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  • Thursday, February 19, 2026
  • 6:30 AM - 8:00 AM CDT
    Coffee Service
  • 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM CDT
    Poster Display
  • 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM CDT
    Academy Booth - OPEN
  • 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM CDT
    Registration - OPEN
  • 7:15 AM - 8:15 AM CDT
    Thranhardt Awards
    Session Leader: Kristin Carnahan, CPO, FAAOP(D) – Self
    Presenter: Brian J. Hafner, PhD – University of Washington
    Presenter: Jennifer A. Richards, MA, CPO (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan Orthotics and Prosthetics Center
    Q&A Moderator: Tiffany Graham, MSPO, C/LPO, FAAOP(D) (she/her/hers) – UT Southwestern
    Thranhardt Awards
     CE: 1.00 CEU
  • 8:15 AM - 10:00 AM CDT
    Glide: Upper-Limb Myoelectric Control Reinvented
    Presenter: Jak Kesselring
    Technical Workshop
     CE: 2.0 CEU
  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CDT
    Part 1: Thuasne's Dry Casting Technique and the Cognitive Checkpoints that Predict KAFO Success
    Presenter: William Cox, CPO – Thuasne USA / Townsend
    Clinical Technique
     CE: 1.0 CEU
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM CDT
    Lower Limb Prosthetics: Population Level User Experience
    Moderator: Glen Thompson, MS,CPO – Integrum
    Free Paper Session
     CE: 1.5 CEU
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM CDT
    O&P: Interface and Device Design and Testing
    Moderator: Wendy Beattie, CPO, FAAOP(D)
    Q&A Moderator: Katie Johnson, MS CPO/L (she/her/hers) – Hanger Clinic
    Free Paper Session
     CE: 1.5 CEU
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM CDT
    Real-World Experiences with Microprocessor Knee-Ankle-Foot-Orthoses: Clinical Outcomes, Patient Selection, and Shared Decision Making
    Session Leader: Kathleen M. Carroll, MS, MSPO, CPO, FAAOP (she/her/hers) – Hanger Institute for Research and Education
    Speaker: Molly McCoy, CPO (she/her/hers) – Hanger
    Speaker: Eric Weber, L/CPO, FAAOP (D) (he/him/his) – Hanger Clinic, Institute for Clinical Research and Education
    Moderator: Kathleen M. Carroll, MS, MSPO, CPO, FAAOP (she/her/hers) – Hanger Institute for Research and Education
    Moderator: Eric Weber, L/CPO, FAAOP (D) (he/him/his) – Hanger Clinic, Institute for Clinical Research and Education
    Organized Session
     CE: 1.5 CEU
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM CDT
    The Right Tool for the Right Task: Justifying Multiple Upper Limb Prostheses
    Session Leader: Chris Baschuk, MPO, CPO, FAAOP(D) – Point Designs
    Speaker: Shane Grubbs, CPO/L, FAAOP – Procare Ottobock.care
    Speaker: Brooke Osteen
    Speaker: Josh Kinsey, CPO
    Organized Session
     CE: 1.5 CEU
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM CDT
    Innovating with Purpose: Sustainable and Evolving Models of Global O&P Care
    Session Leader: Stephen Charry, MSPO, CPO, FAAOP (he/him/his) – University of Hartford
    Speaker: Duffy Felmlee, CPO – University of Hartford
    Speaker: Robert Schulman, CP (he/him/his) – Limb Kind Foundation Inc
    Speaker: Anna Szczepanek
    Speaker: Mijamin Strong, MGM (he/him/his) – Penta Medical Recycling
    Organized Session
     CE: 1.5 CEU
  • 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM CDT
    Talk Orthotics & Prosthetics Education and Residency (TOPER)
    Session Leader: Jonas M. Ljung, CPO, MSPO – NCOPE, Hanger Clinic
    NCOPE
     CE: Up to 5.0 CEU
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CDT
    Gait Society at the Academy Booth
  • 9:15 AM - 10:45 AM CDT
    Rising Professionals: Beyond the Clinic – Expanding Your Career Horizons in O&P
    Speaker: Graci Finco, PhD, CPO – Texas Christian University
    Speaker: Jessica N Norrell, CPO, MBA
    Rising Professional
     CE: 1.50 (B) CEU
  • 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM CDT
    Live Podcast - Thursday Recordings
    Podcast
     CE: 1.0 CEU
  • 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CDT
    CASE REPORT: Utilizing A Disinfection Technology to Assist in Healing Infected Residual Limb Wound
    Presenter: Cara Negri, CP/LP (she/her/hers) – Gainesville Prosthetics
    Clinical Technique
     CE: 1.0 CEU
  • 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM CDT
    Bridging Practice and Discovery: The Role of Clinicians in Advancing Medical Research
    Session Leader: Juan E. Cave, II, MSPO CPO FAAOP – RECOVER; Minneapolis Veterans Administration Hospital
    Speaker: Kiley L. Armstrong, MS, MPO, CPO (she/her/hers) – Northwestern University Prosthetics-Orthotics Center
