Enlighten Me: Innovation and leadership in single cell and spatial biology

Breakfast & Registration

Panoramic Insight

Join the Creative Director at Panoramics - A Vision Inc., Dr. Ashleigh Willis, as she walks through the importance of trainees and emerging leaders in the Canadian spatial biology space and highlights how Panoramics - A Vision Inc. is trying to support them.

Enlighten Me - Perspective (Virtual)

Gain valuable insight from world-renowned scientist, Prof. Garry Nolan from the University of Stanford. Prof. Nolan will share his unique perspective and experience in taking ideas from initial concept to innovative inventions that can be commercialized for the benefit of the scientific community.

Break + Networking

Connect and interact with fellow attendees.

Innovation in Spatial and Single Cell Biology

This session will feature speakers who are driving innovation and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in single cell and spatial biology. Stay tuned for the announcement of these exciting scientists.

Postdoctoral Fellow and Early Career Scientist selected talks

Speakers for this session will be chosen from the top abstracts submitted and represent some of the most innovative and impactful work coming from our early career scientist community. These researchers are driving the future of science and discovery. Watch this space for the announcement of these outstanding speakers.

Student lunch

We invite students to join us at our roundtable networking. Pick the brains of leaders from academia and industry while enjoying lunch.

General lunch + networking

Sponsor speaking sessions

Discover the latest advances in single cell and spatial biology technologies from our sponsor highlights. Here you will hear from our featured speakers from the tech industry about how their latest innovations in spatial and single cell technologies are powering scientific breakthroughs.

Student showcase

Celebrate the work of our incredible students as they present their single cell and spatial research.

Break + Networking

Connect and interact with fellow attendees.

Professional skills development: TBC

“Challenge Me”: A Panorama of the future

Breakfast & Registration

Challenge Me - Opinion

We invite you to hear Dr. Morag Park as she delivers an important introductory speech as we brace to step into the future. Dr. Morag is a well respected scientist, who has truly shown us what it means to think above and beyond and sets the stage for our day 3 agenda.

Crossing Boundaries

Dr. Morag Park will host this important session to pick the brains of scientists and dive deep into what it truly means to have meaningful public impact and the challenges that we need to face and ‘cross’ to drive a truly meaningful scientific journey.

Break & Networking

Connect and interact with fellow attendees.

Spatial Frontiers: The road ahead for spatial biology

Engage in a moderated panel discussion which will focus on the future of single cell and spatial biology.

Pioneers in Artificial Intelligence

Hear from the pioneering scientists working at the frontier of artificial intelligence and its uses in the single cell and its spatial field.

General lunch + networking

Sponsor/Exhibitor Scientific Sessions

Discover the latest advances in single cell and spatial biology technologies from our sponsor highlights. Here you will hear from our featured speakers from the tech industry about how their latest innovations in spatial and single cell technologies are powering scientific breakthroughs.

Break & Networking

Connect and interact with fellow attendees.

The Economics of Single Cell and Spatial Biology

In this fireside discussion, a diverse range of stakeholders will discuss the current economic state of single cell and spatial biology research in Canada. This discussion will search for ideas on how we might improve feasibility and access for more researchers across the country.

Closing speech