Innovation. Inspiration

AGENDA

  • Thursday
  • Friday
  • Saturday
  • Sunday

Welcome Reception (Registration open)

07:00PM-09:00PM The Delta (Salon BCD)

Registration open

08:00AM-03:00PM

Breakfast

08:00AM-9:00AM

Opening Ceremonies

09:00AM-10:00AM Bowring 2 & 4

Integrative Medicine and Laboratory Medicine: A Cure for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease?

P01

10:00AM-11:00AM

Place du Canada

Dr. Nicolas Tétreault, Clinical Biochemist

Refreshment Break

11:00AM-11:15AM Bowring 1,3, and 5 (Exhibitor Hall)

TBA

A01

11:15AM-12:15PM

AV. Laurier

Martine Blais, T.M.
MLA full scope of practice

A02

11:15AM-12:15PM

Av. Viger

Agata Bielaska-McClure, MLA Aimee Bazinet
Stem Cell Banking of Cord Blood: Therapeutic Potential and Future Challenges

A03

11:15AM-12:15PM

Av. Duluth

Dr Artak Tadevosyan,Clinical Biochemist, PhD, DEPD, CSPQ, FCACB
POCT Moves Forward

A04

11:15AM-12:15PM

Van-Horne

Julie Coffey, MLT, ART
National and International Standards related to Medical Laboratories

A05

11:15AM-12:15PM

Place du Canada

Anne-Marie Martel, MLT/FTM, PMP

Lunch

12:15PM-1:15PM Bowring 1, 3, 5

H. pylori testing: Past and Present

B01

1:15PM-2:15PM

AV. Laurier

Jodie Lee M.S., M.B.A. Joel Herbein, Ph.D
From Supervision to Success: How to Mentor and Train Students in Clinical Placements

B02

1:15PM-2:15PM

Av. Viger

Dr. Laverne Bourne
Medical Laboratory Technologists and Sleep Research: Not a Sleepy Story!

B03

1:15PM-2:15PM

Av. Duluth

Marie-Josée Quinn, T.M.
Evaluating Adverse Event Reporting for Home-Based Subcutaneous Immunoglobulin Versus In-Hospital Intravenous Immunoglobulin: A Retrospective Audit AND CSA Z902 Blood and blood components Standard, 5th edition updates

B04

1:15PM-2:15PM

Van-Horne

Cody Wright, MLA/T, MLT,PEP, CPS Christine Rodford, HBSc, MLT Dr. Nancy Robitaille, MD, FRCPC Olivia Croxall
Gender, Transidentity, and Non-Binarity: Adapting to Our Patients

B05

1:15PM-2:15PM

Place du Canada

Auguste Jémus St-Pierre

Refreshment Break

2:15PM-2:30PM Bowring 1,3, and 5 (Exhibitor Hall)

CAR-T : a cell therapy game changer

C01

2:30PM-3:30PM

AV. Laurier

Martin Giroux, Ph.D
KGH Molecular laboratory Contamination Event: De- brief and Lessons Learned

C02

2:30PM-3:30PM

Av. Viger

Tylor Grimsdale, MLT
TBA

C03

2:30PM-3:30PM

Av. Duluth

Rafik Terra, Ph.D
Remaining professional under pressure: handling adverse events, communication barriers, and refusals during phlebotomy

C04

2:30PM-3:30PM

Van-Horne

Amanda VanSpronsen, MSc, BSc (MLS), MLT, PhD Lisa Purdy, MLT Hannah Malick, MLT Student
Strengthening Educational Excellence: The Importance of Collaboration Between Technologists and Laboratory Assistants in the Academic Environment

C05

2:30PM-3:30PM

Place du Canada

Corinna MacDonald, MLT Christine Goguen, MLA

Refreshment Break

3:30PM-3:45PM Bowring 1,3, and 5 (Exhibitor Hall)

Annual General Meeting (AGM)

03:45PM-5:00PM

BOWRING 2 & 4

Exhibitor Reception

05:00PM-07:00PM Exhibitor Hall- Music, special drink, and apps

RALLY IN THE ALLEY

07:00PM-10:00PM

BOWRING 1,3, AND 5 (EXHIBITOR HALL)

Registration open

08:00AM-03:30PM

Breakfast

08:00AM-09:00AM

Healing on the Land with Daphne March

09:00AM-10:00AM

BOWING 2 & 4

Refreshment break

10:00AM-10:15AM Bowring 1,3, and 5 (Exhibitor Hall)

Prevention of Incivility and Workplace Harassment

D01

10:15AM-11:15AM

AV. Laurier

Josianne Brouillard, DESS, BACC
Pediatric Phlebotomy Addressing the Needs of Neurodivergent Patients and Families

D02

10:15AM-11:15AM

Av. Viger

Patty Hebert, MLT Christene Johnston, MLT
Faux résultats, vrais patients: passerez-vous le détecteur de mensonges?

