November 5, 2011 – Dr. Smith spoke at Neurology grand rounds at Stanford.
June 27-28, 2011 – At the California ALS Summit, held in San Francisco, Dr. Smith gave a talk entitled "The ALS phenotype: lost in translation" and chaired a session dealing with molecular therapy for ALS.
October 1, 2011 – This presentation, titled "Developing therapeutics for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis," to ALS patients/families, sponsored by the ALS association, was made by Dr. Smith in connection with the 2011 California ALS summit.