Preliminary Program

Friday, September 18, 2026
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Opening Keynote

 

Featuring 

  • Opening Remarks with Sahar Saeed and Jennifer Flemming
  • Keynote Presentation on From ‘Best Buys’ to ‘Right Now’: Global Policy Levers for Liver Health with Jeffrey Lazarus
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Reception
 
Saturday, September 19, 2026
9:00 AM - 10:20 AM
Session 1: Epidemiology (Causes) & Prevention

The Pro-SLD Environment: Rethinking Causes and Prevention

Featuring

  • From NAFLD to SLD: Precision, Stigma, and Clinical Consequences (Tie to Diabetes/CASL guidelines) with Giada Sebastiani 
  • Alcohol and SLD: Beyond Consumption to Risk Context with Jennifer Flemming
  • Obesity, Metabolism, and the SLD Continuum
  • Food and physical activity and Liver Health: The Hidden Drivers with Chantal Bemeur
  • Q&A /Panel: Prevention at Scale: What Actually Works? with all speakers
10:20 AM - 10:40 AM
Morning Break
 
10:40 AM - 11:40 AM
Session 2: Early Detection/Pathways

Early Detection That Works: From Diagnostics to Systems

Featuring

  • Finding SLD Earlier: From Tools to Real-World Pathways with Nicola Pugliese
  • Why Screening Fails: Implementation barriers in Canadian Care Pathways with Sahar Saeed
  • Task-Shifting in Action: Nurse-Led Models for SLD Care
  • Q&A /Panel: Scaling Detection: What Will It Take? with all speakers
11:40 AM - 11:45 AM
Stretch Break
 
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Session 3: Panel Discussion - Beyond Access: Coming together to define SLD Care for Equity-Deserving Populations

Beyond Access: Coming together to define SLD Care for Equity-Deserving Populations

Featuring 

  • Perspectives from the Fatty Liver Alliance (FLA) with Michael Betel
  • Perspectives from Le Réseau de recherche sur la santé cardiométabolique, le diabète et l’obésité (CMDO) with Fannie Lajeunesse-Trempe
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch Break
 
1:30 PM - 3:05 PM
Session 4: Therapeutic Innovation

The MASH Moment: Therapeutics and the Future of SLD Care

Featuring

  • Metabolic Management: The Endocrinology Perspective on SLD with Vanessa Tardio
  • Pathways for management Hepatology with Alnoor Ramji
  • Frontline SLD Care: The Role of Primary Care with James Kim
  • What’s Coming Next? Inside the MASH Pipeline with Mark Swain
  • Q&A /Panel: Who Should Be Treated—and by Who? with all speakers
3:05 PM - 3:20 PM
Afternoon Break
 
3:20 PM - 4:25 PM
Session 5: No One-Size-Fits-All

SLD Across Sex, Gender, and Life Course

Featuring

  • Women and SLD: Hormones, Risk, and Missed Opportunities
  • Early Life, Lifelong Risk: Pediatric SLD with Mohit Kehar
  • Gender-Diverse Health and SLD: Gaps and Opportunities with Tzu-Hao (Howard) Lee
  • Q&A /Panel: Who are we missing? with all speakers
4:25 PM - 4:30 PM
Closing
 

Additional details including all speaker names and talk titles will be published as the information becomes available.