The Curing the Epilepsies 2026: New Horizons Conference was held on June 8-10, 2026 at the Natcher Conference Center on the NIH Campus in Bethesda, MD.
This two-and-a-half-day conference brings together stakeholders within the epilepsy research community and serves as a critical forum to assess recent advances in basic, translational, and clinical science; identify persistent and emerging gaps in knowledge; and explore high-impact opportunities to accelerate progress across the epilepsy spectrum.
As with earlier Curing the Epilepsies conferences, the Epilepsy Benchmark Stewards Committee, coordinated by the American Epilepsy Society, revises the Epilepsy Research Benchmarks, reflecting recent advances and stakeholder input.
These reevaluated Benchmarks are intended to anchor research over the next 5-7 years in the issues that are key to understanding the epilepsies and improving meaningful outcomes for people with epilepsy through research.