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!
7:30 am ET
8:30 am ET
Kevin J. Tracey, MD, President & CEO, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health
8:45 am ET
Keynote Introduction: Eric H. Chang, PhD, Associate Professor, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research
Keynote Talk: Technologies for Analyzing and Repairing Biological Systems, Edward S. Boyden, PhD, Professor, MIT Media Lab & McGovern Institute, HHMI, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
9:30 am ET
Chair: Brian S. Kim, MD, Professor & Co-Director, Mark Lebwohl Center for Neuroinflammation and Sensation, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Talk 1: Mechanisms of body-brain communication, Stephen D. Liberles, PhD, Professor, Department of Cell Biology; HHMI Investigator, Harvard Medical School
Talk 2: Sensory neuron regulation of airway inflammation and host defense, Isaac Chiu, PhD, Professor, Department of Immunology, Harvard Medical School
Talk 3: Autonomic neuromodulation to treat cardiovascular diseases associated with inflammation, Stavros Zanos, MD PhD, Professor, Institute of Bioelectronic Medicine, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research
11:00 am ET
11:15 am ET
Chair: Cindy Chestek, PhD, Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan
Talk 1: Bioinspired electronics for brain-machine interface, Xiao Yang, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
Talk 2: Designing Optoelectronic Materials for Biomedical Applications, Adam Creamer, PhD, Senior Researcher & Theme Leader, The Stevens Group, Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery; University of Oxford
Talk 3: What Temporal Interference Taught Us About Kilohertz Neurostimulation, Eric D. Glowacki, PhD, Professor, Research Group Leader, CEITEC
12:35 pm ET
1:35 pm ET
Chair: Hubert Lim, PhD, Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering & Otolaryngology, University of Minnesota
Talk 1: Unlocking the Brain with Ultrasound to Transform Brain Health, Hong Chen, PhD, Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis
Talk 2: Ultrasound Neuromodulation for Movement Disorders, Robert Chen, MSc MB BChir, Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto / University Health Network
Talk 3: Multiplexed interfacing with the living brain, Jerzy Szablowski, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering, Rice University
3:15 pm ET
3:30 pm ET
Chair: Jared Huston, MD, Professor of Surgery and Science Education, Northwell Health
Talk 1: Bilateral trigeminovagal modulation of autonomic arousal and sleep in clinical applications, Jamie Tyler, PhD, Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Talk 2: Technology innovations enabling novel bidirectional neuromodulation applications, Vojkan Mihajlović, PhD, Principal Scientist, IMEC
Talk 3: William F. Doyle, Executive Chairman, Novocure
5:00 pm ET
6:30 pm ET
7:30 am ET
8:30 am ET
8:45 am ET
Keynote Introduction: Christopher Puleo, PhD, Associate Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
Keynote Talk: Biomolecular ultrasound for cellular imaging and control, Mikhail G. Shapiro, PhD, Max Delbrück Professor of Chemical Engineering & Medical Engineering, HHMI, California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
9:30 am ET
9:45 am ET
Chair: Arun Swaminath, MD, Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Lenox Hill Hospital; Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program, Northwell Health
Talk 1: A gut sense for nutrients, M. Maya Kaelberer, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, University of Arizona College of Medicine
Talk 2: Conformable bioelectronics for the gut–brain axis, Claudia Cea, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Yale University
Talk 3: Swallow the electrode: Ingestible devices as neural interfaces, Khalil Ramadi, PhD, Assistant Professor, New York University
11:15 am ET
12:15 pm ET
Chair: Rob Franklin, PhD, SVP of Brain Computer Interfaces, Blackrock Neurotech
Talk 1: Non-invasive real-time brain-state dependent neuromodulation for treatment-resistant depression, Paul Sajda, PhD, Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering; Columbia University
Talk 2: Catalyzing High-Bandwidth BCIs: The Paradromics Platform and the Ecosystem Multiplier, 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
1:45 pm ET
2:00 pm ET
Chair: Peder S. Olofsson, MD PhD, Professor, Department of Medicine, Bioelectronic Medicine, Karolinska Institutet
Talk 1: Non-Invasive Splenic Ultrasound Neuromodulation: Emerging Clinical Evidence for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis, Alex Sackeim, MD, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer, Surf Therapeutic
Talk 2: Targeting the Liver-Immune-Brain Axis: New Therapeutic Opportunities for MASLD and Central Sickness Representation, Gretel Kamm, PhD, Senior Postdoctoral Researcher, King’s College
Talk 3: Neuroimmune Sensing for Closed Loop Autonomic Neuromodulation, Immanuel Lerman, MD, Clinical Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, UC San Diego Health
3:30 pm ET
3:45 pm ET
4:00 pm ET
Chair: Marom Bikson, PhD, Professor, City College of New York CUNY
Talk 1: Self-registering wearables for deep-brain ultrasound target discovery, Keith Murphy, PhD, Chief Technology Officer, Co-Founder, Attune Neurosciences
Talk 2: Electrophysiology & Neuromodulation of Gliomas, Elise Jenkins, PhD, Chief Technology Officer, Co-Founder; Coherence Neuro
Talk 3: Spectris™: Targeting Brain Network Function using 40 Hz Sensory Stimulation, Ralph Kern, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Cognito Therapeutics
5:30 pm ET
Chair: Cliff Friedman, Founder and Managing Partner, Northwell Health Equity Partners
Carena Cornelssen, PhD, Research Contracts Manager, Focused Ultrasound Foundation
Brian Mech, PhD, MBA, Vice President, Strategy, HuMannity Medtec
Ben Verschueren, Executive Director, NYSTAR
Mary R. Lee, MD, Medical Director, Intensive Community Mental Health Recovery, Veterans Administration Medical Center
6:20 pm ET
6:30 pm ET
* tentatively confirmed