A variety of Workshops will be offered on Sunday, 13 October from 09:00 - 17:00 and will be held at the Palais des congrès de Montréal.

Each half-day short course will consist of 3 hours of lectures. Fee includes entrance to one short course, one copy of the course material, and coffee breaks. Attendees must choose the workshop(s) they would like to attend at the time of registration as there will be no in and out privileges and material will only be prepared for those who sign up. Early registration is encouraged as seating is limited and registration is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Workshop/Conference Location
159, rue Saint-Antoine Ouest, 9e étage
Montréal, QC H2Z 1H2 CANADA

Morning Workshops (9:00 – 12:00)

Workshop 1: 3D PRINTING FOR MICROFLUIDICS
Rosanne Guijt, Deakin University, AUSTRALIA
Craig Priest, University of South Australia, AUSTRALIA
Bin Guan, University of South Australia, AUSTRALIA

Workshop 2: FRUGAL DIAGNOSTICS: SCIENCE EQUITY FOR GLOBAL HEALTH
Maïwenn Kersaudy-Kerhoas, Heriot-Watt University, UK
Ayokunle Olanrewaju, University of Washington, USA
Jacqueline Linnes, Purdue University, USA
Brian Matovu, Makerere University, Uganda

Workshop 3: ADVANCING MICROELECTRONICS AND FUTURE BIOSENSOR FABRICATION TECHNOLOGIES
Irina Stateikina, C2MI, CANADA
Julien Lemay-Gagne, C2MI, CANADA
Christopher Sansregret, C2MI, CANADA

Workshop 4: MICROFABRICATION-ASSISTED ADVANCEMENTS IN NEUROSCIENCE: NEXT GENERATION ADVANCES IN BIOSENSING, NEURAL TISSUE REPAIR, AND SCREENING TECHNOLOGY
Ashley Ross, University Cincinnati, USA
Alyson Fournier, McGill University, CANADA
Adriana San Miguel, North Carolina State University, USA

Workshop 5: STANDARDIZED APPROACHES TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION OF MICROFLUIDIC PRODUCTS
John Crabtree, HJC Consulting, Inc, CANADA
Darwin Reyes-Hernandez, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), USA
Joseph Farah, Fluigent, FRANCE
Marko Blom, Micronit, NETHERLANDS
Wilfred Buesink, Micronit, NETHERLANDS
Claudia Gärtner, microfluidic ChipShop, GERMANY
Elfi Töpfer, microfluidic ChipShop, GERMANY

Workshop 6: ON CHIP SENSING AND FLUIDIC INTEGRATION FOR ORGAN-ON-CHIP SYSTEMS
Nien-Tsu “Joe” Huang, National Taiwan University, TAIWAN
Ryuji Yokokawa, Kyoto University, JAPAN
Yu-Hsiang Hsu National Taiwan University, TAIWAN
Yi-Chin Toh, Queensland University of Technology, AUSTRALIA

Afternoon Workshops (14:00 – 17:00)

Workshop 7: GLOBAL HEALTH DIAGNOSTICS – AN END USERS PERSPECTIVE
Cédric Yansouni, McGill University and McGill University Health Centre, CANADA
Jesse Papenburg, McGill University Health Centre, CANADA
Momar Ndao, McGill University, CANADA

Workshop 8: TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENTS ON CHIPS: FROM IN VITRO 3D CULTURES TO EX VIVO PATIENT EXPLANTS
Edmond W. K. Young, University of Toronto, CANADA
Marie-Claude Bourgeois-Daigneault, University of Montreal, Canada
Amelie St-Georges-Robillard & Benjamin Péant, muFO Lab, Polytechnique Montreal & CRCHUM, Canada

Workshop 9: AI-ENHANCED SINGLE-CELL DATA ANALYTICS FOR LABEL-FREE CYTOMETRY
Federica Caselli, University of Rome Tor Vergata, ITALY
David Dannhauser, University of Naples, ITALY
Prof. Yaxiaer Yalikun, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan

Workshop 10: REVOLUTIONIZING MICROFLUIDICS: THE POWER OF SMART MATERIALS AND ADAPTIVE SURFACES
Lourdes Basabe-Desmonts, University of the Basque Country, SPAIN
Fernando Benito-Lopez, University of the Basque Country, SPAIN

Workshop 11: HANDS-ON 3D PRINTING FOR MICROFLUIDICS - FULL
David Juncker, McGill University, CANADA
Houda Shafique, McGill University, CANADA
Molly L Shen, McGill University, CANADA
Geunyong Kim, McGill University, CANADA
Justin de Vries, McGill University, CANADA
Yonatan Morocz, McGill University, CANADA

Workshop 12: EXOSOME DIAGNOSTICS AND THERAPEUTICS
Yong Zeng, University of Florida, USA
Mei He, University of Florida, USA

Workshop 13: EVALUATION OF FOOD SAFETY AND QUALITY USING MICROFLUIDIC LAB-ON-A-CHIP
Xiaonan Lu, McGill University, CANADA
Yaxi Hu, Carleton University, CANADA
Yang Lin, University Rhode Island, USA