VENUES

2nd Annual G20 World Brain Mapping & Therapeutic Scientific Summit 13 November, Istanbul - 15 November, Antalya
Building Global Alliance in Brain Mapping & Therapeutics through supporting President Obama’s BRAIN Initiative

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G20 ISTANBUL 2015

2nd Annual G20 World Brain Mapping & Therapeutic Scientific Summit
13 November 2015, Üsküdar University Istanbul

Building Global Alliance in Brain Mapping & Therapeutics through supporting President Obama’s BRAIN Initiative

Üsküdar University, Üsküdar University NPISTANBUL Neuropsychiatry Hospital and SBMT (Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics), invite you to attend this important scientific summit being held in Istanbul on 13 November 2015.

According to the World Health Organization's large-scale studies, about a third of the adult worldwide population suffer from a mental disorder such as depression, anxiety, alzheimer, MS and schizophrenia. If also taken together with neurological disorders, such as dementia and stroke, these "disorders of the brain" account for 13% of the global disease burden. This surpasses both cardiovascular diseases (5%) and cancer (10%). Countries with the highest rate includes the USA, UK, Russia. The time and place of the G20 meeting in Turkey this year is the perfect back drop for a scientific summit on all things about brain!

The Summit aims to contribute to President Obama’s BRAIN initiative and to expand action on the current and upcoming initiatives across the G20 nations. The G20 Ministers, Ambassadors, Science and trade attachés are invited to this unique event. We expect representatives from Üsküdar University, Üsküdar University NPISTANBUL Neuropsychiatry Hospital, Turkish Neurosurgical Society , SBMT (Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics) , industry leaders, leading Turkish researchers; G20 scientists and business leaders attend this event.

ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE

  • Prof. Nevzat TARHAN, MD
  • Prof. Selahattin GÜLTEKİN, PhD
  • Assoc. Prof. Serhat ÖZEKES, PhD
  • Assoc. Prof. Barış METİN, MD, PhD
  • Asst. Prof. Cumhur TAŞ, MD, PhD
  • Asst. Prof. Hüseyin ÜNÜBOL, MD
  • Asst. Prof. Umur KAYABAŞI, MD
  • Asst. Prof. İbrahim ŞAHBAZ, MD
  • Serdar KARAGÖZ, MS

SECRETARIAT

  • Şehadet EKMEN, MS
  • Merve ÇEBİ, MS

HONORARY PRESIDENTS (Subject to confirmation)

  • Prof. Gazi Yaşargil, MD
  • Prof. Aziz Sancar, MD, PhD

INVITED SPEAKERS

  • Prof. Eric Eggenberger, MD, Associate Chairperson, Department of Neurology & Ophthalmology, Michigan State University
  • Assoc. Prof. Kuldip Sidhu, MD - 11th President, SBMT Associate Professor, Stem Cell Research, University of New South Wales
  • Babak Kateb, MD - Founding Chairman of the Board and CEO, Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics, Scientific Director & COO, California Neurosurgical Institute, Director of National Center for NanoBioELectronics; NASA Research Park, President of Brain Mapping Foundation
  • Martin M. Mortazavi, MD, FICS - Director of Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Program, California Neurosurgical Institute
  • Vassiliy Tsytsarev, PhD - University of Maryland, Visiting Faculty
  • Vicky Yamamoto, PhD - Cancer Scientist, Department of Otolaryngology / Head and Neck Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC

PROGRAM

Theme:
Global Alliance in Brain Mapping and Therapeutic: Advancing Research, Innovation, Integration, Translation & Commercialization

Symposium Program
Friday, 13 November, 2015

08:00 – 09:00

Registration

09:00 – 10:00

Openning Ceremony
Babak Kateb, MD
  Founding Chairman of the Board and CEO, Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics, Scientific Director & COO, California Neurosurgical Institute, Director of National Center for NanoBioELectronics; NASA Research Park, President of Brain Mapping Foundation, USA
G20 World Brain Mapping and Therapeutics Initiative
Nevzat Tarhan, MD
Professor of Psychiatry, The Rector of Üsküdar University, Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics (SBMT) Board Member
Welcome Speech
A Video Message from Turkish Ministry of Health
Videos from Other VIPs

10:00 – 10:15

Coffee Break

Symposium Session I (Chair: Prof. Sevil ATASOY, PhD)

10:15 – 10:30

Kuldip Sidhu, MD
Assoc. Prof. of Stem Cell at UNSW and President of SBMT, Australia
Patient-derived Stem Cells as New Frontiers for Disease Modeling with Focus on Neurodegenerative Diseases

10:30 – 10:45

Şükrü Çağlar, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Ankara University
New Technologies in Neurosurgery

10:45 – 11:00

Vassiliy Tsytsarev, PhD
Visiting Faculty, University of Maryland, USA
In Vivo Optical Imaging and Applications in Brain Research

11:00 – 11:15

Bilgen Taneli, MD
Professor of Psychiatry, Founder & President of the Turkish Society of Biological Psychiatry, Uludağ University
MEG Application in Psychiatric Disorder

