APRIL 25, 2026 • Rubenstein Treehouse • Cambridge, MA
Keynote Speakers

Joanne Smikle, PhD
Member of the Board of Directors, American Brain Foundation

Dennis Selkoe, PhD
Co-Director, Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases & Professor of Neurologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School
Speakers and Panelists Included

Ed Boyden, PhD
Y. Eva Tan Professor in Neurotechnology, McGovern Institute, MIT & Investigator, HHMI

Mark Tomishima, PhD
Senior VP of Platform Discovery, Blue Rock Therapeutics

Jean Hébert, PhD
Program Manager, ARPA-H

Martin Jacko, PhD
Founder and CEO, Aperture Therapeutics

John Sims, MD
Senior Medical Director and Head of Medical Development for Donanemab, Eli Lilly and Company

Alex Colville, PhD
General Partner and Co-Founder, Age1 VC

Christian Howell
CEO, Cognito Therapeutics

Merit Cudcowicz, PhD
Executive Director, Mass General Brigham Neuroscience Institute; Director, Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS

Heer Joisher, PhD
Board Committee Member and Former Co-President, Nucleate

Jim Gorman, MD, PhD
PI, Wyss Institute Shuttle Program & Senior Director, Translational R&D

Heike Hering, PhD
Head of Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Research, Biogen

Stuart Lipton, PhD
Founding Co-Director, Neurodegeneration New Medicines Center at Scripps Research
And many more
Programming Featured

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