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ASPN 2026 MIAMI · Pre-conference forum

Neurotech Horizons: "Breakthrough into the Future"

Thursday, July 16, 2026 · 8:00 AM–12:00 PM · Flicker (4th Floor)

Program Directors: Erika A. Petersen, MD; Melissa Murphy, MD

2nd
Annual forum

Returning for its second year

6
Deep-dive sessions

Across the innovation lifecycle

$0
Separate fee

Included with Annual Meeting registration

The Program

Six deep-dive sessions across the innovation lifecycle

Session 01

Venture capital and investment

What separates a fundable pitch from the rest.

Session 02

Regulatory and commercialization

FDA pathways and the clinician's role in bringing a device to patients.

Session 03

Professional brand and digital presence

Building an authentic, compliant online profile.

Session 04

Artificial intelligence

Where AI is genuinely reshaping device design, patient selection, and clinical workflows.

Session 05

The next decade of neurotech

A forward-looking discussion moderated by Tim Deer, MD.

Session 06

Collaboration and partnership

Navigating consulting relationships and research partnerships responsibly.

What It Is

Breakthrough into the Future

Neurotech Horizons is ASPN's pre-conference innovation forum, returning for its second year as part of the ASPN Annual Meeting. It brings physicians and advanced-practice providers together with MedTech industry leaders, investors, regulators, and early-career innovators around a single question: how breakthrough neurotechnology moves from concept to clinical impact.

Neurotech Horizons 2026 — Breakthrough into the Future

Faculty

Directed by leaders in neuromodulation

Erika A. Petersen, MD

Erika A. Petersen, MD

Program Director

Melissa Murphy, MD

Melissa Murphy, MD

Program Director

Tim Deer, MD

Tim Deer, MD

Moderator — The next decade of neurotech

Register

Included with Annual Meeting registration — no separate sign-up.

It is a pre-conference forum and is not part of the CME program.

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