CAGC-CCMG

Joint
Conference

Banff, Alberta

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity

Schedule

Download the overall program for the 2025 Joint Conference here.

Please click on each session title to view more information about that session’s details and speaker information.

Sunday October 5

	Day 1
7:30 am	Registration 7:30 am - 8:30 am
7:45 am
8:00 am
8:15 am
8:30 am	Fertility and Beyond: Exploring Management, Technology, and the Patient Journey Short Course - Welcome 8:30 am - 8:35 am Short Course - Fertility and Cancer/ Fertility Preservation 8:35 am - 9:35 am
8:45 am
9:00 am
9:15 am
9:30 am	Break 9:35 am - 10:00 am
9:45 am
10:00 am	Short Course - Crash course on Prenatal Genetic Testing 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
10:15 am
10:30 am
10:45 am
11:00 am
11:15 am
11:30 am
11:45 am
12:00 pm
12:15 pm
12:30 pm	Short Course Lunch 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
12:45 pm
1:00 pm
1:15 pm
1:30 pm
1:45 pm
2:00 pm	Short Course - Patient speakers from Fertility Matters Canada and Colorectal Cancer Resources & Action Network 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
2:15 pm
2:30 pm
2:45 pm
3:00 pm	Break 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm
3:15 pm	Short Course - Plenary 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm
3:30 pm
3:45 pm
4:00 pm
5:00 pm	Registration 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
5:15 pm
5:30 pm
5:45 pm
6:00 pm	Opening Reception 6:00 pm - 11:00 pm Location KC 101-103-105
6:15 pm
6:30 pm
6:45 pm
7:00 pm
7:15 pm
7:30 pm
7:45 pm
8:00 pm
8:15 pm
8:30 pm
8:45 pm
9:00 pm
9:15 pm
9:30 pm
9:45 pm
10:00 pm
10:15 pm
10:30 pm
10:45 pm

	Day 1
7:30 am	Registration 7:30 am - 8:30 am
7:45 am
8:00 am
8:15 am
5:00 pm	Registration 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
5:15 pm
5:30 pm
5:45 pm

	Day 1
8:30 am	Fertility and Beyond: Exploring Management, Technology, and the Patient Journey Short Course - Welcome 8:30 am - 8:35 am

	Day 1
8:30 am	Short Course - Fertility and Cancer/ Fertility Preservation 8:35 am - 9:35 am
8:45 am
9:00 am
9:15 am
9:30 am

	Day 1
9:30 am	Break 9:35 am - 10:00 am
9:45 am
3:00 pm	Break 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm

	Day 1
10:00 am	Short Course - Crash course on Prenatal Genetic Testing 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
10:15 am
10:30 am
10:45 am
11:00 am
11:15 am
11:30 am
11:45 am
12:00 pm
12:15 pm

	Day 1
12:30 pm	Short Course Lunch 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
12:45 pm
1:00 pm
1:15 pm
1:30 pm
1:45 pm

	Day 1
2:00 pm	Short Course - Patient speakers from Fertility Matters Canada and Colorectal Cancer Resources & Action Network 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
2:15 pm
2:30 pm
2:45 pm

	Day 1
3:15 pm	Short Course - Plenary 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm
3:30 pm
3:45 pm
4:00 pm

	Day 1
6:00 pm	Opening Reception 6:00 pm - 11:00 pm Location KC 101-103-105
6:15 pm
6:30 pm
6:45 pm
7:00 pm
7:15 pm
7:30 pm
7:45 pm
8:00 pm
8:15 pm
8:30 pm
8:45 pm
9:00 pm
9:15 pm
9:30 pm
9:45 pm
10:00 pm
10:15 pm
10:30 pm
10:45 pm

Day 1

Registration
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Fertility and Beyond: Exploring Management, Technology, and the Patient Journey Short Course - Welcome
8:30 am - 8:35 am
Short Course - Fertility and Cancer/ Fertility Preservation
8:35 am - 9:35 am
Break
9:35 am - 10:00 am
Short Course - Crash course on Prenatal Genetic Testing
10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Short Course Lunch
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Short Course - Patient speakers from Fertility Matters Canada and Colorectal Cancer Resources & Action Network
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Break
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Short Course - Plenary
3:15 pm - 4:15 pm
Registration
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Opening Reception
6:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Location KC 101-103-105
Opening Reception
6:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Location KC 101-103-105

