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MOVING FORWARD: 
AUBURN

PARKINSON'S CONFERENCE 2026

• Thursday, April 30, 2026

• 9:30 AM - 2:00 PM

• Opelika Library

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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

9:30 AM

Check-In & Exhibitor Tables

  • Please check in to collect your packet of materials and name badge. We encourage you to visit our exhibitors!

 10:00 AM

Welcome Remarks

  • Joe Hawley | PAA Board President

10:10 AM

Personal Connections

  • Teri Henley | PAA Marketing & Mission Chair

10:25 AM

Care Navigation Update

  • Anna McConnell | PAA Care Navigator

10:40 AM

Understanding Swallowing Difficulties in Parkinson’s Disease 

  • Lydia Allison, MCD, CCC-SLP 

11:10 AM

Movement Break

  • Lela Anderson, PTA 

11:20 AM

Gait & Balance 

  • Jaimie A. Roper, PhD 

12:00 PM

Lunch & Exhibitors 

  • Ellen Hicks | PAA Director of Care Navigation

12:30 PM

​Movement, mood, and cognition: Why PD is more than a movement disorder 

  • Kristina Neely, PhD 

1:00 PM

​Movement Break

  • 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 

  • Christopher Ballmann, PhD, FACSM 

2:00 PM

​Closing Remarks & Adjourn​

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Birmingham, AL 35259

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