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Dr Karola Kreitmair is an Assistant Professor  in the dept of medical history and bioethics at the University of Wisconsin. Within neuroethics, she conducts both academic studies and teaching and clinical work, advising as a bioethicist in a hospital. Looking at deep-brain stimulation, personal neurostimulation devices, wearable technology, brain-computer interfaces, mental health apps, and virtual and augmented reality, she is particularly interested in the complexities of technology and patient autonomy and authenticity.

Dr. Chris Dawson is a mechanical engineer who leads the biosensing team at TTP. The team works with clients to leverage advances in biosensing technology to develop products that support patients in managing and treating a wide range of diseases.

They develop sensing solutions from short-term minimally invasive to long-term fully implantable, all with challenging requirements for biocompatibility, hermeticity, form-factor, wireless power & comms, and integrate a broad range of sensing modalities from electrical and electrochemical, through to ultrasonic and optical.

Cat Irving is the Human Remains Conservator for Surgeons’ Hall  Museum which is the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, one of the oldest medical institutions in the world. She has cared for anatomical and pathological museum collections there for over twenty years. Cat is a licensed anatomist, and gives regular talks on anatomy and medical history, as well as writing the blog Wandering Bones. Recently she has carried out conservation work on the skeleton of serial killer William Burke prior to his display in National Museum of Scotland.

Nick Vallotton was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease at the age of 38 and has managed his condition for the past 11 years. He works full time as a Senior Research Nurse at Gloucester Royal hospital. In 2021, he underwent deep brain stimulation surgery in the hope of improving control over his speech and limbs; following surgery his overall function was much improved.