Howard H. Steel Conference 2026

The conference takes place at Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Palace in Orlando, Florida.

The organizer invites researchers, clinicians, engineers, and innovators to submit poster abstracts.

It is most useful for researchers, clinicians and engineers working on pediatric spinal cord injury, since the pre-conference addresses mobility, self-care and assistive technology for children, and the meeting theme centres on gaps between science, technology and clinical practice. Clinicians outside spinal cord injury and anyone wanting a broad general continuing education course would get less from it, because the focus is specialized and the program leans on poster abstracts and research talks.

Attendees at clinical and scientific meetings usually wear business casual, such as slacks and a shirt or blouse, with a blazer for presenters and poster sessions. Orlando is warm in December, though conference rooms run cold, so a light layer helps.