Program Second Annual Meeting September 26-28, 2006 Ottawa, Ontario Tuesday, September 26, 2006 15:30-17:00 Public Forum: The Henry G. Friesen Presented by: Friends of Canadian International Prize in Health Research Institutes of Health Research Inaugural Prize Winner: Joseph Boyd Location: National Gallery Auditorium Martin, Dean, Harvard Faculty of Medicine 380 Sussex Drive, Ottawa Title: Brain Disease: Health Research Policy Coffee reception to follow in the Water For The Public Good Court Foyer Wednesday, September 27, 2006 CAHS Program Location: Sheraton Ottawa Hotel, 150 Albert Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5G2 All morning sessions will be held in the Rideau Room Meeting Objective: How can CAHS achieve its mission? - Reflecting on opportunities to enhance the health of Canadians Day 1 Theme: Beginning the CAHS journey: - What are the key challenges affecting major health science stakeholders? - How can (should) CAHS respond? 9:00-9:10 Welcome & Opening Remarks Paul Armstrong Overview of the Council of Canadian 9:10-9:20 Peter Nicholson President CCA Academies Introduction of Keynote Speaker Paul Armstrong Keynote Speaker: Kenneth Shine, Lessons for CAHS from the Institute of Former President of Institute of 9:20-10:00 Medicine Medicine and Executive Vice Chancellor, University of Texas System 10:00-10:20 Break 10:20-10:35 CAHS’ proposed services Matthew Spence 1 Moderator: Matthew Spence Panel: 1. What are the pivotal future challenges • Pierre-Gerlier Forest, Chief Scientist, from your (or your organization’s) Health Canada perspective? • Frank Plummer, Scientific Director General, National Microbiology 10:35-11:40 2. How might CAHS collaborate in Laboratory, Public Health Agency of addressing these? Canada • Penny Ballem, former Deputy 3. What CAHS vehicle would be best Minister of Health for BC suited? • Bartha Knoppers, Professor of Law and of Medicine, Université de Montréal (international health law perspective) 11:40-12:30 Questions from the Audience for the Panel Luncheon and Henry G. Friesen International Prize in Health Research Inaugural Recipient: 12:30-14:00 Inaugural (Academic) Lecture Joseph Boyd Martin, Dean, Harvard O’Connor Room “Exploring New Models for Translational Faculty of Medicine Research” 14:00-14:15 Break-out group instructions Moderator: Catharine Whiteside Rideau Room - setting the task Break-out groups constituted by stakeholder’s sectors addressing the questions: 1) Why would organizations in each of the identified sectors seek CAHS advice? 2) How should CAHS develop and nurture appropriate relationships? Break-out Groups for deliberations (Participants to include invited representatives from various organizations – see details about 14:15-15:15 the participants at back) Group 1: Salon B 1. Federal and Provincial Governments Co- Group 2: Executive Chairs: Kevin Keough, Frank Plummer Boardroom and Penny Ballem 2. Private sector Co-Chairs: Lorne Tyrrell Group 3: Salon C and Russell Williams Group 4: Salon E 3. Global Organizations Co-Chairs: John Frank and Louise Holt Group 5: Salon F 4. Universities Co-Chairs: Dale Dauphinee and Annette O’Connor Group 6: Rideau Room 5. Health research funding agencies Co- Chairs: Aubrey Tingle and Alain Beaudet 6. Public policy think tanks Co-chairs: Judith Maxwell and Martin Schechter 15:15-16:15 Feedback from each group, discussion & Moderator: Catharine Whiteside Rideau Room summary 16:30-18:00 CAHS Annual Business Meeting (Members Rideau Room only) 2 18:30-22:00 Steven Fletcher, Parliamentary Reception and Banquet (Induction of New Salons E & F and Secretary to the Minister of Health, will Fellows) Rideau Room participate in reception Thursday, September 28, 2006 CAHS Program Day 2 Theme: Translating emerging evidence: How best to inform policy that results in action? 