
Our Speakers
Explore the brilliant minds at CNTC, driving innovation in neurotechnology and neuroscience in academia and industry.
Keynote Speakers

Dr. Philip Sabes
Cofounder of Neuralink, Starfish Neuroscience, Integral

Spero Koulouras
Founder & Chairman of Autonomous Living Technologies
Panelists

Dr. Gert Cauwenberghs
Professor of Bioengineering @ UCSD

Dr. Erika Ross Ellison
President of IEEE EMBS

Dr. Albert Rizzo
Research Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioural Sciences @ USC

JoJo Platt
US Partnerships Lead @ Corundrum Neuroscience

Dr. Arash Adami
Founder and CEO @ Alpha Fiber

Ruthie Forney
VP of Products @ Precision Neuroscience

Dr. Duygu Kuzum
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering @ UCSD
Previous Speakers

Nathan Copeland
BCI Can Do Better LLC
2024

David Eagleman
Neosensory, Center for Science and Law, iHeartMedia, Stanford
2024

Vikash Gilja
UCSD
2023

Anne Andrews
UCLA
2023

Karen Moxon
UC Davis
2023 (Keynote) & 2024 (Panelist)

Caitlin Ner
PsyMed Ventures
2024

Chloe Duckworth
Valence AI
2024

Gail Gannon
StartUp Health
2024

Jonathon Schofield
UC Davis
2024

Jose Munoz
Cerebralink Neurotech Consultancy
2024

Julia Scott
Gambit Labs, SCU, XRSI
2024

Lee Miller
UC Davis
2024

Sergey Stavisky
UC Davis
2024

Sharena Rice
Sanmai
2024

Virginia de Sa
UCSD
2024

Katrin Mayr
G.Tec
2023

Daril Brown
UC Davis
2023

Ryan Field
Kernel
2023

Greg Kubin
PsyMed Ventures
2023

Aadeel Akhtar
PSYONIC
2023

Nick Halper
Neuromatch
2023

Raphael Certain
Clarity
2023

Walt Baxter
Medtronic
2023

William Speier
UCLA
2023