​CASCH 2018 CONFERENCE ITINERARY

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 14th : Conference Day 1
Location: MacEwan Conference & Event Centre

5:00 pm -  5:30 pm -  Registration/Poster Set-Up

5:30 pm - 5:45 pm -  Welcome Address  (Presented by Dr. Brenda Hemmelgarn, University of Calgary)

5:45 pm - 7:00 pm -   Dinner

7:00  pm  -  8:30  pm  -   Networking Event

Mentors: 

• Dr. Kirsten Fiest, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
• Dr. Nicole Letourneau, Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary
• Rahim Sajan, TEDxCalgary Curator and Co-Founder
• Dr. Sarah Edwards, Population, Public and Indigenous Health, Alberta Health Services
• Dr. Paul Ronksley, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
• Dr. Eldon Spackman, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
• Tara Cowling, Medlior Health Outcomes Research Ltd.​

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 SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 15th: Conference Day 2
Location:  MacEwan Conference & Event Centre

​8:15 am -  8:45 am -   Opening Remarks  & Breakfast (Dr. Richard Larouche, University of Lethbridge) 

8:45 am -  9:45 am  -   Keynote Address (Dr. Verna Yiu, CEO, Alberta Health Services)

9:45 am - 10:30 am -  Concurrent Session 1: Student Poster Presentations

10:30 am - 12:00 pm  -  Concurrent Session 2: Student Oral Presentations

12:00 pm - 12:45 pm - Lunch

12:45 pm - 1:45 pm -  Keynote Address (Dr. Chris McCabe, CEO, Institute of Health Economics)

1:45 pm - 3:15 pm -  Concurrent Session 3: Workshops

• Writing a scientific manuscript, Hormoz Izadi, Student Services UCalgary
• How to communicate your research so that you can make an impact with the public by moving hearts and minds, Rahim Sajan, Curator TEDxYYC
• Moving research to policy: Practical approaches for informing policy development, Dr. Jennifer Zwicker, Director – Health Policy, School of Public Policy, University of Calgary

3:15 pm - 3:45 pm  -   Refreshments

3:45 pm - 4:15  pm -  Closing Remarks and Awards, Dr. Jeff Johnson, University of Alberta