Time	Topic	Speaker
10:45–11:00	Registration, Sign-In
11:00–11:30	Introductions, overview of day, ice-breaker	Asher Mendelson
11:30–11:45	Why should we conduct preclinical multicenter studies?	Manoj Lalu
11:45–12:00	Barriers and facilitators to preclinical multicenter studies	Victoria Hunniford
12:00–12:45	Applying a framework of integrated knowledge translation (iKT) to preclinical research	Kirsten Fiest
12:45–13:15	Animal ethics and collaboration with laboratory animal veterinarians	Gilly Griffin and Janet Sunohara-Neilson
13:15–13:45	Lunch
13:45–14:45	Review of environmental scan: what is the landscape of Canadian preclinical sepsis research?	Manoj Lalu
14:45–15:30	Keynote Address: MQTiPSS guidelines and beyond: a personal insight on how to improve the quality of sepsis modeling	Marcin Osuchowski
15:30–15:45	Break for refreshments and group photo
15:45–17:05	Building Consensus on a Canadian Preclinical Sepsis Platform Table 1 Sepsis Models: Which models are feasible and clinically relevant? Table 2 Purpose of NPSP: What studies should the platform undertake (e.g. therapies, biomarkers, pathophysiology)? Table 3 Methodology: What methods/logistics considerations are needed for the platform? Table 4 Outcomes: What outcomes are important for translation to patients?	Facilitator: Alison Fox-Robichaud Everyone will participate in 20 min discussions per table, then rotate Trainees are notetakers
17:05–17:20	Break
17:20–18:40	Tables report back on group discussions	All
18:40–19:00	Next steps, Canadian Sepsis Network proposal discussion, and closing remarks	Manoj Lalu, Asher Mendelson and Alison Fox-Robichaud
19:30	Networking Dinner: Noble Restaurant, Prince of Wales Hotel