Confirmed speakers: Ananth Annapragada, BCM/TCH; Souptik Barua, Rice Univ.; Bettina Beech, Univ. of Houston; Marino Bruce, Univ. of Houston; David Buck, Univ. of Houston; Matthias Heinkenschloss, Rice Univ.; Xiaoqian Jiang, UT Health Science Center Houston; Samden Lhatoo, UT Health Science Center Houston; Han Liang, MD Anderson Cancer Centerk  Ezemenari Obasi, Univ. of Houston; Craig Rusin, Baylor College of Medicine; Ila Singh, BCM/TCH; Jack Smith, Texas A&M Univ.; Caesar  Uribe, Rice Univ.; LeChauncy Woodard, Univ. of Houston; Hua Xu; UT Health  Science Center  Houston; Jiajie Zhang, UT Health  Science Center  Houston; Andrew Zimolzak, BCM.