2023 National Lymphedema Conference Program Schedule

2023 NATIONAL

LYMPHEDEMA CONFERENCE Moving Forward Together

NOVEMBER 3-4 TORONTO, ON

PROGRAM SCHEDULE October 12 Final Program

CONFERENCE PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Friday, November 3 Start Time

End Target Time Audience

Session or Topic

Speaker(s) / Presenter(s)

Room

7:00

8:00 All

Registration, Poster Hall, Networking

N/A

Exhibit Hall

8:00

9:00 Professionals

Unity in Compression: Advancing Together for a Brighter Future Sophia White

Salon D

9:15

10:15 Professionals

Moving Forward Together - IPC and Self-Management

Erik Küppers

Salon E

10:00 11:00 Patients

Workshop: Aqua lymphatic therapy for upper body

Marie-Ève Letellier, Marize Ibrahim

Pool

Patients

Workshop: Yin yoga for lymphedema for lower body

Tracy Gardikiotis, Maja Kralovcova

Forum 3

Optimizing Outcomes in Lymphedema Management: An Evidence-Based Approach to Treatment and Care

Jennifer Ball

Salon D

Workshop: Aqua lymphatic therapy for lower body

Marie-Ève Letellier, Marize Ibrahim

Pool

Workshop: Yin yoga for lymphedema for upper body

Tracy Gardikiotis, Maja Kralovcova

Forum 3

10:30 11:30 Professionals

Sponsored Session with Essity

Sponsored Session with Bauerfeind Pre-registration required Pre-registration required

Sponsored Session with 3M

11:30 12:30 Patients Patients

Pre-registration required Pre-registration required

11:45 12:45 Professionals

Unity in Compression: Advancing Together for a Brighter Future Kim Gladman

Salon E

1:00

2:45 Lunch Keynote Open to All

Why Weight? What you need to know about the Canadian Adult Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines

Dr. Denise Campbell-Scherer

Grand Ballroom

3:00

4:00 Open to All

Discoveries in genetics and primary lymphedema

Catherine McCuaig

Salon ABC

Open to All

Lymphedema prospective surveillance and risk reduction

Shirin Shallwani

Salon D

Open to All

Wounds and lymphedema: prevalence and management

David Keast

Salon E

Open to All

How does lymphedema and its care impact body image and sexuality?

Moderator: Marie-Ève Letellier Sandra Rotholc, Anna Towers

Dixon

Patients

Lymphedema: learning to take care

Anna Kennedy, Jean Ann Ryan

Forum 3

Sponsored Session with Juzo

4:00

4:30 All

Break for refreshments, Exhibit Hall, Poster Hall, Networking

N/A

Exhibit Hall

4:30

6:00 Professionals

New ILA recommendations for diagnosis of lipedema

Anna Towers

Salon ABC

Open to All

Best care for the feet when you have lymphedema

Maryse Beaumier Audrey Wall

Salon D

Open to All

Skin changes in lymphedema and risk reduction

Catherine McCuaig

Salon E

Elizabeth Anderson

Dixon

Open to All Oral Abstracts

Patients

6:00

8:00 All

2023 NATIONAL LYMPHEDEMA CONFERENCE Moving Forward Together

NOVEMBER 3-4 TORONTO, ON

1. Experience of Lymphedema and Fatigue in Breast Cancer Survivors Diagnosed with COVID-19 2. Independent prospective follow-up of lymphedema patients who have undergone lymphatic surgeries 3. Management of lymphedema related to head and neck cancer

Marie-Ève Letellier Marize Ibrahim

What I have learned: patient-to-patient advice Interactive workshop for patients

Facilitator: Lori Radke Catharine Bowman Heather Watt

Forum 3

Welcome Reception, co-hosted by the CLF and Bauerfeind

Networking and hors d'oeuvres

Ballroom Foyer

Have a great evening...

See you Saturday monring!

