* All times are based on Canada/Eastern EST.

  • 7:00 AM

    Canada/Eastern

    7:00 AM - 8:00 AM EDT

    Optional: IFPA 5k run

    8:00 AM

    Canada/Eastern

    8:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT

    Registration Desk

    8:30 AM

    Canada/Eastern

    8:30 AM - 9:15 AM EDT
    Grand Salon Opera ABC

    Senior Lecture Award - Estela Bevilacqua

    Chairs: Cathy Vaillancourt & Alicia Damiano Looking for clues to understand the silent dialogue between the mother and the trophoblast

    9:15 AM

    Canada/Eastern

    9:15 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Grand Salon Opera ABC

    Paternal Hot Topic - Sarah Kimmins

    Chairs: Sylvie Girard & John Aplin Paternal exposures alter placenta function leading to disease in offspring

    10:00 AM

    Canada/Eastern

    10:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT

    Morning Break

    10:30 AM

    Canada/Eastern

    3 parallel sessions
    10:30 AM - 12:30 PM EDT
    Grand Salon Opera A

    Parallel Symposium 4-From bench to bedside: clinical translation of basic research findings

    Chairs: Lynda Harris & Line Leduc. Speakers: Natalie Hannan, Samantha Wilson, Timothy Regnault & Lana McClements

    10:30 AM - 12:30 PM EDT
    Grand Salon Opera B

    Parallel Symposium 5-Placenta and other organs communication

    Chairs: Helen Jones & Cheryl Rosenfeld. Speakers: Helen Jones, Sandra Davidge, Cheryl Rosenfeld & Veronique Ferchaud-Roucher. The presentations will be followed by a panel discussion.

    10:30 AM - 12:30 PM EDT
    Grand Salon Opera C

    Parallel Symposium 6-Large animal and placentology

    Chairs: Marc André Sirard & Pascale Chavatte-Palmer. Speakers: Tom Spencer, Pascale Chavatte-Palmer, Leticia Casarotto Trevisan, Cole McCutcheon, Jenna Schmidt, Davis Laundon & Jennifer Schuh.

    12:30 PM

    Canada/Eastern

    12:30 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    Symphonie 1

    Lunch Session Meet the editor's

    Meet the Placenta Editors With Nick Illsley & Gendie Lash - Lunch for the first 50 attendees The Editors of the journal Placenta will present in this session their recommendations for publishing papers successfully in Placenta. What are the Editors looking for? How to best prepare your paper to avoid being rejected before peer review ? How does the peer review process take place in Placenta ? How to best address reviewers’ comments to be published ? Those questions & more will be addressed in the workshop; which will be concluded with a Q&A with the Editors. Join us & ask your questions !

    2:00 PM

    Canada/Eastern

    2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Grand Salon Opera ABC

    New Investigator (NI) award session 3

    Chairs: Benoit Barbeau & Claire Roberts Speakers: Megan Sharps, Emilie Derisoud, Talia Seymore, Julia Grochola & Anastasia Smolina

    3:30 PM

    Canada/Eastern

    3:30 PM - 4:00 PM EDT

    Afternoon Break

    4:00 PM

    Canada/Eastern

    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT

    Regional Meetings (4)

    Placenta Association of Americas (PAA) - Symphonie 1; European Placenta Group (EPG) - Symphonie 2; Australian & New Zealand Placental Research Association (ANZPRA)- Symphonie 3A; Japan Placenta Association (JPA) - Symphonie 3B

    5:00 PM

    Canada/Eastern

    5:00 PM - 7:00 PM EDT
    Soprano ABC

    Poster Session 2

    P2.1-P2.120 + LB.12-LB.22