Keynote speakers
We are pleased to share the confirmed keynote speakers so far. Stay tuned for more updates.
Andrew Nicholson
Aurelio Cortese is a computational neuroscientist specializing in higher cognition, metacognition, reinforcement learning, and closed-loop fMRI neurofeedback. He is Head of the Decoded Neurofeedback Lab at ATR Institute International in Kyoto and an Associate Professor at Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea. Trained at NAIST (PhD) and EPFL (BSc/MSc), he has held research roles across Japan, the U.S., and Europe, producing influential work on unconscious learning, confidence, fear modulation, and AI-guided neurofeedback. He has published extensively in top journals such as Nature Communications, PNAS, eLife, and Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B, and received multiple prestigious awards. Cortese is also an active advisor to neurotechnology startups, a frequent invited speaker at international conferences, and an organizer of high-level symposia on learning, metacognition, and brain–AI interfaces.
Stefanie Enriquez-Geppert
Ann-Christine Ehlis is a clinical neuroscientist and professor directing the Psychophysiology and Optical Imaging unit in the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the University of Tübingen. Trained as a psychologist and earning her PhD summa cum laude, she has built a distinguished career investigating the neurobiology of mental disorders—particularly ADHD, depression, and anxiety—using methods such as fNIRS, EEG, neurofeedback, and non-invasive brain stimulation (TMS/tDCS). She has developed innovative approaches to cognitive control and prefrontal dysfunction, and contributed influential work on multisensory integration, neurostimulation, and clinical neurofeedback standards. With more than 220 publications, an h-index over 70, and leadership roles including PI and board member of the German Center for Mental Health and Associate Editor of Human Brain Mapping, she is recognized internationally as a leading expert in applied neuroimaging and translational psychiatry.
Patrícia Figueiredo
Oliver Bichsel graduated medical school at the University of Zurich and received a Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering (MSc ETH BME) from ETH Zurich. He then joined the RELab in August 2016 as a doctoral student and successfully defended his thesis in 2022. His main research interests lie in brain-machine/computer-interfaces and their application in clinical neurosciences. Oliver continues to pursue a career as a physician-scientist at the interface of Neurosurgery and Engineering.
Aurelio Cortese
Aurelio Cortese is a computational neuroscientist specializing in higher cognition, metacognition, reinforcement learning, and closed-loop fMRI neurofeedback. He is Head of the Decoded Neurofeedback Lab at ATR Institute International in Kyoto and an Associate Professor at Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea. Trained at NAIST (PhD) and EPFL (BSc/MSc), he has held research roles across Japan, the U.S., and Europe, producing influential work on unconscious learning, confidence, fear modulation, and AI-guided neurofeedback. He has published extensively in top journals such as Nature Communications, PNAS, eLife, and Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B, and received multiple prestigious awards. Cortese is also an active advisor to neurotechnology startups, a frequent invited speaker at international conferences, and an organizer of high-level symposia on learning, metacognition, and brain–AI interfaces.
Ann-Christine Ehlis
Ann-Christine Ehlis is a clinical neuroscientist and professor directing the Psychophysiology and Optical Imaging unit in the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the University of Tübingen. Trained as a psychologist and earning her PhD summa cum laude, she has built a distinguished career investigating the neurobiology of mental disorders—particularly ADHD, depression, and anxiety—using methods such as fNIRS, EEG, neurofeedback, and non-invasive brain stimulation (TMS/tDCS). She has developed innovative approaches to cognitive control and prefrontal dysfunction, and contributed influential work on multisensory integration, neurostimulation, and clinical neurofeedback standards. With more than 220 publications, an h-index over 70, and leadership roles including PI and board member of the German Center for Mental Health and Associate Editor of Human Brain Mapping, she is recognized internationally as a leading expert in applied neuroimaging and translational psychiatry.
Oliver Bichsel
Oliver Bichsel graduated medical school at the University of Zurich and received a Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering (MSc ETH BME) from ETH Zurich. He then joined the RELab in August 2016 as a doctoral student and successfully defended his thesis in 2022. His main research interests lie in brain-machine/computer-interfaces and their application in clinical neurosciences. Oliver continues to pursue a career as a physician-scientist at the interface of Neurosurgery and Engineering.