2027 AGENDA

Thursday, January 28th, 2027

18:00 – 21:30 Canadian Lung Cancer Conference Opening Dinner
– Pacific Rim Hotel – Star Sapphire Ballroom
Open to Registered Delegates Only

Friday, January 29th, 2027

07:00 – 08:15 Canadian Lung Cancer Conference Breakfast – Emerald Ballroom
08:30 – 08:35 Welcome to the Canadian Lung Cancer Conference – Dr. Barb Melosky (BC)
– Star Sapphire Ballroom AB
08:35 – 08:40 Welcome From CCTG – Dr. Pierre-Olivier Gaudreau (ON)
08:40 – 09:45

 

Medical Oncology Session – Chair: Dr. Barb Melosky (BC)
08:40 – 09:20 Lung Cancer Today and Tomorrow – Dr. Riyaz Shah (UK)
09:20 – 09:30  Canadian Perspective – Dr. Shantanu Banerji (MB)
09:30 – 09:45 Question Period
09:45 – 10:30 Radiation Oncology Session – Chair: Dr. Devin Schellenberg (BC)
09:45 – 10:20 Changing Landscape of Lung Radiotherapy Past, Present, & Future – Prof. Dr. Ben J. Slotman (NL)
10:20 – 10:30  Question Period
10:30 – 10:50 Refreshment Break – Star Sapphire Foyer
10:50 – 11:15 Respirology Main Session – Chair: Dr. Stephen Lam (BC)
10:50 – 11:15 Management of Screen Detected Lung Nodules – Dr. Mat Callister (UK)
11:15 – 11:45 Surgeons Main Session – Chair: Dr. Anna McGuire (BC)
11:15 – 11:40 Presentation TBD – Dr. Andrew Brownlee (USA)
11:40 – 11:45  Question Period
11:45 – 12:00 Patient Journey- Mr. Simon Barsoum, Patient Advocate (QC)
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch – Emerald Ballroom
13:00 – 14:30 Breakout Sessions
13:00 – 14:30 Medical Oncology Session Breakout – Star Sapphire Ballroom AB
Chair- Dr. Marie Helene Denault (QC)
Bispecifics & ADC in Extensive Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer- Dr. Simon Yu (BC)
Bispecifics and ADC in advanced Non Small Cell lung Cancer- Dr. Jenny Ko (BC)
Moving MTAP to the Podium – Dr. Aldea Mihaela (FR)
13:00 – 14:30 Radiation Oncology Session Breakout – Star Sapphire Ballroom C
The Changing Oligo Space- Dr. Jillian Tsai (ON)
13:00 – 14:30 Surgeons & Respiratory Session Breakout – Pearl Room
Dr. Mara Antonoff, (USA)
13:00 – 14:30 Nurses Session Breakout – Topaz Room
13:00 – 14:30 Pathology Breakout – Chair: Dr. Diana Ionescu

 

14:30 – 15:00 Refreshment Break – Star Sapphire Foyer
15:00 – 16:20 The Great Debates – 2027 Re-Boot – Star Sapphire Ballroom A,B
Chairs: Dr. Rosalyn Juergens (ON) & Dr. Geoffrey Liu (ON) 5 min welcome
15:05 – 15:20 Debate 1: Surgeons Debate – Chair: Dr. Anna McGuire (BC)
Robotic Lobectomy: The New Gold Standard or Just Shiny New Hardware?
15:05 – 15:10 Pro robot – Dr. Rahul Nayak (ON)
15:10 – 15:15 Con – Dr. Matthieu Rousseau (QC)
15:15 – 15:20 Voting
15:20 – 15:40 Debate 2: Chair- Dr. Suzana Gilmour (BC)
Fast and HER2-ious: Racing to the Top of the First-Line NSCLC Treatment
15:20 – 15:25 TDxd – Dr. Andrea Fung (AB)
15:25 – 15:30 Sevabertinib – Dr. Yuchen Li (ON)
15:30 – 15:35 Zongertinib – Dr. Nadia Ghazali (AB)
15:35 – 15:40 Voting
15:40 – 15:55 Debate 3: Radiation Oncology Debate: Chair?
Follow the NorthStar. Consolidative Radiation Should be Given in EGFR+ Non-small cell lung cancer (both oligo or not)
15:40 – 15:45 Pro- Following the North Star – Dr. Daniel Moore Freitas Palhares (ON)
15:45 – 15:50 Con- No to Consolidative Radiation – Dr. Alex Louie (ON)
15:50 – 15:55 Voting
15:55 – 16:00 Closure of The Great Debates – 2027 Re-Boot
– Dr. Rosalyn Juergens (ON) & Dr. Geoffrey Liu (ON)
16:00 – 16:10 Life-Time Achievement Award presented by Jonathan Spicer
16:10 – 16:15 Closing Remarks – Dr. Barb Melosky (BC)
18:00 Canadian Lung Cancer Conference Closing Dinner

(For Registered Delegates Only, Please RSVP in Advance)