to help future iBCI users?

  • 9:40 AM - 10:00 AM: (Re)Introduction to the iBCI-CC and Updates

  • 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM: Regulatory Science 101

  • 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM: Q&A Session

  • 11:00 AM - 11:10 AM: Break

  • 11:10 AM - 11:45 AM: Keynote Address

Lunch: 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM ET

iBCI-CC Members Workshop: 12:45 PM - 5:00 PM ET

  • 12:45 PM - 2:15 PM: Workgroup Breakout Session #1

    • Clinical Study Endpoints

    • Clinical Practice Guidelines

    • Ethics, Neural Data Privacy, and Data Security

    • Public Messaging, BCI Education, and Regulatory Science Education that could support policy

  • 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM: Break

  • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM: Workgroup Breakout Session #2

    • User Priorities/Preferences and iBCI Use Cases

    • Payor Interactions and Device Categorization

    • Modular Components, Interoperability, and ISO/Other Standards

  • 4:00 PM - 4:15 PM: Break

  • 4:15 PM - 5:00 PM: Group Summary of Breakout Sessions

REGISTRATION DETAILS

In-Person Registration Deadline: August 23rd, 2024

Virtual Registration Deadline: September 16th, 2024

You must register in order to attend. You do not need to be an iBCI-CC member to register. Interested in becoming a member? Apply here: https://www.ibci-cc.org/membership-application

*If you are unable to access the online registration form (such as due to government employee firewalls), you may download an excel version of the form and email the completed form to ibci.collab@gmail.com.

Hotel Accommodations:

Rooms are blocked at the DoubleTree by Hilton Silver Spring for September 17th-19th (2 nights). You may book your room online or by phone by following the instructions below.

Book online:

https://www.hilton.com/en/book/reservation/deeplink/?ctyhocn=DCAGSDT&groupCode=CDT912&arrivaldate=2024-09-17&departuredate=2024-09-19&cid=OM,WW,HILTONLINK,EN,DirectLink&fromId=HILTONLINKDIRECT

Book by phone:

Call 1-800-HILTONS. Present the hotel name (DoubleTree by Hilton Silver Spring) and group code CDT912.

Deadline to book before rooms are released: August 28th, 2024

If you require adjustments to the dates for your stay:

If you wish to stay only one night, or three nights if you are staying for the FDA/NIH Workshop on Developing iBCI Clinical Outcome Assessments (the hotel is a quick ~20-minute drive to the FDA campus), you must inform the hotel by calling to book and presenting the group code. The online booking option mandates two nights.

Travel Scholarships:

A limited number of travel scholarships are available for qualifying representatives of patient advocacy organizations. People with lived experience are encouraged to apply. If you are interested, please fill out a scholarship application by August 16th: https://forms.monday.com/forms/ba834e3642baf8a1b7699dbac2218ceb?r=use1