Moderated by Onyinye Esenwa & Raina Kim

• Structural inequities and systemic bias in medical education with OmiSoore Dryden
• Mentorship and representation in GI training with Cynthia Seow
• Equitable care in diverse patient populations with Eytan Wine
• Leadership, gender, and systemic change with Laura Targownik

Moderated by Heiko Pohl and Nauzer Forbes 

• Z-POEM with Christopher Teshima
• Barretts Optical Diagnosis with Gary May
• Pharyngeal ESD vs Gastric ESD with Robert Bechara
• Colon EMR and Closure with Jeff Mosko

Introductory remarks by Premsyl Berick & Carolina Tropini

• ABSTRACT: Helminth-Induced IL-33 Promotes Tissue-Repair Macrophages That Protect Against Colitis Independent if IL-4 Signaling with Lucas Kraemer
• ABSTRACT: Escherichia Coli Pathobionts Isolated from Ulcerative Colitis Patients Harbour Numerous Proteins that Degrade Human Colonic Mucus with Ashley Gilliland
• ABSTRACT: Exploring the Effects of Commonly Used Artificial Food Colourants in the Pathogenesis of Colitis with Tyler Seto
• ABSTRACT: Carboxymethylcellulose Sensitive Gut Microbiome Signatures and their Immuno-Metabolomic Links to Crohn's Disease with Jeongseok Kim
• ABSTRACT: Maternal IBD-Associated Microbiota Shapes Immune System in Offspring with Xavier Mas Orea
• ABSTRACT: Glycocaging Improves the Therapeutic Index of IBD Drugs with Wei Jen Ma

Moderated by Fernand Pierre Gendron and Laura Sly

• Live bacterial therapeutics for detection and treatment of colorectal cancer with Amir Zarrinpar
• Bespoke plant glycoconjugates for gut microbiota-mediated drug targeting with Laura Sly
• Extracellular matrix biodynamics and wound repair resolution with Nathalie Perrault
• ABSTRACT: Precision Phage Therapy Mitigates Colitis and Enhances Steroid Efficacy Through Suppression of Crohn’s-Associated Bacterial Virulence with Kyle Jackson

This hands-on workshop offers a comprehensive, skills-focused exploration of modern endoscopic practice, guiding participants through core diagnostic and therapeutic competencies across multiple domains. Sessions on polypectomy and hemostasis provide structured reviews of classification systems, lesion assessment, case preparation, and tool selection, emphasizing safe, effective technique, complication avoidance, and evidence-based management of complex scenarios such as GI bleeding and challenging polyps. Complementing these practical modules, the SEE Station highlights the importance of conscious competence, standardized lesion recognition, and deliberate procedural planning in achieving high-quality endoscopic outcomes. Finally, the Video Capsule Endoscopy session, strengthens participants’ diagnostic acumen in small bowel evaluation, including landmark identification, application of the Lewis score for Crohn’s disease, and recognition of common VCE findings. Together, these integrated sessions provide a robust, practice-enhancing program designed to elevate both foundational skills and advanced endoscopic judgment.

Moderated by Heiko Pohl and Nauzer Forbes 

• ERCP/Choloangioscopy with Jeff Mosko
• EUS Drainage BD with Natalia Calo
• Ampullectomy with Gary May
• Colon EMR and Closure with Yen-I Chen

Moderated by Yasmin Nasser & Vivian Huang

• ABSTRACTS: Crohn Disease Exclusion Diet Maintenance Therapy Induces Sustained Microbiome Changes with Anissa Armet
• ABSTRACTS: Non-Invasive Peptidomic Signature Distinguishing Active and Remissive IBD Using a Nested Cross-Validated Machine-Learning Study with Elmira Shajari
• ABSTRACTS: The Use of HLADQA1*05G>A Screening for the Selection of Non-Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha Antagonist Advanced Therapies in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Prospective Study with Virginia Guisandes Bueno
• ABSTRACTS: Time-Trajectory Analysis of Proteomics Reveals Potential Pre-Clinical Stages of Crohn's Disease with Rirong Chen
• ABSTRACTS: Wait Times for Colonoscopy According to Subsequent Pathology to Improve a Colonoscopy Referral Sheet with Alan Barkun
• ABSTRACTS: Impact of CADX on Optical Diagnosis of Serrated and Advanced Colorectal Lesions: A Prospective Implementation Study with Megan Oleksiw

