Speaker Presentations

Opening Remarks

Jill Sanders, President & CEO, Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Assessment (CCOHTA)

Keynote Presentations

Strengthening the Connection Between HTA and Health Policy

• Ed Hunt, Chair, Board of Directors, CCOHTA
  

Challenges and Directions in Canada ’s Health Technology Strategy

• Tom Noseworthy, Professor and Director, Centre for Health Policy Studies, University of Calgary

Prescription for Excellence: Innovation + Assessment = Improvement

• Michael Rachlis, Consultant, Health Policy Analysis

Some Suggestions to Increase the Impact of HTA on Policy

• Maurice McGregor, Professor Emeritus, McGill University

Making Information Useful for Policy Makers

• Jeremy Grimshaw, Director, Canadian Cochrane Network and Centre

Plenary Panels

Linking Evidence To Policy: Needs and Challenges

• Don Juzwishin, Director, Health Technology Assessment, Alberta Health Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR)
• Joanne O’Gorman, Director, Office for Health Innovation, Capital Health, Edmonton , AB (Moderator)
• Geoff Rowlands, Executive Director, Health Care Leaders’ Association of BC

Closing the Gap Between HTA and Health Policy

• Véronique Déry, Chief Executive Officer and Scientific Director of AÉTMIS
• Claude Dussault, Assistant Director General – Evaluation, Research and Intergovernmental Affairs, Ministry of Health and Social Services – Quebec
• Don Juzwishin, Director, Health Technology Assessment, Alberta Health Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR)
• Mary Kardos Burton, Assistant Deputy Minister, Acute Services Division, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
• Elaine Stakiw, Director of Research & Evidence, Health Accountability Division, Alberta Health & Wellness
• Joyce Thompson, Liaison Officer - Prince Edward Island , CCOHTA (Moderator)

Building HTA Capacity in Canada

• Mike Gaucher, Vice President, Health Technology Assessment, CCOHTA (Moderator)
• Janet Martin, Coordinator HiTEC, London Health Sciences Centre
• Paul Taenzer, Pain Specialist, Calgary Health Region Chronic Pain Centre
• George Wells, Senior Investigator, Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa Hospital

Concurrent Sessions:

Topic Prioritization

• Henry Borowski, Director Health Technologies and Services Policy, Alberta Health and Wellness
• Jennifer Gibson, Research Associate, University of Toronto, Joint Centre for Bioethics
• Maurice McGregor, Professor Emeritus, McGill University
• Hussein Noorani, Research Officer, CCOHTA (Moderator)

Refining the Research Question … and Getting the Right Answer

• Amiram Gafni, Professor, McMaster University
• Howard Schachter, Senior Investigator, CHEO Research Institute
• Don Husereau, Director HTA Development, CCOHTA (Moderator) Assessing Relevance from the Policy Perspective
• David Elliott, Medical Consultant, Nova Scotia Department of Health
• Vijay Shukla, Director, Methodologies, CCOHTA (Moderator)

Building HTA Capacity in Canada : Next Steps

• Mike Gaucher, Vice President, Health Technology Assessment, CCOHTA

Enhancing the Use and Usefulness of Economics for Decision Making

• Bruce Brady, Health Economist, CCOHTA (Moderator)
• Ron Goeree, Assistant Professor, McMaster University

An Interactive Approach to Knowledge Transfer for Decision Making

• Reiner Banken, Research Consultant, AÉTMIS
• Lise-Ann Davignon, Assistant Director for the Scientific Process, AÉTMIS
• Richard Lavoie, Communications Officer, AÉTMIS