Friday May 12, 2017 

JOINT PLENARY: ADVANCED HF PART I: EARLY RECOGNTION, PREVENTION AND REFERRAL 

What Is Advanced Heart Failure and Is It On the Rise? 
Mandeep Mehra, MD 

The Latest on Acute Heart Failure 
Nadia Giannetti, MD 

How Can We Help People With Diabetes Prevent Chronic and Acute Heart Failure? 
Michel Komajda, MD 

PLENARY Q&A

CHFS CLINICAL WORKSHOPS I 

Managing HFpEF
Sean A. Virani, MD

CCS Heart Failure Guidelines Reload 
Kim A. Connelly, MBBS, PhD; Serge Lepage, MD; Elizabeth Swiggum, MD

The Who, What, Why & How of Advocacy for Heart Failure Patients 
Jillianne Code, PhD

TED ROGERS CENTRE SCIENTIFIC SESSION: TARGETING REGENERATIVE MEDICINE

Translating Human Development to New Therapies with Pluripotent Stem Cells 
Gordon Keller, PhD  

Injectable Biomaterial for Treating MI and Heart Failure 
Karen Christman, PhD 

Cardiac Patterning in Zebrafish: Signaling Pathways that Establish and Reinforce Cardiac Cell Fats 
Deborah Yelon, PhD

JOINT PLENARY: ADVANCED HF PART II: INTERVENTIONS & RECOVERY 

Down the Rabbit Hole of Mechanical Circulatory Support 
Mitesh V. Badiwala, MD, PhD  

Recovery - From the Myocardium to Patient Quality of Life  
Josef Stehlik, MD   

Heart Failure and Atrial Firbrillation: Chicken or Egg? 
Justin A. Ezekowitz, MB Bch 

Plenary Q&A 

CHFS CLINICAL WORKSHOPS II 

Goals of Care and Advanced Heart Failure Symptom Management 
Catherine Demers, MD 

E-Health: Taking Advantage of Technology 
Joseph Cafazzo, PhD; Nadia Thomson, NP 

How to Use Biomarkers for Your Heart Failure Patients  
Gordon W. Moe, MD 

TED ROGERS CENTRE SCIENTIFIC SESSION: TARGETING INFLAMMATION  

Inflammation in Secondary Prevention: What will CIRT and CANTOS Tell Us? 
Subodh Verma, MD, PhD  

Resveratrol in Heart Failure: An Anti-Inflammatory Effect? 
Jsaon Dyck, PhD

The Original Biologic Cardiovascular Therapy? Influenza Vaccination for Secondary Prevention 
Jacod Udell, MD 

Saturday May 13, 2017 

JOINT PLENARY 

Practical Integration of Genetics in the Management of Heary Failure  
Calum MacRae, MD, PhD

CHFS PLENARY: THE MANY CONSIDERATIONS OF COMPLEX HF CARE 

HFpEF: Mythbuster 
Scott D. Solomon, MD 

Managing Heart Failuire Patients with Rebal Disease and Anemia 
Eileebn O'Meara, MD 

Clips, Sparks and Implantable Monitors for Heart Failure 
Anique Ducharme, MD 

Plenary Q&A 

TED ROGERS SCIENTIFIC SESSION: EMERGING HF RESEARCH 

Clinical Innovation: Embryonic Macrophages are Maintained in the Aged Heart and are Required for Repair 
Sarah Dick, PhD

Technology Innovation: Neurogenic Limitation to Exercise in Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction 
Daniel Keir, PhD  

Discovery Science: Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibodies to Detect and Halt ATTR Cardiac Amyloidosis and Neuropathy 
Natalie Galant, PhD

CHFS CLINICAL WORKSHOPS III 

Is This Recovered Heart Failure? 
Jonathan Howlett, MD; Josef Stehlik, MD 

Unusual and Interesting Heart Failure Cases 
Carolina Alba, MD; Karen Harkness, RNn PhD 

Expanding Knowledge and Awareness in Time for the Oncoming HF Tsunami 
Stephanie Poon, MD; Shelley Zieroth, MD 

TED ROGERS CENTRE SCIENTIFIC SESSION: INNOVATION AWARDS 

Analysis of Novel Regulators of Cardiac Function in Cardiomyocytes and Zebrafish Models 
Ian Scott, PhD; Anthony Gramolini, PhD 

Development of a Novel Device for Treatment of Failing Fontan Circulation 
Osami Honjo, MD 

Multifactorial Immune Cell Based Development of Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy 
Xavier Clemente-Casares, PhD

CHFS PLENARY: RIGHT HEART FAILURE 

Evaluation and Management of Chronic Right Heart Failure 
Lisa Mielniczuk, MD 

Imaging of the Right Ventricle 
Nowell M. Fine, MD 

When Should You Operate on the Right Ventricle 
Vivek Rao, MD, PhD 

PLENARY Q&A 

TED ROGERS CENTRE SCIENTIFIC SESSION: TARGETING FIBROSIS 

Therapeutic Targeting of Organ Fibrosis 
Burns Blaxall, PhD 

Novel Approaches to Target Myocardial Inflammation and Fibrosis 
Shoumo Bhattacharya, MD 

Cardiac Fibrosis: Letting the "KAT" Out of the HAT is "SirT1"ainly NOT a Good Idea 
Kim A. Connelly, MBBs, PhD

DEBATES 

Be It Reseolved that all Patients with Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation Should be Cardioverted at Least Once  
Hisham Dokainish, MD vs Anil Gupta, MD 

Q&A Session  

CPAP to Treat Obstructive Sleep Apnea Provides Cardiovascular Benefit 
Douglas Bradley, MD vs John S. Floras, MD, PhD 

Q&A Session