Conference ProgramSaturday, June 5, 2021 |
| Time | Activity |
| 8:15 am – 8:45 am ET | VIRTUAL NETWORKING |
| 8:50 am - 9:00 am ET | Welcome Remarks Speaker: Dr. Sharadh Sampath, MD, FRCSC |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am ET | PLENARY SESSION: Brain and Obesity |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | Neuroscience of Cognition and Reward Implications for Obesity: The Neuroscience Perspective Speaker: Dr. Roger S. McIntyre, MD, FRCPC |
| 9:20 am - 9:30 am | Question and Answer Period Moderator: Dr. Sanjeev Sockalingam, MD, MHPE, FRCPC |
| 9:30 am - 9:50 am | Neuroscience of Cognition and Reward Implications for Obesity: The Psychological Perspective Speaker: Dr. Michael Vallis, PhD, R. Psych |
| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Question and Answer Period Moderator: Dr. Sanjeev Sockalingam, MD, MHPE, FRCPC |
| 10:00 am - 10:30 am ET | VIRTUAL NETWORKING |
| 10:30 am - 11:30 am ET | PLENARY SESSION: Year In Review |
| 10:30 am - 10:42 am | A Transformative Year and a Disruptive Treatment Speaker: Dr. Jesse Bittman, MD, FRCPC, Dipl. ABOM |
| 10:42 am - 10:54 am | Government Implemented Restrictions on Eating Behaviours and Weight Outcomes in People Who've Had Bariatric Surgery Speaker: Ms. Veronica Kacinik, MSc, RD, PHEc, CDE |
| 10:54 am - 11:08 am | Behavioral and Psychosocial Predictors of Adherence to Dietary Recommendations: One-year Post-bariatric Surgery Speaker: Dr. Susan Wnuk, PhD, C. Psych |
| 11:08 am - 11:20 am | Bariatric Surgery Speaker: Dr. Julie Carro Valdes, MD |
| 11:20 am - 11:30 am | Question and Answer Period Moderator: Dr. Sarah Chapelsky, MD, FRCPC |
| 11:30 am - 12:00 pm ET | PLENARY SESSION: DEBATE: Smoking vs Non-Smoking: Should smokers be allowed to have bariatric surgery? |
| 11:30 am - 11:40 am | Speaker: PRO - Dr. Amy Neville, MDCM, MSc (Epi), FRCSC |
| 11:40 am - 11:50 am | Speaker: CON - Dr. Alfons Pomp, MD, FACS, FRCSC |
| 11:50 am - 11:55 am | Rebuttal |
| 11:55 am - 12:00 pm | Question and Answer Period Moderator: Dr. Pierre Garneau, MD, FRCSC |
| 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm ET | VIRTUAL NETWORKING |
| 12:30 pm - 1:25 pm ET | KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Personalized Pharmacotherapy for Obesity: The Future |
| 12:30 pm - 1:10 pm | Personalized Pharmacotherapy for Obesity: The Future Speaker: Dr. John Wilding, DM, FRCP |
| 1:10 pm - 1:25 pm | Question and Answer Period Moderator: Dr. Judy Shiau, MD, FRCPC, Dipl. ABOM |
| 1:25 pm - 1:30 pm | Mystery Box Draw |
| 1:30 pm ET | Closing Remarks Speaker: Dr. Stephen A. Glazer, MD, FRCPC, FCCP Speaker: Dr. Sharadh Sampath, MD, FRCSC |
