NEI Spring Congress

Agenda*




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May 8-10, 2025 | Philadelphia

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Wednesday, May 7


3:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Check-In and Help Desk

6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Poster Reception†

7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

CME Dinner Session: A Gut Feeling: Dr. Roger McIntyre's 20-Year Journey of Research on GLP-1

Thursday, May 8


6:15 am – 6:30 pm

Check-In and Help Desk

6:50 am – 7:00 am

Breakfast Check-In

— Level 5, Salons G-L

7:00 am – 8:00 am

Breakfast Industry Session†

Sponsored by Alkermes

— Level 5, Salons G-L

8:10 am – 8:15 am

Chair’s Opening Remarks

8:15 am – 9:25 am

Musc-y With a Chance of Glu: Advances in Our Understanding of Cortical Networks Involved in Cognitive Impairment Associated With Schizophrenia

9:25 am – 10:25 am

Not Your Grandpa’s Antipsychotic: Optimizing Treatment for Schizophrenia Utilizing Novel Muscarinic Treatment Strategies

10:25 am – 11:10 am

Exhibit Hall Opening

— Franklin B

11:10 am – 11:55 am

Personality Disorders (Title TBD)

11:55 am – 12:05 pm

Meet Me at the Water Cooler: LAIs in Mood Disorders

12:15 pm – 1:15 pm

Lunch Industry Session†

Sponsored by Bristol Myers Squibb

— Level 5, Salons G-L

1:20 pm – 1:25 pm

Afternoon Kick-Off Remarks

— Level 5, Salons A-F

1:25 pm – 2:35 pm

A More Tailored and Swift Approach? Using Clinical Endophenotypes to Address Major Depressive Disorder in All of Its Variations

2:35 pm – 3:30 pm

In Everyone’s Best Interest: Protecting Patients and Prescribers From the Consequences of Neglected Tardive Dyskinesia

3:30 pm – 4:15 pm

Exhibit Hall Break

— Franklin B

4:15 pm – 5:10 pm

Putting an SDA-PA to “Antipsychotic” Nomenclature: Improving Patient Engagement and Outcomes in the Pharmacological Treatment of Psychiatric Issues

5:10 pm – 5:20 pm

Meet Me at the Water Cooler: Cognitive Impairment Associated With Schizophrenia

5:20 pm – 6:20 pm

All the Tea on ADHD: Guidance for Developing Effective Treatment Strategies for Patients With ADHD

6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

Dinner Industry Session†

Sponsored by Axsome Therapeutics

— Level 5, Salons G-L

Friday, May 9


7:00 am – 6:30 pm

Check-In and Help Desk

6:50 am – 7:00 am

Breakfast Check-In

— Level 5, Salons G-L

7:00 am – 8:00 am

Breakfast Industry Session†

Sponsored by Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.

— Level 5, Salons G-L

8:10 am – 8:15 am

Morning Kick-Off Remarks

— Level 5, Salons A-F

8:15 am – 9:15 am

Sniffing Out the Truth: Strategies for the Effective Recognition and Management When A “Whiff of Mania” Is Present in Patients With Depression

9:15 am – 10:45 am

Exhibit Hall Break & Scientific Poster Session†

— Franklin B

10:45 am – 11:45 am

Ending the Tyranny of Trauma: Emerging Strategies in the Management of PTSD

11:45 am – 11:55 am

Meet Me at the Water Cooler: Tardive Dyskinesia in Mood Disorders

12:05 pm – 1:05 pm

Lunch Industry Session†

Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim

— Level 5, Salons G-L

1:05 pm – 1:15 pm

Afternoon Kick-Off Remarks

— Level 5, Salons A-F

1:15 pm – 2:15 pm

You and I and an LAI: Benefits, Early Adoption, and Options for Patients With Serious Mental Illness

2:15 pm – 2:25 pm

Meet Me at the Water Cooler: Sleep

2:25 pm – 3:10 pm

Stopping the Spiral: Medication and Practical CBT Strategies for Anxiety Disorders

3:10 pm – 3:55 pm

Industry Poster Reception with Q&A†

3:55 pm – 4:50 pm

A Moment on the Lips, Forever on the …Brain? The Effects of Metabolic Dysregulation on Cognition and Mood

4:50 pm – 5:35 pm

Is There an App for That? Utilizing Digital Applications in the Management of Mental Health Issues

5:35 pm – 6:20 pm

Faculty Feud! Sleep

6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

Dinner Industry Session†

Sponsored by Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.

— Level 5, Salons G-L

Saturday, May 10


7:00 am – 12:30 pm

Check-In and Help Desk

6:50 am – 7:00 am

Breakfast Check-In

— Level 5, Salons G-L

7:00 am – 8:00 am

Breakfast Industry Session†

Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim

— Level 5, Salons G-L

8:10 am – 8:15 am

Chair’s Final Remarks

8:15 am – 9:10 am

A Practical Guide to Ordering and Interpreting Kidney Function Tests

9:10 am – 9:20 am

Meet Me at the Water Cooler: Metabolic Side Effects

9:20 am – 10:05 am

Preventing the Progression From Casual to Casualty: An Update on Interventions for Substance Use Disorders

10:05 am – 10:20 am

Networking Break

10:20 am – 11:15 am

Psyched About Psychedelics? Concerns and Controversies in Using Psychedelics to Treat Mental Health Conditions

11:15 am – 12:00 pm

What Matters Most: Focusing on Symptoms and Side Effects That Most Impact the Individual Patient

12:00 pm – 12:05 pm

Closing Remarks & Next Steps

12:10 pm – 1:10 pm

Lunch Industry Session†

Sponsored by Alkermes

— Level 5, Salons G-L


*The agenda is subject to change.

†The content of all industry–sponsored non–CME/CE events (industry session, disease state sessions, and poster sessions) and the views expressed therein are those of the presenting entity and not of NEI. Non–CME/CE events are not part of the scientific program and do not provide CME/CE credit. By attending (or opening) a non–CME/CE event, the attendee opts in to receive follow–up information from the commercial sponsor. Meals for in-person attendees are provided by NEI.



May 8-10, 2025 | Philadelphia

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