This hands-on workshop offers a comprehensive, skills-focused exploration of modern endoscopic practice, guiding participants through core diagnostic and therapeutic competencies across multiple domains. Sessions on polypectomy and hemostasis provide structured reviews of classification systems, lesion assessment, case preparation, and tool selection, emphasizing safe, effective technique, complication avoidance, and evidence-based management of complex scenarios such as GI bleeding and challenging polyps. Complementing these practical modules, the SEE Station highlights the importance of conscious competence, standardized lesion recognition, and deliberate procedural planning in achieving high-quality endoscopic outcomes. Finally, the Video Capsule Endoscopy session, strengthens participants’ diagnostic acumen in small bowel evaluation, including landmark identification, application of the Lewis score for Crohn’s disease, and recognition of common VCE findings. Together, these integrated sessions provide a robust, practice-enhancing program designed to elevate both foundational skills and advanced endoscopic judgment.

Moderated by Jennifer Jones and Reena Khannah

• Real World Precision Management of IBD: Are we there yet? with Gilaad Kaplan
• Management of perianal Crohn’s disease: Beyond setons and anti TNFs with Jeff McCurdy
• Breaking through the therapeutic ceiling in IBD: Strategic Successes and Pitfalls with Michael Stewart
• Q&A

Moderated by Nauzer Forbes and Frances Tse

• Malignant UGI bleeding: Moving beyond injection, cautery, and clips with Alan Barkun
• Argon plasma coagulation (APC): Beyond APC with Grigorios Leontiadis
• Dieulafoy’s and Mallory Weiss Tears: Beyond the obvious with Lawrence Hookey

Moderated by Alberto Caminero and Vivian Huang

• EoE and adverse reactions to foods in FD with Tim Vanuytsel
• The role of stress in food intolerances in IBS with David Reed
• Microbial drivers of food sensitivities and adverse reactions to foods in IBD with Alberto Caminero
• ABSTRACT: Saccharomyces Boulardii Cncm I-745 Synergizes with the Small Intestinal Microbiota to Boost Ahr Signaling in Celiac Disease with Kelly Kan

Introductory remarks by Premysl Bercik and Geoff Nguyen

• CIHR-INMD-CAG Early Career Researcher Partnership Prize presented by Arthur Mortha
• Research Excellence Award presented by Gilaad Kaplan
• Early Career Scholar in Quality presented by Paul Tandon
• Excellence in Quality Innovation Award presented by Mayur Brahmania

Moderated by Narges Ashrafinia & Eric Benchimol 

• Alice Cheng
• Joelle St.Pierre
• Cynthia Seow

Moderated by Jennifer Flemming and Jordan Francheville

• Hepatology Overview for General GIs with Mayur Brahmania
• What’s New in Focal Liver Lesions with Tasha Kulai
• Preventing Complications in Cirrhosis with Juan Abraldes
• GI and Liver Transplant Management with Vladimir Marquez

Moderated by Laura Targownik and Milli Gupta

• Gut Instincts: Women Driving Entrepreneurship in GI and Hepatology Panel with Nicky Marwaha, Maitreyi Raman, Sarah Robbins, Elena Verdu, and Talia Zenlea

Moderated by Francois Boudreau and Linda Rabeneck

• Epidemiology of CRC with Jill Tinmouth
• Gut Microbiota and Colon Cancer with Christian Jobin
• Food Dyes, Diet and Colon Cancer with Lorne Hofseth

Moderated by Genelle Lunken and Maitreyi Raman

• Obesity & celiac disease with Maria Ines Pinto Sanchez
• Obesity & IBD outcomes, GLP-1 use in IBD with Stephanie Gold

Moderated by

• Post Operative Medical Care Therapy: Risk Stratification vs Treatment for all argued by Karen Kroeker and John Marshall
• Transplant More or Transplant Less: Expanding Criteria for Transplant in Liver Disease argued by Aldo Montano-Loza and Cynthia Tsien

Moderated by Kirk Bergstrom and Giada de Palma

• The Vascular barrier in the GI tract with Giovanni Barbara
• Immune system as the second line of defense with Andrew Macpherson
• Intestinal mucus as the first line of defense with Kirk Bergstrom
• ABSTRACT: CX3CR1+ Myeloid Cell-Intrinsic NOD2 Signaling Limits Crohn's Disease-Associated Intestinal Fibrosis with Tapas Mukherjee

Moderated by Adriana Lazarescu and David Rodrigues

• Biofeedback/Breathing with Jordi Serra
• Use of Antibiotics with Paul Moyyaedi
• Management of Constipation with Christopher Andrews

