Confirmed keynote speakers: Alex Chesler, NIH, Theodore Price, Univ. of Texas, Dallas, , MIT. Other confirmed speakers: Kyle Baumbauer, Univ. of Kansas Medical Center; Kyle Baumbauer, Univ. of Kansas Medical Center; Michael Burton, Univ. of Texas Dallas; Rafael Cazuza, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Anibal Garza Carbajal, Univ. of Texas Health Science Houston; Amber Harris Bozer, Tarleton State Univ.; Melissa Henwood, Univ. of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston; Nathaniel A. Jeske, Univ. of Texas Health San Antonio; Yu Shin Kim, Univ. of Texas Health San Antonio; Lingyong Li, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham; Karen Lindquist, Univ. of Texas Health San Antonio; Volker Neugebauer, Texas Tech Health Science Center; Amol Patwardhan, UT Southwestern; Shivani Ruparel, Univ. of Texas San Antonio; Chwan-Li (Leslie) Shen, Texas Tech Univ. Health Sciences Center.