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19th Annual Concussion & CTE Foundation Gala

The Concussion & CTE Foundation^® Gala brings together leaders in sports, medicine, philanthropy, and advocacy to celebrate the progress we’ve made together and highlight the important work that lies ahead. Through the generosity of our supporters, the Gala continues to fuel groundbreaking research, expand patient and family support services, and advance education and awareness around concussions and CTE.

We are excited to return to Boston on Thursday, November 19, 2026, for the 19th Annual Concussion & CTE Foundation Gala at the Hilton Boston Park Plaza. This inspiring evening will celebrate the impact we’ve made together while looking toward the future of brain health research and support. Honorees, speakers, and additional event details will be announced in the coming months.

Learn more about the Gala here.

For information on sponsorship opportunities, please contact Director of Development Tia Sneath.

Global CTE Summit 2027

We invite you to join distinguished clinicians and researchers along with football legends and their families at the second annual Global CTE Summit.

Participants will learn about all aspects of CTE, including its pathology, genetics, biomarkers, imaging, clinical syndromes, clinical criteria, differential diagnosis, impact on families, and what it is like to live with suspected CTE.

The summit is organized by the Concussion & CTE Foundation^® with the content developed in collaboration with the Boston University CTE Center, the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences Memory and Aging Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, UCLA Steve Tisch BrainSPORT Program, and the Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer’s Research and Care at UCLA.

Hosted on the UCLA campus, it is designed for clinicians, researchers, and advocates working to improve outcomes for those impacted by brain trauma, as well as suspected CTE patients and their families.

Learn more about the Global CTE Summit 2027 here.

2027 NINDS CTE Summit

It will have been seven years since the First NINDS Workshop to Define the Diagnostic Criteria for Traumatic Encephalopathy Syndrome (TES) and eleven years since the First NINDS/NIBIB Consensus Meeting to Define Neuropathological Criteria for the Diagnosis of CTE. Since then, there have been new advances in both the clinical and neuropathological spheres and we will convene a new meeting to showcase these advancements and plan for the future, both in terms of research and clinical care.

Save the date for January 28-29, 2027. The conference will be virtual and in person. In person space is limited.

Learn more about the NINDS Summit here.