The workshop has four thematic sessions over two days. It will open with a perspective from people with lived experience of epilepsy. In the first session, experts in mathematical and data-based modelling will explore how data gathered from wearables can be used in seizure forecasting and designing interventions to prevent the occurrence of seizures.

The second session sees experts from the wearables and neurotechnology industries explore how seizure triggers could be monitored at home using smartwatches, mobile apps, and EEG headsets.  We will also hold a poster session on Day 1 to provide an opportunity for the attendees to present their work and engage with other participants.

On day two, the third session focuses on the views from clinicians on how various triggers affect the occurrence of seizures. Finally, the last session, a combination of a panel discussion and a round table discussion, will discuss best practices and future requirements to support early career researchers to thrive in the epilepsy research community.

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At the Networking & Poster Session (Monday 26^th June from 17:00) we invite clinicians, epilepsy specialists nurses and people with lived experience of epilepsy to join researchers and industry partners for a drinks reception. This session will provide the opportunity to share perspectives on whether identifying and addressing the impact of seizure triggers would improve the quality of life in people with epilepsy, to network with colleagues and to chat to poster presenters about their work.

The drinks reception is generously sponsored by our industry partner Neuronostics. 

The Networking & Poster Session event is free but registration is required. Register here and find out more about the session.

We are grateful to the following experts for chairing the thematic sessions:

• Professor Andrew Bagshaw  (University of Birmingham, UK)
• Professor Stephen Coombes (University of Nottingham, UK)
  
• Dr Rajiv Mohanraj (Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, UK)
  
• Professor John Terry (University of Birmingham, UK)
  

The keynote speakers in the workshop include:

• Dr Manny Bagary (Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, UK)
• Dr Christophe Bernard (Aix-Marseille Université, France)
• Dr Christian Meisel (Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany)
• Dr Shanika Samarasekera (University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, UK)
• Professor Stefano Seri (Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, UK)
• Dr Yujiang Wang (Newcastle University, UK)

Industry leaders and start-ups in the Healthcare Technology sector participating in the workshop include:

• Garmin Health
• Neuronostics
  
• UNEEG 
  

The workshop takes places in the Composers' Suite in the Edgbaston Park Hotel located within the University of Birmingham Campus.

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The workshop is organised by Dr Aravind Kumar Kamaraj and Dr Isabella Marinelli (SMQB) and the early career researcher symposium is organised by Dr Yingjing Feng (SMQB). 

The organisers can be contacted at smqb@contacts.bham.ac.uk.

We are a group of research innovators with backgrounds in mathematics, computer science, physics, and biomedicine. We are passionate about delivering transformative research that impacts upon lives, through contributing measurable advances to healthcare and medicine.

We pursue a “systems approach” to basic biomedical research and its translation. Our emphasis is on techniques from mathematical and statistical modelling, theoretical physics, machine learning and data science, and biophysical imaging and image analysis being applied to research challenges in neurology and neuroscience; cardiology and cardiovascular sciences; neuroendocrinology, reproduction and metabolism, as well as vertebrate development and genomics.

Our research is informed and co-created with a range of stakeholders, including biomedical researchers, clinical scientists, members of the public and industry partners. We recognise that for our work to be truly impactful we must continue to pioneer new ways of working that bring communities together to address current and future research priorities.

This workshop is an extension of our inclusive ecosystem as we strive to bring in the perspectives of clinicians, persons with lived experience and academic researchers to shape up the future of epilepsy research.