Steering committee

William Paterson (WP) – Chair, Pierre Paré (PP), Denis Petrunia (DP), Connie Switzer (CS), Sander Veldhuyzen van Zanten (SV).

Conference moderators

William Depew (WD), Jonathan Meddings (JM). The moderator was permitted to vote on sessions he was not responsible for chairing.

Other voting participants

Alan Barkun (AB), Ronald Bridges (RB), Sonny Dhalla (SD), Nigel Flook (NF), Michael Gould (MG), James Gray (JG), Ziad Hassoun (ZH), Desmond Leddin (DL), Peter Lightfoot (PL), William Mackie (WM), Peggy Marcon (PMa), Paul Moayyedi (PMo), J de la Rey Nel (JN), Sandra Nelles (SN), Daniel Sadowski (DS), Thomas Sylwestrowicz (TS), Laura Targownik (LT), Anthony Tavenor (AT), Malcolm Wilson (MW).

Nonvoting participant

Lorie McGeough (LM)

Represented societies and committees

Alberta Society of Gastroenterology (DS), Atlantic Association of Gastroenterology (PL), BC Society of Gastroenterology (JG), Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (CAG) (DL), CAG Clinical Affairs Committee (AB), CAG Education Committee (RB), CAG Practice Affairs Committee (DS), Canadian Association of General Surgeons (WM), Canadian Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates (LM), Canadian Society of Internal Medicine (MW), College of Family Physicians of Canada (NF), Ontario Association of Gastroenterology (MG), Association des Gastro-Entérologues du Québec (PP).

Nonvoting observers

Hassen Abdullah, Therapeutic Products Directorate, Health Canada; Michel Brazeau, Chief Executive Officer, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada; Brenda Ryan, Information Products Development, Nova Scotia Department of Health; representatives of the pharmaceutical and medical instrument industries; and the CAG National Office.