2026 Agenda

8:00 am ET

Welcome, Registration, Breakfast and Networking

Session 1 – Opening Plenary: What is Quantum Biology?

9:00 am ET

Welcome and Vision - Opening Remarks

Michael J. Dowling, CEO Emeritus, Northwell Health
Martine Rothblatt, JD PhD MBA, Founder, Executive Chair and CEO, United Therapeutics
Lance Becker, MD, Chair, Emergency Medicine, Northwell Health; Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health

9:15 am ET

Quantum Biology: A 30,000-ft Overview

Geoffrey Guy, MB BS, LRCP MRCS, LMSSA, DipPharmMed, BSc, DSc, Chairman and Founder, The Guy Foundation

9:30 am ET

The History and Revival of Energy-Field-Based Science in Biology

Juliana Mortenson, MD, Physician Scientist

9:45 am ET

Quantum Physics of Biology: Foundational Quantum Effects in Living Systems

Nathan Babcock, PhD, Physicist/Researcher, Howard University

10:00 am ET

Panel and Audience Q&A — 'Setting the Stage'

Geoffrey Guy, MB BS, LRCP MRCS, LMSSA, DipPharmMed, BSc, DSc, Chairman and Founder, The Guy Foundation
Juliana Mortenson, MD, Physician Scientist
Nathan Babcock, PhD, Physicist/Researcher, Howard University
Moderator: David Battinelli, MD, Physician-In-Chief and Dean of the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Northwell Health

10:25 am ET

Coffee Break and Poster Viewing

Session 2 – Photons in Biology

11:00 am ET

Introduction by Session Leader

Lance Becker, MD, Chair, Emergency Medicine, Northwell Health; Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health

11:05 am ET

Photobiomodulation and Mitochondrial Reprogramming

Praveen Arany, PhD, DDS, Associate Professor, University of Buffalo

11:20 am ET

Non-Retinal Opsins and Systemic Photobiomodulation

Ann Liebert, PhD, Professor of Research and Development, Shepherd University, WV

11:35 am ET

Biophotons: Fundamentals

Michal Cifra, PhD, Bioelectrodynamics Research Team Leader, Institute of Photonics and Electronics, Czech Academy of Sciences

11:50 am ET

Biophotons as Indicators of Biological State and Health

Nirosha Murugan, PhD, Canada Research Chair in Tissue Biophysics & Assistant Professor, Wilfred Laurier University

12:05 pm ET

Panel and Audience Q&A — 'Light as Medicine'

Nardo Manaloto, Managing Partner, Qubits Ventures
Praveen Arany, PhD, DDS, Associate Professor, University of Buffalo
Michal Cifra, PhD, Bioelectrodynamics Research Team Leader, Institute of Photonics and Electronics, Czech Academy of Sciences
Ann Liebert, PhD, Professor of Research and Development, Shepherd University, WV
Nirosha Murugan, PhD, Canada Research Chair in Tissue Biophysics & Assistant Professor, Wilfred Laurier University
Moderator: Andrew C. Yacht, MD, Senior VP & Chief Academic Officer; Betsey Cushing Whitney Professor of Medicine, Northwell Health

12:30 pm ET

Networking Lunch

Session 3: Mitochondria as Quantum Organelles

1:30 pm ET

Introduction by Session Leader

Lance Becker, MD, Chair, Emergency Medicine, Northwell Health; Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health

1:35 pm ET

Every Moment Matters

1:40 pm ET

Immunometabolism & Mitochondrial Energy Transfer

Jonathan Brestoff, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis

1:55 pm ET

Mitochondrial DNA, Quantum Metabolism & Energy Flow

Douglas C. Wallace, PhD, MD, Professor and Director, Center for Mitochondrial and Epigenomic Medicine (CMEM), The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

2:10 pm ET

Mitochondrial Transplantation: Clinical Update

Lance Becker, MD, Chair, Emergency Medicine, Northwell Health; Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health

2:25 pm ET

Panel & Audience Q&A — 'Mitochondria at the Quantum Edge'

Lance Becker, MD, Chair, Emergency Medicine, Northwell Health; Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health
Jonathan Brestoff, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis
Douglas C. Wallace, PhD, MD, Professor and Director, Center for Mitochondrial and Epigenomic Medicine (CMEM), The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Moderator: Stavros Zanos, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Institute of Bioelectronic Medicine, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Northwell Health

