2026 Epilepsy Awareness:

Educate & Advocate Conference

“Building community through epilepsy education and support - featuring expert led sessions on managing and understanding epilepsy.”

  • Date & Location

    Saturday, November 14, 2026

    UW-School of Pharmacy
    777 Highland Ave.
    Madison, WI 53705

  • Time

    Check-in 7:30 - 8:25am
    Welcome at 8:30am

    *Agenda details listed below

  • Registration

    This Conference is FREE
    to attend.

    *Light breakfast & lunch is included

Conference Agenda & Objectives

7:30 am - 8:25 am: Check-in, Breakfast, & Vendor Networking

8:30 am - 8:55 am: Welcome & Set the Stage
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9:00 am:‍ ‍“What to Expect During Your Visit to the Epileptologist”,
Zehra Husain, MD, UW-Health  

9:40 am: Stretch Break | Vendor Networking

9:55 am:‍ ‍“What EEG Can and Cannot Do and Will AI Make it Obsolete”, 
Evan Sandok, MD, Emplify Health by Gundersen 
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10:35 am:  Stretch Break | Vendor Networking

10:50 am: Breakout Sessions (choose one)

1.    Adult Track:‍ ‍“Neuropsychological Co-Morbidities in
Adults with Epilepsy”, Sara Swanson, PhD, ABPP,
Medical College of Wisconsin

2.   Pediatric Track: “When Epilepsy Impacts Development:
Understanding Developmental and Epileptic
Encephalopathies (DEE)”, Avantika Singh, MD, Medical
College of Wisconsin, Children's Wisconsin and Jennifer
Koop, PhD, ABPP, Medical College of Wisconsin, Children's WI
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11:30 am: Lunch & Vendors

12:20 pm: Breakout Sessions (choose one)

1.  Adult Track: “Psychiatric Manifestations of Epilepsy”,
Manoj Raghavan, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin

2.  Pediatric Track: “Advances in Pediatric Epilepsy Treatment:
New Technologies and Surgical Options”, Raheel Ahmed, MD,
UW-Health and Hui Li, MD, UW-Health
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1:05 pm: Ask the Neurologist Open Forum, Evan Sandok, MD, Emplify Health by Gundersen and Andrew Widmer, MD, UW-Health

1:45 pm - 1:55 pm: Closing remarks 

Thank You to our Sponsors!