2025 Maud Menten Institute HQP Summit

2025 MMI SUMMIT TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

Friday, July 11th

• 4:00-5:00 PM  Meet at covered area in Emily Murphy Park (Registration table)
• 5:00-6:30 PM BBQ in Emily Murphy Park
• 6:30-8:30 PM Ice-breaker activities “speed dating” & games 

Saturday, July 12th

• 8:00 am - Registration table (leftover name tags)
• 8:30 AM - Working Groups all together for intro & orientation (CAB 239)
• 9:00 AM – intro talk – 1 minute presentation of poster (split by WG)
• 9:30-10:30 AM – poster session per WG
• 10:30 AM - Coffee break
• 11:00 AM - Session with the three groups (activity based on the suggestions from the individual groups) (CAB 239, 269 & 273)
  • Reading a scientific paper (Run by HDM working group Clotilde, Ghazale) – Speaker - Micheal Li (UAlberta)
  • Grant proposal writing (someone with experience on a review panel Maria, Esha) (Run by EEF working group) – Speaker - Troy Day (Queen’s)
  • Career advice (Run by QMP working group Dominik, Konstantinos, Negar) – Carlos Contreras (ATB, Edmonton), Valeria Giunta (Swansea), Konstantinos (Washington)
• 12:15-12:30 PM – Group comes back together for overview (CAB 239)
• 12:30-1:30 PM - Lunch
• 2:00-4:00 PM - Hike
• 5:00 PM - Faculty Club (dinner 6:15 to 9:00 pm)
• 5:00–6:00 pm - 2024 Accelerator Award Recipients – Short talks at Faculty Club before dinner (cash bar)
• 6:15 PM - Dinner
   

Sunday, July 13th

• 8:30-10:15 AM - EDI session with Lisa Willis (CCIS 1-140)
• 10:15-10:30 AM – MMI Closing remarks
• 10:30 AM – Coffee break
• 10:30 to 11:30 AM - Poster session (all together)
• 11:30-5:30 PM – Stacey Smith · Early Career Workshop – Joint with SMB (CCIS 1-140)
  • 1:00 PM - LUNCH
  • Continuation of Stacey Smith · Early Career Workshop
  • 3:30 PM – Coffee break
  • Continuation of Stacey Smith · Early Career Workshop