Navigating the Waters:

Steering Through the MDR Compliance Challenges

2026 CAMDR | ACRDM

Conference Schedule

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Thu Oct 22, 2026

	Day 1
8:30 am	Accreditation Canada 8:30 am - 9:15 am Bannerman Ballroom
8:45 am
9:00 am
9:15 am	Biomed 9:15 am - 10:00 am Bannerman Ballroom
9:30 am
9:45 am
10:00 am	Refreshment Break 10:00 am - 10:15 am
10:15 am	IPAC NL 10:15 am - 11:00 am Speakers: Annmarie Norman and Graham Soper - Session 3 Bannerman Ballroom
10:30 am
10:45 am
11:00 am	Navigating the Challenges of Endoscope Reprocessing: Biofilm Formation and Removal 11:00 am - 11:45 am Speaker: Jonathan Burdach - Session 4 Bannerman Ballroom
11:15 am
11:30 am
11:45 am	Lunch Break 11:45 am - 12:45 pm
12:00 pm
12:15 pm
12:30 pm

	Day 1
8:30 am	Accreditation Canada 8:30 am - 9:15 am Bannerman Ballroom
8:45 am
9:00 am

	Day 1
9:15 am	Biomed 9:15 am - 10:00 am Bannerman Ballroom
9:30 am
9:45 am

	Day 1
10:00 am	Refreshment Break 10:00 am - 10:15 am

	Day 1
10:15 am	IPAC NL 10:15 am - 11:00 am Speakers: Annmarie Norman and Graham Soper - Session 3 Bannerman Ballroom
10:30 am
10:45 am

	Day 1
11:00 am	Navigating the Challenges of Endoscope Reprocessing: Biofilm Formation and Removal 11:00 am - 11:45 am Speaker: Jonathan Burdach - Session 4 Bannerman Ballroom
11:15 am
11:30 am

	Day 1
11:45 am	Lunch Break 11:45 am - 12:45 pm
12:00 pm
12:15 pm
12:30 pm

Day 1

Accreditation Canada
8:30 am - 9:15 am
Bannerman Ballroom
Biomed
9:15 am - 10:00 am
Bannerman Ballroom
Refreshment Break
10:00 am - 10:15 am
IPAC NL
10:15 am - 11:00 am
Speakers: Annmarie Norman and Graham Soper - Session 3 Bannerman Ballroom
Navigating the Challenges of Endoscope Reprocessing: Biofilm Formation and Removal
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Speaker: Jonathan Burdach - Session 4 Bannerman Ballroom
Lunch Break
11:45 am - 12:45 pm

Learning Annexes

	Room 1	Room 2	Room 3
12:30 pm	Annexes 1a 12:45 pm - 1:30 pm Victory 1	Annexes 1b 12:45 pm - 1:30 pm Victory 2	Annexes 1c 12:45 pm - 1:30 pm Victory 3
1:00 pm
1:30 pm	Annexes 2a 1:45 pm - 2:30 pm Victory 1	Annexes 2b 1:45 pm - 2:30 pm Victory 2	Annexes 2c 1:45 pm - 2:30 pm Victory 3
2:00 pm
2:30 pm	Annexes 3a 2:45 pm - 3:30 pm Victory 1	Annexes 3b 2:45 pm - 3:30 pm Victory 2	Annexes 3c 2:45 pm - 3:30 pm Victory 3
3:00 pm
3:30 pm	Annexes 4a 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm Victory 1	Annexes 4b 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm Victory 3	Annexes 4c 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm Victory 3
4:00 pm

Room 1

Annexes 1a
12:45 pm - 1:30 pm
Victory 1
Annexes 2a
1:45 pm - 2:30 pm
Victory 1
Annexes 3a
2:45 pm - 3:30 pm
Victory 1
Annexes 4a
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Victory 1

Room 2

Annexes 1b
12:45 pm - 1:30 pm
Victory 2
Annexes 2b
1:45 pm - 2:30 pm
Victory 2
Annexes 3b
2:45 pm - 3:30 pm
Victory 2
Annexes 4b
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Victory 3

Room 3

Annexes 1c
12:45 pm - 1:30 pm
Victory 3
Annexes 2c
1:45 pm - 2:30 pm
Victory 3
Annexes 3c
2:45 pm - 3:30 pm
Victory 3
Annexes 4c
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Victory 3

	Evening
5:30 pm	President's Reception 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
6:00 pm
6:30 pm

	Evening
5:30 pm	President's Reception 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
6:00 pm
6:30 pm

