By Ilias Tachtsidis and Meryem Yücel
Dear all, the October general meeting of the society, the first in virtual format is now over. In this post you will get:
- Some conference highlights
- the relevant statistics
- the playlist to all the videos in the YouTube channel of the society
- and the award winners
Conference Highlights
- Large participation of students presenting in oral sessions and posters
- Extensive and wide fNIRS research output besides the extremely difficult year with the pandemic restrictions
- The effort of the virtual conference organising committee working across time zones to deliver an engaging conference.
Ilias: “Personally, I am really proud of the organising committee of the virtual conference that includes lots of young researchers; a great testament that our society has a bright an NIR bright future”.
Statistics
- 471 participants registered; 41% students, 7% Industry, 49% Non-students and 3% unspecified.
- 35 countries from all continents; Africa (0.1%), North America (42%), South America (3%), Australia (4%), Asia (16%), and Europe (35%), showing that we are truly global society.
- 261 abstracts received; of which 151 from students.
- 72 Oral talks, 186 Posters and 3 rejected.
- 114 from Europe, 101 from America, 36 from Asia and 10 from Australia.
- 1 New Special Session fNIRS Standards
- The average number of people in the ZOOM sessions was 200 and for Gather Town 150 people
Videos playlist
YouTube playlist is here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQ_trWmm7uFR87EGN0STB8L7OL49A3Jvg
Award winners
fNIRS in Neurodevelopment Research | ||
Student | Lisanne Schroer | ![]() |
Senior | Laura Pirazzoli | ![]() |
fNIRS in Clinical Applications | ||
Student | Susanna Tagliabue | ![]() |
Senior | Harleen Chhabra | ![]() |
Multimodal Measurements | ||
Student | Jonas B. Fischer | ![]() |
Senior | Maheen Siddiqui | ![]() |
fNIRS in Cognitive and Social Interactions Neuroscience Research | ||
Student | Uzair Hakim | ![]() |
Senior | Deborah Talamonti | ![]() |
Data Analysis, Signal Processing & AI | ||
Student | Zhengchen Cai | ![]() |
Senior | Androu Abdalmalak | ![]() |
Hardware Development | ||
Student | Chen-Hao Lin | ![]() |
Senior | Nisan Ozana | ![]() |
fNIRS Other Topics | ||
Student | Homa Vahidi | ![]() |
Senior | Gemma Bale | ![]() |
Early Investigator Award Ceremony | ||
Wesley Baker | ![]() |