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Conference Day 1

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May 15, 2018: Day 1

  • 7:30am-8:20am: Registration, Exhibits and Hot Breakfast Open
  • 8:30am – 8:45am: Chairman’s Address & Opening Remarks
  • 8:45am – 9:30am: KEYNOTE: Dr. Andrew Pelling | CSO, Spiderwort & TED Fellow >> Harnessing Curiosity & Serendipity to Drive Discovery and Translation
  • 9:30am – 10:15am: Plennary Session: Wout Brusselaers | CEO, Deep 6 AI >> How Artificial Intelligence is Transforming Clinical Trial Recruitment
  • 10:15am – 10:30am: Refreshment Break
  • 10:30am – 11:15am: Amanda Wright | Executive Director, Greater Gift >> Igniting Awareness in Clinical Research: the Power Behind the Patient
  • 11:15am – 12:00pm: Vatche Bartekian | President, Vantage BioTrials >> Getting Back on Track for Project Completion: Effective Strategies for Study Rescue
  • 12:00pm – 12:15pm: Special Award Presentation
  • 12:15pm – 1:30pm: Lunch
  • 1:30pm – 2:15pm: Concurrent Session: Filomena Servidio-Italiano | Director, Colorectal Cancer Canada >> Promoting Patient Group Integration in Canadian Cancer Clinical Trials
  • 1:30pm – 2:15pm: Concurrent Session: Sabrina Ramkellawan | VP, Clinical Affairs, TerrAscend >> Out with the Old, in with the E-Consent
  • 1:30pm – 2:15pm: Concurrent Session: Jamie Hutchison, MD | Staff Physician, Critical Care Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children >> Clearing the Hurdles for Drug Discovery and Clinical Trials in Concussion and Traumatic Brain Injury
  • 2:15pm – 3:00pm: Refreshment Break
  • 3:00pm – 3:45pm: Concurrent Session: Kim McDonald-Taylor | Clinical Research Consultant >> Navigating Health Canada’s Part C, Division 5 NEW Draft Guideline & How it Relates to ICH E6 (R2)
  • 3:00pm – 3:45pm: Concurrent Session: Susanne Picard | President, SPharm >> Overcoming Obstacles in the Drug Approval Process in Canada
  • 3:00pm – 3:45pm: Concurrent Session: Karri Venn | President, Research, LMC Manna Research >> Big Data, RWD & RWE: What’s the Difference and How is it Changing the Research Landscape?
  • 3:45pm – 4:15pm: Refreshment Break
  • 4:15pm – 5:00pm: Concurrent Session: John Amrhein | Vice-President, McDougall Scientific >> Your Stats and Study Design Questions Answered: an Interactive Q&A Session
  • 4:15pm – 5:00pm: Concurrent Session: Cheryl Petruk | Chair, Canadian MPN Research Foundation >> Breaking Down Barriers: a Patient’s Perspective on Improving Clinical Trial Opportunities
  • 4:15pm – 5:00pm: Concurrent Session: Dr. Neilank Jha, MD, FRCSC | Neurosurgeon & Spine Surgeon >> Integration of Medical Cannabis in Mainstream Pharmaceuticals
  • 5:30pm: Welcome Cocktail GALA (Hosted by the Clinical Research Association of Canada)

Conference Day 2

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May 16, 2018: Day 2

  • 7:15am-8:10am: Registration, Exhibits and Hot Breakfast Open
  • 8:10am – 8:40am: Special Guest Speaker
  • 8:45am – 9:30am: PATIENT KEYNOTE: T. J. Sharpe | Medical Hero >> The “Why” Behind Purposeful Patient Engagement
  • 9:30am – 11:00am: Workshop: Peggy Berry | President & CEO, Synergy Consulting >> Aligning Clinical Operations to the new ICH GCP E6 (R2)
  • 9:30am – 11:00am: Workshop: Janet McDougall| President, McDougall Scientific & Betsy Fallen | Principal, BAFallen Consulting >> Innovation Planning for Integrity and Success in Clinical Trials
  • 9:30am – 11:00am: Workshop: Sabrina Ramkellawan | VP, Clinical Affairs, TerrAscend & Kim McDonald-Taylor | Clinical Research Consultant >> Developing Full-Proof  Strategies for Patient Recruitment and Retention
  • 11:00am – 11:30am: Refreshment Break
  • 11:30am – 12:15pm: Plennary Session: Susan Marlin | President & CEO, Clinical Trials Ontario (CTO) and Linnea Aasen-Johnston | Industry Outreach Associate, CTO >> Opportunities for Streamlined Study Start-up: How Can We Get There?
  • 12:15pm – 1:30pm: Lunch
  • 1:30pm – 2:15pm: Concurrent Session: Nazneen Qureshi | Manager, LMC Manna Research >> How Investigative Sites Can Integrate Patients in the Clinical Development Process
  • 1:30pm – 2:15pm: Concurrent Session: Pierre Gervais | President, Q&T Research >> Are Clinical Trial Compensations a Taxable Benefit? Lessons Learned from a Canada Revenue Agency Audit
  • 1:30pm – 2:15pm: Concurrent Session: Andreas Orfanos | Director, MHICC >> Personalized Medicine: Challenges Leading to New Opportunities and Innovation in Clinical Trials
  • 2:15pm – 3:00pm: Plennary Session: Joseph Geraci | President & Founder, NetraMark >> Using Machine Learning & Augmented Intelligence to Overcome Difficulties in Phase III Clinical Trials
  • 3:00pm – 3:30pm: Refreshment Break
  • 3:30pm – 4:15pm: Plennary Session: Flora Noitsis | Specialist, GCPs, Health Canada >> Health Canada’s GCP Inspection Program: Ongoing Initiatives and Strategic Changes
  • 4:15pm – 4:30pm: Closing Remarks & End of Conference

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