Agenda
1:1 and Small-group meetings with Program Staff will be scheduled via Zoom outside of main Agenda timeframe on Monday July 18th, the lunch break and networking periods on Tuesday July 19th and Wednesday July 20th, after 3pm ET on Wednesday July 20th, and on Thursday July 21st. All meetings are scheduled based on the availability of our busy program staff. Please check back for the sign-up form in the coming weeks.
Tuesday, July 19th
10:00 a.m. ET | NINDS Director’s Welcome Walter Koroshetz, NINDS |
10:30 a.m. ET | Keynote Speaker (30 mins. presentation; 15 mins. Q&A) Julie Gerberding, Foundation for the National Institutes of Health |
11:15 a.m. ET | Patient Advocacy in Commercialization – How to Work with Industry Katherine Beaverson, Pfizer |
12:15 p.m. ET | Supporting Science as a Small Business: How to Find Innovative Methods to Fund Research Emily Caporello, NINDS |
1:15 p.m. ET | Lunch and Networking with Program Staff |
2:15 p.m. ET | Leveraging Progress Across the Scientific Pipeline – How to Work with Academic Researchers Kenneth Fischbeck, NINDS |
3:15 p.m. ET | Engaging Trainees and Early Stage Scientists: How to Work with Academic Researchers Lightning Round Talks Diane Bovenkamp, BrightFocus Foundation |
4:00 p.m. ET | Wrap-Up |
Wednesday, July 20th
10:15 a.m. ET | Welcome and Introduction to Day 2 |
10:30 a.m. ET | Success Stories Jim Beck, Parkinson’s Foundation |
11:30 a.m. ET | Reaching your entire community – How to Work Together to Achieve Equity and Inclusivity Indu Navar, Everything ALS |
12:30 p.m. ET | Lunch and Networking |
1:30 p.m. ET | Nonprofit to Nonprofit Best Practices and Feedback Breakout Sessions details to come |
3:00 p.m. ET | Adjourn |