Neural Control of Movement Satellite Meeting
Join us April 20th for the NCM Satellite Meeting “Precision neurorehabilitation for movement disorders: Integrating technology, neuroscience, and clinical practice”. The Satellite meeting will be held at the Portopia Hotel in advance of the annual Society for the Neural Control of Movement Meeting.
Precision neurorehabilitation for movement disorders: Integrating technology, neuroscience, and clinical practice
The satellite is organized by:
Lee E. Miller, Northwestern University
James Cotton, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Join us for a groundbreaking satellite meeting preceding the 2026 Neural Control of Movement Society meeting in Kobe, Japan, from April 20-24. This meeting will explore the profound revolution in neurorehabilitation that has occurred over the past decade, driven by advances in methods to drive plasticity, machine learning, motion capture, wearable devices, and a growing emphasis on “precision rehabilitation.” The day will feature three major themes: Gait & Mobility, Upper Extremity Function, and Speech and Communication, with each group considering the impact on clinical outcomes of animal models, computational modeling, and human behavioral studies, neuroimaging, and neuromodulation. The program will also include a moderated session to synthesize key insights across these critical areas.
We have arranged with IEEE Transactions in Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering to publish an article summarizing our Satellite meeting. The final discussion period is intended to shape the content of that paper, and Sebastian Sporn and Charlotte DeVol have graciously agreed to assist with writing it. In parallel, Editor-in-Chief, Helen Huang, would like to sponsor a special collection of papers related to the Satellite’s theme. Both the target article and related articles will be slated for publication approximately 3-5 months after the meeting. All are welcome to consider submission; more details will be forthcoming.
A special neurorehabilitation theme will be included in the poster sessions of the main meeting for Satellite attendees to submit posters.
Satellite Meeting Program
*Please note, program may be adjusted
08:30 – 08:45
Registration
08:45 – 09:00
Welcome
09:00 – 11:00
Session 1: Gait and mobility
Organized by Katherine Steele
- Andrea Galvez, PhD – Principal Investigator, NeuroRestore, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne
- James Cotton, MD, PhD – Assistant Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Northwestern University
- Katherine Steele, PhD – Professor Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington
- Yohei Otaka, MD, PhD – Professor, Fujita Health University
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 – 13:30
Session 2: Upper extremity function
Organized by Nicolas Schweighofer
- Monica A. Perez, Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Northwestern University
- Sebastian Sporn, Research Fellow, Clinical and Movement Neurosciences, University College London
- Marco Capogrosso, Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh
- Kazuhiko Seki, Director Department of Neurophysiology, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP) in Japan
13:30 – 15:00
Lunch with trainee round tables
15:00 – 17:00
Session 3: Speech and communication
Organized by Cara Stepp
- Cara Stepp, Professor of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Boston University
- Srikantan Nagarajan, Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco
- Kristina Simonyan, John W. Merriam/William W. Montgomery Professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School & Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
- Soo-Eun Chang, Rosa Casco Solano-Lopez Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Michigan
Speech Discussion
17:00 – 17:15
Coffee break
17:15 – 18:00
Wrap up session moderated by James Cotton, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab