Parkinson's Disease Symposium

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Stronger Together: Building Your Parkinson's Care Team and Playbook
13th Annual Parkinson's Disease Symposium
Saturday, August 29, 2026
Aurora, CO or Virtual

Please join us for the University of Colorado Movement Disorders Center's 13th Annual Parkinson's Disease Symposium on August 29, 2026, at the Anschutz Health Sciences Building. We look forward to sharing the full agenda with you soon!

The 2026 Parkinson's Disease Symposium, "Stronger Together: Building Your Parkinson's Care Team and Playbook," will bring together people with Parkinson's disease, care partners, families, and healthcare professionals for a day of learning, support, and meaningful connection. Through expert presentations and practical discussions, attendees will gain valuable insight into medication management, exercise and wellness strategies, the latest Parkinson's research, and advanced therapies that may improve quality of life.

The symposium will also provide resources for care partners, guidance for individuals living independently with Parkinson's, and information about community programs, organizations, and services that can help strengthen a personalized care team.

Whether you are newly diagnosed or have been living with Parkinson's for years, you will leave with useful tools, trusted connections, and a clearer understanding of the people and resources available to help you navigate every stage of the Parkinson's journey.

We are stronger together.

For those who were unable to attend or those who want to watch the talks again, the videos from the day have been uploaded to YouTube and are now available to watch.

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If you are interested in sponsoring the symposium, please see our informational packet here.

Download the sponsor packet here.

Agenda

Time	Presentation & Speaker
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM	Welcome and Program Overview
9:10 AM - 9:30 AM	Medication Management
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM	Topic to be announced
9:45 AM - 10:30	Topic to be announced
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM	Break
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM	Research Updates
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM	Keynote speaker to be announced
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM	Lunch and Vendor Fair
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Advanced Therapies updates
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

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Frequently Asked Questions

This event is located on the Anschutz Medical Campus in the Anschutz Health Sciences Building. The address for this event is 1890 N. Revere Court, Aurora, CO 80045. The event is in the Elliman Conference Center on the second floor.

You can enter through the west entrance of the building. We will have staff at the door to assist you in and direct you to the event. This entrance has a drop-off and is accessible.

Parking will be prepaid for attendees in the Vail parking lot and the Cheyenne Wells Parking lot. The parking lots are pay lots, but we are paying for parking and you do not need to visit the meters!

The address for the Cheyenne Wells Lot is 1713 N Revere Court, Aurora, CO 80045. Find directions on Google Maps here.

The address for the Vail Lot is 12691 E 19th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045. Find directions on Google Maps here.

View a map of all parking locations here.

We will have a light breakfast with vegetarian and gluten-free options available. Breakfast will include coffee and tea. There is also a station to fill water bottles. Feel free to bring your own water bottle to fill.

Lunches will be boxed lunches. Options will include dairy-free, gluten-free, and vegetarian options, such as sandwiches and salads.

If you have additional dietary restrictions, you are welcome to bring your own snacks or reach out to movement@cuanschutz.edu to see if additional dietary restrictions are available.

The room temperature varies greatly on the weekend. Please be sure to dress accordingly and bring layers.
We encourage you to bring your own water bottle. There are refill stations on site.
We will provide you with a small notebook and pen, but feel free to bring your own if you prefer.
There will be opportunities to collect information from organizations and community partners, a tote bag may be useful.

Absolutely! And, you can switch your virtual registration to in-person.

All attendees will be sent the link to attend virtually before the conference, along with directions to the facility. However, we ask that you let us know as soon as possible, either way, so that we can accommodate in-person and virtual needs to the best of our abilities. Please email movement@cuanschutz.edu.

Some speakers do allow us to share a PDF of their slides upon request. However, we generally do not share slides with attendees. Information changes rapidly and because there is so much content in the slides, sharing this resource is difficult.

Attendees have found taking pictures of slides they feel are valuable to be a good workaround for this.

However, all presentations are recorded and will be available a few weeks after the event on our YouTube channel.

Tools & Resources

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Movement Disorders Center

Department of Neurology

Frequently Asked Questions

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