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CMHCC/CGCC Preliminary AGENDA 2026

DAY 1: THURSDAY OCTOBER 1ST (CGCC)

Presentations include a 5-minute Q&A period.

6:45 – Registration
7:00 – 8:00 Breakfast Symposium 
8:00 – 8:15 Welcome to CGCC Dr. Sharlene Gill (BC)
8:15 – 9:00 Keynote: RAS and BRAF Targeting in GI Cancers Speaker: Dr. Scott Kopetz (USA)
9:00 – 12:20 Colorectal Cancer Chair: Dr. Sharlene Gill (BC)
9:00 – 9:20 Treatment of dMMR Early Stage CRC Speaker: Dr. Michael Raphael (ON)
9:20 – 9:40 RT Considerations/Updates in Neoadjuvant Rectal Ca Speaker: Dr. Emma Dunne (BC)
9:40 – 10:00 Adjunctive Strategies in Early Stage CRC (ASA, exercise) Speaker: Dr. JP Solar Vasconcelos (BC)
10:00 – 10:20 Panel Discussion Panel Chair: Dr. Sharlene Gill (BC)
Panellists: Dr. Emma Dunne (BC), Dr. JP Solar Vasconcelos (BC), Dr. Michael Raphael (ON)
10:20 – 10:35 Refreshment Break 
10:35 – 10:55 Precision Strategies in the Systemic Therapy Management of mCRC Speaker: Dr. Eric Chen (ON)
10:55 – 11:10 Non-Surgical Options for Oligometastatic mCRC Speaker: Dr. David Liu (BC)
11:10 – 11:25 Non-Surgical Options for Oligometastatic mCRC Speaker: Dr. Sylvia Sze Wai Ng (ON)
11:25 – 11:40 CRS/HIPEC – When & Where Not to Consider in mCRC Peritoneal Carcinomatosis Speaker: Dr. Anand Govindarajan (ON)
11:40 – 12:00 Evolving Landscape of Refractory mCRC Speaker: Dr. Mustapha Tehfe (ON)
12:00 – 12:20 Panel Discussion Panel Chair: Dr. Sharlene Gill (BC)
Panellists: Dr. Anand Govindarajan (ON), Dr. Sylvia Sze Wai Ng (ON), Dr. Mustapha Tehfe (ON), Dr. David Liu (BC) & Dr. Eric Chen (ON)
12:20 – 13:00 Lunch 
13:00 – 16:00 EsophagoGastric Cancers Chair: Dr. Elena Elimova (ON)
13:00 – 13:30 Updates in HER2 Directed Approaches in GEJ/GC Speaker: Dr. Elena Elimova (ON)
13:30 – 13:50 Evolving Landscape of Neoadjuvant/Periop Early Stage GEJ/GC Speaker: Dr. Lucy Ma (ON)
13:50- 14:10 Is There Still a Role for RT in Early Stage Esophagogastric Cancers? Speaker: Dr. Jelena Lukovic (ON)
14:10 – 14:30 Targeted Approaches in HER2-Negative Advanced Esophagogastric Cancers Speaker: Dr. Stephanie Snow (NS)
14:30- 14:50 Panel Discussion Panel Chair: Dr. Elena Elimova (ON)
Panellists: Dr. Lucy Ma (ON), Dr. Jelena Lukovic (ON) & Dr. Stephanie Snow (NS)
14:50 – 15:10 Refreshment Break 
15:10 – 15:50 Pancreatic Cancer Chair: Dr. Rachel Goodwin (ON)
15:10 – 15:25 Update in Pancreatic Cancer Speaker: Dr. Dan Renouf (BC)
15:25 – 15:40 Future Directions Speaker: Dr. Jennifer Knox (ON)
15:40 – 15:50 Panel Discussion / Q&A Panel Chair: Dr. Rachel Goodwin (ON)
Panellists: Dr. Dan Renouf (BC) & Dr. Jennifer Knox (ON)
15:50 – 16:00 Closing Remarks Dr. Sharlene Gill (BC)
16:00 – 17:00 CMHCC/CGCC Welcome Reception 

DAY 2: FRIDAY OCTOBER 2ND (CMHCC)

Presentations include a 5-minute Q&A period.

6:45 – Registration
7:00 – 8:00 Breakfast Symposium
8:00 – 8:10 Welcome to CMHCC
8:10- 9:00 Keynote: ESMO HCC Guideline Updates Speaker: Dr. Arndt Vogel (ON)
9:00 – 10:00 Early/Resectable Hepatobiliary Disease Chairs: Dr. Pablo Serrano (ON)
9:00 – 9:20 Role of Radiation Therapy in Unresectable Cholangiocarcinoma Speaker: Dr. Amanda Taggar (ON)
9:20 – 9:40 What’s New in IR Ablative Therapies (RFA< Microwave, histotripsy.) Speaker:
9:40 – 10:00 Immunotherapy Prior to Liver Transplantation for HCC Speaker:
10:00 – 10:30 Panel Discussion on Early/Resectable Hepatobiliary Disease Panel Chair: Dr. Pablo Serrano (ON)
Panelists: Dr. Amanda Taggar (ON)
10:30 – 10:50 Refreshment Break
10:50 – 12:20 Intermediate/ Locally Advanced Hepatobiliary Session Chairs: Dr. Laura Dawson (ON) & Dr. Rachel Goodwin (ON)
10:50 – 11:10 Liver Imaging and Response Assessment to Local Regional Therapies Speaker:
11:10 – 11:30 Debate: TARE vs SBRT for HCC Speakers:
TARE –
SBRT – Dr. Michael Yan (ON)
11:30 – 11:50 Evolving Role of Neoadjuvant Treatment in Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Speaker: Dr. Erica Tsang (ON)
11:50 – 12:20 Panel Discussion on Intermediate/Locally Advanced Hepatobiliary Disease Panel Chairs: Dr. Laura Dawson (ON) & Dr. Rachel Goodwin (ON)
Panelists: Dr. Michael Yan (ON), Dr. Erica Tsang (ON)
12:20 – 13:30 Lunch 
13:30 – 13:50 Special Session: AI in Liver Cancer Speaker: Dr. Rob Grant (ON)
13:50 – 16:25 Advanced Metastatic Hepatobiliary Sessions Chair: Dr. Brandon Meyers & Dr. Vincent Tam (AB)
13:50 – 14:10 RT HPB in Metastatic Setting: Oligometastases & Palliation Speaker:
14:10 – 14:30 How to choose between the first-line systemic therapy options for HCC Speaker: Dr. Hatim Karachiwala (AB)
14:30 – 15:20 Panel Discussion on Advanced Metastatic Hepatobiliary Disease Panel Chairs: Dr. Brandon Meyers & Dr. Vincent Tam (AB)
Panelists: Dr. Hatim Karachiwala (AB)
15:20 – 15:30 Closing Remarks