Evening

President's Reception
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Fri Oct 23, 2026

	Day 2
9:00 am	Breathe to Lead: Emotional Effectiveness in High-Stakes Environments 9:00 am - 10:00 am Speaker: Carina Walsh Bannerman Ballroom
9:30 am
10:00 am	Refreshment Break 10:00 am - 11:00 am Exhibit Hall - Bowring Ballroom
10:30 am
11:00 am	Water quality - Implementing CSA Z314:23: Practical Strategies for Success 11:00 am - 11:45 am Speaker: Matt Bero - Bannerman Ballroom
11:30 am	CSA Approved steam quality for the sterilization process 11:45 am - 12:30 pm Speaker: Shahrooz Hashemian - Bannerman Ballroom
12:00 pm
12:30 pm	Lunch Break 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Exhibit Hall - Bowring Ballroom
1:00 pm
1:30 pm
2:00 pm	Sterile Storage and Transport: The Final and Vital Step in Sterility Assurance 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm Speaker: Michael Matthews - Bannerman Ballroom
2:30 pm	Robotics and Eschar 2:45 pm - 3:30 pm Speaker: Andrea Allen - Bannerman Ballroom
3:00 pm
3:30 pm	Refreshment Break 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Exhibit Hall - Bowring Ballroom
4:00 pm	Unseen but Not Harmless! Emissions in our MDRAs 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm Speaker: Melanie Marshall - Session 9 Bannerman Ballroom
4:30 pm	Free Evening 4:45 pm - 5:00 pm

	Day 2
9:00 am	Breathe to Lead: Emotional Effectiveness in High-Stakes Environments 9:00 am - 10:00 am Speaker: Carina Walsh Bannerman Ballroom
9:30 am

	Day 2
10:00 am	Refreshment Break 10:00 am - 11:00 am Exhibit Hall - Bowring Ballroom
10:30 am
3:30 pm	Refreshment Break 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Exhibit Hall - Bowring Ballroom

	Day 2
11:00 am	Water quality - Implementing CSA Z314:23: Practical Strategies for Success 11:00 am - 11:45 am Speaker: Matt Bero - Bannerman Ballroom
11:30 am

	Day 2
11:30 am	CSA Approved steam quality for the sterilization process 11:45 am - 12:30 pm Speaker: Shahrooz Hashemian - Bannerman Ballroom
12:00 pm

	Day 2
12:30 pm	Lunch Break 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Exhibit Hall - Bowring Ballroom
1:00 pm
1:30 pm

	Day 2
2:00 pm	Sterile Storage and Transport: The Final and Vital Step in Sterility Assurance 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm Speaker: Michael Matthews - Bannerman Ballroom
2:30 pm

	Day 2
2:30 pm	Robotics and Eschar 2:45 pm - 3:30 pm Speaker: Andrea Allen - Bannerman Ballroom
3:00 pm

	Day 2
4:00 pm	Unseen but Not Harmless! Emissions in our MDRAs 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm Speaker: Melanie Marshall - Session 9 Bannerman Ballroom
4:30 pm

	Day 2
4:30 pm	Free Evening 4:45 pm - 5:00 pm

Day 2

Breathe to Lead: Emotional Effectiveness in High-Stakes Environments
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Speaker: Carina Walsh Bannerman Ballroom
Refreshment Break
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Exhibit Hall - Bowring Ballroom
Water quality - Implementing CSA Z314:23: Practical Strategies for Success
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Speaker: Matt Bero - Bannerman Ballroom
CSA Approved steam quality for the sterilization process
11:45 am - 12:30 pm
Speaker: Shahrooz Hashemian - Bannerman Ballroom
Lunch Break
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Exhibit Hall - Bowring Ballroom
Sterile Storage and Transport: The Final and Vital Step in Sterility Assurance
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Speaker: Michael Matthews - Bannerman Ballroom
Robotics and Eschar
2:45 pm - 3:30 pm
Speaker: Andrea Allen - Bannerman Ballroom
Refreshment Break
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Exhibit Hall - Bowring Ballroom
Unseen but Not Harmless! Emissions in our MDRAs
4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
Speaker: Melanie Marshall - Session 9 Bannerman Ballroom
Free Evening
4:45 pm - 5:00 pm

