Opening Session | Session Sponsored by Global Down Syndrome Foundation
Tracks
Room 1 | Capitol Ballroom
| Wednesday, June 17, 2026 |
| 8:30 - 10:30 |
| Room 1 | Capitol Ballroom |
Speaker
Prof. Renata Bartesaghi
Professor Alma Mater
University of Bologna
Opening Renata Bartesaghi - President of Trisomy 21 Research Society
8:30 - 8:35
Dr Lotta Granholm-Bentley
Professor
Cu Anschutz Medical Campus
Opening Dr. Lotta Granholm-Bentley - Organizing Committee Member
8:35 - 8:39
Dr. Joaquin Espinosa
Linda Crnic Institute For Down Syndrome
Opening Dr. Joaquin Espinosa, Organizing Committee Member
8:39 - 8:43
Jared Polis
Governor of Colorado
Opening Jared Polis - Governor of Colorado
8:43 - 8:46
Michelle Sie Whitten
Global Down Syndrome Foundation
Opening Michelle Sie Whitten, President & CEO, Global Down Syndrome Foundation
8:46 - 8:49
Diana DeGette
Colorado Congressional District 1
Opening Diana DeGette - United States Representative, Colorado Congressional District 1
8:49 - 8:53
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Photo
8:53 - 8:56
Dr. Marco Emili
Post-doctoral researcher
University of Bologna
Introduction to Award & Awardee
8:56 - 9:00
Miss Lucrezia Romana Rolfi
Sapienza University of Rome
Annette Karmiloff-Smith and Michael Harpold Dissertation Award: "Unlocking the role of miR-802 in the molecular mechanisms underlying metabolic alterations in Down syndrome neuropathology"
9:00 - 9:17
Dr. Marco Emili
Post-doctoral researcher
University of Bologna
Introduction Dr. Louis Valay
9:17 - 9:19
Mr Louis Valay
Icm
Annette Karmiloff-Smith and Michael Harpold Dissertation Award: "Understanding the role of endothelial cells in the development of cerebral amyloid angiopathy in Alzheimer’s disease and Down syndrome"
9:19 - 9:34
Dr. Marco Emili
Post-doctoral researcher
University of Bologna
Panel discussion and Q&A
9:34 - 9:39
Dr. Kelly Sullivan
Assistant Professor
Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome
Introduction Global Down Syndrome Foundation Panel
9:39 - 9:42
Bryn Gelaro
Global Down Syndrome Foundation
Introduction of participants Global Down Syndrome Foundation Panel
9:42 - 9:45
GLOBAL Family / Self-Advocate
Global Family/ Self-Advocate Panel
9:45 - 10:20
Dr. Melissa Parisi
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Closing NIH
10:20 - 10:25
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