The Epilepsy Foundation invites you to join us for our Iowa Seizure Smart Conference which will be held on Saturday, November 15, 2025 from 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM CT, at the Holiday Inn Express Conference Center. The Iowa Seizure Smart Conference is our annual epilepsy education conference featuring epilepsy experts who educate on various topics to increase the understanding of seizures and epilepsy. There is no cost to register or participate in the conference and anyone is welcome to attend. This is an in-person conference and for those who can't attend in-person, can register as a virtual attendee. Virtual participants will receive an email with the zoom link the week of the conference.

Agenda:

9:00 AM: Registration/Visit exhibitor tables

9:30 AM: EF Iowa Programs and Services – Roxanne Cogil, BS, CBIS

9:45 AM: Genetics – Anna K. Dabrowski, MD, PhD

10:15 AM: Break/visit exhibitor tables

10:30 AM: Newer Medications – Olesya Grinenko, MD

11:00 AM: Lived Experience Panel Part 1– (topics determined by attendees)

11:45 AM: LUNCH/visit exhibitor tables (Virtual Remembrance Slideshow)

12:30 PM: Disaster Preparedness – Timothy Welty, PharmD, FCCP, FAES

1:00 PM: Seizure Safe Schools – Melissa Walker, MSN, ARNP, FNP-C

1:45 PM: Advocacy

Research Epilepsy Ambassadors: Nicole Pizzini, Joel Streif

Epilepsy Advocacy Champions: Staci Wedel, Joel Strief

Teen Speak Up Delegate: Kyla Pizzini-Mercer

2:15 PM: Lived Experience Panel Part 2– (topics determined by attendees)

3:00 PM: Conference ends

Virtual Attendee Link:

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/kU2KYGYoTYi11hoPvyxIQA

*A photographer will be in attendance at this event, and photos will be used for social media and marketing purposes. By attending the event, you are agreeing to be photographed and to have those images used by the Epilepsy Foundation of America.

All questions should be emailed to Roxanne Cogil at rcogil@efa.org.

Iowa Seizure Smart Conference 2025