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Agenda

Building Blocks: Making Connections 2011

Sunday June 5, 2011

1:45-2:00 PMWelcome
2:00- 2:15 PMLightning Talks
2:15 – 2:45 PMSam Weiss: Seizing Opportunities
Gairdner Awardee and long term Alberta scientist Sam Weiss shares his thoughts on his journey as a medical researcher who works hard to stay ahead of the curve.
2:45 – 3:15 PMEvolving the Research Model: Can we accelerate change?
This frank and focused discussion with the UK’s Dame Sally Davies will explore some of the issues and challenges that drove major changes in the health research and delivery structures in Great Britain over the past decade. What worked? What didn’t? What were the lessons learned?
Dame Sally Davies
Interviewer: Dr. Tom Noseworthy
3:00- 4:00 PMQ&A
4:00- 5:00 PMRoom Check In
Lake Trefoil
5:00 – 8:00 PM Reception & Barbeque by the Lake
8:00 – 9:00 PMEd Struzik: The Unknowable Arctic.
Eight foot tall beavers, three-toed horses, and scimitar cats. Over the past three decades, the discovery of these and other now extinct animals has proven that the Arctic was at various times a much warmer place than it has been for tens of thousands of years. So what is Arctic if it is not the icy world that we know so well?
Writer/photographer Ed Struzik will take you on a 50-million year journey into the Arctic’s past. Discover from the scientists that’s he’s joined in the field what we can expect in the future now that the world is warming dramatically.
Great Hall
9:00 – 11:00 PMNetworking Lounge (no program)


Monday June 6, 2011

Beauvert Room
9:00–9:15 AMLightning Talks
9:15 – 10:00 AMResearch and Healthcare
Andre Picard will discuss his observations on the relationship between the current health system and health research, as well as share his thoughts on how they could be more strategically and effectively integrated. Followed by Q & A.
10:00 – 10:30 AMCoffee Break
10:30 – 11:15 AMTuning up the Demand Side: Integrating research for better healthcare
Panelists: Cy Frank; Tom Noseworthy; Alan Winter
Moderator: Steven Lewis
Our panelists will explore a range of issues and questions around the relationship between research and healthcare delivery. They’ll share their thoughts on best practices for integrating research and health care delivery, and explore what needs to change for research to play a more pivotal role in health systems decision making.
11:15 AM – noon Discussion/Q & A
Noon – 1:00 PMLunch
Outdoors
1:00 – 5:00 PM Recreational Activities
Meet in the Great Hall to join your group
JPL Main Lodge
5:00–6:00 PMNetworking Reception & Supper
Mary Schaeffer Ballroom
6:00 – 8:00 PMSupper
8:00-9:30 PMInsightful Interviews
Presenters Dame Sally Davies, Randy Goebel, Sharla Sutherland and Sam Weiss share their doubts, discoveries, insights, victories and defeats from their lives and careers.
Interviewer: Sam Varteniuk
Great Hall
9:30 – 11:00 PM Networking Lounge (no program)


Tuesday June 7, 2011

Beauvert Room
9:00–9:30 AMLightning Talks
9:30-10:15 AM Building Blocks: Foundational Platforms
Panel of AIHS Working Group Co-Chairs – Highly Skilled People, Knowledge Translation, Innovation Platforms
Hear from members of the three AIHS foundational working groups on their progress and planned next steps. Panelists will be seeking your input into several draft initiatives, and your responses to questions they are grappling with. Join the conversation.
Moderator: Steven Lewis
Response: Dame Sally Davies
10:15 -10:30 AMLightning Talks
10:30 – 11:45 PM Building Blocks: Foundational Platforms continued
11:45 – 12:00 PMWrap up, thank you’s, Making Connections 2011 Good bye
Concierge
12:00 – 12:30 PMPick up bag lunches – Concierge Desk Front Entrance
12:30 PMBuses Depart