Agenda at a Glance Ottawa NMD 2025

THURSDAY September 11

3:00‐5:00 Conference Check-In and Poster Board Set Up Ballroom Foyer
5:00 Opening Remarks
 Ballroom
5:10‐6:30 Keynote Session
 Ballroom
6:30‐8:00 Welcome Reception Laurier Room

FRIDAY September 12

7:15‐8:00 Breakfast / Poster Viewing Ballroom Foyer
Early Morning Session
8:00‐10:00 		Session 1 Joint Session: Transformative Technologies in Neuromuscular Disorders
 Ballroom
Break
10:00‐10:30 		Coffee Break Drawing Room
Late Morning Session
10:30‐12:00 		Session 2A Clinical: Motor Neuron Disease Pathogenesis and Treatment
 Laurier Room
Late Morning Session
10:30‐12:00 		Session 2B Basic: Advances in Muscle Stem Cells and Development
 Ballroom
Lunch Break
12:00‐1:30 		Poster Viewing and Lunch Drawing Room
1:00-1:30 Flash Talk Presentations
 Ballroom
Early Afternoon Session
1:30‐3:00 		Session 3A Clinical: Muscular Dystrophies - Treatments and Pathogenesis
 Laurier Room
Early Afternoon Session
1:30‐3:00 		Session 3B Basic: Challenges and Opportunities in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
 Ballroom
Poster Session
3:00‐4:00 		Poster Session (Odd Numbers) - Coffee/Snacks Drawing Room
Late Afternoon Session
4:00‐5:30 		Session 4A Clinical: Myasthenia Gravis and Neuromuscular Junction Disorders
 Laurier Room
Late Afternoon Session
4:00‐5:30 		Session 4B Basic: Muscle Disease Pathogenesis and Treatment
 Ballroom
5:30‐7:00 Informal Poster Viewing and Cocktail / Networking Reception Drawing Room

SATURDAY September 13

7:15‐8:00 Breakfast / Poster Viewing Drawing Room
Early Morning Session
8:00‐9:30 		Session 5A Clinical: Imaging and Genomics in Neuromuscular disease
 Laurier Room
Early Morning Session
8:00‐9:30 		Session 5B Basic: Translational Research in Spinal Muscular Atrophy
 Ballroom
Poster Session
9:30‐10:30 		Poster Session (Even Numbers) - Coffee/Snacks Drawing Room
Late Morning Session
10:30‐12:00 		Session 6A Clinical: Advances in Autoimmune and Genetic Myopathies
 Laurier Room
Late Morning Session
10:30‐12:00 		Session 6B Basic: Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Muscle Disease
 Ballroom
Lunch Break
12:00‐1:30 		Lunch Break / Poster Viewing Drawing Room
1:00-1:30 Flash Talk Presentations
 Ballroom
Early Afternoon Session
1:30‐3:00 		Session 7A Clinical: Advances in Clinical Autoimmune and Genetic Neuropathies
 Laurier Room
Early Afternoon Session
1:30‐3:00 		Session 7B Basic: Molecular Insights into Myopathies
 Ballroom
Break
3:00‐3:30 		Coffee Break Drawing Room
Late Afternoon Session
3:30‐5:00 		Session 8 Joint Session - Future Directions in Neuromuscular Disease Research
 Ballroom
5:00 Closing Remarks
 Ballroom