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CINI 2026: South Asian Health Integrative Thinking to Integrative Health; Global Perspective
SOUTH ASIAN HEALTH - GLOBAL PROSPECTIVE - THROUGH INTEGRATIVE THINKING:
Fusion of Modern Science, Cultural Wisdom, & Technology
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Friday, June 5
- Networking Reception
- Welcome & Messages
- Awards Ceremony
- Keynote Speaker: Dr. Sonia Anand
- Introduction Dr. David Price
- Thank-you Dr. Milan Gupta
- Light Breakfast & Networking
- Session 1: Welcome
- Session 2: Integrative Thinking and Health
- Dr. Victoria Lee
- Dr. Chinmay Pandeya
- Message from Doctors R Nagendra & Manjunath NK
- Barriers & Opportunities for Integrative Medicine in Canada:
- Panel discussion moderated by Dr. Victoria Lee with Sharmen Vigourt-Lee, Dr. R Jaura, Dr. R Dosanjh-Lall, Dr. Bal Pawa & Dr. M Zeineddin
- Collaborators & Partners of CINS - our journey comes alive: Session 3:
- Nitya Prakash
- Dr. Brendan Byrne
- Kathleen Chouinor & Edward Smith Ghiffiths
- Dr. Lesa Dawson
- Patient Perspectives - Coordinator Magdelena Newman
- Session 4:
- Dr. Simon Sutcliffe
- Dr. Vijay Agarwal
- Dr. Anurag Saxena
- Anosha Afaq
- Laurence Sauvé
- Session 5:
- Dr. Hannah Nette
- Dr. Tansi Nayak
- Dr. Sunil Khetarpal
- Saturday Evening - Empress Banquet Hall - Surrey, BC (Signature Banquet - Celebrating Canada & India, two great nations coming together)
- Breakfast & Networking
- Session 1: Deeper Understanding and Integrative Thinking
- Camille Peters
- Dr. JS Taukur
- Session 2: Global Perspectives
- Dr. Anupam Sibal
- Dr. Vk Raju
- Session 3: Art & the Artist as Healer - Joint with SWRBOT
- Puneet Singh
- Maitreyi Yogacharni
- Dr. Kathryn Ricketts
- Closing Session, Prize Draw & Awards
- Dr. Baldev Sanghera, Dr. Ingrid Tyler, Dr. Ramesh Mehta
- Maneesh Nanda, Dr. Kapil Bhagirath & Dr. Arun Garg
- Recommendation
- Next Steps
Date and Time
Friday Jun 5, 2026 Sunday Jun 7, 2026
Location
Surrey, BC
Fees/Admission
Website
Contact Information
https://thecins.org/contact/
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