Virtual Programming – International Stroke Conference
Pre-Cons and Stroke Nursing Symposia: February 3, 2026
Sessions: February 4–6, 2026
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center | New Orleans, Louisiana
Sessions: February 4–6, 2026
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center | New Orleans, Louisiana
#ISC26 at your fingertips!
If you can’t make it to New Orleans, you can still experience the most impactful stroke science of the year on your computer or mobile device.
Virtual programming is available to all in-person and virtual registrants.
Watch livestreamed content from three main session rooms (Main Event; R02-05; 208-210).
These livestream sessions plus all other #ISC26 sessions will be available for replay viewing within 24 hours (except posters, social events, and industry events).
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2026 ISC Virtual Programming Schedule
| Time | Session Title | Room | Session Format |
| 8:00 AM to 8:10 AM | Nursing Symposium Welcome | Hall D, Main Event Hall | Livestream & On-Demand Replay |
| 8:10 AM to 8:20 AM | Stroke Article of the Year Recipient | Hall D, Main Event Hall | Livestream & On-Demand Replay |
| 8:20 AM to 9:20 AM | Early Palliative Interventions to Promote Positive Outcomes with Acute Stroke Treatment | Hall D, Main Event Hall | Livestream & On-Demand Replay |
| 8:45 AM to 9:00 AM | Opening Remarks | Room 217-219 | On-Demand Replay |
| 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM | Session 1: The Heart-Brain Connection | Room 217-219 | On-Demand Replay |
| 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Stroke in Practice Pre-Conference Symposium: Stroke Lagniappe | Room 208-210 | Livestream & On-Demand Replay |
| 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM | Experimental Stroke Science Pre-Conference Symposium: "When the Blood Hits your Brain" | Room 211-213 | On-Demand Replay |
| 9:20 AM to 10:40 AM | Hemorrhagic: The New Frontier | Hall D, Main Event Hall | Livestream & On-Demand Replay |
| 10:40 AM to 11:30 AM | Acute Ischemic Stroke New 2025 Guidelines from a Nursing Perspective: Top 10 Changes in the Guidelines That Impact Nursing | Hall D, Main Event Hall | Livestream & On-Demand Replay |
| 11:00 AM to 1:15 PM | Session 2: Post-Stroke Cognitive and Mental Health Problems | Room 217-219 | On-Demand Replay |
| 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM | Stroke Response Nurses: Driving Better Outcomes for Teams and Patients | Room R02-R05 (Riverside) | Livestream & On-Demand Replay |
| 1:15 PM to 3:30 PM | Session 3: Changing the Course of Cognitive Decline and Dementia | Room 217-219 | On-Demand Replay |
| 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM | Unifying Stroke Care: Strategies for System-Wide Coordination and Certification | Room R02-R05 (Riverside) | Livestream & On-Demand Replay |
| 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM | Connecting the Stroke Survivors with the Health Care System: It's Not A Big Black Hole | Room R02-R05 (Riverside) | Livestream & On-Demand Replay |
| 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM | Session 4: The Brain in Society | Room 217-219 | On-Demand Replay |
| 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM | Innovative Stroke Nursing Care Delivery Model Improves Outcomes and Facilitates Expedited Care: It's Not Just the Inner-City | Room R02-R05 (Riverside) | Livestream & On-Demand Replay |
| Time | Session Title | Room | Session Format |
| 8:00 AM to 8:10 AM | Nursing Symposium Welcome | Hall D, Main Event Hall | Livestream & On-Demand Replay |
| 8:10 AM to 8:20 AM | Stroke Article of the Year Recipient | Hall D, Main Event Hall | Livestream & On-Demand Replay |
| 8:20 AM to 9:20 AM | Early Palliative Interventions to Promote Positive Outcomes with Acute Stroke Treatment | Hall D, Main Event Hall | Livestream & On-Demand Replay |
| 8:45 AM to 9:00 AM | Opening Remarks | Room 217-219 | On-Demand Replay |
| 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM | Session 1: The Heart-Brain Connection | Room 217-219 | On-Demand Replay |
| 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Stroke in Practice Pre-Conference Symposium: Stroke Lagniappe | Room 208-210 | Livestream & On-Demand Replay |
| 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM | Experimental Stroke Science Pre-Conference Symposium: "When the Blood Hits your Brain" | Room 211-213 | On-Demand Replay |
| 9:20 AM to 10:40 AM | Hemorrhagic: The New Frontier | Hall D, Main Event Hall | Livestream & On-Demand Replay |
| 10:40 AM to 11:30 AM | Acute Ischemic Stroke New 2025 Guidelines from a Nursing Perspective: Top 10 Changes in the Guidelines That Impact Nursing | Hall D, Main Event Hall | Livestream & On-Demand Replay |
| 11:00 AM to 1:15 PM | Session 2: Post-Stroke Cognitive and Mental Health Problems | Room 217-219 | On-Demand Replay |
| 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM | Stroke Response Nurses: Driving Better Outcomes for Teams and Patients | Room R02-R05 (Riverside) | Livestream & On-Demand Replay |
| 1:15 PM to 3:30 PM | Session 3: Changing the Course of Cognitive Decline and Dementia | Room 217-219 | On-Demand Replay |
