7th Annual CYFAM National Conference

Conference Program

February 12–14, 2027 · UC San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, California

Plan your weekend. Browse the program by day, and check back as workshops are announced.

Tentative program, subject to change. Room assignments will be posted closer to the conference.Locations will be posted closer to the conference.

Friday, February 12

  • 7:00–9:00 PM · Welcome social · Location to be announced
    Tentative. Details will be shared closer to the conference.

Saturday, February 13

Poster hall, 10:30 AM–4:10 PM. Self-guided viewing, MET Building, Level 1 (Ground Floor), Rooms 140–142. People's Choice voting is open across both days.

Exhibit hall, 11:30 AM–4:10 PM. MET Building, Level 1 (Ground Floor), Rooms 140–142, next to the poster hall. Get your passport stamped for the raffle at closing remarks.

  • 8:00–8:45 AM · Check-in, registration, and breakfast · MET Building Inner Quad, near Med Café
    Exhibitor passports included in registration packets.
  • 8:45–9:00 AM · Opening remarks · Linda & James Ong Family Auditorium
  • 9:00–9:45 AM · Keynote address · Linda & James Ong Family Auditorium
  • 9:45–9:50 AM · Break
  • 9:50–10:20 AM · Mentorship icebreaker · Linda & James Ong Family Auditorium
  • 10:20–10:30 AM · Break
    Head to your first workshop.
  • 10:30–11:30 AM · Workshop Block 1
    To be announced
  • 10:30–11:50 AM · Clinical workshop 1 · MET Building, Lower Level, Simulation Training Center (STC)
    To be announced
  • 11:30–11:40 AM · Break
  • 11:50 AM–12:50 PM · Lunch · MET Building Inner Quad
    Non-clinical attendees may start at 11:40 AM. No food in the poster hall.
  • 11:50 AM–12:50 PM · Research Symposium: poster session, Day 1 · MET Building, Level 1 (Ground Floor), Poster hall, Rooms 140–142
    Shift A 11:50 AM–12:20 PM (odd boards); Shift B 12:20–12:50 PM (even boards).
  • 12:50–1:00 PM · Break
    Walk from the poster hall and the MET Building Inner Quad to the Linda & James Ong Family Auditorium.Head back for afternoon announcements.
  • 1:00–1:10 PM · Afternoon announcements · Linda & James Ong Family Auditorium
  • 1:10–1:25 PM · Cultural performance · Linda & James Ong Family Auditorium
    Opens the Research Symposium oral presentations.
  • 1:25–2:35 PM · Research Symposium: oral presentations · Linda & James Ong Family Auditorium
  • 2:35–2:45 PM · Break
  • 2:45–3:45 PM · Mentorship activity · Linda & James Ong Family Auditorium
  • 3:45–4:00 PM · Merienda (snack break) · MET Building Inner Quad
    Non-clinical attendees can stay until 4:10 PM for a last visit with exhibitors.
  • 4:00–5:10 PM · Clinical workshop 2 · MET Building, Lower Level, Simulation Training Center (STC)
    To be announced
  • 4:10–5:10 PM · Workshop Block 2
    To be announced
  • 5:10–5:20 PM · Break
  • 5:20–5:35 PM · Closing remarks · Linda & James Ong Family Auditorium
    Exhibitor passport raffle and a preview of Sunday, which starts later, with check-in at 8:30 AM.
  • 5:35–5:40 PM · Group photo · Linda & James Ong Family Auditorium

Sunday, February 14

Snack and food stations, 10:30 AM–1:50 PM. No lunch is served Sunday. Stations are in the MET Building Inner Quad.

Poster hall, 10:30 AM–12:20 PM. MET Building, Level 1 (Ground Floor), Rooms 140–142. Closes after the Day 2 poster session, when People's Choice voting closes.

  • 8:30–9:00 AM · Check-in with coffee and light breakfast · MET Building Inner Quad, near Med Café
    Sunday starts 30 minutes later than Saturday.
  • 9:00–10:20 AM · Morning Report · Linda & James Ong Family Auditorium
  • 10:20–10:30 AM · Break
    Head to your first workshop.
  • 10:30–11:30 AM · Workshop Block 3
    To be announced
  • 10:30–11:50 AM · Clinical workshop 3 · MET Building, Lower Level, Simulation Training Center (STC)
    To be announced
  • 11:30–11:40 AM · Break
  • 11:40 AM–12:40 PM · Workshop Block 4
    To be announced
  • 11:50 AM–12:20 PM · Research Symposium: poster session, Day 2 · MET Building, Level 1 (Ground Floor), Poster hall, Rooms 140–142
    All Day 2 posters present in one session. People's Choice voting and the poster hall close at 12:20 PM.
  • 12:30–1:50 PM · Clinical workshop 4 · MET Building, Lower Level, Simulation Training Center (STC)
    To be announced
  • 12:40–12:50 PM · Break
    Grab a snack from the food stations. No food in the poster hall.
  • 12:50–1:50 PM · Workshop Block 5
    To be announced
  • 1:50–2:00 PM · Break
  • 2:00–2:20 PM · Closing ceremony and Research Symposium awards · Linda & James Ong Family Auditorium
    Judged and People's Choice awards for both days of the Research Symposium.
  • 2:20–2:35 PM · Group photos and recognition · Linda & James Ong Family Auditorium

Questions about the program?

Email the conference team at conference@cyfam.org. We will keep this program updated as workshops and locations and rooms are confirmed.

Thank you for joining us in 2027