Technician Workshop Schedule

TIME	SESSION/PRESENTER
7:00 am - 7:50 am	Light Breakfast
8:00 am - 12:00 pm	Cytology for Veterinary Technicians Presented by Drs Daniel Heinrich and Davis Seelig
9:45 am - 10:15 am	BREAK
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	General Session Sponsored Lunch Presentation From prediction to practice: Clinical outcomes, treatment economics, and the evolving role of AI in canine lymphoma care Presented by Dr. Sungwon Lim Sponsored by ImpriMed. Inc.
1:00 pm - 1:15 pm	Conference Welcome & Announcements
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm	Keynote Presentation Overcoming immunotherapy resistance in pancreatic cancer Presented by Dr. Ingunn Stromnes Sponsored by Zoetis
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm	Oncologic and chemotherapeutic emergencies Presented by Dr. Briana Keller
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm	BREAK
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm	Hospice and palliative care for the oncology patient Presented by Dr. Briana Keller
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm	Welcome Reception

TIME	SESSION/PRESENTER
7:50 am - 8:20 am	Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:30 am	Multiple myeloma: Diagnosis and management Presented by Amanda Bracket
9:30 am - 10:00 am	BREAK
10:00 am - 11:00 am	Tumors of the urinary bladder- Urine for a real treat! Presented by Dr. Sam Keepman
11:00 am - 12:00 pm	Attempting to predict unpredictable: A practical guide for canine mast cell tumors Presented by Dr. Brolin Evans
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm	Sponsored Lunch Presentation Hi, It’s Me, I’m the Biomarker, It’s Me Presented by Dr. Mark Byrum Sponsored by Epicur Pharma
1:15 pm - 1:30 pm	Short break
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm	Train smarter, not harder: Designing programs and developing trainers Presented by Jamie Wesolowski
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm	BREAK
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm	Medical improv to bring joy back into communicating with others Presented by Dr. Laura Garrett and Dr. Ruthanne Chun

TIME	SESSION/PRESENTER
7:30 am - 8:00 am	Breakfast
8:00 am - 9:00 am	The belly of the beast: Navigating GI side effects without the ‘Reflex’ prescription Presented by Dr. Matthew Berry
9:00 am - 10:00 am	Role of hematopoietic cell transplantation for the treatment of canine hematologic malignancies. Presented by Dr. Steven Suter
10:00 am - 10:30 am	BREAK
10:30 am - 12:00 pm	Harnessing the immune system to fight cancer Presented by Dr. Matthew Berry
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm	VCS Membership Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm	Guilty as charged: Setting workplace boundaries Presented by Danielle Decormier
2:30 pm - 2:45 pm	BREAK
2:45 pm - 3:45 pm	Histiocytic sarcoma: A comprehensive review Presented by Dr. Megan Mickelson
3:45 pm - 4:45 pm	Team local: How surgery and radiation work together Presented by Dr. Megan Mickelson
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Closing Event at Mill City Museum Co-sponsored by LifePulse Bioscience