Thursday, September 24th, 2026

7:30-8:00 Registration and breakfast

8:00-9:00 President’s Welcome Britta Gibson, LPO, CPO

AAOP update- Tara Wright, LPO, CPO, FAAOP

AOPA update

MSOPP update- Tony Frucci, LP, CP

9:00-9:45 Jim Lawson- ABC updates and New CMS Standards that Effect Accreditation 

9:45-10:30 Robert F. Dempsey, MD, FACS, FAAP - Cranial Synostosis

10:30-10:45 BREAK

EXHIBITS OPEN

10:45-11:30 Logan Zemke, CTO & Shane Keaveny, CTO- Spinal Modifications

11:30-12:00 Brooke Manz, CTP- Built by the Bench: People, Plaster, and Retention in O&P

12:00-1:00 LUNCH

EXHIBITS OPEN

1:00-2:00 Amit Bhanti, LO, CPO - Agentic AI use Cases Transforming O&P Practice Management and Clinical Care 

2:00-3:00 Mary (Molly) Matsumoto, MD, Shawn McLaughlin, DPT and 

John Shaffer, CPO- Capturing Progress: Evidence-Driven Outcomes in Amputation Rehabilitation

3:00-3:15 BREAK

EXHIBITS OPEN

3:15-4:15 Lindsey Jackson, LPO, CPO and Panel- Pregnancy with a Limb Difference 

4:15-5:00 Erick J. Janisse, CO, CPed- Amputation Prevention Begins with Diabetes Prevention

Friday, September 25th, 2026

7:30-8:00 AAOP NPC Board Member Meeting

8:00-9:00 Christina Geidel, PT- Toe-Walking 

9:00-10:00  Dr. Samuel Cramer, MD, PhD- Outcomes of Non-Compliance with Spinal Bracing 

10:00-10:15 Break

EXHIBITS OPEN

10:15-11:00 Kathryn Pimentel, LPO, CPO and Catherine Perry, MD- Lived Experience Talk

11:00-12:00 Triet Lu, OTD, OTR- Reframing Outcomes: Measuring Daily Activity Participation in Veterans with Lower Limb Loss and Phantom Limb Pain

12:00-1:00 LUNCH and MSOPP Raffle

EXHIBITS OPEN

1:00-2:00 Natalie Fetzek, MS, CCLS - Child Life: We're Not Just Playing Around 

2:00-3:00 Pat Tarnowski, PT, MBA Chief Commercial Officer- OneStep: Harnessing the Power of Motion Sensor Technology Within Smartphones