Friday, Oct 23, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM

17:30 – 18:30 Networking Event

18:30 – 19:15 Dinner

19:15 – 20:15 Keynote Speaker: Obesity Canada Treatment Update: Implications for MASLD Care presented by Kara Evers, NP 

Saturday, Oct 24, 7:30 AM – 4:30 PM

7:30 – 8:30 Breakfast

8:30 – 8:35 Opening remarks

8:35 – 9:05 Pediatric Cholestatic Liver Disease presented by Barbara Goudreau, NP

9:05 – 9:35 Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC): Practical Updates in Diagnosis and Management presented by Dr. Kristel Leung

9:35 – 9:55 Advancing Early Detection and Care: Liver Stiffness Technology & the Nursing Impact presented by Lindsay Myles, NP

9:55 – 10:05 National Hepatitis C Point-of-care Testing Forum Meeting Update presented by Michelle Pittman, NP

10:05 – 10:20 Coffee Break

10:20 – 11:20 Joint Sponsored Symposium

11:20 – 11:50 Contemporary Management of Cirrhosis in Viral Hepatitis presented by Dr. Meaghan O’Brien

11:50 – 12:20 AI in Hepatology Nursing: Emerging Tools and Clinical Applications presented by Dr. Kyle Fortinsky and Elizabeth Martin, MN-NP

12:20 – 13:10 Lunch

13:10 – 14:10 Hands-on Skills Development

14:10 – 14:25 Break

14:25 – 14:55 Abstract Presentations

14:55 – 15:25 Interpreting Hepatology Laboratory Tests: Practical Clinical Pearls presented by Meghan MacIntosh, NP and Dylan Shepherd, NP

15:25 – 15:55 Cirrhosis Care in MASLD: Unique Challenges and Clinical Considerations presented by Dr. Giada Sebastiani

15:55 – 16:25 Alcohol-Related Liver Disease (ALD): Lived Experience presented by Vanessa Wojtala

16:25 – 16:30 Final Remarks