CONFERENCE PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Saturday, November 4 Start Time

End Target Time Audience

Session or Topic

Speaker(s) / Presenter(s)

Room

7:00

8:00 All

Registration, Exhibit Hall, Poster Hall, Networking

N/A

Exhibit Hall

8:00

10:00 Plenary Keynote Open to All

Motivating patients to make meaningful and sustainable health behaviour changes with relationship-centered care

Dr. Céline Koryzma

Grand Ballroom

10:00 10:30 All

Break for Exhibit Hall, Poster Hall, Networking

N/A

Exhibit Hall

10:30 12:00 Open to All

Surgical management of lymphedema Panel Presentation with Dr. Siba Haykal, Dr. Claire Temple-Oberle Dr. Benoît Cartier, Dr. Andrew Simpson

Moderator: Siba Haykal with Surgeons Panel

Salon ABCD

Professionals Oral Abstracts Open to All

Workshop: The 5As Team approach to holistic obesity assessment Denise Campbell-Scherer and management Melanie Heatherington 1. Evaluating radiotherapy-induced circulating cytokine levels as Jennifer Kwan predictors of lymphedema risk 2. Improving Lymphedema Care: Advantages of a Lymphedema Georgina Cama Lee Database 3. Establishment of a Biobank of secondary lymphedema patients at the Nirav Patel University of Alberta: Success and Challenges.

Salon E Dixon

Compression Fitters Only

Fitters’ Forum: an interactive, roundtable discussion for Facilitators: Fitting Team compression garment fitters Pre-registration required Diamond Athletic

Forum 3

Professionals

Workshop: Aqua lymphatic therapy - introduction for therapists

Marie-Ève Letellier Marize Ibrahim

Pool

Pre-registration required

12:00

1:30 All All

Break for lunch, Exhibit Hall, Poster Hall, Networking Meet & Greet with the Lymphedema Association of Ontario

N/A LAO Representatives

Exhibit Hall Salon ABC

1:30

2:30 Open to All

International perspectives in lymphedema

David Keast

Salon ABC

The importance and challenges of compression therapy in adults and children with lymphedema.

Nele Devoogdt

Salon D

Professionals

How should we treat palliative cancer patients who have uncontrolled edema?

Anna Towers

Salon E

Patients

Staying active with lymphedema: Let’s get moving! Let’s get pumping!

Marize Ibrahim Angela Yung

Dixon

Professional

Patients Count: Development of a patient registry for Canada

Roundtable, led by Spencer Gibson

Forum 3

Pre-registration required

Open to All with support from

2:30

2:45 All

15-minute stretch break

N/A

2:45

3:45 Open to All

Workshop: Overcoming barriers to body acceptance and health behaviour change through mindfulness and self-compassion.

Céline Koryzma

Salon ABCD

PAD best practice assessment for lower limbs with lymphedema

Maryse Beaumier

Salon E

Professionals Oral Abstracts Open to All

1. Enhancing Cancer Associated Lymphedema Care at the Princess Trish Blinn Margaret Cancer Centre (PMCC) Through Improved Cellulitis 2. The Impact of Lymphatic Venous Anastomosis as a Treatment for Catharine Bowman Upper and Lower Limb Lymphedema: A Qualitative Interim Analysis 3. A Core Outcome Set for Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema: A Delphi Elizabeth Anderson Consensus Study

3:45

4:00 All

15-minute stretch break, refreshments served.

4:00

5:30 Closing Plenary Open to All

Patient voices: what patients have told us today Patient Panel Panel Q&A with our speakers Speaker Panel Poster and door prizes awarded; Closing remarks, announcements CLF Representatives

2023 NATIONAL LYMPHEDEMA CONFERENCE Moving Forward Together

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See you in 2025!

NOVEMBER 3-4 TORONTO, ON

Dixon

Don't forget to turn clocks back this evening!

Grand Ballroom

CONFERENCE FLOOR PLAN OVERVIEW Registration and Help Desk open 7:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. each day

Toronto Airport Marriott Hotel 901 Dixon Rd, Toronto, ON M9W 1J5