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 (Jump to Recording) Walter Koroshetz, NINDS |
10:30 a.m. ET | Keynote Speaker (Jump to Recording) Julie Gerberding, Foundation for the National Institutes of Health |
11:15 a.m. ET | Patient Advocacy in Commercialization – How to Work with Industry (Jump to Recording) Katherine Beaverson, Pfizer |
12:15 p.m. ET | Supporting Science as a Small Business: How to Find Innovative Methods to Fund Research (Jump to Recording) 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 (Jump to Recording) Kenneth Fischbeck, NINDS |
3:15 p.m. ET | Engaging Trainees and Early Stage Scientists: How to Work with Academic Researchers Lightning Round Talks (Jump to Recording) Diane Bovenkamp, BrightFocus Foundation |
4:00 p.m. ET | Wrap-Up (Jump to Recording) |
Wednesday, July 20th
10:15 a.m. ET | Welcome and Introduction to Day 2 (Jump to Recording) |
10:30 a.m. ET | Success Stories (Jump to Recording) Jim Beck, Parkinson’s Foundation |
11:30 a.m. ET | Reaching your entire community – How to Work Together to Achieve Equity and Inclusivity (Jump to Recording) 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 |
3:00 p.m. ET | Adjourn |