fNIRS Toronto Workshop

Two days of fNIRS at Toronto Metropolitan University: talks, keynotes, round tables, networking, and hands-on data analysis. Sept 28 to 29.
About this Event

🧠 Join Us for the 1st fNIRS Toronto Meeting!

Supported by NIRx, this two-day event brings together the growing functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) community across Ontario and Canada to explore key applications and advance the field.

Hosted by:

Dr. John Griffiths (CAMH & University of Toronto)

Dr. Frank Russo (Toronto Metropolitan University)

Dr. Kaja Jasinska (University of Toronto)

The workshop will feature Keynote presentations from Dr. Frank Russo and Dr. Kaja Jasinska with a third keynote to be annoucned.

Round table discussions will be held about Multimodal fNIRS, fNIRS outside of the lab, and fNIRS in clinical applications.

Program Overview

Day 1: Talks, Keynotes & Interactive Panels

Full day of presentations and round table discussions from leading local researchers, postdocs, and graduate students.

Followed by an evening social!

Day 2: Talks, Interactive Panels & Hands-On Data Workshops

Day 2 will feature more of the same great presentations and round table discussions.

The afternoon will feature interactive fNIRS data analysis and methods sessions led by leading fNIRS methods and analysis experts.

Day 1, Monday Sep 28

🕑: 08:00 AM - 08:30 AM
Registration and coffee
🕑: 08:30 AM - 08:45 AM
Opening remarks
🕑: 08:45 AM - 09:15 AM
PI talk
🕑: 09:15 AM - 10:15 AM
Keynote
🕑: 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Break
🕑: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Trainee talks x4
🕑: 11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Break
🕑: 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM
Roundtable, Multimodal fNIRS
🕑: 12:15 PM - 01:15 PM
Lunch (Provided)
🕑: 01:15 PM - 02:15 PM
Keynote
🕑: 02:15 PM - 03:15 PM
PI talks x2
🕑: 03:15 PM - 03:30 PM
Break
🕑: 03:30 PM - 04:00 PM
Roundtable, fNIRS outside of the lab
🕑: 04:00 PM - 04:15 PM
Break
🕑: 04:15 PM - 05:00 PM
Trainee talks x3
🕑: 05:45 PM - 07:30 PM
Evening social
Day 2, Tuesday Sep 29

🕑: 08:30 AM - 09:00 AM
Coffee/ Doors open
🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
PI talk
🕑: 09:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Keynote
🕑: 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Break
🕑: 10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
Trainee talks x3
🕑: 11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Break
🕑: 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM
Roundtable, Clinical fNIRS
🕑: 12:15 PM - 01:15 PM
Lunch - not provided
🕑: 01:15 PM - 02:15 PM
Hands-on analysis, session 1 (parallel streams)
🕑: 02:15 PM - 02:30 PM
Break
🕑: 02:30 PM - 03:30 PM
Hands-on analysis, session 2 (parallel streams)
🕑: 03:30 PM - 03:45 PM
Break
🕑: 03:45 PM - 04:15 PM
Closing remarks