Monday October 6

	Day 2
6:30 am	Registration 6:30 am - 7:30 am
6:45 am
7:00 am
7:15 am
9:00 am	The future of the genetics service in Canada: evolving practices and roles in the era of genomic medicine 9:00 am - 10:30 am Plenary
9:15 am
9:30 am
9:45 am
10:00 am
10:15 am
10:30 am	Break 10:30 am - 11:00 am
10:45 am
11:00 am	All About Antisense Oligonucleotides: Eligibility For, Communication About, and Development Of Individualized ASOs 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Plenary
11:15 am
11:30 am
11:45 am
12:00 pm	Lunch in Exhibit Hall 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
12:15 pm
12:30 pm
12:45 pm
1:00 pm
1:15 pm
1:30 pm
1:45 pm
2:00 pm	The Canadian All for One Precision Health Initiative: Insights and lessons from the past five years 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
2:15 pm
2:30 pm
2:45 pm
3:00 pm
3:15 pm
3:30 pm	Break 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
3:45 pm
4:00 pm	Somatic findings in germline testing 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
4:15 pm
4:30 pm
4:45 pm

	Day 2
6:30 am	Registration 6:30 am - 7:30 am
6:45 am
7:00 am
7:15 am

	Day 2
9:00 am	The future of the genetics service in Canada: evolving practices and roles in the era of genomic medicine 9:00 am - 10:30 am Plenary
9:15 am
9:30 am
9:45 am
10:00 am
10:15 am

	Day 2
10:30 am	Break 10:30 am - 11:00 am
10:45 am
3:30 pm	Break 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
3:45 pm

	Day 2
11:00 am	All About Antisense Oligonucleotides: Eligibility For, Communication About, and Development Of Individualized ASOs 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Plenary
11:15 am
11:30 am
11:45 am

	Day 2
12:00 pm	Lunch in Exhibit Hall 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
12:15 pm
12:30 pm
12:45 pm
1:00 pm
1:15 pm
1:30 pm
1:45 pm

	Day 2
2:00 pm	The Canadian All for One Precision Health Initiative: Insights and lessons from the past five years 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
2:15 pm
2:30 pm
2:45 pm
3:00 pm
3:15 pm

	Day 2
4:00 pm	Somatic findings in germline testing 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
4:15 pm
4:30 pm
4:45 pm

Day 2

Registration
6:30 am - 7:30 am
The future of the genetics service in Canada: evolving practices and roles in the era of genomic medicine
9:00 am - 10:30 am

Plenary
The future of the genetics service in Canada: evolving practices and roles in the era of genomic medicine
9:00 am - 10:30 am

Plenary
Break
10:30 am - 11:00 am
All About Antisense Oligonucleotides: Eligibility For, Communication About, and Development Of Individualized ASOs
11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Plenary
Lunch in Exhibit Hall
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
The Canadian All for One Precision Health Initiative: Insights and lessons from the past five years
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Break
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Somatic findings in germline testing
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Tuesday October 7

	Day 3
6:30 am	Registration 6:30 am - 7:30 am
7:00 am
7:30 am	Breakfast Hosted by CCMG 7:30 am - 9:00 am Breakfast Hosted by CAGC 7:30 am - 9:00 am
8:00 am
8:30 am

	Day 3
6:30 am	Registration 6:30 am - 7:30 am
7:00 am

	Day 3
7:30 am	Breakfast Hosted by CCMG 7:30 am - 9:00 am
8:00 am
8:30 am

	Day 3
7:30 am	Breakfast Hosted by CAGC 7:30 am - 9:00 am
8:00 am
8:30 am

Day 3

Registration
6:30 am - 7:30 am
Breakfast Hosted by CCMG
7:30 am - 9:00 am
Breakfast Hosted by CAGC
7:30 am - 9:00 am

	AM Breakout Session 1	AM Breakout Session 2	AM Breakout Session 3
10:15 am	Break 10:15 am - 10:45 am	Break 10:15 am - 10:45 am	Break 10:15 am - 10:45 am
10:30 am