Moderated by Simone Kortbeek and Veronique Morinville

• Bringing Healthcare into the Kitchen: Harnessing the Power of Food as Medicine with Debora Duro
• How to integrate culinary medicine into your medical practice with Christopher Tomlinson
• Dietary interventions for intestine health/ microbiome modifications with Nikhil Pai

Moderated by Tae-Hee Kim & Alex Gregorieff

• Gastric stem cells, regeneration and cancer with Michael Sigal
• H. pylori and gastric inflammation with Nicola Jones
• Esophageal tumor microenvironment with Lorenzo Ferri
• ABSTRACT: BAF Complex Recruits Lineage-Specific Transcription Factors to Terminate Gastric Regeneration and Prevent Cancer with Adrian Loe

Moderated by Tae-Hee Kim and Alex Gregorieff

• Gastric stem cells, regeneration and cancer with Michael Sigal
• Q&A
• H. pylori and gastric inflammation with Nicola Jones
• Q&A
• Esophageal tumor microenvironment with Lorenzo Ferri
• Q&A

Moderated by Stephanie Carpentier and Melissa Kelley 

• Diagnostics at the Gut-Liver Interface with Mark Swain 
• MASLD and IBS/IBD: Overlapping Patient Populations, Diverging Strategies with Giada Sebastiani
• Multidisciplinary Approaches in Transplant Programs for Metabolically dysregulated-associated Steatohepatitis with Nazia Selzner

McKenna Lecture by Linda Rabneck

• Kopelman Lecture by Alexander Miethke

presented by Nicola Jones

Moderated by Stephanie Canning & Louis Liu

• ACG Clinical Guideline: Diagnosis and Management of Eosinophilic Esophagitis (2025) with Milli Gupta
• ACG Clinical Guideline: Diagnosis and Management of Eosinophilic Esophagitis (2025) with Colleen Parker
• AGA Clinical Practice Guideline on Management of Gastroparesis (2025) with Christopher Andrews
• AGA Clinical Practice Guideline on Management of Gastroparesis (2025) with David Yang
• AGA Clinical Practice Update on GI Manifestations and Autonomic or Immune Dysfunction in Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Expert Review (2025) with Yvonne Tse
• AGA Clinical Practice Update on GI Manifestations and Autonomic or Immune Dysfunction in Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Expert Review (2025) with Laurence Guay

Moderated by Genelle Lunken and Lisa Reynolds

• The role of intestinal fungi in mediating intestinal inflammation with Illiyan Iliev
• Helminths as a source of therapeutics for IBD with Derek McKay
• Viruses in gut health/disease with Kathatina Lahl Christoforo 

Moderated by Carolina Tropini and Elena Verdu

• Small intestinal microbiota – how to assess its structure and function with Andrew MacPherson
• Diet-microbial interactions in the small bowel as drivers of abdominal pain with Alberto Caminero
• Small bowel as the key digestive and immune organ with Andre Marette

Moderated by Milli Gupta and Matt Miles

• Achalasia and other Esophageal motor disorders underlying dysphagia with Louis Liu
• Defining Pharyngeal and Upper Esophageal Sphincter Disorders with Nathalie Rommel
• POEM and Surgical Management with Neil Shahidi

Moderated by Desmond Leddin and Harminder Singh

• The impact of environmental change on digestive health and digestive healthcare on the environment with Paul Moayyedi
• Carbon and environmental footprint of GI endoscopy with Heiko Pohl
• CAG-ASGE quality improvement program for sustainable endoscopy with Neal Shahidi
• Cost savings of going green. Can we save the environment while saving money? with Desmond Leddin

Panel

• Adult Perspective with Frances Tse
• Pediatrics Perspective with Mary Zachos

Moderated by Charles Berstein and Yasmin Nasser

• Charles Berstein
• Yasmin Nasser
• Jennifer Kornelsen
• ABSTRACT: Systems-level Pathway Mapping Reveals Gut–Brain and Immune Signatures in Flares of IBS with Vidhyalakshmi Mohan

Moderated by Angela Crawley

• Global Perspectives on MASLD: Epidemiology, Challenges, and Future Directions with Ming-Hua Zheng 
• Unraveling the Natural History of MASLD: The Interplay of Genetics, Sex, and Ethnicity with Luca Valenti 
• Sex considerations in animal and experimental models of MASLD with Angela Crawley

Moderated by James Kim and Elizabeth Lee 

• Non-invasive biomarkers for risk stratification with Keyur Patel
• Integrating Sex and Gender in Models of Health Delivery for MASLD with Saumya Jayakumar

