Details
A hands-on satellite workshop equipping researchers with the knowledge and skills to implement temporal interference stimulation at the highest standard.
🗓️ Friday 13 November 2026
📍 Washington DC
🕓 08.30-18.30
Organised by
Dr Nir Grossman
Dr Adam Williamson
Dr Friedhelm Hummel
Dr Ines Violante
Dr Melanie Boly
Dr Michael Treadway
Dr Chencheng Zhang
Advancing Deep Brain Stimulation – Noninvasively
Temporal interference (TI) is a novel brain-stimulation technology that enables precise, noninvasive modulation of deep brain structures, a capability previously achievable only through invasive neurosurgery. TI has also catalysed significant engineering advances and provided new fundamental insights into neuromodulation.
This satellite workshop, held as a satellite of the Society for Neuroscience (SFN) Annual Meeting 2026, aims to equip participants with key knowledge and capabilities critical to the highest-standard implementation of TI stimulation in human brain research and clinical therapy development, thereby facilitating the translational impact of this rapidly growing field.
The workshop will feature interactive lectures, hands-on practice sessions, and open discussions to maximise knowledge transfer and foster collaboration.
Target Audience
The workshop is designed to provide essential in-depth knowledge and hands-on practice for a broad range of research professionals who integrate, or are interested in integrating, TI stimulation into translational brain research.
Four Thematic Sessions
The workshop is divided into four in-depth sessions, each combining interactive lectures with hands-on practice.
Flexible
1. Fundamentals
The concept of TI brain stimulation and the underpinning neuromodulation mechanism.
- Principles of electrical neural stimulation and governing factors
- The concept of TI electrical brain stimulation, including pulse TI, pulse width modulation (PWM) TI, and multi-polar TI
- Biophysical mechanisms and experimental evidence
- Hands-on waveform simulation practice
2. Equipment
Principal requirements of TI hardware, solution strategies, and performance testing.
- Transcranial application of TI electrical stimulation (current drive, high bandwidth, channel isolation)
- EEG and LFP recording during TI stimulation (IMD artifact mitigation)
- MRI during TI stimulation (safety and RF artifact mitigation)
- Hands-on equipment testing practice
3. Deployment
Principles governing deployment and best practices for safety, precision, and efficiency
- Planning TI stimulation locus via electrode configuration and current ratio optimisation
- Step-by-step setup procedure in humans (localisation, attachment, quality testing)
- Best-practice documentation and reporting for reproducibility
- Hands-on TI planning and setup practice
4. Applications
Challenges and strategies in developing TI stimulation into brain therapy applications.
- A prospective framework for developing TI therapies
- Examples of ongoing TI therapy development efforts
- Lessons learned from other brain stimulation modalities
- Panel discussion
Schedule
Friday 13 November 2026 – Washington DC
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| 08.45-10.30 |
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| 10.30-10.45 | Coffee & Tea Break |
| 10.45-12.30 | Session 2: Equipment Interactive lecture + hands-on equipment testing practice |
| 12.30-13.15 | Lunch Break |
| 13.15-15.00 | Session 3: Deployment Interactive lecture + hands-on TI planning and setup practice |
| 15.00-15.15 | Coffee & Tea Break |
| 15.15-17.00 | Session 4: Applications Short interactive lectures + panel discussion |
| 17.00-17.15 | Summary & Closing Remarks |
| 18.30 | Optional Group Dinner |
Registration
Reserve Your Spot
Fees are $300 to attend, and spaces are limited. Register early to secure your place at this hands-on training workshop. Students with financing challenges may request discounted fees by emailing the workshop organisers with justification.
