AGENDA
- Thursday
- Friday
- Saturday
- Sunday
Welcome Meet & Greet (registration open)
07:00PM-08:30PM Blaze Bistro & Lounge , Delta Hotel
Wellness Activity
07:00AM-08:00AM
Registration open
08:00AM-3:30PM
Breakfast
08:00AM-9:00AM
Sponsored by BD 
Opening Ceremonies
09:00AM-10:15AM Room 4-8
The Transformative Nature of the Laboratory Response to COVID-19: Looking to the Future
P01
10:15AM-11:15AM
Meeting Room 4-8
Dr. PoliquinRefreshment break
11:15AM-11:45AM (Exhibit Hall) Room 3-5
Sponsored by Merrick 
Eating Crow – Learnings in Leadership Humility Part 3 of the Poultry Leadership Series
A01
11:45AM-12:45PM
Meeting Room 4-8
Christine Bruce MHA, MLT, CHE, CHRL
Zap stress instantly with breathing exercises and mindful movement from your desk
A04
11:45AM-12:45PM
Meeting Room 1
Sheena Kilpatrick, B.P.H.E., CSEP-CEPLunch
12:45PM-01:45PM (Exhibit Hall) Room 3-5
Professionalism and Customer Service – Are the different expectations across the generations?
B01
01:45PM-02:45PM
Meeting Room 4-8
Christine Nielsen, MBA, BHA, MLT, CAE
Transfusion Reactions: The How, Why, and What Now?
B02
01:45PM-02:45PM
Meeting Room 3
Diana Kobes, MLT
Come with me if you want to Live – Can MLTs team up with POC Tech, or will we be Terminated? (POCT)
B03
01:45PM-02:45PM
Meeting Room 2
Dannielle Caruk, MLT, BSc.Refreshment break
02:45PM-03:15PM (Exhibit Hall) Room 3-5
Sponsored by Merrick
A Public Health Virologist’s Reflections of 2 Years of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Manitoba
C01
03:15PM-04:15PM
Meeting Room 4-8
Jared Bullard, MD, FRCPC
Protect & Prevent: Investigating Worker Injury and Illness Incidents
C02
03:15PM-04:15PM
Meeting Room 3
Eoin O'Grady, PhD, CRSP
Are We Safe? The Question We Shouldn't Try to Answer
C03
03:15PM-04:15PM
Meeting Room 2
Shannon Moore, BSc, PCP and Alissa Leforte, MLTExhibitors' Reception
04:15PM-07:00PM (Exhibit Hall) - Room 3-5
Wellness Activity
07:00AM-08:00AM
Registration open
08:00AM-03:30PM
Breakfast
08:00AM-09:00AM
Sponsored by Roche Diagnostics Limited 
Docs vs MLTs, who knows their sh*t better?
P02
09:00AM-10:00AM
Meeting Room 4-8
Dr Leon R L Waye BMLS, MLT, MDRefreshment break
10:00AM-10:20AM
What Factors Influence Laboratory Quality
D01
10:20AM-11:20AM
Meeting Room 4-8
Joanne Isber, MLT, MLS, EMBA
Variants of all sorts of (possible) significance—identifying possible germline variants via tumour-only sequencing
D02
10:20AM-11:20AM
Meeting Room 3
Ju-Yoon Yoon, MD/PhD, FRCPC
From Bench to Business 4.0
D03
10:20AM-11:20AM
Meeting Room 2
Christine Nielsen, MBA, BHA, MLT, CAE John Tzountzouris, MA, BSc, BHA, MLT, GSP Denise Neutel, BTech, MLT Joël Rivero MLT, BSMLS, MARefreshment break
11:20AM-11:40AM
Preparing Faculty Using an Assessment of How Clinical Laboratory Students Learn
E01
11:40AM-12:40PM
Meeting Room 4-8
MaryAnne Stewart EdD, MBA, ART (CSMLS), MLS (CSMLS)
Techniques of Using Circulating Tumor DNA as a liquid biopsy component in cancer management
E02
11:40AM-12:40PM
Meeting Room 3
James Thurber, Bsc
Lab Design and Workflow - Getting it Right Every Time!
E03
11:40AM-12:40PM
Meeting Room 2
Eoin O'Grady, PhD, CRSP Aurel Tamburri, MHM, CRSP, MLT, DOHS
Vector-Borne Villains: Is it Safe to Go Outdoors?
E04
11:40AM-12:40PM
Meeting Room 1
Jim Gauthier, MLT, CICLunch
12:40PM-01:40PM
Ethical genetics: understanding the expectations from an Indigenous lens
P03
01:40PM-02:40PM
Meeting Room 4-8
Taylor Morriseau (PhDc)Refreshment break
02:40PM-03:00PM
Determination of the False-Positivity Rate of Abbott iSTAT® troponin-I testing within the IHLP
F01
03:00PM-04:00PM
Meeting Room 4-8
Pam Vansteelandt, MLT, BSc., MBA
Testing on the Go: Mobile POCT testing in AB
F02
03:00PM-04:00PM
Meeting Room 3
Megan Parrish, BSc (MLS), MLT Tracey Dexter, MLT
Gender X: What Does it Mean for the Lab?
F03
03:00PM-04:00PM
Meeting Room 2
Richard Cleve, MD, FRCPC
Platelets: Past, Present, and Future
F04
03:00PM-04:00PM
Meeting Room 1
Akash Gupta, MD FRCPC DRCPSC
Refilling Your Personal Beaker: Replenishing Your Emotional Energy during Times of Uncertainty
P04
04:00PM-05:00PM
MEETING ROOM 4-8
Rosina Mete, MSc, PhD, RPSocial Night: Tours, Dine-Around, or on your own.
06:30PM-11:00PM TBA
Wellness Activity
07:00AM-08:00AM
Registration open
08:00AM-09:00AM
Breakfast
08:00AM-09:00AM
Round Table Discussion
09:00AM-10:30AM
Refreshment Break
10:30AM-10:45AM
A provincial Quality Assurance Program evaluation and implementation
G02
10:45AM-11:45AM
Meeting Room 3
Megan MacQuarrie, MHI, BHSc, MLT, PMP
Mental Health
G03
10:45AM-11:45AM
Meeting Room 2
Brandon Djukic, BSc, PhD Christine Nielsen, MBA, BHA, MLT, CAELunch Buffet and Social Gathering
11:45AM-12:30PM
Thriving in Complexity: Building Leadership, Trust and Engaging Physicians in Quality Improvement