2:50 pm ET

Poster Previews: Energy, Mitochondria, and DNA

• “Photobiomodulation as an Applied Quantum Biology Phenomenon Modulating Epigenetic Mitochondrial Dynamics” Mahmud Amin (Research Fellow, University at Buffalo)
• “Genetically Encoded Fluorescent Reporters alter Mitochondrial Function and Composition” Jacob Kazmi (MD/PhD Student, Zucker School of Medicine, Hofstra; Northwell Health)
• “Lights, Magnetism, Action: Use Quantum Mechanics to Explore Energetic and Redox Signaling of Heart Mitochondria” Shey-Shing Sheu (Student, Thomas Jefferson University)
• “Field Induced Modulation of Proton Tunneling Landscapes in DNA Within the Terahertz Regime” Hadeel Elayan (Postdoctoral Fellow, Northeastern University)

3:10 pm ET

Coffee Break, Poster Viewing and Optional Guided UT Facility Tour

Session 4 – Electrons, Fields and Plasmon Resonance

3:55 pm ET

Introduction by Session Leader

Lance Becker, MD, Chair, Emergency Medicine, Northwell Health; Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health

4:00 pm ET

Bioelectronic Medicine and Neural Modulation

Stavros Zanos, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Institute of Bioelectronic Medicine, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Northwell Health

4:15 pm ET

Catalytic Medicine and Plasmon Resonance for Energy Transfer (CNM-Au8®)

Mark Mortenson, Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer, Clene Nanomedicine, Inc.

4:30 pm ET

Frequency-Specific Microcurrent Therapy

Carolyn McMakin, DC, Clinical Director, Fibromyalgia and Myofascial Pain Clinic of Portland, Oregon

4:45 pm ET

Panel and Audience Q&A — Electrons, Fields and Plasmon Resonance

Stavros Zanos, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Institute of Bioelectronic Medicine, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Northwell Health
Mark Mortenson, Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer, Clene Nanomedicine, Inc.
Carolyn McMakin, DC, Clinical Director, Fibromyalgia and Myofascial Pain Clinic of Portland, Oregon
Moderator: Kevin Beiner, Chief Operating Officer, Northwell Health

5:10 pm ET

Poster Previews: Measuring Human Electromagnetic Radiation

• “Biological Auto (chemi)luminescence Imaging of Oxidative Processes in Human Skin” Michaela Poplová, PhD (Postdoctoral Fellow; Researcher, Bioelectrodynamics Research Team, Institute of Photonics and Electronics, Czech Academy of Sciences)
• “Detecting Ultra-Weak Photon Emission from Cancer and non-Cancer Mammalian Cells” Rhys Mould (Student, University of Westminster)
• “Ultra-weak Photon Emission During Ischemia–Reperfusion: Characterizing Response Dynamics and Reproducibility” Rick Belksma (Research Assistant, Amsterdam University Medical Center)
• “Quantum Noise-guided Small-world Network Dynamics Enable Robust Distributed Sinoatrial Pacemaking Under Cholinergic Stress” Alexander Maltsev (Computer Systems Analyst/Researcher, Lakatta Lab, NIA/NIH)
• “Biological Autoluminescence as a Window into Human Redox Homeostasis: Building the Biophotoniq Research Ecosystem” Michael Cifra, PhD (Bioelectrodynamics Research Team Leader, Institute of Photonics and Electronics, Czech Academy of Sciences)

5:30 pm ET

A Computational View of Biological Reality

Stephen Wolfram, PhD, Founder and CEO, Wolfram Research

6:00 pm ET

Networking Dinner and Poster Viewing

8:00 am ET

Breakfast and Poster Viewing

Session 5 – Brain, Consciousness and Quantum Effects

9:00 am ET

Day 2 Opening Remarks

Lance Becker, MD, Chair, Emergency Medicine, Northwell Health; Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health

9:05 am ET

Quantum Effects in Brain Energy Dynamics

Martin Picard, PhD, Professor, Columbia University

9:20 am ET

Quantum Neurobiology: Biomolecular Information Processing in the Brain

Travis J.A. Craddock, PhD, Associate Professor of Biology and Physics, University of Waterloo, Canada

