#wallace26
Speakers
May 18-20, 2026
University of Iowa - Iowa City, IA
Monday Keynote Speaker: David Eagleman
Neuroscientist at Stanford, NYT bestselling author, #1 science podcast in US: Inner Cosmos
Eagleman's research encompasses brain plasticity, sensory substitution, time perception, synesthesia, and the intersection of brain science with the legal system.
Wednesday Keynote Speaker:Cathy O'Neil
Mathematician, data scientist, and NYT bestselling author.
She is the author of the New York Times best-seller Weapons of Math Destruction, and opinion columns in Bloomberg View.
Monday Opening Panel: What Research Do We Need for the Health of the Field?
Todd Kettler, Rebecca Lubin, Kyra Wilcox, and Dornswalo Wilkins-McCorey with Susan Johnsen as moderator
Monday Featured Speakers: Karen Rambo-Hernandez - U.S.A. (Do Classrooms have Glass Ceilings? Exposing the Limits of Grade-Level Instruction for High-Achieving Learners) and M. Alexandra Vuyk - Paraguay (Building a National High Ability Research Program in Ten Years (2016–2026)
Tuesday Featured Speakers: Matt Makel – Canada (Giftedness: Removing Barriers to Knowns and Unknowns) and Heidrun Stoeger – Germany (Leveraging Digital Ecosystems for Systemic Gifted Education: Insights from a Large-Scale STEM E-Mentoring Program for Talented Girls)
Tuesday Julian C. Stanley Distinguished Lecture: Del Siegle (Searching for Magic)
The 2024 Wallace Symposium program, including presentation and poster titles, abstracts, speakers, and recordings of keynotes. 
2024 Wallace Symposium on Talent Development Attendees (UConn photo by Peter Morenus)
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