

Monday, May 18, 2026
Panel: What Research Do We Need for the Health of the Field? Moderated by Megan Foley-Nicpon with Rebecca Lubin O’Grady, Dornswalo Wilkins-McCorey, Todd Kettler, and Kyra Wilcox-Conley.


Invited Session: Do Classrooms Have Glass Ceilings? Exposing the Limits of Grade-Level Instruction for High- Achieving Learners – Karen Rambo-Hernandez

Invited Session: Building a National High Ability Research Program in Ten Years (2016-2026) – Alexandra Vuyk

Keynote: Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain – David Eagleman



Dessert Reception

Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Invited Session: Giftedness: Removing Barriers to Knowns and Unknowns – Matthew Makel



Invited Session: Leveraging Digital Ecosystems for Systemic Gifted Education: Insights from a Large-Scale STEM E-Mentoring Program for Talented Girls – Heidrun Stoeger


Julian C. Stanley Distinguished Lecture: Searching for Magic – Del Siegle



Poster Presentations and Reception






Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Keynote: Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequity and Threatens Democracy – Cathy O’Neil






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