Saturday, October 17, 2026 -  Empower Your Life Conference Schedule:

 

8:00 - 8:30: Doors open: Continental Breakfast and Exhibitor Booths

8:30 - 8:40: Changing the Conversation - Leigh Goldie, M.Ed.

8:45 - 9:05: Epilepsy 101 - All About Epilepsy and Seizures - Maksim Parfyonov, MD

9:10 - 9:30:: Epilepsy Testing - Maksim Parfyonov, MD

9:35 - 9:55: Medical Management of Epilepsy - Nicole Woodrich, PharmD

10:00 - 10:30: Panel Discussion with Maksim Parfyonov, MD and Nicole Woodrich, PharmD

10:30 - 11:00: Break, Snack and Exhibitor Booths

11:00 - 11:20: Living with Epilepsy - Patrick Brown, MD

11:25 - 11:45: Mental Health & Epilepsy - Kahla Myers, CNP

11:50 - 12:20: Panel Discussion with Patrick Brown, MD & Kahla Myers, CNP 

12:25 - 1:30: Lunch and Exhibitor Booths 

1:30 - 1:50: Epilepsy and Sleep - Silvia Neme-Mercante, MD

1:50 - 2:10: Epilepsy Surgery - Menaka Fry, MD

2:10 - 2:30: Panel Discussion with Silvia Neme-Mercante, MD 

2:30 - 2:50: Break, Snack, and Exhibitor Booth

2:50 - 3:10: Innovations in Epilepsy - Olga Rodziyevska, PA-C

3:15 - 3:35: Panel Discussion 

3:40 - 4:00: Talking About Epilepsy - Open Community Discussion

4:00 PM - Conference Ends