PROGRAM

08:00 am - 05:00 pm

Registration Opens

Commonwealth Foyer

08:30 am - 11:15 am

New Practitioner Program Workshop *Invite Only*

Harbour Suite (1st Floor)

Harpreet Chana

11:15 am - 11:30 am

Break

Commonwealth Ballroom

11:30 am - 12:45 pm

PANS Annual General Meeting

Commonwealth Ballroom

Allison Bodnar

12:45 pm - 01:00 pm

Conference Welcome

Commonwealth Ballroom

01:00 pm - 02:00 pm

Session 1: Platinum Symposium: GSK — Beyond Anticancer Therapies: Practical Supportive Care in Your Community Practice

Commonwealth Ballroom

Lauren Steeves

02:00 pm - 03:00 pm

Session 2: Academic Detailing – Pharmacotherapy for ADHD in Adults

Commonwealth Ballroom

Kelly MacKinnon

Natasha Rodney-Cail

03:00 pm - 03:30 pm

Trade Show Break

Commonwealth Ballroom (B Side)

03:30 pm - 04:30 pm

Session 3: Nova Scotia Pharmacy Regulator (NSPR) Open Mic

Commonwealth Ballroom

Beverley Zwicker

04:30 pm - 05:30 pm

Session 4: A Prescription for Caution — Protecting the Kidney from Harmful Medications

Commonwealth Ballroom

Jo-Anne Wilson

05:30 pm - 07:00 pm

“Mortar & Mingle” Reception + Trade Show

Commonwealth Ballroom & Foyer

07:00 am - 03:30 pm

Registration Opens

Commonwealth Foyer

07:00 am - 08:00 am

Breakfast

Commonwealth Ballroom

07:50 am - 08:00 am

Conference Welcome

Commonwealth Ballroom

08:00 am - 09:00 am

Session 5: Platinum Symposium: Pfizer — Scope to Impact: Advanced Pharmacist-Led Respiratory Vaccination Strategies for High-Risk Adults

Commonwealth Ballroom

Ajit Johal

09:00 am - 10:00 am

Session 6: Under Pressure — Diagnosis, Management and Updates in Hypertension

Commonwealth Ballroom

Janet MacRae

09:00 am - 10:00 am

Session 7: Optimizing Pharmacy Practice — Full Scope Technicians and Modern Pharmacy Management

Harbour Suite (1st Floor)

Krista Faulkenham

10:00 am - 10:30 am

Trade Show Break

Commonwealth Ballroom (B Side)

10:30 am - 11:30 am

Session 8: Banishing the Pharmacy Burnout – Why “Be More Resilient” Isn’t Always the Answer.

Commonwealth Ballroom

Harpreet Chana

11:30 am - 12:30 pm

Session 9: Platinum Symposium: Mikata Health — Topic TBC

Commonwealth Ballroom

12:30 pm - 01:30 pm

Trade Show & Lunch

Commonwealth Ballroom (B Side)

01:30 pm - 02:30 pm

Session 10: Menopause Care in 2026: Highlights for Pharmacy Professionals

Commonwealth Ballroom

Colleen MacInnis

01:30 pm - 02:30 pm

Session 11: Sometimes Seamless and Sometimes Seamy – Sewing Together Medication Reconciliation

Harbour Suite (1st Floor)

Robyn Oickle

Lucas Thorne-Humphrey

Darlene Chisholm

Thomas Parker

02:30 pm - 03:30 pm

Session 12: Beyond the GLP-1s — Achieving a Healthy Weight with Nutrition and Activity

Commonwealth Ballroom

Cynthia Keith

02:30 pm - 03:30 pm

Session 13: Beyond the Needle – Illuminating the Research and Realities of Pharmacy Technician-Led Immunization Services

Harbour Suite (1st Floor)

Kymmberley Wright

Mathew DeMarco

03:30 pm - 03:50 pm

Break

Commonwealth Ballroom

03:50 pm - 04:50 pm

Session 14: Biologics, Infection Risk and Vaccinations (J.K. Lawton Lecture)

Commonwealth Ballroom

Suzanne Zwicker

04:50 am - 06:30 pm

Break

Commonwealth Ballroom

06:00 pm - 06:30 pm

Bar Opens

Commonwealth Ballroom

06:30 pm - 10:00 pm

Pharmacy Ball (Including Key Note, Dinner and Awards)

Commonwealth Ballroom

Steve Foran

10:00 pm - 01:00 am

Dance Featuring Kitchen Party DJ

Commonwealth Ballroom

07:30 am - 09:00 am

Registration Opens

Commonwealth Foyer

07:30 am - 08:30 am

Breakfast

Commonwealth Ballroom

08:30 am - 09:30 am

Session 15: Platinum Sponsorship: Valneva — From Blacklegged Ticks to Tropical Mosquitoes: Expanding the Pharmacist’s Role in Vector-Borne Disease Prevention

Commonwealth Ballroom

Michael Boivin

09:30 am - 10:30 am

Session 16: Pharmacotherapy for Tobacco Smoking Cessation

Commonwealth Ballroom

Jaclyn Tran

10:30 am - 10:45 am

Break

Commonwealth Ballroom

10:45 am - 11:45 pm

Session 17: Implementing Appointment-Based Pharmacy in the Medical Neighborhood

Commonwealth Ballroom

11:45 am - 12:45 am

Session 18: TBC

Commonwealth Ballroom