ASPNR 2027 Schedule at a Glance

AI Workshop

*This is a ticketed event

8:30 am–4:50 pm

• Session 1: AI Foundations
  • AI, ML, and Deep Learning
  • Unique Considerations in Pediatric Imaging
  • Critically Appraising AI Research
  • AI Vendor Spotlight 1
• Session 2: AI in Practice
  • The Current Clinical AI Landscape
  • Foundation Models, LLMs, and Generative AI in Radiology
  • AI Applications in Everyday Practice
  • Interactive Panel and AI Vendor Spotlight 2
• Session 3: Building the Machine—From Data to Model
  • Building and Curating Datasets
  • Model Architectures
  • Validation, Statistics, and Reporting Standards
  • AI Vendor Spotlight 3
• Session 4: Rigor, Regulation, and Deployment
  • AI Manuscripts and Grant Funding
  • Regulatory and FDA pathways
  • Ethics, Bias, and Fairness
  • Applying AI to Real Clinical Questions
  • AI Vendor Spotlight 4 and Workshop Roadmap

Physics Meets the Reading Room: Five Techniques, Ten Experts

*This is a ticketed event

8:30 am–4:45 pm

MRS: Chemistry of the Developing Brain

8:30–8:45 am
Reading the Spectrum: Physics, Acquisition & Quantification of Pediatric MRS

8:45–9:00 am
Peaks That Change Management: MRS in Metabolic Disease, Tumors & the Neonatal Brain

MEG: Milliseconds Matter—Magnetoencephalography

9:00–9:15 am
Listening to Neurons: How MEG Captures Brain Activity in Real Time

9:15–9:30 am
From Dipoles to Decisions: MEG in Epilepsy Surgery Planning & Beyond

DTI: Mapping the Wiring—Diffusion Tensor Imaging & Tractography

9:30–9:45 am
Following the Water: The Physics of Diffusion, Tensors & Beyond-DTI Models

9:45–10:00 am
Tracts in the Clinic: DTI for Surgical Planning, Injury & Development

ASL: Flow Without Contrast—Arterial Spin Labeling

10:00–10:15 am
Tagging Blood: How ASL Measures Perfusion & Why Kids Are Different

10:15–10:30 am
Perfusion at the Bedside: ASL in Pediatric Stroke, Tumors, Epilepsy & Vascular Disease

fMRI: Where Function Lives—Functional MRI

10:30–10:45 am
BOLD Basics: The Signal, the Statistics & What Can Go Wrong

10:45–11:00 am
Mapping Eloquent Cortex: Task & Resting-State fMRI in Presurgical Planning

11:00 am–4:00 pm: Afternoon hands-on demonstrations

Friday, January 22

7:00–8:00 am: Registration and Breakfast
7:15–7:55 am: Sponsored Breakfast and Learn Sessions
8:05–8:25 am: Keynote Lecture

Session I: Immune System Gone Wild—Demyelinating and Inflammatory Disease

8:30–9:45 am

• MS and MOGAD
• Leukodystrophies
• Aicardi-Goutières syndrome, interferonopathies, and metabolism
• ADEM and post-infectious demyelination
• Rapid Fire Cases

Session II: Go With the Flow—Hydrocephalus, CSF, and the Glymphatic System

10:05–11:20 am

• Neurosurgical approaches to hydrocephalus
• Hydrocephalus classification, imaging, and post-treatment evaluation
• Glymphatics and CSF flow dynamics
• Mimics and pitfalls of pediatric hydrocephalus
• Rapid Fire Cases

11:20–11:40 am: ASPNR Research Grant Presentations and Announcements
11:40 am–12:40 pm: Sponsored Lunch and Learn

Session III: Beyond Borders—Pediatric Neuroradiology Across the Americas

12:45–1:55 pm

• Metabolic and toxic leukoencephalopathies
• Atypical infections in the pediatric central nervous system
• Pediatric neuroradiology in Mexico
• Evidence-based pediatric neuroimaging

Session IV: Beyond Reasonable Doubt—Imaging in Abusive Head Trauma

2:15–3:30 pm

• Clinical perspectives on abusive head trauma
• Imaging update from the new Kleinman textbook
• Abusive spine trauma
• Cranial abusive head trauma
• Rapid Fire Cases

3:35–4:05 pm: Concurrent Masterclasses: Fetal Imaging or Stroke
4:10–5:10 pm: Mentalist Show
5:15–6:15 pm: Opening Reception

Saturday, January 23

6:30–7:30 am: Morning Wellness Activity
7:30–8:25 am: Breakfast
7:45–8:25 am: Sponsored Breakfast and Learn Sessions
8:35–8:55 am: Zoltan-Patay Honorary Lecture

Session V: Decoding Pediatric Brain Tumors in the Molecular Era

8:55–9:55 am

• MRI approaches in pediatric central nervous system tumors
• Posterior fossa tumors
• Newly recognized central nervous system tumors
• Rapid Fire Cases

10:00–10:20 am: MLK Tribute Lecture

Session VI: Backbone—The Pediatric Spine Beyond the Cord

10:40–11:40 am

• Tumors of the spine
• Spinal vascular malformations
• Cervical spine instability
• Rapid Fire Cases

11:45 am–12:45 pm: Sponsored Lunch and Learn
12:50–1:20 pm: Concurrent Masterclasses: Advanced Imaging or Neuro-Oncology and Gene Therapy
1:25–1:45 pm: Gold Medal Award Ceremony and Lecture
1:45–2:15 pm: ASPNR Business Meeting and Travel Award Ceremony

Session VII: The Next Frontier—Pediatric Neurointervention

2:35–3:50 pm

• Neurointervention for pediatric patients
• Pediatric stroke and acute mechanical thrombectomy
• Vein of Galen malformations
• Reporting for a neurointerventional workup
• Rapid Fire Cases

4:00–5:00 pm: AI Shark Tank—Vendor Pitch Stage
5:00–6:30 pm: Mentor Mixer Reception 
7:30–10:30 pm: ASPNR Night at LIV (ticketed event)

Sunday January 24

7:00–7:55 am: Breakfast
7:10–7:50 am: Sponsored Breakfast and Learn Sessions
8:00–9:00 am: Reflections and Legacies Fireside Panel
9:00–10:00 am: Posters and Mimosas—Spotlight Presentations

Session VIII: First, Do No Harm—Pediatric MRI Safety

10:05–11:10 am

• Pediatric MRI safety principles and pitfalls
• Contrast safety and sedation
• Implants, devices, and foreign-body screening
• MRI safety case-based review

11:25 am–12:25 pm: Sponsored Lunch and Learn

Session IX: Outbreak—Emerging and Re-emerging CNS Infections

12:30–1:45 pm

• New concerns in pediatric CNS infections
• Measles and subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
• Re-emerging CNS infections in children
• CNS tuberculosis and HIV in children
• Rapid Fire Cases

Session X: Sound and Structure—The Pediatric Temporal Bone and Beyond

1:50–2:50 pm

• Interpreting inner ear malformations
• Postoperative temporal bone imaging
• Hearing loss and cochlear implants
• Acute mastoiditis and intracranial complications
• Rapid Fire Cases

2:50–2:55 pm: Abstract Awards
2:55–3:00 pm: Closing Remarks and ASPNR 2028 Reveal