On May 28, 2024, members of the MES-CoBraD consortium gathered in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, for the final in-person project meeting.
This two-day event provided an opportunity to review our progress and strategically plan for the project's final phase. Each partner had the chance to highlight priority tasks and outline the work plan for the remaining months of MES-CoBraD.
Meeting in person allowed medical and technical partners to collaborate closely on testing hypotheses and developing workflows on the platform through a series of workshops, enabling real-time troubleshooting. Additionally, the consortium prepared for an upcoming project review.
LIBER hosted the meeting, with Oliver Blake, Project Officer at LIBER, commenting:
“After over three years of MES-CoBraD, it was a pleasure to host the consortium for the final in-person meeting. The group consists of great professionals with diverse expertise who have built strong working relationships over the project’s three years. At LIBER, we keenly anticipate more of the project’s final results, which we can use to engage research libraries.”
Dr Elissaios Karageorgiou, Scientific Director at the Neurological Institute of Athens (NIA) and scientific coordinator of MES-CoBraD added:
“At the three year mark the MES-CoBraD modules are being integrated into a single interoperable platform of advanced analytics and decision support. The functionalities integrated can help scientists test hypotheses of multidimensional real-world data, combining questionnaire, imaging, polysomnography, electroencephalography, biofluid, and wearable data, into descriptive and predictive models. Even more, the MES-CoBraD platform offers a scaffold for developing diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic decision support algorithms, combining expert opinion, professional association guidelines, and MES-CoBraD data-driven results.”
Project coordinator, Dr Christos Ntanos from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) stated:
“The MES-CoBraD project is nearing its conclusion. Although there are still a few months ahead filled with hard work and numerous innovations and scientific results forthcoming, the project has consistently demonstrated that its ambitious objectives have guided significant advancements in data science and neuroscience. We are continuously learning new lessons and engaging in fascinating scientific investigations. The essential bridge between medicine and Information Technology is being constructed at every step; through every interaction and effort to develop a common understanding and language. This meeting marked another step in that direction, and it is clear that many more steps in our shared field remain to be taken in future common endeavours.”