Plenary Speakers

Every year, we invite a number of plenary speakers who are experts in their respective fields. Their talks complement the Symposium sessions by providing a coherent overview on a variety of topics across the ALS/MND research and clinical management spectrum. Click on the images below to find out more about the plenary speakers who presented at the 36th International Symposium on ALS/MND. 

The Stephen Hawking Memorial Lecture


Professor Alysson Muotri
University of California San Diego School of Medicine, USA


Dr Jimena Andersen
Emory School of Medicine, USA


Professor Rob Brownstone
University College London, UK


Mr Jarnail Chudge
International Alliance of ALS/MND Associations, USA


Dr Claire Clelland
UCSF - University of California San Francisco, USA


Dr Don Cleveland
University of California, San Diego, USA


Professor Merit Cudkowicz
Harvard Medical School, USA


Dr Marcondes Cavalcante Franca Jr.
UNICAMP - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil


Dr Jonathan Glass
Emory School of Medicine, USA


Professor Eran Hornstein
Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel


Professor Sir David Klenerman 
University of Cambridge, UK


Professor Cathy Lomen-Hoerth
University of California San Francisco, USA


Professor Jose Manuel Matamala
University of Chile, Chile


Professor Janice Robertson
University of Toronto, Canada


Dr Ekaterina Rogaeva
University of Toronto, Canada


Dr Samuel Sances 
Insitro, USA


Mr James Schorey
Control Bionics, USA


Dr William Seeley
University of California San Francisco, USA


Dr Charlotte Sumner
Johns Hopkins Medicine, USA


Professor Clive Svendsen
Cedar Sinai Medical Center, USA


Mr Chris Ullrich
Cognixion, USA


Dr Gene Yeo
University of California, San Diego, USA