9:35 am ET

The Brain Entropy Index as a Measure of Neural Health

Sridevi V. Sarma, PhD, Vice Dean, Graduate Education and Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Associate Director, Institute for Computational Medicine; Neural Engineering, Dynamical Systems, Neurostimulation, Johns Hopkins University

9:50 am ET

Advances in Photomedicine: Noninvasive Infrared Light Treatment for Brain Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury

Maik Hüttemann, Ph.D., Professor, Division Director for Research, Charles Gershenson Distinguished Faculty Fellow, School of Medicine Distinguished Faculty, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics

10:05 am ET

Panel and Audience Q&A — 'Quantum Biology of Mind'

Travis J.A. Craddock, PhD, Associate Professor of Biology and Physics, University of Waterloo, Canada
Martin Picard, PhD, Professor, Columbia University
Sridevi V. Sarma, PhD, Vice Dean, Graduate Education and Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Associate Director, Institute for Computational Medicine; Neural Engineering, Dynamical Systems, Neurostimulation, Johns Hopkins University
Maik Hüttemann, Ph.D., Professor, Division Director for Research, Charles Gershenson Distinguished Faculty Fellow, School of Medicine Distinguished Faculty, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics
Moderator: Margaret Crotty, Chair, Board of Trustees, Northwell Health

10:30 am ET

Poster Preview: Brain and Cardiac Quantum Targets

• “Quantum Mechanisms Behind Oxidative Damage in Neurodegenerative Disease” Lea Gassab (Postdoctoral Scholar, Craddock Lab, University of Waterloo, Canada)
• “Quantum-Inspired Two-State Switching and Stochastic Resonance Enable Subthreshold Broadband Recruitment of Dormant Sinoatrial Pacemaker Cells” Isabella He (IRTA Research Fellow, Lakatta Lab, NIA/NIH)
• “From Molecular Noise to Emergent Rhythm: Hierarchical Ca²⁺ Release-channel Superclusters in Sinoatrial Node Cells” Valeria Ventura-Subirachs (Researcher, Lakatta Lab, NIA/NIH)
• “Brain Function and Cardiovascular Structure as Targets for Near-infrared Photobiomodulation Therapy in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease” Olga Fedorova (Senior Associate Scientist, NIA/NIH)

10:45 am ET

Coffee Break, Poster Viewing and Optional Guided UT Facility Tour

Session 6 - Using Technology to Advance Discovery

11:15 am ET

Introduction by Session Leader

Lance Becker, MD, Chair, Emergency Medicine, Northwell Health; Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health

11:20 am ET

Current and Future Technologies to Accelerate Discoveries in Living Systems

Nathan Babcock, PhD, Physicist/Researcher, Howard University
Michal Cifra, PhD, Bioelectrodynamics Research Team Leader, Institute of Photonics and Electronics, Czech Academy of Sciences
Brian Bicknell, PhD, Research Associate, Brain and Mind Centre, Sydney University
Moderator: Nirosha Murugan, PhD, Canada Research Chair in Tissue Biophysics & Assistant Professor, Wilfred Laurier University

11:45 am ET

Poster Preview - New Quantum Diagnostic Technologies

• “Novel Enantioseparation Methods via Electromagnetism” Arielle Gabalski (Co-Founder and CEO, Chirality Biosciences, Inc.)
• “Cancer and Aging as Opposing Dysregulations of Quantum Protection Architectures in Living Systems – Leveraging Quantum Electrochemical Spectroscopy for Early Biomarker Insights” S. Thaddeus Connelly, DDS, MD, PhD, FACS (Professor, University of California – San Franciso) Chaitanya Gupta, PhD (CTO and Co-Founder, Probius, Inc.)
• “Quantum Electrochemical Spectroscopy: A Quantum-Native Analytical Platform for Biology” Emmanuel Quevy (CEO and Co-Founder, Probius, Inc.)
• “Reading Cancer’s Molecular State in Blood Using Quantum Vibrational Spectroscopy” Maria Navas-Moreno (Founder, illumifyDx)
• “Biochemiluminescence Sensing of PEF-induced Protein Oxidation Under Pro- and Antioxidants” Kateřina Červinková (Postdoctoral Fellow; Researcher, Bioelectrodynamics Research Team, Institute of Photonics and Electronics, Czech Academy of Sciences)

