Professor Rasche is consultant neurosurgeon at the Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Germany. He is head of the Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery, Neuromodulation and invasive pain therapies outpatient service of the Dept. of Neurosurgery. His research focuses on the clinical aspects of invasive treatment options for various chronic diseases, e.g. chronic neuropathic pain syndromes or movement disorders etc. Since 1994, one research focus is neuroimaging and invasive treatment options of patients with trigeminal neuralgia and chronic facial pain syndromes, ranging from distinct clinical examinations, high-resolution MRI-scanning to microvascular decompression and central neuromodulation techniques. In 2005 Dr. Rasche introduced DBS in Lübeck. The indication spectrum for DBS ranges from movement disorders to chronic pain syndromes and psychiatric diseases. In 2015 he was Co-Editor of the “Textbook of Neuromodulation”. Since 2018 he is elected president of the German chapter of the International Neuromodulation Society. In the last 25 years Prof. Rasche has been involved in numerous clinical studies and trials. Plenty of presentations as invited speaker with the whole spectrum of neuromodulation techniques and also intrathecal drug delivery for chronic pain or spasticity at national or international congresses or as teacher in various workshops, cadaver-courses etc. were performed.

Laurien is a researcher at the Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, in the field of pain medicine. With a master's degree in Technical Medicine, specializing in Sensing and Stimulation, from the Technical University Delft, Erasmus University Rotterdam, and University Leiden, she started with her PhD trajectory at the Center for Pain Medicine this year. Laurien's research is centered around the use of Magnetoencephalography (MEG) to explore the cortical effects of spinal cord stimulation. Using MEG, she can non-invasively record brain activity and gain insights into the brain's processing of pain signals and how this is affected by neuromodulation. In addition to her MEG research project, Laurien has conducted a systematic review examining the effects of spinal cord stimulation on the cortical somatosensory evoked response. The findings from this review form the basis of the poster she will present at the e-INS congress.

Prof. Philippe Rigoard is an esteemed Senior surgeon and coordinator of the Spine & Neuromodulation Unit at Poitiers University Hospital in France. He received his medical degree as 1st Laureate of faculty of Medicine, Poitiers in 2006 and completed postgraduate medical training in spine surgery 2008 and a fellowship in functional neurosurgery in 2009. From 2002-2007 he also completed his PhD of Sciences, in Poitiers, France. Prof. Rigoard has made significant contributions to the field through his involvement in research programs such as PRISMATICS, focusing on predictive research in spine/neuromodulation management and cardiac innovation surgery. With a wealth of experience and expertise, Prof. Rigoard has published extensively, reviewed scientific journals, and delivered lectures globally, leaving a remarkable impact on neurosurgery, neuromodulation, and spine biomechanics.

Dr. Andreas Rowald is research group leader of the ProModell Group at the Chair of Digital Health at the Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Germany. His work focuses on prognostic, personalized digital patient models to develop novel and optimize existing neurostimulation strategies. Dr. Rowald completed his doctoral studies in electrical engineering at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rüdiger Rupp received the Dipl.-Ing. degree in electrical engineering with focus on biomedical engineering and his Dr.-Ing. degree from the Technical University of Karlsruhe, Germany, in 1994 and 2008, respectively. Since 2021, he has a professorship for Assistive Neurotechnology. After working at the Institute for Biomedical Engineering and Biocybernetics (Prof. G. Vossius) until 1996, since 1997 he is with the Spinal Cord Injury Center (Head: Prof. N. Weidner) of Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany, where he holds the position as the head of the section Experimental Neurorehabilitation. His main research interests are in the field of rehabilitation engineering for people living with spinal cord injury. This includes neuroprosthetics mainly of the upper extremity, man-machine interfaces, gait analysis, development and clinical validation of novel methods and devices for locomotion therapy and realization of software projects for standardized documentation of rehabilitation outcome. He is author of more than 320 journal, book chapter, textbook and conference publications and holds two patents. He has been awarded several times for his work and is a member of IEEE, IFESS, VDE, DMGP, DGOOC, NervClub, ISCoS and ASIA. Since 2017, he is chair of the ASIA International Standards Committee.

Dr Marc Russo MBBS DA (UK) FANZCA FFPMANZCA Leadership President International Neuromodulation Society Deputy Chair NSW Regional Committee of Faculty Pain Medicine Medical Examiner Faculty of Pain Medicine Faculty Pain Medicine Senior Advising Editor – Pain Medicine Journal Directorships Director/Medical Director- Hunter Pain Specialists Director/Medical Director - Hamilton Day Surgery Centre Director/Medical Director and Principal Investigator- Genesis Research Services https://genesisresearchservices.com/about/ Director/Medical Director - Innervate Pain Management Program and former Director of Sydney Pain Specialists University Affiliations University of Hong Kong Associate Professor, University of Newcastle Australia Conjoint Senior Lecturer University of Sydney – Affiliate Researcher Research Involvement in 62 research studies, 65 Publications