| 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM | Unifying Stroke Care: Strategies for System-Wide Coordination and Certification | Room R02-R05 (Riverside) | Livestream & On-Demand Replay |
| 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM | Connecting the Stroke Survivors with the Health Care System: It's Not A Big Black Hole | Room R02-R05 (Riverside) | Livestream & On-Demand Replay |
| 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM | Session 4: The Brain in Society | Room 217-219 | On-Demand Replay |
| 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM | Innovative Stroke Nursing Care Delivery Model Improves Outcomes and Facilitates Expedited Care: It's Not Just the Inner-City | Room R02-R05 (Riverside) | Livestream & On-Demand Replay |
| Time | Session Title | Room | Session Format |
| 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM | Interpreting the AHA's Scientific Statements: Presentations and QA (Fireside Chat) | Room 220-222 | On-Demand Replay |
| 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM | Moyamoya Revisited: Advances in Pathophysiology and Treatment | Hall D, Main Event Hall | Livestream & On-Demand Replay |
| 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM | "Train, Advocate, Measure, Repeat” – Expanding Global Access to Thrombectomy | Room R02-R05 (Riverside) | Livestream & On-Demand Replay |
| 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM | Brain-Kidney Interaction (a Japan Stroke Society / American Stroke Association Joint Symposium) | Room 208-210 | Livestream & On-Demand Replay |
| 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM | Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Oral Abstracts II | Room 217-219 | On-Demand Replay |
| 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM | Neurointervention Oral Abstracts | Room 206-207 | On-Demand Replay |
| 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM | Translational Research, Therapeutic Development, and Biomarkers Oral Abstracts | Room 211-213 | On-Demand Replay |
| 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM | Stroke in 2026: Navigating Controversies in Ischemic Stroke Treatment (Debate) | Room R02-R05 (Riverside) | Livestream & On-Demand Replay |
| 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM | A Conversation with the Journal Editors (Fireside Chat) | Room 220-222 | On-Demand Replay |
| 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM | Spasticity Management in Post-Stroke Recovery: Discussing Different Case Presentations | Room 217-219 | On-Demand Replay |
| 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM | Neurocognitive Sequela of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage | Room R06-R09 (Riverside) | On-Demand Replay |
| 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM | Carotid Artery Disease in 2026 as Informed by Randomized Trials and Other Studies | Hall D, Main Event Hall | Livestream & On-Demand Replay |
| 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM | Priorities in Stroke Prevention Research: Bridging Basic and Clinical Advances (a National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke / American Stroke Association Joint Symposium) | Room 208-210 | Livestream & On-Demand Replay |
| 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM | Health Services, Quality Improvement, and Patient-Centered Outcomes Oral Abstracts I | Room 206-207 | On-Demand Replay |
| 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM | Brain Health and Cognitive Impairment Oral Abstracts | Room 211-213 | On-Demand Replay |
| 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM | Thursday Main Event | Hall D, Main Event Hall | Livestream & On-Demand Replay |
| 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM | A Child Shows Up In An Adult Emergency Room: To Reperfuse or Not to Reperfuse? That Is the Question (Debate) | Room 217-219 | On-Demand Replay |
| 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM | Thursday Main Event Late-Breaking Science Trials: Q&A (Fireside Chat) | Room 220-222 | On-Demand Replay |
| 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM | GLP-1 Targeted Therapies for Cerebrovascular and Brain Health | Room R02-R05 (Riverside) | Livestream & On-Demand Replay |
| 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM | High Profile Clinical Trials 2026: Reperfusion Therapy | Room 208-210 | Livestream & On-Demand Replay |
| 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM | Bridging Gaps in Stroke Care (A Middle East North Africa Stroke Organization / American Stroke Association Joint Symposium) | Room 211-213 | On-Demand Replay |
| 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM | Fine-tuning Mechanical Thrombectomy: The Role of Medical Interventions (a Stroke Journal session) | Room R06-R09 (Riverside) | On-Demand Replay |
| 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM | What’s New in the 2026 Acute Ischemic Stroke Guideline: Process Overview and Key Updates from the Chairs | Hall D, Main Event Hall | Livestream & On-Demand Replay |
| 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM | Late-Breaking Science Oral Abstracts II | Room 206-207 | On-Demand Replay |
| 3:45 PM to 4:45 PM | Silent Strokes, Loud Consequences: The true impact of covert brain infarct (Debate) | Room R02-R05 (Riverside) | Livestream & On-Demand Replay |