    Speaker: Angela Montgomery
    Speaker: Amandi J. Rhett, CPO03962 (she/her/hers) – Baylor College of Medicine
    Speaker: Graci Finco, PhD, CPO – Texas Christian University
    Speaker: Fanny Schultea, MS, MSEd, CPO, LP, FAAOP(D) (she/her/hers) – The Orthotics and Prosthetics Foundation for Education and Research
    Speaker: Jennifer A. Richards, MA, CPO (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan Orthotics and Prosthetics Center
    Speaker: Brogan Comstock, MSOP (she/her/hers) – Harborview Medical Center
    Change Management
     CE: 1.5 CEU
  • 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM CDT
    Lower Limb Orthotics
    Moderator: Emily A. Steffensen, PhD, CPO (she/her/hers) – Hanger Clinic, Hanger Institute for Clinical Research & Education
    Free Paper Session
     CE: 1.5 CEU
  • 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM CDT
    Lower Limb Prosthetics: Gait Characteristics
    Moderator: Tara Wright, MSOP, CPO, LPO, FAAOP (she/her/hers) – Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare
    Free Paper Session
     CE: 1.5 CEU
  • 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM CDT
    Clinical Training: Challenges and Opportunities During Residency
    Session Leader: John T. Brinkmann, MA, CPO/L, FAAOP(D) (he/him/his) – Northwestern University
    Speaker: Ashley Mullen, PhD, MSAT, CPO (she/her/hers) – Baylor College of Medicine
    Speaker: Samantha J. Stauffer, CPO, PhD, FAAOP – University of Delaware, Limb Loss Studies Lab / Independence Prosthetics-Orthotics
    Speaker: David Speers, CPO/L (he/him/his) – Northwestern University
    Speaker: John T. Brinkmann, MA, CPO/L, FAAOP(D) (he/him/his) – Northwestern University
    Speaker: Nathan Kearns, MSOP, CPO (he/him/his) – Eastern Michigan University
    Q&A Moderator: Mindy Thorpe, MS-IDS, CPO – Northwestern University
    Speaker: Abigail Stepnitz, MPO, CPO/L (she/her/hers) – Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
    Organized Session
     CE: 1.5 CEU
  • 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM CDT
    US-German Exchange - Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
    Session Leader: Kristin Carnahan, CPO, FAAOP(D) – Self
    Session Leader: Leigh Davis, CPO (she/her/hers) – Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
    Speaker: Stefan Hemmer, MD (he/him/his) – Orthopedic University Hospital of Heidelberg
    Speaker: Beate Flügel, CPO – Heidelberg University Hospital; Department Technical Orthopedics; Germany
    Speaker: Brandon Ramo, MD – Scottish Rite For Children
    Organized Session
     CE: 1.5 CEU
  • 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM CDT
    Governmental Influences on O&P Practice: How Can it Affect You
    Session Leader: Kevin L. Hines, CPO, LPO, FAAOP – Arise Orthotics and Prosthetics
    Session Leader: Mac McClellan, CPO/L, FAAOP(D) – Prosthetic-Orthotic Associates of East Texas, Inc.
    Speaker: Chris Baschuk, MPO, CPO, FAAOP(D) – Point Designs
    Special Event
     CE: 1.5 (B) CEU
  • 10:15 AM - 5:15 PM CDT
    Exhibit Hall - OPEN
  • 10:15 AM - 5:15 PM CDT
    Exhibitor Lounge (Exhibitors Only) - OPEN
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CDT
    Upper Limb Prosthetics Society at the Academy Booth
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
    Adaptive AI‑Powered Prosthetic Innovation: The Adam’s Hand Solution
    Presenter: Jackie Valdez, M.Ed., CO, BOCP, FAAOP – BionIT Labs
    Clinical Technique
     CE: 1.0 CEU
  • 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM CDT
    Silver Partner Sign-Up
  • 11:45 AM - 1:45 PM CDT
    Lunch - In Exhibit Hall
  • 11:55 AM - 12:25 PM CDT
    Beyond Hydraulics: The Energy-Return Advantage of META Flow
    Presenter: Mark D. Clary, CPO/LPO, FAAOP, CPO/L, FAAOP – WillowWood Global, LLC.
    Product Display Showcase
     CE: 0.5 CEU
  • 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM CDT
    Mother's/Nursing Room
  • 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
    ALPS ProStride Introduction
    Presenter: Nick Nelson,   – Alps South
    Product Display Showcase
     CE: 0.5 CEU
  • 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM CDT
    Meet-Up: Rising Professionals
  • 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM CDT
    Complimentary Professional Headshots
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CDT
    Partial Hand Prosthetic Digit Alignment
    Presenter: Megan Hodgson
    Clinical Technique
     CE: 1.0 CEU
  • 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM CDT
    Upper Limb Prosthetics
    Moderator: Todd Farrell, PhD – Liberating Technologies, Inc.
