*October 18th and 19th, Boston*

*McGovern Institute for Brain Research @ MIT - * *http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=46* http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=46

*3rd floor Atrium *

*Doors will be locked, so we will have to let you in. If you are the door, please call 4-3544 or (617-324-3544) or send a chat message here: * *https://gitter.im/satra/brainhackEDT* https://gitter.im/satra/brainhackEDT

*BRAINHACK EDT - BOSTON NEWS/UPDATES:*

· Siemens is providing funds to help host Brainhack EDT - Boston.

· The Brainhack EDT - Boston organizing committee is excited to announce that we will be providing lunch to attendees who register/confirm their attendance and food choices by 6PM on October 15th (see instructions below; http://goo.gl/tMfwa2).

· The Brainhack EDT - Boston organizing committee is working on organizing a group dinner (attendee pays) on Saturday night in Cambridge.

· Amazon will provide credits for cloud computing ($100 per person)

· NeuroElectrics will be bringing a couple of their wireless EEG headsets for interested parties to hack on. Please check the column if you are interested.

· All attendees must confirm their registration by following the registration instructions below.

*REGISTRATION DETAILS:*

With the generous support from Siemens, we will be providing lunch to attendees of Brainhack Boston. In order to receive lunch, you must confirm your registration (indicate YES/NO) and food choices by Noon on October 15th, 2014.

Please click here to register: http://goo.gl/tMfwa2

When you are registering please provide us with your lunch choices along with whether or not you plan to attend the organized dinner on Saturday Night (attendees pay for their own dinner). If you do not provide us with your lunch choices, you will not get free lunch.

In addition, please indicate whether you are interested in working with/on the Neuroelectrics headset.

*PROJECT PROPOSALS:*

We've heard rumors of several projects for Brainhack EDT - Boston. In order to spread the word of these projects, we request that you add your project(s) on the following page:

http://goo.gl/fSMgc3

Project proposal introductions will be 1 minute. If you want to use a slide to introduce your project, please send the powerpoint slide to mclaren.donald-a@t-gmail.com

*BRAINHACK EDT - BOSTON SCEHDULE:*

*Saturday, October 18, 2014*

08:30 Attendee Arrival (with coffee)

09:00 Welcome reception

09:15 Ignite Talk with icebreaker

09:45 Project Pitch

10:00 Open Hacking

12:00 Onsite Lunch (Mexicali)

13:00 Crowd Annotation Projects (Dolphin Brain)

13:45 Unconference Session

15:00 Coffee Break

15:30 Open Hacking

18:30 Organized dinner (pay your own way)

20:30 Open Hacking

*Sunday, October 19, 2014*

08:30 Attendee Arrival

09:00 Ignite Session II

09:30 Unconference Session

10:30 Open Hacking

12:30 Onsite Lunch (Mexicali)

13:30 Open Hacking

15:00 Coffee Break

15:30 Open Hacking

17:00 Project Summaries and Wrap-up

18:30 Adjournment

19:00 Optional Dinner or Open Hacking

*The Boston Brainhack Committee*

Donald G McLaren, MGH/HMS

Satra Ghosh, MIT

Matt Hutchison, Harvard University