Friday, April 24, 2026 | 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
LIUNA Station, 360 James St. N., Hamilton, ON

Event Program

Highlight

We’re pleased to welcome this year’s keynote speaker, Dr. Woojin Kim — Chief Strategy Officer & CMIO at HOPPR and Chief Medical Officer at the ACR Data Science Institute and a leader in AI and imaging informatics.

Full Agenda

Schedule Table
Time Session Title Speaker(s)
7:30 am – 8:30 am Registration & Breakfast (provided)
8:30 am – 8:45 am Introduction Conference Chair
Dr. David Koff, FRCPC, FCAR
8:45 am – 9:15 am An Overview of New Resources for Imaging Informatics Career Planning and Best Practices+ Don Dennison, CIIP, FSIIM
9:15 am – 9:45 am Radiology After the Algorithm: Agentic AI and the Rise of Foundation Models+ Brad Genereaux, FSIIM
9:45 am – 10:15 am Break
10:15 am – 10:45 am Managing Evolving Cyber Risk to Patient Care+ Kashif Parvaiz
10:45 am – 11:15 am Unlocking the Potential: The Critical Role of Interoperability in Advancing Digital Pathology Dr. Andrew Evans
11:15 am – 12:00 pm Keynote Session
The Promise and the Pitfalls: Navigating Generative and Agentic AI in Medical Imaging
Luminary Speaker
Dr. Woojin Kim
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch (provided)
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm Vendor-sponsored Talks Session chair
Don Dennison, CIIP, FSIIM
1:45 pm – 2:15 pm Benchmarking Multimodal LLMs (VLMs) in Radiology Dr. George Shih
2:15 pm – 2:45 pm Interoperability Isn't Magic: It's Standards at Work+ Jason Nagels, PMP, CIIP
Bill Wallace
2:45 pm – 3:15 pm Opportunities and the Evolving Provincial Medical Imaging EHR Landscape+ Michelle Leafloor
Phil Griffin
3:15 pm – 3:45 pm Break
3:45 pm – 4:15 pm Leveraging LLMs for Clinical Impact Today Dr. Rajesh Bhayana
4:15 pm – 4:45 pm From Chaos to Care in Conflict Settings+ Dr. Ian Furst, FRCPC
4:45 pm – 5:30 pm Happy Hour
Networking Break w/ Mocktails and Prize Draw
5:30 pm – 5:45 pm Adjournment Conference Chair
Dr. David Koff, FRCPC, FCAR