| 3:45 PM to 4:45 PM | Acute Ischemic Stroke Guidelines: Q&A Part I: Interventional Treatments and Pediatrics (Fireside Chat) | Room 220-222 | On-Demand Replay |
| 3:45 PM to 4:45 PM | Beyond City Limits: State-of-the-Art Stroke Care in Prehospital and Rural Settings | Room 208-210 | Livestream & On-Demand Replay |
| 3:45 PM to 4:45 PM | Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source: Contemporary Treatment Paradigms (a JAHA Journal Session) | Room 206-207 | On-Demand Replay |
| 3:45 PM to 4:45 PM | Technology: Friend or Foe (an Australian and New Zealand Stroke Organisation / American Stroke Association Joint Symposium) | Room 217-219 | On-Demand Replay |
| 3:45 PM to 4:45 PM | Recovery after Hemorrhagic Stroke: Patient and Caregiver Experiences (a Bugher Foundation Session) | Room 211-213 | On-Demand Replay |
| 3:45 PM to 4:45 PM | Beyond the Plenary: Deeper Dives into OCEANIC-STROKE, CREST-2, and FASTEST (Late-Breaking Science Oral Abstracts III) | Hall D, Main Event Hall | Livestream & On-Demand Replay |
| 3:45 PM to 6:00 PM | To HIIT or Not to HIIT: That is Today’s Question for Stroke Care (Bench to Bedside) | Room R06-R09 (Riverside) | On-Demand Replay |
| 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM | Acute Ischemic Stroke Guidelines: Q&A Part II: Early Medical Management and Systems of Care and Prehospital (Fireside Chat) | Room 220-222 | On-Demand Replay |
| 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM | Polygenic Risk Scores in Stroke: From Genomics to Precision Care | Room R02-R05 (Riverside) | Livestream & On-Demand Replay |
| 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM | Lessons from Neutral neuromodulation stroke motor recovery trials | Room 208-210 | Livestream & On-Demand Replay |
| 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM | Migraine and Stroke: The Double-edged Sword (an American Headache Society / American Stroke Association Joint Symposium) | Room 217-219 | On-Demand Replay |
| 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM | Game of Strokes | Hall D, Main Event Hall | Livestream & On-Demand Replay |
| 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM | Late-Breaking Science Oral Abstracts IV | Room 206-207 | On-Demand Replay |
| Time | Session Title | Room | Session Format |
| 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM | Prequel to the Closing Main Event Late-Breaking Science Trials: Q&A (Fireside Chat) | Room 220-222 | On-Demand Replay |
| 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM | Code ICH: reorganizing care of ICH patients (a Neurocritical Care Society / American Stroke Association Joint Symposium) | Hall D, Main Event Hall | Livestream & On-Demand Replay |
| 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM | Aging Immune System: Implications for Cerebrovascular Disease and Brain Health | Room R06-R09 (Riverside) | On-Demand Replay |
| 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM | Brain Health in an Aging Population: Behavioral Risk Reduction (an Alzheimer’s Association / American Stroke Association Joint Symposium) | Room R02-R05 (Riverside) | Livestream & On-Demand Replay |
| 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM | Complexities and Complications: Lessons In Training: Trainee Case Studies Session | Room 206-207 | On-Demand Replay |
| 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM | Rehabilitation and Recovery Oral Abstracts | Room 211-213 | On-Demand Replay |
| 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM | Health Services, Quality Improvement, and Patient-Centered Outcomes Oral Abstracts II | Room 217-219 | On-Demand Replay |
| 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM | Thursday Main Event Late-Breaking Science Trials: Q&A (Fireside Chat) | Room 220-222 | On-Demand Replay |
| 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM | Preclinical Stroke Research Networks: A Critical Assessment of Progress and Potential | Room 208-210 | Livestream & On-Demand Replay |
| 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM | Applied Neuroangiography: What a Stroke Neurologist Needs to Know | Hall D, Main Event Hall | Livestream & On-Demand Replay |
| 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM | The Paola De Rango Memorial Session: Sex and Gender Differences Related to Cognitive Impairment and Dementia after Stroke | Room R06-R09 (Riverside) | On-Demand Replay |
| 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM | Networks in Action: Building Collaborative Models for Stroke Research and Care | Room R02-R05 (Riverside) | Livestream & On-Demand Replay |
| 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM | Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Prevention Oral Abstracts II | Room 217-219 | On-Demand Replay |
| 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM | Cerebrovascular Systems and Multidisciplinary Models of Care Oral Abstracts | Room 206-207 | On-Demand Replay |
| 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM | Hemorrhagic Stroke Treatment Oral Abstracts | Room 211-213 | On-Demand Replay |
| 11:00 AM to 1:25 PM | Closing Main Event | Hall D, Main Event Hall | Livestream & On-Demand Replay |
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