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The Long-Term Care IPAC Leadership Forum 2026

Wednesday, November 4, 2026
Hazelton Manor · In person, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM · Doors open 8:00 AM
$125 early bird until October 19 · $149 after
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A day built for LTC leaders

Hosted by the International College of Infection Control Professionals with a lineup of top IPAC specialists.

A full day, in person, for long-term care IPAC leads and the people who work alongside them. Dr. Allison McGeer opens the program with the keynote. Sessions that follow cover wound and urine culture decisions, construction and renovation risk, leading IPAC without formal authority, and a live outbreak simulation the whole room runs together. Doors open at 8:00 AM and the program runs 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

Keynote by Dr. Allison McGeerIPAC Leadership in Long-Term Care opens the program.
Hands-on, not lecture-heavyLive game-show sessions and an outbreak simulation the whole room runs together.
Vendor marketplaceMeet vendors through breakfast, breaks, and lunch across the day.
Wednesday, November 4, 2026

Agenda

IPU credits pending CBIC approval.

8:00 – 9:00
Registration, continental breakfast, and vendor mingling
9:00 – 9:10
Welcome
Dr. Kamyab Ghatan, Founder and Chief Academic Officer, ICICP
9:10 – 9:40
Keynote: IPAC Leadership in Long-Term Care
Dr. Allison McGeer
9:40 – 10:20
Swab It or Leave It: the Wound Showdown
Speaker to be announced
Live game-show format with audience polling
10:20 – 11:00
To Culture or Not to Culture: the Urine Showdown
Bradley Langford, BSc BScPhm PharmD MPH
Live game-show format with audience polling
11:00 – 11:30
Vendor marketplace and morning break
11:30 – 12:00
Before the Dust Becomes Risk: Construction and Renovation
Alison Power, CIC, LTC-CIP, OSMT, CSMLS
Talk with audience polling
12:00 – 1:00
Lunch and vendor marketplace
1:00 – 2:05
The IPAC Lead Without Authority
Kamyab Ghatan MD, AL-CIP, CIC, LTC-CIP, DISIPC, CDIPC
Live scenarios with audience polling
2:05 – 2:35
Afternoon break and vendor marketplace
2:35 – 3:00
THE CALL: the room runs an outbreak
Live simulation with audience polling
3:00 – 3:30
Outbreak Leadership: The First 24 Hours
Speaker to be announced
Talk with audience polling
3:30 – 3:45
Golden Soap grand prize, vendor and IPAC recognition, close

Sessions are led by top specialists. Speaker names are being confirmed and will be published here as they are locked. Agenda is in draft and subject to change.

One day. In person. Built for LTC IPAC leaders.
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Venue
Hazelton Manor
Date
Wednesday, November 4, 2026
Time
9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Doors open 8:00 AM

All net proceeds from this event go to Ebola relief efforts in the Republic of Congo.

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$125 early bird until October 19 · $149 after

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