12:00 pm ET

Networking Lunch

1:00 pm ET

Panel: Accelerating Quantum Biology Through Funding and Commercialization

Matthew Cimino, PhD, Senior Manager, Business Development, Life Sciences, Maryland Department of Commerce
Brian Cornblatt, PhD, Director, Personalized & Precision Medicine; Chief Scientific and Research Officer of Quadrant Clinical Care, Quantum Longevity Clinics
Wilfred Ngwa, Ph.D., Program Manager, Health Science Futures, ARPA-H
Camilla Rees, MBA, Senior Policy Advisor; Founder, Manhattan Neighbors for Safer Telecommunications and ElectromagneticHealth.org; Founder, Wide Angle Health, LLC; Strategic Communications Consultant to Change Agents, National Institute for Science, Law and Public Policy
Rory Riggs, Co-Founder, Scientia Ventures; Co-Founder and Former Chair, Royalty Pharma, Scientia Ventures
Cliff Friedman, Managing Director, Head of SVG; Chairman Emeritus Huntington Hospital; Former Chairman and Current Board Observer Northwell Private Equity Subcommittee, Northwell Health
Moderator: Mark Mortenson, Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer, Clene Nanomedicine, Inc.

1:50 pm ET

Musical Interlude: The Energy of Quantum Biology

Cory Kline, Sound Bath Practitioner and Energy Worker; Founder, Living Healed

Session 7 – Energy, Medicine and Future Therapies

2:00 pm ET

Introduction by Session Leader

Lance Becker, MD, Chair, Emergency Medicine, Northwell Health; Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health

2:05 pm ET

A Quantum of Health

Alistair Nunn, PhD, Director of Science; Visiting professor in Theoretical Quantum Biology & Bioenergetics, Research Centre for Optimal Health, University of Westminster, The Guy Foundation

2:20 pm ET

Photobiomodulation Devices - Clinical Frontiers

Brian Bicknell, PhD, Research Associate, Brain and Mind Centre, Sydney University

2:35 pm ET

From Quantum Biology to Clinical Reality: Insights from Biomagnetism

Luis Garcia, MD, Principal, Dr. Luis Garcia Biomagnetism

2:50 pm ET

Mathematics and the Design of Living Systems

Gregory Hurst, Associate Director & Principal Mathematician – Human Organ Design, United Therapeutics

3:05 pm ET

Panel A - 'Scaling Energy and Quantum Therapies: What Works? What Doesn't?'

Alistair Nunn, PhD, Director of Science; Visiting professor in Theoretical Quantum Biology & Bioenergetics, Research Centre for Optimal Health, University of Westminster, The Guy Foundation
Brian Bicknell, PhD, Research Associate, Brain and Mind Centre, Sydney University
Luis Garcia, MD, Principal, Dr. Luis Garcia Biomagnetism
Gregory Hurst, Associate Director & Principal Mathematician – Human Organ Design, United Therapeutics
Moderator: Ramon Soto, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Northwell Health

3:30 pm ET

Coffee Break, Poster Viewing and Optional Guided UT Facility Tour

Session 8 – Closing Plenary: Patient Impact and The Road Ahead

4:00 pm ET

Introduction by Session Leader

Lance Becker, MD, Chair, Emergency Medicine, Northwell Health; Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health

4:05 pm ET

Every Moment Matters: A Special Message from Eric Dane and I AM ALS

4:10 pm ET

Award Presentations

Lance Becker, MD, Chair, Emergency Medicine, Northwell Health; Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health
Geoffrey Guy, MB BS, LRCP MRCS, LMSSA, DipPharmMed, BSc, DSc, Chairman and Founder, The Guy Foundation

4:20 pm ET

Group Reflections - Clinical Translation: Pathways from Lab to Patient

Geoffrey Guy, MB BS, LRCP MRCS, LMSSA, DipPharmMed, BSc, DSc, Chairman and Founder, The Guy Foundation
Moderator: Lance Becker, MD, Chair, Emergency Medicine, Northwell Health; Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health

4:50 pm ET

Closing Remarks: A Call to Action

Martine Rothblatt, JD, PhD, MBA, Founder, Executive Chair and CEO, United Therapeutics

5:00 pm ET

Closing Networking Reception