May 6-9, 2025


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Welcome

Once again we are happy to offer you this highly interactive virtual environment which we hope you will find conducive to reflecting on the insights gained over the past 30 years, the achievements, and the challenges ahead.

From the live presentations by leaders in the field, to our cozy networking lounge where you will be able to connect with fellow attendees (both virtual and in-person), this should be a stimulating event that we hope will bring our community together to recharge its batteries and build capacity.

You will be joined by over 700 attendees from all around the world, including genetic counselors, practicing physicians, and researchers.

We hope that you will get fully involved, and network with each other.
Our speakers look forward to your questions and insights.

Have a great conference!

Harley Eisman, MD
William Foulkes, MBBS, PhD
Symposium Co-Chairs

Finding Your Way on the Virtual Platform

The best way to take full advantage of a virtual event is to take a moment to become familiar with the platform, find out where everything is, how you can ask questions during the sessions, and how to chat during the breaks.

This is why we are making the platform available to you ahead of time.

So please login and look around.

And check out the Info-Guide (see the menu at the top of this page) which contains info on everything from accreditation to how to use the chat function!

If at any time you need assistance, we are here to help.

  • Just email or call us (contact info is at the top of this page).
  • And during the live event: just click on the Info Desk in the virtual Lobby. This will take you to the "Info desk chat room" where you can write your question (in a box at the bottom). 

Welcome from William Foulkes, Symposium Co-Chair



Organized by




In collaboration with


Committees

Organizing Committee

Chair

Harley Eisman, MD

Co-Founder, Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Foundation, Montréal, QC, Canada

Scientific Programme Director

William Foulkes, MBBS, PhD

Professor and Chair, Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada

Public Conference Programme Director

Laura Hayes

McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada

Scientific Programme Committee

William Foulkes, MBBS, PhD

Professor and Chair, Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada (Chair)

Lawrence Brody, PhD

National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States

Raymond Kim, MD, PhD

Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Tuya Pal, MDCM

Vanderbilt University Medical Center / Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, TN, United States

Laura Palma, MSc, CGC, CCGC

McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada

Mark E. Robson, MD

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States

Marc Tischkowitz, MD, PhD

University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Clare Turnbull, MD, PhD, FFPH

Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom

Abstract Review Committee

Patricia N. Tonin, PhD

The Research Institute of the MUHC, Montréal, QC, Canada (Chair)

Lesa Dawson, MD

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; and Memorial University, St. John's, NL, Canada

Helen Hanson, MBBS, MD(Res)

Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

Karen Hurley, PhD

Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United States

Allison W. Kurian, MD, MSc

Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States

Marian Mourits, MD, PhD

University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Katherine L. Nathanson, MD

University of Pennsylvania and Abramson Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Laura Palma, MSc, CGC, CCGC

McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada

Paul Pharoah, BM, BCh, PhD

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Sean Tavtigian, PhD

Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, United States

Ma'n H. Zawati, LL.B., LL.M., PhD (DCL)

Centre of Genomics and Policy, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada

Frequently Asked Questions

No. You do not need to download or install any software to participate. You only need to have access to the internet.
  • No. Not for the sessions. These will be in webinar format. Questions can be asked by typing with the Q&A feature.
  • In the networking chat room, you can chat by text or by video. If you want to network with others using the video chat, you will need a webcam.
We recommend Chrome and Firefox.
Your login details were emailed to you. You can use these details to access the online event.
The BRCA Symposium will be conducted in English without interpretation.
The Public Conference "Living with BRCA" will offer simultaneous interpretation into French.
At the Info desk, our team is bilingual and will be able to answer you in French.
The site will remain open 24/7 for 30 days following the event. Therefore, if you are registered, you will be able to watch recordings of the sessions you missed whenever it’s convenient for you during this period of time.

Please note, however, that you will need to participate in the “live” event if you want to earn continuing education credits.
Yes. Like any physical event, we will have a “Delegate Bag” for you! You can email these documents to yourself if you so wish.
Only your name and institution/organization will be visible to other attendees.
Email technical support at tech@vfairs.com. This is only for trouble-shooting technical issues such as logging in on the day itself.
Please email questions to registration@brcasymposium.ca, , or call +1-450-292-3456 ext 227 or 228.