Agenda

1:1 and Small-group meetings with Program Staff will be scheduled via Zoom outside of main Agenda timeframe on Monday July 18^th, the lunch break and networking periods on Tuesday July 19^th and Wednesday July 20^th, after 3pm ET on Wednesday July 20^th, and on Thursday July 21^st. 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 Moderator: Geraldine Acuna, Sunshine Care Foundation for Neurological Care and Research Katherine Beaverson, Pfizer Laura Mitic, Bluefield Project to Cure FTD Yael Weiss, Mahzi Therapeutics
12:15 p.m. ET	Supporting Science as a Small Business: How to Find Innovative Methods to Fund Research Moderator: Geraldine Bliss, CureSHANK Emily Caporello, NINDS Ken Schaner, Schaner and Lubitz Jill Wood, Phoenix Nest Inc.
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 Moderator: Penny Dacks, The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration Kenneth Fischbeck, NINDS David Limbrick, Hydrocephalus Association and Washington University School of Medicine Sabrina Paganoni, Neurological Clinical Research Institute Massachusetts General Hospital; Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS Miguel Sena-Esteves, University of Massachusetts
3:15 p.m. ET	Engaging Trainees and Early Stage Scientists: How to Work with Academic Researchers Lightning Round Talks Moderator: Nina Schor, NINDS Diane Bovenkamp, BrightFocus Foundation Jennifer Brummet, American Epilepsy Society Eric Morrow, Brown University Daniel Okobi, University of California, Los Angeles Golshani Lab
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 Moderator: Tish Hevel, The Brain Donor Project Jim Beck, Parkinson’s Foundation Agustin Ibanez, The ReDLat Consortium and Global Brain Health Institute Kevin O’Connor, Yale School of Medicine and Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America, Inc
11:30 a.m. ET	Reaching your entire community – How to Work Together to Achieve Equity and Inclusivity Moderator: Janet Hieshetter, Dystonia Medical Research Foundation Indu Navar, Everything ALS Todd Schwedt, Mayo Clinic Maria del Pilar Trelles Thorn, The Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Heather Watkins, Disability Advocate, Author and Blogger
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