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Friday

17:00

Registration

18:00

Buffet Dinner

19:15

Conference Opening/Welcoming Remarks

Chaired by Geoff Hicks

19:30

Keynote Address

Chaired by Christopher McMaster
  • Data Reproducibility

    Jonathan Kimmelman
    Director, Biomedical Ethics Unit, McGill University

20:15

Presentations from New PIs 3 Minute Talks

Chaired by Stephen Robbins

21:00

Poster Session 1 with Regional Cheeses

Saturday

7:30

Breakfast Buffet

Location 1

8:30

CIHR Institute Updates

  • Stephen Robbins
    Scientific Director, CIHR- ICR, Professor, Departments of Oncology and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary
    Christopher McMaster
    Scientific Director, CIHR Institute of Genetics, and Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Dalhousie University

9:15

Presentations from New PIs 3 Minute Talks

Chaired by Christopher McMaster

10:15

Break

10:45

Building a Successful Research Program

  • Donna Senger
    Research Associate Professor, Department of Oncology, University of Calgary
    Geoff Hicks
    Professor, Regenerative Medicine Program, University of Manitoba

11:45

Lunch

13:00

Grantsmanship and Peer Review Panel

Chaired by Christopher McMaster
  • From the Inside

    Ziad Chaar
    Lead, Project Grant Program, Program Delivery and Design, CIHR

14:00

Reverse Mentoring Session/Emerging Technologies

Chaired by Geoff Hicks

14:30

Break

15:00

Presentations from New PIs 3 Minute Talks

Chaired by Jacques Corbeil

16:00

Ethics Case Study

Chaired by Donna Senger
  • Jaime Flamenbaum
    Senior Ethics Advisor, Science Policy Branch, CIHR

16:30

Resource Session

Chaired by Stephen Robbins
  • Networks/Infrastructure in Canada (Compute Canada, CPTP, SGC, CLSA)

    Brent Richards
    Professor, Departments of Medicine, Human Genetics, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University
    Jacques Corbeil
    Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, Université Laval

18:30

Buffet Dinner

20:00

Poster Session 2 with Dessert

21:30

Poutine Bar - Social

Sunday

7:00

Breakfast and Check out

Location 1

8:45

Communicating Science

  • Stephen Robbins
    Scientific Director, CIHR- ICR, Professor, Departments of Oncology and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary
  • Panel

    Jim Handman
    Executive Director , , Science Media Centre of Canada (SMCC)
    David Coulombe
    Media Specialist, , CIHR

10:15

Grantsmanship and Peer Review Panel

Two Minutes of Silence for Remembrance Day

Chaired by Stephen Robbins
  • Researcher Perspective

    Nada Jabado
    Professor, Department of Pediatrics, McGill University

11:00

2 Minutes of Silence, then Break and Check out

11:15

Participating in Large Team Grants, Networks and Consortia

Chaired by Christopher McMaster
  • Christopher McMaster
    Scientific Director, CIHR Institute of Genetics, and Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Dalhousie University
    Brent Richards
    Professor, Departments of Medicine, Human Genetics, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University

12:00

Closing Remarks

  • Stephen Robbins
    Scientific Director, CIHR- ICR, Professor, Departments of Oncology and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary
    Christopher McMaster
    Scientific Director, CIHR Institute of Genetics, and Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Dalhousie University

12:45

Buses leave for Airport and Downtown Montreal