Agenda

Thursday, July 16, 2026

7:00 a.m.
Registration / Breakfast / Exhibits

8:00 a.m.           
Opening Remarks
Matthew Rizzo, MD, FAAN, FANA
Frances & Edgar Reynolds Professor; Chair, Department of Neurological Sciences, UNMC

8:15 a.m.           
Keynote
Chiara Cirelli, MD, PhD
Vice Chair for Research; Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI

9:00 a.m.
Session 1: Neuro-Translation
TBD

10:30 a.m.      
Break / Exhibits

10:45 a.m.       
Keynote
Jonathan Kipnis, PhD
BJC Investigator; Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Distinguished Professor of Pathology and Immunology, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

11:30 a.m.        
Session 2: Sleep and Development / Neurodegenerative Disorders
TBD

1:00 p.m.           
Lunch / Poster Session / Exhibits

1:45 p.m.           
Keynote: The National Institutes of Health, Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN^®) Initiative: Inventing the Future
John Jay Ngai, PhD
Director, Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN®) Initiative, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

3:00 p.m.           
Session 3: Bioinformatics & AI
TBD

4:00 p.m.           
Awards / Additional Poster Session (if needed)

4:25 p.m.           
Closing Remarks
Matthew Rizzo, MD FAAN, FANA

4:30 p.m.           
Adjourn

5:30 p.m.           
Reception / Dinner