8:00-8:30 Canadian Breakfast 8:30-8:45 Welcome Dorothy Pringle Rideau Room Introduction of theme for Day 2 Greetings from CIHR and Provision of the 8:45-9:00 Context for Knowledge transfer. Alan Bernstein, President, Canadian Rideau Room Institutes of Health Research Introduction of Keynote Speaker From Evidence to Action: How can we Keynote Speaker: 9:00-9:40 move toward evidence-based public health Jonathan Lomas, CEO, Canadian Health policy? Services Research Foundation 9:40-10:00 Break Moderators: Sharon Wood Dauphinee and Allan Best 10:00-10:45 Break out groups: Group 1: O’Connor Chairs: Room Building on the recommendations outlined by Group 1: Claude Roy Group 2: Salon E Jonathan Lomas, how can CAHS make a difference? Group 2: Michael Baker Group 3: Salon F Group 3: Stuart MacLeod Feedback from groups, questions and discussion o Types of relationships between health researchers & policy makers 10:45-11:30 o Potential effects of these relationships for Moderators: Sharon Wood Dauphinee Rideau Room questions, research and analyses and Allan Best o Recent advances in understanding of evidence & knowledge synthesis o Options and critical success factors o Relating to and engaging the public Closing remarks: “How CAHS will fulfill its Paul Armstrong (President) & Martin 11:30-12:00 promise.” Schechter (President-elect) 3 Program Participants CAHS Penny Ballem Stuart MacLeod Former Deputy Minister of Paul Armstrong Professor of Medicine Health Professor of Medicine Department of Pediatrics Vancouver, BC University of Alberta University of British Columbia Alain Beaudet Edmonton, AB Vancouver, BC President and CEO Michael Baker Annette O'Connor Fonds de la Recherche en Santé Charles H. Hollenberg Chair in Professor of Nursing and of Québec Medicine Epidemiology & Community Montréal, QC Physician-in-Chief Medicine Joseph Boyd Martin University Health Network University of Ottawa Dean Professor of Medicine Ottawa, ON Harvard Faculty of Medicine University of Toronto Dorothy Pringle Boston, MA Toronto, ON Professor Emeritus Alan Bernstein Faculty of Nursing Steven Fletcher President University of Toronto Parliamentary Secretary to the Canadian Institutes of Health Toronto, ON Minister of Health Research House of Commons Claude Roy Ottawa, ON Ottawa, ON Professor Emeritus Allan Best Faculty of Medicine Pierre-Gerlier Forest Senior Scientist Université de Montréal Chief Scientist Vancouver Coastal Health Montréal, QC Health Canada Research Institute Ottawa, ON Martin Schechter Vancouver, BC Professor and Head Louise Holt Dale Dauphinee Department of Health Care and Director, CIDA Executive Director Epidemiology Social Development Policies Medical Council of Canada University of British Columbia Gatineau, QC Ottawa, ON Vancouver, BC Judith Maxwell John Frank Matthew Spence Past President and Research Professor Retired President and CEO Fellow Canadian Policy Department of Public Health Alberta Heritage Foundation for Research Networks Sciences Medical Research Ottawa, ON University of Toronto Edmonton, AB Peter Nicholson Toronto, ON Aubrey Tingle President and CEO Kevin Keough President and CEO Council of Canadian Academies President and CEO Michael Smith Foundation for Ottawa, ON Alberta Heritage Foundation for Health Research Frank Plummer Medical Research Vancouver, BC Scientific Director General Edmonton, AB National Microbiology Laboratory Lorne Tyrrell Bartha Knoppers Public Health Agency of Canada Professor of Medicine Professor of Law and of Winnipeg, MB University of Alberta Medicine Edmonton, AB Université de Montréal Kenneth Shine Montréal, QC Catharine Whiteside Executive Vice Chancellor Dean University of Texas System Jonathan Lomas Faculty of Medicine Former President CEO University of Toronto Institute of Medicine Canadian Health Services Toronto, ON Austin, TX Research Foundation Ottawa, ON Sharon Wood Dauphinee Russell Williams Professor President Faculty of Rehabilitation Canada's Research-based Sciences Pharmaceutical Companies McGill University (Rx & D) Montréal, QC Ottawa, ON INVITED GUESTS This meeting has been developed by the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and CAHS would like to acknowledge the support of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Friends of Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Health Canada. 4.