Schedule is subject to change.

Updated 09/16/2026

Time Activity / Talk
08:30 – 08:40 Opening Remarks
08:40 – 09:40 Long Talk 1: Biological Principles and Control

15 minutes each

  • Massimo Sartori (University of Twente)
  • Kinsey Herrin (Georgia Institute of Technology)
  • Robert Gregg (University of Michigan)
  • Patrick Wensing (University of Notre Dame)
09:40 – 10:00 Panel Discussion 1

Interactive Q&A with Invited Speakers
10:00 – 10:10 Sponsor Spotlight – Delsys
10:10 – 10:45 Morning Coffee Break

Sponsor Demos
10:45 – 12:00 Long Talk 2: Design and Clinical Applications

15 minutes each

  • Michael Goldfarb (Vanderbilt University)
  • Elliott Rouse (University of Michigan)
  • Varun Nalam (UNC / NC State University)
  • Raffaella Carloni (University of Groningen)
  • Tommaso Lenzi (University of Utah)
12:00 – 12:20 Panel Discussion 2

Interactive Q&A with Invited Speakers
12:20-12:30 Poster Pitches

Poster presenters will each give a 60-second pitch
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch & Poster Session

Lunch is Generously Sponsored by Delsys.
13:30 – 14:20 Short Talk Block

10 minutes each

  • Rachel Gehlhar Humann (University of Minnesota)
  • Max Shepherd (Northeastern University)
  • Ryan Posh (The Ohio State University)
  • Andrea Berettoni (IIT, Italy)
  • Kyle Embry (Shirley Ryan Ability Lab)
14:20 – 14:45 Panel Discussion 3

Interactive Q&A with Invited Speakers
14:45 – 17:15

 

 Demo Session

Live demonstrations of robotic leg prostheses:

  • Tommaso Lenzi –  Utah Bionic Leg. HGN Lab for Bionic Engineering, University of Utah
  • Eliott Rouse – Open Source Leg. Neurobionics Lab, University of Michigan
  • Raffaella Carloni – Powered prosthesis. Robotics Lab, University of Groningen
  • Andrea Berettoni  – Unico. Rehab Technologies Lab, Istituto Italiano Di Technologia
  • Robert Gregg – Low Impedance Leg. Locomotor Control Systems Laboratory, University of Michigan
  • Max Shepherd – NEUankle. Shepherd Lab, Northeastern University
  • Michael Goldfarb – The Vanderbilt Powered Prosthesis. Goldfarb CREATE Lab, Vanderbilt University
  • Varun Nalam – C3KAP.  Neuromuscular Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory, NC State University
  • Kyle Embry – Fox Knee. Shirley Ryan Ability Lab, Northwestern University

Coffee will be available from 15:15 – 16:15
17:15 – 17:30 Closing Remarks