The event will introduce the NIH-supported Blueprint NeuroTech Harbor (NTH) incubator hub, a part of Blueprint MedTech, and its mission to engage with a diverse group of government, academic, and community stakeholders. Together with our partners, Howard University School of Medicine, and leadership from the CINTA incubator hub, we will showcase the successes of NTH-supported neurotechnologies and invite attendees to discuss the opportunity for this region to mobilize its resources to support NeuroTech translation. Panels will include representation from the executive and legislative branches, leading scientists, clinicians, patients, and patient advocates. The meeting will end with an EquiTech networking event co-hosted with our community partner, Baltimore Upsurge, and research partners for Howard University and Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab. The event theme is inclusive innovation and creating an ecosystem where a diverse group of innovators and clinicians can collaborate to produce groundbreaking technologies in service to all patients.
Agenda
| 8 – 8:25 am | Arrival and Registration Breakfast available | Open to Registered Guests Only |
| 8:25 – 8:30 am | Welcome Remarks | Sridevi V. Sarma, PhD Vice Dean for Graduate Education & Professor of Biomedical Engineering Johns Hopkins University (JHU); Executive Director NeuroTech Harbor (NTH) |
| 8:30 – 9 am | Opening Message | Bruce J. Tromberg, PhD Director of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) |
| 9 – 9:30 am | Advancement Overviews And Seedlings Overview | Moderators: Paolo Bonato, PhD, Associate Professor Harvard Medical School; Co-PI CINTA Youseph Yazdi, PhD, Executive Director CBID JHU; Dir. Innovation Core NTH Santosh Venkatesha, MBA, Co-Dir Admin & Innovator Cores, Seedlings Co-Director – NTH |
| 9:30 – 10:15 am | Challenges and Opportunities in Medtech Development in Epilepsy Panel | Moderator: Nitish Thakor, PhD, Professor JHU; Technical Dir. NTH Panelists Steven Schachter, MD, Chief Academic Officer CIMIT; PI CINTA Sri Sarma, PhD, Vice Dean and Professor JHU; Exec. Dir. NTH Brandy Fureman, PhD, Chief Outcomes Officer The Epilepsy Foundation Christina DeMur, MBA, Director Technology Development Director JHTV Bernice Martin Lee, President and CEO The Epilepsy Foundation |
| 10:15 – 10:30 am | Coffee Break | |
| 10:30 – 11:30 am | Challenges and Opportunities in Medtech Development for Substance Use Disorder Panel | Moderator: Penny Ford-Carleton, MS, Director, Clinical Innovation CIMIT; Outreach Core Leader CINTA Panelists Kelly Dunn, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences JHM Leonardo Angelone, PhD, Deputy Director OTIPI NIDA & NIH Travis Rieder, PhD, Assistant Director Education Initiatives Berman Institute Michael Hite, MBA, Co-Founder & CEO, Ayuda Medical Shel Mann, CEO Co-Founder FireflyVR Daniel Harper, PhD, Research Investigator University of Michigan |
| 11:30 – 12:30 pm | Building a MedTech Harbor | Moderator: Bob Storey, Medtech Executive; Director of Evaluation Core NTH Panelists Henry Brem, MD Director Clinical Innovation, NTH Professor & Director Dept of Neurosurgery Johns Hopkins Medicine Ralph Etienne-Cummings, PhD, Vice Provost & Professor JHU; Director Strategic Initiatives NTH Samantha Tabone, Partner, Empath Ventures Francesco Tenore, PhD, Senior Staff Engineer Applied Physics Lab Christy Wyskiel, MBA, Executive Director JHTV |
| 12:30 – 2 pm | Invitation only catered lunch | Host: Chuck Montague, PhD, Co-Director NTH Admin Core & Eval Core Hub Personnel, NIH, Hub Teams, and invited speakers and panelist Community building – one minute team videos |
| 2 – 3 pm | Innovator and Seedling Programs Presentations | Innovators awarded funding through the CINTA and NTH hubs will pitch their ventures. |
| 3 – 3:30 pm | Pathways: Training Future Neurotechnology Innovators | Moderator: Kebreten Manaye, MD, Professor & Chair Howard University; Director of Outreach & Pathways NTH Panelists: Byron Ford, Ph.D. Professor & Associate Dean of Research, Howard University Annabel Segarra, Ph.D. Professor & Interim Dean of Research, University of Puerto Rico Aza Allsop, MD, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Psychiatry, Yale University |
| 3:30 – 4 pm | Fireside Chat on Neurotech Innovation: Aging | Moderator: Evaristus Nwulia, MD, Physician & Neuroscientist Howard University; Director of Seedlings Program NTH Panelists Annabel Segarra, Ph.D. Professor & Interim Dean of Research, University of Puerto Rico Eric Grigsby, MD, Founder of Neurovations |
| 4 – 4:15 pm | Coffee Break | |
| 4:15 – 5 pm | Inclusive Innovation in Medtech Panel | Moderator: Linda Durnell, PhD, Director, iVR Lab JHU; Deputy Director Strategy NTH Panelists Adler Archer, JD, Managing Director & Research Scientist JHU; Director of Strategy NTH Kory Bailey, Chief Ecosystem & Relationship Officer, Upsurge Baltimore Amy Hauser, PhD, Human Optimization Expert JH Applied Physics Lab Heather Iliff, MA, President and CEO, Maryland Nonprofits |
| 5 – 5:30 pm | Closing Remarks | Moderator: Sri Sarma, PhD, Vice Dean for Graduate Education & Professor of Biomedical Engineering JHU; Exec. Dir. NTH Kimberly L. Jones, Ph.D Associate Provost & Professor of Civil & Envonmental Engineering Howard University Ed Schlesinger, PhD, Dean Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering James B. Steinberg, PhD, Dean Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies Anthony K. Wutoh, Ph.D., R.Ph., Provost & Chief Academic Officer Howard University |
| 5:30 – 6:30 pm | Networking Happy Hour The Capital Grille 601 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, DC 20004 | Open to the Public |