SOUTHEASTERN
MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION MEETING 2026

Saturday, 3/28/2026

9:00     Arrive/Networking

9:15     Welcome

9:30     Dr. Amanda Behr

Tailored for Training: Design and Validation of Custom Surgical Simulation Models 
(0.5 hr Art)

10:00   Cameron Slayden

How AI Stole My Job: Practical Workflows and Real World Applications for AI in a Scientific Animation Studio (as of spring 2026) (0.5 hr Art)

10:30   Keynote: Drs. Logan Fiorella and Deborah Barany

How We Learn from Instructor-and Self-generated Drawings 
(0.5 hr Art + 0.5 hr Biomed)

11:30   Deb Haines

 Pivot, Pivot, Pivot -- Adapting to change (0.5 hr Business)

12:00   Lunch (on your own)

1:30     Mandy Root-Thompson

Hunting Unicorns: A Field Guide to Finding (and Making) Better Clients 
(0.5 hr Business)

2:00     Paul Kelly

Problem-solving in Surgical Animation (0.5 hr Business)

2:30     Jeff Day, MD

What’s the use? My personal journey map to building empathetically for learners (0.5 hr Art)

3:00     Kelvin Li

Medical Animation Portfolio Strategies for Every Career Stage (0.5 hr Business)

3:30     Break/Networking

4:00     Dr. Brent Norwood

From Hands to Paws to Hooves to Wings: Functional Anatomy of the Forelimb 
(0.5 hr Biomed)

4:30     Andrew Swift

Storyboarding for Fun and Profit (0.5 hr Art)

5:00     Man-San Ma

Under the Hood: Optimizing Medical Models for Interactive Medical Education (0.5 hr Art)

5:30     Eric Small

The Principles of Past, Present, and Future Animation (0.5 hr Art)

​