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Trustworthy virtual brains
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Location: Alte Kornkammer - 1/15/26, 9:15 AM - 1/15/26, 10:00 AM (Europe/Berlin) (45 minutes)
Trustworthy virtual brains
Prof. Dr. Petra Ritter
Berlin Intitule of Health and Dept. Neurology, Charité Universitätsmedizin
Prof. Dr. Petra Ritter
Berlin Intitule of Health and Dept. Neurology, Charité Universitätsmedizin
Professor Petra Ritter heads the Brain Simulation Section at the Charité University Medicine Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health (BIH). She serves in the leadership of large EU infrastructure projects such as the Testing and Experimentation Facility Health AI and Robotics (TEF-Health), European Open Science Cloud’s Virtual Brain Cloud und eBRAIN-Health and she is directing the Health Data Cloud of EBRAINS -  a research infrastructure on the roadmap of the European Strategy Forum for Research Infrastructures. Petra Ritter studied medicine in Germany and in the US.
Digital brain twins—computational replicas of human cognition and underlying neuronal dynamics—hold immense promise for advancing brain science and precision medicine. Ensuring the reliability and ethical application of these sophisticated models is paramount. This presentation will dissect the technology of digital brain twins and explore the vital role of emerging regulations in safeguarding society within our rapidly evolving technological landscape