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2017 CADTH Symposium Plenary Speakers

We are pleased to announce an outstanding lineup of Canadian and international plenary speakers at the 2017 CADTH Symposium (Ottawa, Ontario, April 23–25, 2017):

Marcia Anderson, MD, MPH, FRCPC, Head, Section of First Nations, Métis and Inuit Health, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba
Dianne Carmichael, President and CEO, Carmichael Worldwide Inc.
MJ DeCoteau, Founder and Executive Director, Rethink Breast Cancer
Dr. Hans-Georg Eichler, Senior Medical Officer, European Medicines Agency
Michele Evans, Assistant Deputy Minister, Pharmaceutical & Supplementary Health Benefits Division, Alberta Health
Pamela Fralick, President, Innovative Medicines Canada
Brent Fraser, Vice-President, Pharmaceutical Reviews, CADTH
John Helou, President, Pfizer Canada
Janet Knox, President and CEO, Nova Scotia Health Authority
Robyn Lim, PhD, Senior Science Advisor, Health Products and Food Branch, Health Canada
Tom Maston, Deputy Minister of Health, Province of New Brunswick
Professor Christopher McCabe PhD, Capital Health Chair in Emergency Medicine Research, Adjunct Professor, Department of Economics, and Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health, University of Alberta
Dr. Stuart Peacock, Leslie Diamond Chair in Cancer Survivorship at Simon Fraser University. He is also Co‑Director of the Canadian Centre for Applied Research in Cancer Control.
Bettina Ryll, MD, PhD, Founder, Melanoma Patient Network Europe
Ken Milne, MD, MSc, CCFP(EM), FCFP, FRRMS, Chief of Staff, South Huron Hospital Association. Creator of the knowledge translation project The Skeptics’ Guide to Emergency Medicine.

The 2017 CADTH Symposium will also feature 16 workshops, 7 breakfast sessions, 22 concurrent panels, 56 oral presentations, and 80 poster presentations.

Visit the Symposium website for more information about the scientific program, social events, and more.

Send an email to [email protected] if you have questions.

Register here to be part of this must-attend event for members of the health technology assessment community in Canada and abroad.

We hope to see you in Ottawa!

2017 CADTH Symposium Team