Friday, October 9, 2026
Anderson, Beth
Bjorklund, Nicole
Boxer, Adam
Brandt, Katie
Buzby, Meghan
Calderón Cuevas, Laura María
Dickinson, Susan
Dodge, Shana
Dratch, Laynie
Dratch, Laynie
Emery, Matthew
Fernandez-Romero, Lucia
Gonzalez-Morett, Sandra
Heffelfinger, Rowan
Heming Willis, Emma
Huey, Edward D.
Jacobs, Linde
Kamel, Dahlia
Kent Beers, Maria
Koen, Susan L.
Lynn, Alison
Martinez, Rachael
Massimo, Lauren
Matthews, Liz
Mesulam, Marsel
Morhardt, Darby
Murley, Alexander
Pijnenburg, Yolande
Rogalski, Emily
Schwantes, Jill
Smith, Wanda
Snyder, Allison
Trucco, Ana Paula
Wright, Tom
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Friday, October 9, 2026
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7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
Salon I-L Foyer
Registration and Breakfast
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Salon I-L
Welcome
Speaker: Lauren Massimo, PhD, CRNP, FAAN
Description
8:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Salon I-L
Opening Plenary
Speaker: Katie Brandt, MM
Moderator: Emma Heming Willis
Description
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Franklin Hall B
Coffee Break/Networking/Poster Viewing
10:30 AM - 11:20 AM
Breakout Session 1
10:30 AM - 11:20 AM
Salon I
Managing Behaviors Exhibited in FTD
Speaker: Edward D. Huey, MD
Description
10:30 AM - 11:20 AM
Salon K
Navigating the Conversation of FTD Genetics with Loved Ones
Panelists: Beth Anderson & Linde Jacobs, RN Co-Founder at Cure MAPT FTD
Moderator: Laynie Dratch, ScM CGC
Description
10:30 AM - 11:20 AM
Meeting Room 414-415
Scientific Data Blitz
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10:30 AM - 10:42 AM
In Their Words: Children and Young Adults Navigating Familial Neurodegenerative Disease
Speaker: Rowan Heffelfinger
10:50 AM - 11:02 AM
Online Support for the Management of Behavioral Symptoms: Co-Designing a Psychoeducational Intervention With Caregivers - The FTDtoolkit
Speaker: Ana Paula Trucco
11:08 AM - 11:20 AM
RESPALDO: A Psychoeducation Program for Hispanic Care Partners of Individuals with Language-Prominent Dementia
Speaker: Lucia Fernandez-Romero
11:30 AM - 12:20 PM
Breakout Session 2
11:30 AM - 12:20 PM
Salon I
Lived Experience as an FTD Care Partner - The Road to an FTD Diagnosis & Beyond
Panelists: Sandra Gonzalez-Morett & Susan L. Koen, Ph.D.
Moderator: Maria Kent Beers
Description
11:30 AM - 12:20 PM
Salon K
How to Support Kids and Teens in a Family with FTD in Partnership with Lorenzo’s House
Panelists: Liz Matthews & Jill Schwantes
Moderator: Darby Morhardt, LCSW, Professor
Description
11:30 AM - 12:20 PM
Meeting Room 414-415
A Hearth of Memories: Our Stories, Our Strength
Speaker: Laura María Calderón Cuevas
Description
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Salon I-L Foyer
Lunch
1:30 PM - 2:20 PM
Breakout Session 3
1:30 PM - 2:20 PM
Salon I
Lived Experience as an FTD Care Partner - The Road to an FTD Diagnosis & Beyond
Panelists: Matthew Emery MS LGC & Tom Wright
Moderator: Rachael Martinez
1:30 PM - 2:20 PM
Salon K
Your Seat at the Table: FTD Research and the Care Partner's Role
Speakers: Shana Dodge, PhD, PMP & Dahlia Kamel, M.S., ACRP-CP®
Description
1:30 PM - 2:20 PM
Meeting Room 414-415
Practical Approaches to Care Planning
Speaker: Alison Lynn, LCSW Director of Social Work at the Penn Memory Center
Description
2:30 PM - 3:20 PM
Breakout Session 4
2:30 PM - 3:20 PM
Salon I
Managing Language Symptoms in FTD
Speaker: Emily Rogalski, PhD
Description
2:30 PM - 3:20 PM
Salon K
Managing Motor Symptoms in FTD
Speaker: Allison Snyder, MD
Description
2:30 PM - 3:20 PM
Meeting Room 414-415
Volunteer & Advocacy – How One Voice Can Make a Difference
Speakers: Meghan Buzby, MBA AFTD's Director of Advocacy & Volunteer Engagement & Wanda Smith, CureGRN Founder
Description
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Franklin Hall B
Coffee Break/Networking/Poster Viewing
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Salon H
Introduction to The Holly Hayes Lecture on FTD
Speaker: Marsel Mesulam
4:15 PM - 4:45 PM
Salon H
Holly Hayes Annual Lecture on FTD
Speaker: Susan Dickinson
4:45 PM - 5:30 PM
Salon H
Panel: Recent Advances in Biomarkers and Emerging Therapies Shaping the Research Landscape
Panelists: Adam Boxer, Alexander Murley & Yolande Pijnenburg
Moderator: Nicole Bjorklund
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