11:15 – 11:30

Selahattin Gültekin, PhD
Professor of Chemical Engineering, Üsküdar University
Engineering Approach in Neuroscience

11:30 – 11:45

Oğuz Tanrıdağ, MD
Professor of Neurology, Üsküdar University
Quantitative EEG in the Differential Diagnosis of Neurocognitive Disorders

11:45 – 12:00

Martin M. Mortazavi, MD, FICS
Director of Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Program, California Neurosurgical Institute, USA
Modern Technical Nuances for Resection of Deep Brain Stem Lesions

12:00 – 12:15

Kemal Arıkan, MD, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry, Istanbul University
What Does the Brain Mapping Tell the Psychiatrist in Daily Practice?

12:30 -14:00

 GROUP PHOTOGRAPHY

 &

 LUNCH  BREAK

 

Symposium Session II (Chair: Prof. Selahattin GÜLTEKİN, PhD)      

14:00 – 14:15

Eric Eggenberger, MD
Professor of Neurology and Ophthalmology, Michigan State University, USA
Functional MRI in Functional Neuro-ophthalmology

14:15 – 14:30

Barış Metin, MD, PhD
Assoc. Prof. of Neurology, Üsküdar University
EEG Biomarkers in Neurodevelopmental Disorders

14:30 – 14:45

Vicky Yamamoto, PhD
Cancer Scientist, Department of Otolaryngology/ Head and Neck Surgery, University of Southern California, USA
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells for Modeling and Treatment of Neurological Disorders

14:45 – 15:00

Cumhur Taş, MD, PhD
Asst. Prof. of Psychology,  Üsküdar University
Multimodal Neuroimaging in Schizophrenia

15:00 -15:15

Coffee Break

15:15 – 15:30

Babak Kateb, MD
Founding Chairman of the Board and CEO, Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics, Scientific Director & COO, California Neurosurgical Institute, Director of National Center for NanoBioELectronics; NASA Research Park, President of Brain Mapping Foundation, USA
Integration of Nanotechnology, Device, Imaging and Cellular Therapeutics/Stem Cell; a NanoBioElectronic Approach

15:30 – 15:45

Gökben Hızlı Sayar, MD
Assoc. Prof. of Psychiatry, Üsküdar University
Future Diagnostic Tools in Psychiatry

15:45 – 16:00

Nevzat Tarhan, MD
Professor of Psychiatry, The Rector of Üsküdar University, Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics (SBMT) Board Member
Evidence - Based Medicine as a Biomarker in Psychiatry

16:00 – 16:15

Umur Kayabaşı, MD 
Asst. Prof. of Ophthalmology, Üsküdar University
Novel Neuroimmunologic Mechanisms in Alzheimers Disease

16:15 – 16:30    

Barış Önen Ünsalver, MD
Asst. Prof. of Psychiatry, Üsküdar University
QEEG in Psychiatric Clinical Evaluation

16:30 - 17:00

Closing Ceremony

&

Presentation of Plaquette

17:30 – 18:00

Transfer to NPIstanbul Hospital by Bus

18:00 – 20:00

- Tour of NPIstanbul Hospital
- Open Buffet Dinner
- Sema Ceremony of the Whirling Dervishes & Traditional Turkish Music

 


Antalya Program (14-15  November, 2015)

G20 Brain Mapping Symposium Final Report

14 November

Transfer to Antalya

15 November
10:00 – 12:00

Discussion of the Final Report of the Symposium held at Üsküdar University in Istanbul

12:00 – 14:00

Lunch Break & Group Photography

14:00 - 14:05

Uskudar University Brain Mapping Video Presentation

14:05 - 14:10

Prof. Selahattin Gultekin
Welcome Speech

14:10 -15:00

Babak Kateb & Nevzat Tarhan
Presentation of the Final Report to the Ministers, Ambassadors and VIPs of G20

15:00 - 16:00

Questions and Answers

16:00

Closing

Specifically, the goals of the program are to:

  • Build solid working collaboration between USA, Turkey and other G20 nations on translational clinical neuroscience including all aspects of the Brain Mapping and Therapeutics.
  • Build strategic industry-academia-government alliance for brain discovery, diseases prevention, diagnosis and treatment
  • Facilitate rapid integration translation and commercialization of innovations in this field of Brain Mapping & Therapeutics world wide
  • Launch complementary Brain Mapping initiatives across the G20 nations
  • Facilitate Clinical trial and formulation of joint Institutional Review Board taskforce across G20

VENUE

November 13, Üsküdar University, Istanbul / Turkey

Altunizade Mh. Haluk Türksoy Sk. No:14 PK:34662 Üsküdar / Istanbul / Turkey

November 15, Xanadu Resort Hotel, Antalya

Belek Turizm Merkezi Acısu Mevkii PK: 49 Belek / Antalya / Turkey

CONTACT

e-mail : g20brainmapping@uskudar.edu.tr

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