Conference Overview

The program overview is intended as a guideline for delegates and there may be changes that will be distributed at the conference.

To facilitate learning through audience interaction and discussion, approximately 25% of the conference program will be devoted to interactive participation.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

5:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Registration desk open

6:30 – 9:00 pm.

Welcome Reception

Monday, November 2, 2009

7:00 a.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Breakfast

7:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Registration desk open

8:30 – 9:15 a.m.

Welcome and Opening Remarks – Carol Timmings, OPHA President; The Honourable Margarett Best, Minister of Health Promotion; Angela Longo, Deputy Minister of Health Promotion

9:15 – 10:15 a.m.

Keynote – Interdisciplinary Collaboration Dr. Roz Lasker, Mailman School of Public Health

10:15 – 10:20 a.m.

Fitness Break

10:15 – 10:45 a.m.

Break – Exhibits open

10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

CONCURRENT SESSION 1

12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

Lunch – Exhibits open

1:00 – 1:50 p.m.

Keynote – Organizational Effectiveness: Attributes for Success Grand Ballroom Sonya Corkum, Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion; Monika Turner, Ministry of Health and Long-term Care

2:00 – 3:00 p.m.

CONCURRENT SESSION 2

3:00 – 3:30 p.m.

Break – Exhibits open

3:30 – 5:00 p.m.

Roundtable Innovation Session or Panel Presentations

5:15 – 6:30 p.m.

OPHA AGM

6:30 – 8:00 p.m.

Presidents’ Reception and OPHA 60th Anniversary Celebration
The Honourable David C. Onley, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario; The Honourable Deb Matthews, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care; and Carol Timmings, OPHA President

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

7:15 – 8:00 a.m.

GlaxoSmithKline Presentation – Pneumococcal Update in Ontario
Dr. Dylan Pillai, Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion; Dr. Donald Low, University Health Network/Mount Sinai Hospital; Dr. Dion Neame, McMaster University

7:15 – 8:15 a.m.

Breakfast – Exhibits open

7:15 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Registration desk open

8:15 – 8:30 a.m.

Welcome

8:30 – 9:30 a.m.

Keynote – Building Resilient Children Dr. Ellen Lipman, McMaster University

9:30 – 9:35 a.m.

Fitness Break

9:40 – 10:40 a.m.

CONCURRENT SESSION 3

10:40 – 11:00 a.m.

Break – Exhibits open

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

CONCURRENT SESSION 4

12:30 – 2:00 p.m.

OPHA Awards Lunch

2:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Keynote Panel – Is Poverty Making Us Sick? Dr. Ernie Lightman, University of Toronto; Bev Wilson, Community Social Planning Council of Canada; Dr. Gary Bloch, Inner City Health Associates

3:00 – 3:30 p.m.

Break – Exhibits open

3:30 – 5:00 p.m.

CONCURRENT SESSION 5

5:15 – 7:00 p.m.

ANDSOOHA AGM

7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Charles Hastings Lecture in Public Health
Angela Robertson, Director, Equity & Community Engagement, Women’s College Hospital
Sponsored by Toronto Public Health

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

7:15 – 8:15 a.m.

Breakfast

7:15 – 8:15 a.m.

Student Networking Breakfast

7:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Registration desk open

8:15 – 9:45 a.m.

CONCURRENT SESSION 6

9:45 – 10:15 a.m.

Break – Exhibits open

10:15 – 11:45 a.m.

Keynote – Managing Change in a Changing Environment Dr. Linda Duxbury, Carleton University

11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Closing Remarks – Dr. Vivek Goel, President and CEO, Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion

12:00 p.m.

Evaluation reminder and Adjournment

12:15 – 1:00 p.m.

GlaxoSmithKline Presentation: GSK H1N1 Candidate Vaccine Update Dr. Dion Neame, McMaster University

1:00 p.m.

Ontario Public Health Libraries Association (OPHLA) Meeting

1:00 p.m.

Association of Public Health Epidemiologists in Ontario (APHEO) Meeting