Dr. Gilbert Bigras is currently appointed as Associate Professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry of the University of Alberta (Alberta, Canada). He is a breast pathologist working at the Cross Cancer Institute (Edmonton, Canada) and the medical IHC lead for the Edmonton Zone IHC Laboratory. He obtained a MD degree and Anatomical Pathology specialist certificate (FRCPC) at the Université de Montréal (Montréal, Canada). He obtained a PhD degree in Biomedical Engineering (Grenoble, France). His current research interest is the utilization of Artificial Intelligence applied to Biomarkers.

Lisa Manning is a Laboratory Technologist with over 35 years’ experience, currently working in Manitoba as the Shared Health Pathology Technical Director. After completing her Medical Laboratory Technologist training, Lisa went on to University of Winnipeg to complete her Bachelor of Science degree where she graduated with Honors. Over the years, Lisa has held leadership roles in a variety of health care settings including in the private sector, public sector and the federal government- where she worked for many years as the lead Biologist. Lisa is passionate about of sharing knowledge and was the National Society for Histotechnology Education Chair from 2009-2017. She served on the Digital Pathology Board of Directors for the last 6 years and has presented at local, National and International conferences. She has authored and co-authored several peer-reviewed publications and has years of research experience. Her role as Technical Director includes oversight of all technical aspects of the pathology lab including implementing new equipment and innovative techniques. She is the recipient of the NSH Region IX- Malcom D Silver Award and the Surgipath Award of Excellence.