2026 PROGRAM AGENDA

Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning
(2nd Floor Gallery & Auditorium)
686 Bay Street
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 0A4

Thursday, September 24, 2026

3:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.

Registration &
badge pick-up open

Gallery (2nd Floor)

Registration is also offered on Friday starting at 7:00 a.m.

Friday, September 25, 2026

7:00 a.m. onwards

Buffet breakfast & registration

Gallery (2nd Floor)

7:15 a.m.–8:15 a.m.

Breakfast: Meet the Experts Roundtable

Gallery (2nd Floor)

In-person attendees only

Complement and Hematology

Regis Peffault de Latour

Satheesh Chonat

Katerina Pavenski

Complement and the Kidney

Valetina Bruno

Anne-Laure Lapeyraque 

Jocelyn Garland

 

Complement and Secondary TMAs

Sonata Jodele

 Sjoerd Timmermans

Josh Thurman

Chia Wei Teoh

8:30 a.m.–8:45 a.m.

Welcome address

Christoph Licht

Chris Patriquin

Complement & Hematology

8:45 a.m.–9:05 a.m.

CAPS

Shruti Chaturvedi

9:05 a.m.–9:25 a.m.

Complement in Sickle Cell Disease

Satheesh Chonat

9:25 a.m.–9:45 a.m.

HSCT TMA

Sonata Jodele

9:45 a.m.–10:05 a.m.

New treatments in PNH

Regis Peffault de Latour

10:05 a.m.–10:35 a.m.

Panel Discussion

All

10:35 a.m.–11:05 a.m.

Coffee break & networking

Gallery (2nd Floor)

Complement & Nephrology

11:05 a.m.–11:25 a.m.

Renal limited TMA

Sjoerd Timmermans

11:25 a.m.–11:45 a.m.

Complement and podocytes

Valentina Bruno

11:45 a.m.–12:05 p.m.

New treatments in C3G/IC-MPGN

Anne-Laure Lapeyraque

12:05 p.m.–12:25 p.m.

Complement + IgAN

Kevin Yau

12:25 p.m.–12:55 p.m.

Panel Discussion

All

12:55 p.m.–1:55 p.m.

Lunch break & networking

Gallery (2nd Floor)

Fellow Committee Sessions

1:55 p.m.–3:45 p.m.

  • Patient perspectives and unmet needs in complement care
  • Training gaps and the Toronto complement fellowship model
  • Fellows’ perspectives and the future of complement training

Anu Kaskinen

Priyanka Khandelwal

Valentina Bruno

Audrey Segal

3:45 p.m.–4:15 p.m.

Coffee break & networking

Gallery (2nd Floor)

Young Investigators Forum

4:15 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

Young Investigators Forum

5:00 p.m.–5:05 p.m.

Day 1 closing remarks

Christoph Licht

Chris Patriquin

5:15 p.m.

Group Photo

Gallery Stairs (2nd Floor)

5:15 p.m.–6:15 p.m.

Poster reception
Wine & cheese

Gallery (2nd Floor)

In-person attendees only

Group Dinner

7:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.

Off-site group dinner

Terroni Adelaide
(Private Dining Room: Sala da Pranzo 2nd floor)

In-person attendees only

57 Adelaide Street East
(#57B Entrance - to the left of the main entrance)

Saturday, September 26, 2026

7:00 a.m.

Buffet breakfast served

Gallery (2nd Floor)

7:30 a.m.–8:00 a.m.

Breakfast: Exploring Abstract Posters

Gallery (2nd Floor)

In-person attendees only

This breakfast session is an informal opportunity to meet the abstract authors from Friday's Poster Reception, ask questions and discuss their research further.

8:15 a.m.–8:20 a.m.

"Welcome Back" address

Christoph Licht

Chris Patriquin

Sponsor Symposium

8:20 a.m.–8:40 a.m.

Sponsor Presentations

Hot Topics in Complement

8:40 a.m.–9:05 a.m.

Complement + Solid Organ TX

Chia Wei  Teoh

9:05 a.m.–9:30 a.m.

Complement at the Brain Border: Understanding and Targeting Age-Dependent Neurodegeneration

Valeria Ramaglia

9:30 a.m.–9:55 a.m.

Pregnancy-related TMA

Katerina Pavenski

9:55 a.m.–10:30 a.m.

Panel Discussion

All

10:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m.

Coffee break & networking

Gallery (2nd Floor)

Debate: Should we use biomarkers to guide care of complement-mediated renal diseases?

11:00 a.m.–11:10 p.m.

Yes

Jocelyn Garland

11:10 a.m.–11:20 a.m.

No

Josh Thurman

11:20 a.m.–11:25 a.m.

Rebuttal

Jocelyn Garland

Josh Thurman

11:25 a.m.–11:45 a.m.

Discussion

All

Plenary

11:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m.

Keynote Presentation:
Extracellular vesicles + complement

Robert Myette

12:45 p.m.–1:00 p.m.

Awards & closing remarks

Christoph Licht

Chris Patriquin

1:00 p.m.

Boxed Lunch
Delegate departures

Gallery (2nd Floor)

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