Attendees were treated to a glimpse of the future of rehabilitation thanks to the winners of the Poster, Power Play and Three Minute Talk competitions.
The KITE Research Institute and the Rehabilitation Sciences Institute at the University of Toronto hosted the inaugural International Conference on Aging, Innovation, and Rehabilitation (ICAIR) on May 8th at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
The conference served as platform to drive interdisciplinary collaboration between scientists, clinicians, students, and entrepreneurs in the rehabilitation space. Over 600 attendees from nine countries were treated to a glimpse of the future of rehabilitation science thanks to the winners of the Poster, Power Play and Three Minute Talk competitions below.
Poster Competition
Congratulations to the following trainees who earned the highest scores out of the 100 submissions that were received.
In first place, Bryan Piper for “Cardiopulmonary Monitoring Using Textile-Based Electrodes”
In second place Reza Basiri for “Can Synthetic DFU Wound Images be Useful Clinically?”
In third place Polina Andrievskaia for “Investigating the cortical correlates of illusory self-motion (vection)”
Power Play Innovative Concept Pitch Competition
Congratulations to the Power Play Innovative Concept Pitch winners who received $2,500 for coming in first place, $1,500 for second and $1,000 for third.
In first place Camila Benmessaoud for “Caretown”
In second place Marc Shenouda for “Neuropeutcs”
In third place Philiz Goh for “Cancer Literacy Information Centre”
Power Play Innovative Startup Pitch Competition
The Power Play Pitch Innovative Start-up Pitch Competition winners received $25,000 for first place, $10,000 for second place, and $10,000 for third place.
In first place Lianna Genovese for “ImaginAble Solutions”
In second place Mark Cicero for “16 Bit Inc”
In third place Shlesha Van & Dan Grigorayeb for “Ora-3D Inc”
Three Minute Talk Competition
Congratulations to the following trainees who earned the highest scores out of the 20 submissions that were received.
In first place Nicholas Zhao 
In second place Raluca Nicoras 
In third place Marina Petrevska
Congratulations once again to all the winners.