Preliminary Agenda
*Subject to change

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

7:30 a.m.            

Registration and Check in

8:15 a.m.

Opening Announcements

8:30 a.m. - 9:25 a.m.                      

Non-Invasive Respiratory Support in the Intensive Care Unit:  Clinical Applications and Evidence-Based Outcomes 
Speaker: Baljit Singh Gill, MD

9:30 a.m. - 10:25 a.m.

Revisited: Asthma, COPD, and Overlapping Syndromes 
Speaker: Davinder Dhillon, MD

10:25 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.

Break 

10:45 a.m. - 11:40 a.m.

Leadership Pearls
Speaker: Jean Hicks, BSN

11:40 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

Lunch 

12:45 p.m. - 1:40 p.m.

Neonatal and Pediatric Carbon Dioxide Monitoring: Considerations in Clinical Application 
Speaker: Brian Smith, MSc, RRT 

1:45 p.m. - 2:40 p.m.

Neonatal Respiratory Distress
Speaker: Deepika Sankaran, MD, FAAP (UC Davis)

2:40 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Break

3:00 p.m. - 3:55 p.m.

Obesity-Related Respiratory Failure: From Pathophysiology to ICU Management
Speaker: Rajkamal Hansra, MD

3:55 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.

Closing Remarks