Moderated by Felice Cinque 

• Understanding and Addressing MASLD Disparities in LGBTQ+ Communities with Tzu-Hao "Howard" Lee
• Epidemiological Insights into MASLD in the Canadian Diverse Population with Sahar Saeed 
• Introducing a White Paper on Liver disease in Gender-Diverse and Sexual Minority Populations with Felice Cinque 

Moderated by Clara Long and Alnoor Ramji

• Gender-Sensitive Lifestyle Approaches to MASLD with Giada Sebastiani
• Incretin-based Therapy for MASLD with Harpreet Bajaj 
• MASH-targeted Therapy for MASLD with Mark Swain

Moderated by Che Colpitts

• Session Opening with Che Colpitts
• New Horizons in HCV Prevention, in Canada and Globally with Jason Grebely
• Has 'treatment as prevention' delivered on its promise? with Natasha Martin
• Q&A 

Moderated by Rivka Kushner

CanHepC Community Panel: Harm Reduction & HCV Prevention (facilitated by CATIE) with Jason Altenber, Ahmed Bayoumi, Douglas Belanger, Barb Fornssler, Martin Pagé

Moderated by

• Canada's successes and failures in HCV prevention with PWUD/PWID with Julie Bruneau
• Q&A

Moderated by 

• Pipeline for B-cell based HCV vaccines with Justin Bailey
• Pipeline for T-cell based HCV vaccines with Naglaa Shoukry
• Q&A

Moderated by

• Lessons learned from HCV vaccine trials with Kim Page
• Why participate in an HCV controlled human infection model? with Paul Zimmer-Harwood
• Ethics of Controlled Human Infection Modelling with Charles Weijer
• Building Confidence in Vaccinations in Diverse Populations with Eve Dube
• Q&A

Closing remarks by Che Colpitts

Please note that this is an expression of interest, NOT a confirmed workshop registration. Should the workshop move forward, spots will be limited and offered to those who expressed interest during registration. If this workshop becomes available, the organizers will reach out to interested delegates with an official invitation to confirm their participation. This workshop WILL NOT have any additional cost associated beyond registration fees. 

Moderated by Cynthia Tsien

• Long-term post transplant complications with Rahima Banji
• Oncology & liver transplant with Arndt Vogel
• Equity policies with Tzu-Hao "Howard" Lee 
• AI in Transplant with Mamatha Bhat 
• Living Donor in High Meld and Oncology Patients with Nazia Selzner
• Q&A

Moderated by Che Colpitts

• Session Opening with Che Colpitts
• New Horizons in HCV Prevention, in Canada and Globally with Jason Grebely
• Has 'treatment as prevention' delivered on its promise? with Natasha Martin
• Q&A 

Moderated by Angela Crawley

• Global Perspectives on MASLD: Epidemiology, Challenges, and Future Directions with Ming-Hua Zheng 
• Unraveling the Natural History of MASLD: The Interplay of Genetics, Sex, and Ethnicity with Luca Valenti 
• Sex considerations in animal and experimental models of MASLD with Angela Crawley

Moderated by Rivka Kushner

CanHepC Community Panel: Harm Reduction & HCV Prevention (facilitated by CATIE) with Jason Altenber, Ahmed Bayoumi, Douglas Belanger, Barb Fornssler, Martin Pagé

Moderated by James Kim and Elizabeth Lee 

• Non-invasive biomarkers for risk stratification with Keyur Patel
• Integrating Sex and Gender in Models of Health Delivery for MASLD with Saumya Jayakumar

Moderated by Curtis Cooper

• Lab Testing with Emma Lee
• Screening for HBV + HDV with Hin Hin Ko
• Expanded Treatment Indication with Scott Fung 
• Viral Co-Infection: HCV/ HDV/HIV with Curtis Cooper
• Pediatric HBV with Fernando Alvarez
• Q&A

Moderated by Francois Boudreau and Linda Rabeneck

• Epidemiology of CRC with Jill Tinmouth
• Gut Microbiota and Colon Cancer with Christian Jobin
• Food Dyes, Diet and Colon Cancer with Lorne Hofseth

Moderated by

• Canada's successes and failures in HCV prevention with PWUD/PWID with Julie Bruneau
• Q&A

Moderated by Felice Cinque 

• Understanding and Addressing MASLD Disparities in LGBTQ+ Communities with Tzu-Hao "Howard" Lee
• Epidemiological Insights into MASLD in the Canadian Diverse Population with Sahar Saeed 
• Introducing a White Paper on Liver disease in Gender-Diverse and Sexual Minority Populations with Felice Cinque 