    Q&A Moderator: Gila Baer, CPO – BrainRobotics
    Free Paper Session
     CE: 1.5 CEU
  • 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM CDT
    Cranial and Spinal Orthotic Treatment
    Moderator: Scott Thach, MSPO, CPO (he/him/his) – Shriners Children's Hawaii
    Free Paper Session
     CE: 1.5 CEU
  • 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM CDT
    Lessons From Sustained Multidisciplinary Research Collaborations in Global Rehabilitation
    Session Leader: Aarti Deshpande, CPO, FAAOP, MS-HCA (she/her/hers) – UCSF
    Speaker: Cody L. McDonald, PhD, MPH, L/CPO (she/her/hers) – University of Washington
    Speaker: Jonathan Naber
    Speaker: Francesca Riccio-Ackerman, BS, MIHMEP, PhD Candidate (she/her/hers) – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Speaker: Nerrolyn Ramstrand, PhD (she/her/hers) – Jönköping University
    Organized Session
     CE: 1.5 CEU
  • 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM CDT
    Lower Limb Orthosis Users: Health Profiles and the Relationships between Mobility, Pain Interference, Fall Risk, and Wellbeing
    Session Leader: Emily A. Steffensen, PhD, CPO (she/her/hers) – Hanger Clinic, Hanger Institute for Clinical Research & Education
    Speaker: Phillip M. Stevens, PhD, CPO – Hanger Institute for Clinical Research and Education
    Speaker: Emily A. Steffensen, PhD, CPO (she/her/hers) – Hanger Clinic, Hanger Institute for Clinical Research & Education
    Speaker: Eric Weber, L/CPO, FAAOP (D) (he/him/his) – Hanger Clinic, Institute for Clinical Research and Education
    Organized Session
     CE: 1.5 CEU
  • 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM CDT
    Beyond Rating Scales and Walking Tasks: Transdisciplinary, Clinical, Patient-Centered Outcomes for Individuals with Bone-Anchored Limbs
    Session Leader: Eric J. Earley, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
    Moderator: Eric J. Earley, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
    Speaker: Danielle Melton, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Colorado School Of Medicine
    Speaker: Mark Greyson, MD – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
    Organized Session
     CE: 1.5 CEU
  • 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM CDT
    Poster Presentations
    Session Leader: Lauren Levey, MSPO, L/CPO (they/them/she/her) – OrthoPediatrics Specialty Bracing
    Poster Presentations
     CE: 1.5 CEU
  • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM CDT
    Post Fitting Gait Optimization for Pediatric AFOs
    Presenter: P. Scott Hinshon – LaunchPad
    Clinical Technique
     CE: 1.0 CEU
  • 3:15 PM - 5:15 PM CDT
    Break - In Exhibit Hall
  • 3:25 PM - 3:55 PM CDT
    BionIT Labs Adam’s Hand: Advanced Myoelectric Prosthetic Innovation
    Presenter: Jackie Valdez, M.Ed., CO, BOCP, FAAOP – BionIT Labs
    Product Display Showcase
     CE: 0.5 CEU
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CDT
    Meet the Gait Society
  • 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM CDT
    Better Data, Better Decisions: Business Intelligence for Clinical and Financial Growth
    Presenter: Haley Berthiaume – Nymbl
    Presenter: Luke Hultberg – Nymbl
    Product Display Showcase
     CE: 0.5 (B) CEU
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CDT
    Meet-Up: Fellow & First Timers

    Meeting Organizer: Pamela Yonker – The Academy of Orthotists & Prosthetists

  • 4:35 PM - 5:05 PM CDT
    Understanding how the Nabtesco ALLUX2 Knee Benefits K2 Patients
    Presenter: Terry Tate, CO, BOCP – NuTech Synergies -Nabtesco
    Product Display Showcase
     CE: 0.5 CEU
  • 5:15 PM - 6:00 PM CDT
    Pillars of Collaboration: A Conversation with Leaders in O&P
    Session Leader: Scott Thach, MSPO, CPO (he/him/his) – Shriners Children's Hawaii
    Session Leader: Stefania Fatone, PhD, BPO(Hons) (she/her/hers) – University of Washington
    Speaker: Cara Negri, CP/LP (she/her/hers) – Gainesville Prosthetics
    Speaker: Brian Kaluf, CP (he/him/his) – Ottobock
    Speaker: Colleen P. Coulter, PT, DPT, PhD (she/her/hers) – Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
    Speaker: Nicole Ver Kuilen – Amputee Coalition
    Keynote
     CE: 0.75 CEU
  • 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM CDT
    Fuel the Future | Networking Fundraiser
  • 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM CDT
    Experience the Momentum: A Night to Support SEBCM (Ticketed Event)