I was theory crafting a Shield Champion Brawler, and I found this:
At 7th level, a shield champion can use a thrown shield to perform a bull rush, dirty trick, disarm, reposition, or trip combat maneuver as if she were making a melee shield bash attack.
The way I read this is that for the purposes of the bull rush, dirty trick, disarm, reposition, or trip combat maneuvers when throwing my shield I am treated as if I am making a melee shield bash attack. Would that mean that Shield Slam would proc?
Any opponents hit by your shield bash are also hit with a free bull rush attack, substituting your attack roll for the combat maneuver check....
The Throw Shield class ability is careful not to say that throwing the shield is simply a ranged shield bash attack. However, the quoted section does say that for the purposes of making those specific combat maneuvers, it does count. Does it count enough for the purposes of Shield Slam?
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Hmmmm. The '...as if she were making a melee shield bash attack' is a bit odd in that you normally WOULDN'T make a melee shield bash attack if you were performing one of those combat maneuvers.
I'd guess what it is saying is that just as you could give up a melee attack to make one of those maneuvers, so too does this ability allow you to give up a thrown shield attack to do so. So, you can throw your shield to perform a bull rush (or trip or whatever) INSTEAD of doing damage with it.
As Shield Slam adds a free bull rush after you hit with a shield bash attack I don't think it would apply to this use.
That said, I'd consider just the normal 3rd level shield throwing ability effectively a shield bash and allow Shield Slam to work off of that. GMs who treat 'as if' a shield bash differently than an actual shield bash may disagree.