2026 Epilepsy Awareness:
Educate & Advocate Conference
“Building community through epilepsy education and support - featuring expert led sessions on managing and understanding epilepsy.”
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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
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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
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Review the history and evolution of electroencephalography (EEG).
Explore the diagnostic yield and sensitivity of EEG in evaluating seizures and epilepsy.
Discuss the role of artificial intelligence in EEG interpretation and its potential impact on clinical practice.
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Open forum for questions from audience
Thank You to our Sponsors!