1-4p: Registration

4:15p: Welcome Remarks – Robert Heuckeroth MD, PhD (“Bob H”)

4:30: Keynote Speaker: Shelley Berger, PhD

6-8p: Welcome Reception

7a-8:00a: Registration + Breakfast

Scientific Session 1 - ENS Structure and Function; Moderators: Julia Kaltschmidt and Michelle Southard-Smith

8:05-8:20 – Kristen Smith-Edwards

8:20-8:35 – Nicolas Chevalier

8:35-8:50 – Julia Ganz

8:50- 9:05 – Keng loi Vong

9:05- 9:20 – Julieta Gomez-Frittelli

Coffee Break

10:20-11:20a: Flash Talk Session 1 - Development, Glia and Regeneration; Moderator: Naomi Tjaden

Nejia Lassoued

Jacqueline Bendrick

Marie Lefèvre

Michelle Southard-Smith

Linxuan Jiang

Franck Boismoreau

Lola Bonneau

Amy Holland

Anna Laddach

Begum Aydin

11:30am: Group Photograph (wear your ENS Meeting shirt!)

12p-1:30p: Trolly Tour of Philadelphia with box lunch on tour

Scientific Session 2 - ENS Development and Enteric Glia; Moderators: Julia Ganz and Werend Boesmans

2:00p-2:15p- Marlene Hao

2:15-2:30p – Nicolas Pilon

2:30-2:45p – Anoohya Muppirala

2:45-3:00p – Maryam Rahim

3:00-3:15p – Ellen Schill

3:15-3:30p - Tiffany Heanue

Coffee Break

4:30p -5:30p: Flash Talk Session 2 – ENS Structure and Function; Moderator: Marlene Hao

Ewa Ziolkowska

Jaan-Olle Andressoo

Clara Tang

Daniel Poole

Maëlys Andre

Claire Millett

Julia Kaltschmidt

Homa Majd

Maria Alves

5:30-5:45p – Patient Keynote: Lynn Wolfson, MBA, Ed.S

7a-8:00: Breakfast

Scientific Session 3 - Neuroimmune and Mucosal Crosstalk; Moderators: Ryo Hotta and Meena Rao

8:05-8:20 – Naomi Tjaden

8:20-8:35 – Luisa Seguella

8:35-8:50 – Elena Lucarini

8:50- 9:05 – Kinga Reka Tasnady

9:05- 9:20 – Sarah Najjar

Coffee Break

10:20-11:20am - Flash Talk Session 3 – Neuroimmune, Mucosa, Regeneration; Moderator: Allison Speer

Qian Jiang

Dorothy Lee

Faidra Karkala

Benjamin Jevans

Meike Thijssen

Rhian Stavely

Heeseong Jang

Lana Lambeets

Constanza Alcaino

Sabrina Poon

11:30-12:30p: Lunch

Mentor-Mentee Meetings at this time

12:30-2p: Poster Session 1 - ODD number posters

Scientific Session 4 -ENS Interactions, Stem Cells, Aging and Epigenetics; Moderators: Faranak Fattahi and Max Mahe

2:00p-2:15p - Sabine Schneider

2:15-2:30p – Ryo Hotta

2:30-2:45p – Valentina Lagomarsino

2:45-3:00p – Mukhamad Sunardi

3:00-3:15p – Rodigue Brossaud

3:15-3:30p – Subhash Kulkarni

Coffee Break

4:35: Keynote Speaker: Christoph Thaiss, PhD

7:00-10:00p - Group Dinner at Mutter Museum

7a-8:00: Breakfast

8:05-8:20 - Eric Schnadig, REACH HD Intro and Q&A

Scientific Session 5 - Practical Applications and Regenerative Medicine; Moderators: Ash Gosain and Elyanne Ratcliffe

8:20-8:35 – Naomi Kakiailatu

8:35-8:50 – Candice Fung

8:50- 9:05 – Alassane Gary

Coffee Break

10:05-12p: Poster Session 2 - EVEN number posters

12p: Lunch

1p: Award Ceremony and Announcement of ENS Meeting 2026

2p: Meeting Adjourn