Moderated by

• Post Operative Medical Care Therapy: Risk Stratification vs Treatment for all argued by Karen Kroeker and John Marshall
• Transplant More or Transplant Less: Expanding Criteria for Transplant in Liver Disease argued by Aldo Montano-Loza and Cynthia Tsien

Moderated by 

• Pipeline for B-cell based HCV vaccines with Justin Bailey
• Pipeline for T-cell based HCV vaccines with Naglaa Shoukry
• Q&A

Moderated by Clara Long and Alnoor Ramji

• Gender-Sensitive Lifestyle Approaches to MASLD with Giada Sebastiani
• Incretin-based Therapy for MASLD with Harpreet Bajaj 
• MASH-targeted Therapy for MASLD with Mark Swain

Moderated by Tae-Hee Kim and Alex Gregorieff

• Gastric stem cells, regeneration and cancer with Michael Sigal
• Q&A
• H. pylori and gastric inflammation with Nicola Jones
• Q&A
• Esophageal tumor microenvironment with Lorenzo Ferri
• Q&A

Moderated by Tae-Hee Kim & Alex Gregorieff

• Gastric stem cells, regeneration and cancer with Michael Sigal
• H. pylori and gastric inflammation with Nicola Jones
• Esophageal tumor microenvironment with Lorenzo Ferri
• ABSTRACT: BAF Complex Recruits Lineage-Specific Transcription Factors to Terminate Gastric Regeneration and Prevent Cancer with Adrian Loe

Moderated by

• Lessons learned from HCV vaccine trials with Kim Page
• Why participate in an HCV controlled human infection model? with Paul Zimmer-Harwood
• Ethics of Controlled Human Infection Modelling with Charles Weijer
• Building Confidence in Vaccinations in Diverse Populations with Eve Dube
• Q&A

Closing remarks by Che Colpitts

Moderated by

• MASLD with Giada Sebastiani
• Portal hypertension with Amine Benmassaoud
• Hepatitis B with Julian Hercun
• Q&A

Moderated by Stephanie Carpentier and Melissa Kelley 

• Diagnostics at the Gut-Liver Interface with Mark Swain 
• MASLD and IBS/IBD: Overlapping Patient Populations, Diverging Strategies with Giada Sebastiani
• Multidisciplinary Approaches in Transplant Programs for Metabolically dysregulated-associated Steatohepatitis with Nazia Selzner

Please note that this is an expression of interest, NOT a confirmed workshop registration. Should the workshop move forward, spots will be limited and offered to those who expressed interest during registration. If this workshop becomes available, the organizers will reach out to interested delegates with an official invitation to confirm their participation. This workshop WILL NOT have any additional cost associated beyond registration fees. 

Moderated by Aldo Montano-Loza

• IgG4 hepatobiliry and biliary disease with Emma Culver 
• New treatments for PBC with Gideon Hirschfield
• Current status of treatment for PSC with Palak Trivedi 
• Gaps of treatment and diagnosis in autoimmune hepatitis with Ye Htun Oo
• Gut liver axis in PSC with Palak Trivedi 

Moderated by Orlee Guttman

• Interventional Radiology and the Hepatic Mass with Antonio Hernandez Villegas

Moderated by Tasha Kulai and Fernanda Onofrio

• ALD pharmacotherapy: targeting inflammation, gut-liver signaling and fibrosis with Suthat Liangpunsakul
• Sex, hormones and susceptibility: understanding why women are developing ALD faster with Jennifer Flemming
• Liver Transplantation for ALD: navigating controversy, complexity, and change with Nazia Selzner
• Turning evidence into action: alcohol policy and its implications on liver health with Juan Pablo Arab
• Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease: Transforming Lived Experience into Liver Health Advocacy with Vanessa Wojtala

Moderated by Angela Crawley and Adam Gehring

• Treg biology in chronic autoimmune liver disease with Ye Htun Oo

Moderated by

• Introduction / Launch of Canadian Hepatitis B Peer Support Group with Colina Yim and Hin Hin Ko
• How to advance research in Gender / Diverse Minorities with Devan Nambiar
• Research and connection with Indigenous communities with Kate Dunn
• Panel on Building CASL and AASLD joint community advocacy with Tzu-Hao (Howard) Lee

Moderated by Erin Kelly

• Trends in Alcohol Hepatitis with Juan Pablo Arab 
• Universal Infant Vaccination for HBV with Carla Coffin
• Obesity in Children with Mohit Kehar
• Public Health and MASLD/MASH with Giada Sebastiani