	Lunch and Abstracts
12:15 pm	Lunch in Exhibit Hall 12:15 pm - 1:45 pm
12:30 pm
12:45 pm
1:00 pm
1:15 pm
1:30 pm
1:45 pm	Abstract Oral Presentations 1:45 pm - 3:00 pm
2:00 pm
2:15 pm
2:30 pm
2:45 pm
3:00 pm	Break 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
3:15 pm

	Lunch and Abstracts
12:15 pm	Lunch in Exhibit Hall 12:15 pm - 1:45 pm
12:30 pm
12:45 pm
1:00 pm
1:15 pm
1:30 pm

	Lunch and Abstracts
1:45 pm	Abstract Oral Presentations 1:45 pm - 3:00 pm
2:00 pm
2:15 pm
2:30 pm
2:45 pm

	Lunch and Abstracts
3:00 pm	Break 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
3:15 pm

Lunch and Abstracts

Lunch in Exhibit Hall
12:15 pm - 1:45 pm
Abstract Oral Presentations
1:45 pm - 3:00 pm
Break
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Break
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm

PM Breakout Session 1

Inter-professional education in medical genetics
3:30 pm - 4:45 pm
Free time
4:45 pm - 6:00 pm

PM Breakout Session 2

Bridging Theory and Practice: Designing Effective Non-Clinical Rotations in Genetic Counselling
3:30 pm - 4:45 pm
Free time
4:45 pm - 6:00 pm

PM Breakout Session 3

Education Webinars as an Alternative Tool for Counselling Individuals with Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
3:30 pm - 4:45 pm
Free time
4:45 pm - 6:00 pm

	Western Reception
6:00 pm	Western Reception 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
7:00 pm
8:00 pm
9:00 pm

	Western Reception
6:00 pm	Western Reception 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
7:00 pm
8:00 pm
9:00 pm

Western Reception

Western Reception
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Wednesday October 8

	Day 4
7:30 am	Registration 7:30 am - 8:30 am
7:45 am
8:00 am
8:15 am
8:30 am	Abstract Oral Presentations 8:30 am - 10:15 am
8:45 am
9:00 am
9:15 am
9:30 am
9:45 am
10:00 am
10:15 am	Break 10:15 am - 10:45 am
10:30 am
10:45 am	Augmenting Human Ability in Clinical Genetics: From Innovation to Patient Care 10:45 am - 11:45 am
11:00 am
11:15 am
11:30 am
11:45 am	Advancing Equity in Precision Genomics: Updates from the Indigenous Background Variant Library and Pan Canadian Genomic Library 11:45 am - 12:45 pm
12:00 pm
12:15 pm
12:30 pm
12:45 pm	Closing Remarks 12:45 pm - 1:00 pm

	Day 4
7:30 am	Registration 7:30 am - 8:30 am
7:45 am
8:00 am
8:15 am

	Day 4
8:30 am	Abstract Oral Presentations 8:30 am - 10:15 am
8:45 am
9:00 am
9:15 am
9:30 am
9:45 am
10:00 am

	Day 4
10:15 am	Break 10:15 am - 10:45 am
10:30 am

	Day 4
10:45 am	Augmenting Human Ability in Clinical Genetics: From Innovation to Patient Care 10:45 am - 11:45 am
11:00 am
11:15 am
11:30 am

	Day 4
11:45 am	Advancing Equity in Precision Genomics: Updates from the Indigenous Background Variant Library and Pan Canadian Genomic Library 11:45 am - 12:45 pm
12:00 pm
12:15 pm
12:30 pm

	Day 4
12:45 pm	Closing Remarks 12:45 pm - 1:00 pm

Day 4

Registration
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Abstract Oral Presentations
8:30 am - 10:15 am
Break
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Augmenting Human Ability in Clinical Genetics: From Innovation to Patient Care
10:45 am - 11:45 am
Advancing Equity in Precision Genomics: Updates from the Indigenous Background Variant Library and Pan Canadian Genomic Library
11:45 am - 12:45 pm
Closing Remarks
12:45 pm - 1:00 pm

Banff, Alberta

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity

Schedule

Sunday October 5

Monday October 6

Tuesday October 7

Wednesday October 8