2026 ISNR Meeting Schedule
The ISNR Program is excited to feature dynamic speakers in the field of spinal cord injury and rehabilitation.
We believe you will come away with new knowledge, moving questions to motivate research and practice, as well as being refreshed in spirit from the spectacular location and time with colleagues/friends and family!
Conference DRAFT Schedule - NOT FINAL!
SUNDAY, JULY 19
Mid-Day Arrival from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)
Welcome Remarks • Ona Bloom, ISNR Conference Chair & Patty Duncan, Executive Director of The American Spinal Injury Association
Opening Keynote Lecture: Neural Control of Locomotion After SCI: Lessons from Turtles to Humans
Dr. Edelle Field-Foté, PT, PhD, FAPTA, FASIA
Shepherd Center, Atlanta, GA and Professor, Emory University
Dinner (Provided)
Networking Meet and Greet
TBD
6:00 pm
6:30-7:30 pm
7:30-8:30 pm
8:30-9:00 pm
MONDAY, JULY 20
Breakfast Provided
Thematic Session 1: Immune Changes after CNS and PNS Injury
Break
Featured Speaker
Lunch (Provided)
Thematic Session 2: Axon Regeneration and Plasticity
Break
Featured Speaker
Trainee Networking / PLEX Panels
Young Investigator and Trainee Data Blitz (3 slides, 5 min talks)
Dinner (Provided)
Trainee Poster Session 1
7:30am-8:30 am
8:30am-10:00 am
10:30 am-11:00am
11:00am-12:00 pm
12:00pm-1:00 pm
1:00pm-2:30 pm
2:30pm-3:00 pm
3:00pm - 4:00pm
4:00pm-6:00 pm
6:00pm-7:30 pm
7:30pm-8:30 pm
8:30pm-9:30pm
TUESDAY, JULY 21
Breakfast Provided
Thematic Session 3: Cellular & Molecular Mechanisms of Neuroplasticity
Break
Featured Speaker
Lunch (Provided)
Thematic Session 4: Non-Mammalian Model Systems of CNS & PNS Injury
Break
Featured Speaker
Free Time / Collaboration Stimulation
Young Investigator and Trainee Data Blitz (3 slides, 5 min talks)
Dinner (Provided)
Trainee Poster Session 2
7:30am-8:30 am
8:30am-10:00 am
10:30 am-11:00am
11:00am-12:00 pm
12:00pm-1:00 pm
1:00pm-2:30 pm
2:30pm-3:00 pm
3:00pm - 4:00pm
4:00pm-6:00 pm
6:00pm-7:30 pm
7:30pm-8:30 pm
8:30pm-9:30pm
WEDNESDAY, JULY 22
Breakfast Provided
Thematic Session 5: Whole Body Impacts of SCI: Blood Pressure, Bowel, & Bladder
Break
Featured Speaker
Lunch (Provided)
Thematic Session 6: Neuromodulation
Break
Featured Speaker
Trainee Networking / PLEX Panels
Closing Keynote Lecture: Vagus Nerve Stimulation and Rehabiliation to Promote Recovery in Chronic SCI
Robert L. Rennaker II, PhD and Seth Hays, PhD
University of Texas at Dallas, Texas
Dinner (Provided)
Trainee Poster Award Presentations
7:30am-8:30 am
8:30am-10:00 am
10:30 am-11:00am
11:00am-12:00 pm
12:00pm-1:00 pm
1:00pm-2:30 pm
2:30pm-3:00 pm
3:00pm - 4:00pm
4:00pm-6:00 pm
6:00pm-7:30 pm
7:30pm-8:30 pm
8:30pm-9:30pm
THURSDAY, JULY 23
AM Departure for Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)
TBD