Symposium
Symposium Keynote Speakers
Prof. Marcelo N. Rivolta
Professor of Sensory Stem Cell Biology
Centre for Stem Cell Biology
Department of Biomedical Science
The University of Sheffield, UK
Title of presentation: Cochlear neuroregeneration: progressing towards
the clinical use of human pluripotent stem cells
Prof. Helge Rask-Andersen
Senior Professor
Department of Surgical Sciences
Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery
Uppsala, Sweden
Title of presentation: Highligh in human cochlear microanatomy
Prof. Giorgio Zanchin
Senior Professor at Interdepartmental Headache Centre
School of Medicine, University of Padua, Italy
Title of presentation: Padua, cradle of modern medicine
Prof. Anil K. Lalwani
Professor of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
New York, USA
Title of presentation: Inner ear drug delivery by precise perforation
Prof. Isabela Varela-Nieto
Professor of Neurobiology of Hearing Group
Institute for Biomedical Research "Alberto Sols"
Department of Pathophysiology Endocrine and Nervous System
CSIC-UAM, Madrid, Spain
Title of presentation: Tailoring tissue remodeling during early inner ear development: together we can
Prof. Andrej Kral
Chaired Professor of Auditory Neuroscience
Medical University Hannover, Germany
Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine
Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Title of presentation: Central auditory prostheses: challenges and potentials