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
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