2026 Agenda
Please see below for the preliminary scientific agenda. Check back for more updates!
Please see below for the preliminary scientific agenda. Check back for more updates!
Kevin J. Tracey, MD, President & CEO, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health
Keynote Introduction: Eric H. Chang, PhD, Associate Professor, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research
Keynote Speaker: Edward S. Boyden, PhD, Professor, MIT Media Lab & McGovern Institute, HHMI, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Chair: Brian S. Kim, MD, Professor & Co-Director, Mark Lebwohl Center for Neuroinflammation and Sensation, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Talk 1: Stephen D. Liberles, PhD, Professor, Department of Cell Biology; HHMI Investigator, Harvard Medical School
Talk 2: Isaac Chiu, PhD, Professor, Department of Immunology, Harvard Medical School
Talk 3: Stavros Zanos, MD PhD, Associate Professor, Institute of Bioelectronic Medicine, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research
Chair: Cindy Chestek, PhD, Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan
Talk 1: Molly Stevens, PhD, Professor Dame, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Deputy Director, Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery; University of Oxford
Talk 2: Jia Liu, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
Talk 3: Xiao Yang, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
Chair: Hubert Lim, PhD, Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering & Otolaryngology, University of Minnesota
Talk 1: Hong Chen, PhD, Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis
Talk 2: Robert Chen, MSc MB BChir, Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto / University Health Network
Talk 3: Jerzy Szablowski, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering, Rice University
Jamie Tyler, PhD, Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Alex Sackeim, MD, Founder and CMO, Surf Therapeutics
William F. Doyle, Executive Chairman, Novocure
Keynote Introduction: Christopher Puleo, PhD, Associate Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
Keynote Speaker: Mikhail G. Shapiro, PhD, Max Delbrück Professor of Chemical Engineering & Medical Engineering, HHMI, California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Talk 1: M. Maya Kaelberer, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, University of Arizona College of Medicine
Talk 2: Claudia Cea, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Yale University
Talk 3: Khalil Ramadi, PhD, Assistant Professor, New York University
Chair: Florian Solzbacher, PhD, Co-Founder & President, Blackrock Neurotech; Professor, University of Utah
Talk 1: Paul Sadja, PhD, Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering; Columbia University
Talk 2: Vikash Gilja, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer, Paradromics; Associate Professor, UC San Diego
Talk 3: Chad Bouton, PhD, Professor, VP Advanced Engineering; Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research
Chair: Peder S. Olofsson, MD PhD, Professor, Department of Medicine, Bioelectronic Medicine, Karolinska Institutet
Talk 1: Masaaki Murakami, PhD DVM, Professor, Institute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University
Talk 2: Gretel Kamm, PhD, Senior Postdoctoral Researcher, King’s College
Talk 3: Immanuel Lerman, MD, Clinical Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, UC San Diego Health
Chair: Marom Bikson, PhD, Professor, City College of New York CUNY
Cameron Good, PhD, Attune Neuro
Elise Jenkins, PhD, Chief Technology Officer, Co-Founder; Coherence Neuro
Ralph Kern, MD, MHSc, Chief Medical Officer, Cognito Therapeutics
Suzanne LeBlang, MD, Director of Clinical Relationships, Focused Ultrasound Foundation
Robert Greenberg MD, PhD, CEO and Chairman of the Board, HuMannity Medtec
Ben Verschueren, Executive Director, NYSTAR
Mary R. Lee, MD, Medical Director, Intensive Community Mental Health Recovery, Veterans Administration Medical Center
* tentatively confirmed