Sat Oct 24, 2026

	Day 3
9:00 am	Recycling (PPE and other hard to recycle products in a medical setting) 9:00 am - 9:45 am Speaker: Keith Nicoll - Session 10 Bannerman Ballroom
9:30 am	Infastrutcure Design 9:45 am - 10:30 am Speaker: Suzanne Rhodenizer - Session 11 Bannerman Ballroom
10:00 am
12:30 pm	Lunch Break 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Exhibit Hall - Bowring Ballroom
1:00 pm
1:30 pm	Rethinking Reprocessing Failure: A Next Generation Approach to Mitigating the Risk 1:30 pm - 2:15 pm Speaker: Daniel Lightfoot - Session 12 Bannerman Ballroom
2:00 pm	How to Build a Business Case to Support Medical Device Reprocessing (MDR) Growth 2:15 pm - 3:00 pm Speaker: Marie Brewer - Session 13 Bannerman Ballroom
2:30 pm
3:00 pm	Refreshment Break 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm Quality Improvement - Patient Perspective "The Other Side" 3:15 pm - 4:00 pm Speaker: Stephanie Mailman-Crouse - Session 12 Bannerman Ballroom
3:30 pm
4:00 pm	Free Time 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm
4:30 pm
5:00 pm
5:30 pm
6:00 pm
6:30 pm	Cocktail Reception 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Exhibit Hall
7:00 pm
7:30 pm	Baquet Dinner & Social 7:30 pm - 11:00 pm
8:00 pm
8:30 pm
9:00 pm
9:30 pm
10:00 pm
10:30 pm

	Day 3
9:00 am	Recycling (PPE and other hard to recycle products in a medical setting) 9:00 am - 9:45 am Speaker: Keith Nicoll - Session 10 Bannerman Ballroom
9:30 am

	Day 3
9:30 am	Infastrutcure Design 9:45 am - 10:30 am Speaker: Suzanne Rhodenizer - Session 11 Bannerman Ballroom
10:00 am

	Day 3
12:30 pm	Lunch Break 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Exhibit Hall - Bowring Ballroom
1:00 pm

	Day 3
1:30 pm	Rethinking Reprocessing Failure: A Next Generation Approach to Mitigating the Risk 1:30 pm - 2:15 pm Speaker: Daniel Lightfoot - Session 12 Bannerman Ballroom
2:00 pm

	Day 3
2:00 pm	How to Build a Business Case to Support Medical Device Reprocessing (MDR) Growth 2:15 pm - 3:00 pm Speaker: Marie Brewer - Session 13 Bannerman Ballroom
2:30 pm

	Day 3
3:00 pm	Refreshment Break 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm

	Day 3
3:00 pm	Quality Improvement - Patient Perspective "The Other Side" 3:15 pm - 4:00 pm Speaker: Stephanie Mailman-Crouse - Session 12 Bannerman Ballroom
3:30 pm

	Day 3
4:00 pm	Free Time 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm
4:30 pm
5:00 pm
5:30 pm
6:00 pm

	Day 3
6:30 pm	Cocktail Reception 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Exhibit Hall
7:00 pm

	Day 3
7:30 pm	Baquet Dinner & Social 7:30 pm - 11:00 pm
8:00 pm
8:30 pm
9:00 pm
9:30 pm
10:00 pm
10:30 pm

Day 3

Recycling (PPE and other hard to recycle products in a medical setting)
9:00 am - 9:45 am
Speaker: Keith Nicoll - Session 10 Bannerman Ballroom
Infastrutcure Design
9:45 am - 10:30 am
Speaker: Suzanne Rhodenizer - Session 11 Bannerman Ballroom
Lunch Break
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Exhibit Hall - Bowring Ballroom
Rethinking Reprocessing Failure: A Next Generation Approach to Mitigating the Risk
1:30 pm - 2:15 pm
Speaker: Daniel Lightfoot - Session 12 Bannerman Ballroom
How to Build a Business Case to Support Medical Device Reprocessing (MDR) Growth
2:15 pm - 3:00 pm
Speaker: Marie Brewer - Session 13 Bannerman Ballroom
Refreshment Break
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Quality Improvement - Patient Perspective "The Other Side"
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm
Speaker: Stephanie Mailman-Crouse - Session 12 Bannerman Ballroom
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Cocktail Reception
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Exhibit Hall
Baquet Dinner & Social
7:30 pm - 11:00 pm

2026 Schedule

Conference Schedule

Thu Oct 22, 2026

Fri Oct 23, 2026

Sat Oct 24, 2026

Thu Oct 22, 2026

Day 1

Learning Annexes

Room 1

Room 2

Room 3

Evening

Fri Oct 23, 2026

Day 2

Sat Oct 24, 2026

Day 3