Clinical Trials Conference 2022

Over the course of the past several years CCC has endeavored and made considerable progress in fostering patient and patient group partnerships among stakeholders who have been advocating for their engagement in the clinical trial continuum with the goal of increasing patient access to cancer clinical trials in Canada.
The theme for our 6th Annual Patient-Centered Approach to Clinical Trials Conference is: Disruption and Innovation in Cancer Care. This seminal pan-cancer conference continues to inform clinical trial networks, researchers, industry, and academic trial sponsors, HTA agencies, Health Canada, and national and international cancer patient groups to mention a few.
Opening Remarks and Introductions
Speakers: Anne Marie Wright, President @ ESI & Barry Stein, President & CEO, CCC
Keynote: Patients Take Center Stage
Speaker: Jan Geissler, CEO of Patvocates
A Five Year Retrospective
Barry Stein, President & CEO, CCC - Dr. Stéphanie Michaud, President and CEO @ BioCanRx - Dr. Winson Cheung, GI Medical Oncologist, Chair and Provincial Director of the Health Services Research Program @ Cancer Control Alberta - Michael Duong, Ph.D, Head of Innovation, Hoffmann-La Roche - Stephen Sundquist, Executive Director, 3CTN
Patients Take Center Stage - Gordon's Story Part 1
Speaker: Gordon Levine, Patient Advocate
Patients Take Center Stage - Gordon's Story Part 2
Speaker: Gordon Levine, Patient Advocate
Pharmaceutical Developments – What’s in Play?
Speaker: Dr. Sonny Kohli, VP, Medical & Regulatory Affairs, Roche Pharma Canada
Academic Developments – Where is the Research Going?
Speakers: Dr. Denis-Claude Roy, hematologist and professor in the Department of Medicine at the Université de Montréal - Dr. John Bell, Ph.D. FRSC, FCAHS Senior Scientist, Center for Innovative Cancer Research, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Professor, Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry, Microbiology & Immunology, University of Ottawa - Dr. Robert Holt, Distinguished Scientist, Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Research Institute Scientific Co-Director, BC Cancer Immunotherapy Program Professor of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia - Dr. Stéphanie Michaud, President and CEO @ BioCanRx
Beyond the Drug Innovation
Speakers: Dr. Andrea Cercek, Medical Oncologist, specializing in the treatment of GI cancers - Dr. Rebecca Auer, Scientific Director for the Cancer Therapeutics Program at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
HTA Landscape: Time to Commit to a Process to Re Evaluate Onco Drugs
Speakers: Dr. Sandeep Sehdev, medical oncologist, Ottawa Hospital Cancer Center - Alexandra Chambers, Manager, National Oncology Policy, Novartis Oncology
CADTH and INESSS and the future of HTA Processes
Speakers: Amanda Allard, Ph.D, Director of Pharmaceutical Reviews, CADTH - Sylvie Bouchard, Director of Drug Evaluation and Technology Assessment for Reimbursement Institut national d'excellence en santé et en services sociaux (INESSS)
Closing Remarks
Speaker: Barry Stein, President & CEO, CCC
Welcome and Highlights from Day 1
Speakers: Barry Stein, President & CEO, Colorectal Cancer Canada - Anne Marie Wright, President @ ESI
Keynote: The Next Disruptor of Clinical Trials Is Not Coming from Silicon Valley
Speaker: Craig Lipset, Managing Partner, Clinical Innovation Partners Co-Chair, Decentralized Trials & Research Alliance Adjunct Assistant Professor, Rutgers University Vice President, Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research Vice Chair, MedStar Health Research Institute
Introduction to the new ClinicalTrials.gov site
Speaker: Christina Robinson, MA, Product Owner, ClinicalTrials.gov Beta, National Library of Medicine
Patients Take Center Stage - Jason's Story Part 1
Speaker: Jason Abramovitch, Patient Advocate
Patients Take Center Stage - Jason's Story Part 2
Speaker: Jason Abramovitch, Patient Advocate
Innovation in Study Designs and Types of Trials
Speakers: Ritu Malhotra, Ph.D, Lead Clinical Scientist, Product Development Oncology Officer, Genentech - Taras Carpiac, Executive Director, Innovation & Process Improvement, Amgen
Innovation in Types of Data and Data Collection
Speakers: Alan J. Forster, Executive Vice President, Chief Innovation and Quality Officer at the Ottawa Hospital - Eric Sutherland, head of the Pan-Canadian Health Data Strategy - Michael Duong, Ph.D, Head of Innovation, Hoffmann-La Roche
AI in Pathology: Current Innovations and Future Visions
Speakers: Cristin Taylor, Director of Clinical Science, PathAI - Dr. David S. Klimstra, Founder and Chief Medical Officer, PaigeAI- Dr. Joe Oakley, Medical Director of Biomarker Development, PaigeAI -Dr. Mike Montalto, Chief Scientific Officer, PathAI
Introducing PACT Patient Centered Approach to Clinical Trials
Speakers: Barry Stein, President & CEO, CCC - Martine Elias, Executive Director, Myeloma Canada - Stephen Sundquist, Executive Director, 3CTN
Closing Remarks Day 2
Speaker: Barry Stein, President & CEO, CCC