D03

10:15AM-11:15AM

Av. Duluth

Dr. Marie-Hélène Levesque, Clinical Biochemist
Under the Lab Coat: Exposing Racism in Canadian Medical Laboratory Workplaces

D04

10:15AM-11:15AM

Van-Horne

Lisa Purdy, MLT Amanda VanSpronsen, MSc, BSc (MLS), MLT, PhD
What it takes to open a private Lab / practice of your own

D05

10:15AM-11:15AM

Place du Canada

David Bruno Brock Adams

Open Forum

11:15AM-12:30PM Bowring 2 & 4

Lunch

12:30PM-01:30PM Bowring 1, 3, 5

Advances in Prenatal Screening: The Integration of NIPT for Better Detection of Genetic Abnormalities

E01

01:30PM-02:30PM

AV. Laurier

Dr Artak Tadevosyan,Clinical Biochemist, PhD, DEPD, CSPQ, FCACB
Environmental Sustainability in Laboratory Practice

E02

01:30PM-02:30PM

Av. Viger

Joanne Isber, MLT, MLS, EMBA
Use of Genotyping: From Case Resolution to Disease Treatment & Plasminogen for the Treatment of Ligneous Conjunctivitis

E03

01:30PM-02:30PM

Av. Duluth

Josée Laganière, Ph.D Mélissa Girard, Ph.D
Leeches, Lancets, and the Lab

E04

01:30PM-02:30PM

Van-Horne

Mila Somers, MLA, MLT
Practical Workshop on Design Thinking: A Process of Creativity and Innovation on Pt.1

E05

01:30PM-02:30PM

Place du Canada

Kathy Malas, MSc

Refreshment break

02:30PM-02:45PM Bowring 1, 3, 5 (Exhibitor Hall)

Diagnosis of Tick-Borne Infections: Experience of a Laboratory in an Endemic Area

F01

02:45PM-03:45PM

AV. Laurier

Caroline Beaulieu, T.M. Dr. Mirabelle Kelly
Beyond the Bench

F02

02:45PM-03:45PM

Av. Viger

Christine Nielsen, MBA, BHA, MLT, CAE
Monoclonal Antibodies: Interference in Blood Bank AND Mitigation of Monoclonal Antibody Interference

F03

02:45PM-03:45PM

Av. Duluth

Nadia Baillargeon, T.M. Lionel Loubak, Ph.D
Blood and Tissue Parasites: The Souvenirs you did not pay for!!

F04

02:45PM-03:45PM

Van-Horne

Pauline Tomlin, MPH, BSc. (MLS), ART
Practical Workshop on Design Thinking: A Process of Creativity and Innovation Pt.2

F05

02:45PM-03:45PM

Place du Canada

Kathy Malas, MSc

Refreshment break

03:45PM-04:00PM Bowring 1, 3, 5 (Exhibitor Hall)

Discussion group on POCT

P02

04:00PM-05:00PM

Place du Canada and Av. Laurier

Dr. Marie-Eve Habel, Clinical Biochemist Dr. Anne Bibeau, Clinical Biochemist Dr. Lyne Labrecque, Clinical Biochemist
PRESIDENT'S DINNER

06:00PM-12:00AM

THE YELLOWBELLY

Registration open

08:00AM-03:00PM

Breakfast

08:00AM-09:00AM

Mi ‘Kmaq Art and Petroglyphs Workshop with Marcus Gosse

09:00AM-11:00AM

BOWRING 2 & 4

Refreshment break

11:00AM-11:15AM Bowring 2 & 4

Multidisciplinary laboratory integrated automation: practical strategy, benefits and challenges

G01

11:15AM-12:15PM

AV. Laurier

Rose Djiana
Why does Interprofessional education matter for Medical Laboratory Professionals

G02

11:15AM-12:15PM

Av. Viger

Pamela Calverley, MLT, BA, MHA, CMQ/OE
Autoimmune Diseases and Viral Infections

G03

11:15AM-12:15PM

Av. Duluth

Dr. Marc Desforges
Building a Lab Against the Odds: Lessons from the Mackenzie Health Experience

G04

11:15AM-12:15PM

Van-Horne

Maria De Oliveira, MLT
Quality control in the laboratory

G05

11:15AM-12:15PM

Place du Canada

Harpinder Singh, BSc, MLT, QM

Lunch

12:15PM-01:15PM Bowring 2 & 4

Outpatient Laboratory Services Improvement Project

H01

01:15PM-02:15PM

AV. Laurier

Lisette Vienneau, MLT, BHSc
Sharing lessons learned from inadvertent possession of risk group 3 pathogens in a regional level 2 laboratory

H02

01:15PM-02:15PM

Av. Viger

Rajan Dahal, MLT
Viability of Transplanted Cells: Cytometry, Development of Various Assays, and Considerations from the Technicians' vs. Research Perspective

H03

01:15PM-02:15PM

Av. Duluth

Patrick Trépanier
Introducing the Canadian Certification Council of Pathology Laboratory Specialists

H04

01:15PM-02:15PM

Van-Horne

Megan Maitland, PA(ASCP), (CCCPA-CCCAP)

Closing Ceremonies

02:15PM-02:30PM Bowring 2&4

CELEBREAK!

02:30PM-03:00PM Lobby