
MOVING FORWARD:
AUBURN
PARKINSON'S CONFERENCE 2026
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
9:30 AM
Check-In & Exhibitor Tables
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Please check in to collect your packet of materials and name badge. We encourage you to visit our exhibitors!
10:00 AM
Welcome Remarks
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Joe Hawley | PAA Board President
10:10 AM
Personal Connections
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Teri Henley | PAA Marketing & Mission Chair
10:25 AM
Care Navigation Update
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Anna McConnell | PAA Care Navigator
10:40 AM
Understanding Swallowing Difficulties in Parkinson’s Disease
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Lydia Allison, MCD, CCC-SLP
11:10 AM
Movement Break
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Lela Anderson, PTA
11:20 AM
Gait & Balance
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Jaimie A. Roper, PhD
12:00 PM
Lunch & Exhibitors
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Ellen Hicks | PAA Director of Care Navigation
12:30 PM
​Movement, mood, and cognition: Why PD is more than a movement disorder
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Kristina Neely, PhD
1:00 PM
​Movement Break
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Hanna Garst, Ru’s Roots
1:10 PM
​Walking to the Beat of Your Own Drum: The Effects of Self-Selected Music on Responses to Exercise in People with Parkinson’s Disease
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Christopher Ballmann, PhD, FACSM
2:00 PM
​Closing Remarks & Adjourn​
