February 15 - 17, 2026

Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel

Confirmed speakers as of January 21, 2026. Click on a presenter's name or image to view their Abstract and Bio, when available.

  • Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,
    MetroHealth & Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

  • Founder,
    Determined 2 Heal

  • Jake Beckstrom
    Jake Beckstrom

    CAN co-manager,
    Unite 2 Fight Paralysis

  • SCI Medical Director & Professor, University of Louisville

  • Founding Managing Director,
    SCI Ventures

  • Executive Director,
    Alzheimer’s Impact Movement (AIM);
    Senior Vice President, Public Policy,
    Alzheimer’s Association

  • Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery Department
    University of Minnesota
    School of Medicine

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Biology,
    Texas A&M University

  • Assistant professor,
    School of Public Health Sciences,
    Univeristy of Waterloo

  • Co-Founder & CEO,
    SpineX

  • Senior Director of Public Policy and Advocacy,
    Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation

  • Professor of Neurological Surgery, University of Miami;
    The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis

  • Phil Horner, MD, PhD
    Phil Horner, MD, PhD

    Scientific Director, Center for Neuroregeneration,
    Houston Methodist Research Institute

  • Former Associate Director, Division of Neuoscience, NINDS, National Institutes of Health (retired)

  • Chief Medical Officer &
    Co-Director,
    Kessler Foundation

  • Senior Vice President of Grants and Research,
    The Craig H. Neilsen Foundation

  • Steven L. Lieberman, MD, MBA, FACHE, FACP
    Steven L. Lieberman, MD, MBA, FACHE, FACP

    Acting Under Secretary for Health
    Veterans Health Administration (VHA)

  • Founder and Executive Director,
    Oregon Spinal Cord Injury Connection (OSCI)

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    Manager, Clinical Education and Training, International Center for Spinal Cord Injury (ICSCI), Kennedy Krieger Institute

  • Physician Scientist,
    Director of Craig Hospital Biorepository

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    Scientific Chair, Arms + Hands Lab, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
    Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern University

  •  
    University of Kentucky | Professor of Physiology

  • Matthew Rodreick
    Matthew Rodreick

    Executive Director,
    Unite 2 Fight Paralysis

  • Chief Executive Officer,
    NervGen Pharma

  • Associate Professor in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine;
    Clinical Director and Co-Founder, International Center for Spinal Cord Injury, Kennedy Krieger Institute

  • Chief Commercial Officer,
    ONWARD Medical

  • Co-Founder/Former Executive Director,
    Unite 2 Fight Paralysis

  • Assistant Professor,
    Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center (SCoBIRC),
    Department of Neuroscience,
    University of Kentucky

  • CAN co-manager & CureCast Host,
    Unite 2 Fight Paralysis

  • Director of Clinical Research,
    Lifeward

  • Vice President of Global Marketing and Strategy,
    ANEUVO