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Speakers

February 15 - 17, 2026
Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel
Speakers 2026

Confirmed speakers as of October 15, 2025.

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  • Kim Anderson-Erisman, PhD
    Kim Anderson-Erisman, PhD

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

  • Josh Basile
    Josh Basile

    Founder,
    Determined 2 Heal

  • Jake Beckstrom
    Jake Beckstrom

    CAN co-manager,
    Unite 2 Fight Paralysis

  • Rachel Conant
    Rachel Conant

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

  • David Darrow, MD, MPH
    David Darrow, MD, MPH

    Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery Department
    University of Minnesota
    School of Medicine

  • Jen Dulin, PhD
    Jen Dulin, PhD

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

  • Abel Torres Espin, PhD
    Abel Torres Espin, PhD

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

  • Parag Gad, PhD
    Parag Gad, PhD

    Co-Founder & CEO,
    SpineX

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

  • Clinical Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery,
    The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis

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

    Scientific Director, Center for Neuroregeneration,
    Houston Methodist Research Institute

  • Lyn Jakeman, PhD
    Lyn Jakeman, PhD

    Program Director,
    National Institutes of Health (retired)

  • Steve Kirshblum, MD
    Steve Kirshblum, MD

    Chief Medical Officer &
    Co-Director,
    Kessler Foundation

  • Naomi Kleitman, PhD
    Naomi Kleitman, PhD

    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)

  • Katie Valez
    Katie Valez

    Vice President,
    ANEUVO

  • Andrew Park, MD
    Andrew Park, MD

    Physician &
    Research Scientist I,
    Craig Hospital

  • Matthew Rodreick
    Matthew Rodreick

    Executive Director,
    Unite 2 Fight Paralysis

  • Adam Rogers, MD
    Adam Rogers, MD

    Chief Executive Officer,
    NervGen Pharma

  • Sean Sciara
    Sean Sciara

    Vice President of Marketing,
    ONWARD Medical

  • Marilyn Smith
    Marilyn Smith

    Founder,
    Unite 2 Fight Paralysis

  • Andrew N. Stewart, PhD
    Andrew N. Stewart, PhD

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

  • Jason Stoffer
    Jason Stoffer

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