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2025 T-CAIREM Conference: Agenda

Friday, November 14, 2025

Location: Marriott Downtown at CF Toronto Eaton Centre
525 Bay Street Toronto, ON M5G 2L2 (Google Map)
Hours: 7am to 6pm ET


Time  •   Agenda Item


7am - 8am • Registration, Continental Breakfast, and Poster Set-Up • Lower Level, Convention Floor


8am to 8:10am • Opening Address from the Co-chairs • Grand Ballroom
• Conference Co-Chair: Muhammad Mamdani (T-CAIREM Director)
• Conference Co-Chair: Mamatha Bhat (T-CAIREM Partnerships & Engagement Lead)


8:10am - 9am • Keynote Address • Grand Ballroom
• Moderator: Muhammad Mamdani (T-CAIREM Director)
• Keynote Speaker: Vivek Natarajan (Research Scientist, Google DeepMind) 
Presentation Title: Advancing science and medicine with AI physician-scientists


9am - 9:45am • Generative AI Healthcare Tools: Use Cases Presentation • Grand Ballroom
• Moderator: Mamatha Bhat (T-CAIREM Partnerships & Engagement Lead)
• Panelist: Justin Scaini (Group Head & Executive Vice President, Strategy, Innovation and Transformation, Kids Help Phone) 
• Panelist: David Rosenstein (Physician, Michael Garron Hospital) 
• Panelist: Shauna Watson (Liver Transplant Clinical Nurse Coordinator, Toronto General Hospital)


9:45am - 10am
• Networking Break • Lower Level, Convention Floor
Poster Viewing • Trinity Ballroom


10am - 11am • T-CAIREM in partnership with Schwartz Reisman Institute present: Security, Legal and Ethical Considerations for LLM Technologies  • Grand Ballroom
• Moderator: Jennifer Gibson (Director, University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics)
• Keynote Speaker: Bruce Schneier (Public Interest Technologist, Harvard Kennedy School)
Panelist: James Ehiagwina (Youth Representative, Kids Help Phone)
• Panelist: Justin Scaini (Group Head & Executive Vice President, Strategy, Innovation and Transformation, Kids Help Phone)
Panelist: Mary Jane Dykeman (Partner, INQ Law)
Panelist:  Nicole Kozloff (Psychiatrist, Slaight Centre Early Intervention Service and Director, CAMH)


11am - 11:15am • Transition to Breakout Rooms


11:15am - 12:15pm • Trainee Presentations •  Various Breakout Rooms
• Grand Ballroom - 10 min. Presentations
• York Room A - 5 min. Presentations
• York Room B - 5 min. Presentations
• Bay Room - 3 min. Presentations
• Simcoe Room - 3 min. Presentations


12:15pm - 1:15pm
• Networking Lunch • Lower Level, Convention Floor
Poster Viewing • Trinity Ballroom


1:15pm - 2pm • Keynote Address • Grand Ballroom 
• Moderator: Anna Goldenberg  (T-CAIREM Research Co-Lead)
• Keynote Speaker: Michael Liut (Assistant Professor, Computer Science, University of Toronto - Mississauga)
Presentation Title: From Small to Large: Harnessing Language Models for the Future of Medical Education


2pm - 3pm • Debate: AI will begin to replace some doctors within the next 5-10 years.
• Moderator:  Devin Singh 
(Staff Physician & Co-Lead Clinical AI in Medicine at SickKids)
• Yes Side: Alejandro Berlin (Clinician Scientist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre)
• Yes Side: Steve Wolinsky (Patient Partner, North York General Hospital)
• No Side: Heather Ross (Head, Division of Cardiology, University Health Network) 
• No Side: Kristian Stephens (Patient Partner, University Health Network) 


3:00pm - 3:15pm
• Networking Break • Lower Level, Convention Floor
Poster Viewing • Trinity Ballroom


3:15pm - 4:15pm • Shark Tank • Grand Ballroom
Moderator: Muhammad Mamdani (T-CAIREM Director)
Start-Ups
• SaraaSits, Presenter: Rezwana Rahman
• Pippen AI, Presenter: Amjed Kadhim-Saleh
• MedPass, Presenter: Hamza Mahboob
• NeuroAI: AI-driven developmental care, Presenter: Rageen Rajendram
• Mandel Diagnostics, Presenter: Connor Kapahi


4:15pm - 4:30pm • Closing Remarks from Conference Co-Chairs • Grand Ballroom
Muhammad Mamdani (T-CAIREM Director)
Mamatha Bhat (T-CAIREM Partnerships & Engagement Lead)


4:30pm - 6pm 
• Networking Reception • Lower Level, Convention Floor
Poster Viewing • Trinity Ballroom