Momentum: Cancer Control in Action

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Schedule and presentations

		Tuesday July 7
8:30 AM		Welcome and Introductions (Jessica Hill)
8:40		Opening Speaker (Graham Sher, Canadian Blood Services)
9:10		Plenary 1: Cancer System – What We’re Doing to Make it Better
		• Staging: Better data to support patients and the cancer system (James Brierley) • Colorectal Cancer Screening: Developing a shared approach to screening and quality determinants (Diane Major, Erika Nicholson)
10:10		Break
10:20		Plenary 1 (continued)
		• Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow Project: A living data source for cancer population research and chronic disease prevention (Paula Robson, Mary O’Neill) • Synoptic Reporting for Cancer Surgery and Pathology (John Srigley, Walley Temple)
11:35		Transition to Q&A Panels
11:45		Q&A/Discussion Panels
12:10 PM		Lunch
1:00		Plenary 2: Core Frameworks – The Partnership in Action
		• System Performance: Pan-Canadian indicators for cancer control (Heather Bryant) • Cancer Risk Management: Providing the decision support methods necessary to manage the risk cancer poses to Canadians (William Evans) • The Pan-Canadian Cancer Research Strategy (Elizabeth Eisenhauer) • Cancer View Canada: An ever-evolving portal that is linking Canadians to information, resources and services about cancer control (Lee Fairclough)
2:10		Break
2:20		Concurrent Interactive Workshops: Round 1
		1. Primary Prevention: CLASP and chronic disease partnerships (Jon Kerner, Stephen Samis) 2. Primary Prevention: Public policy designed to prevent cancer and other chronic diseases – an international and Canadian perspective (Geoffrey Cannon, Lisa Petermann) 3. Innovations in Quality: Endoscopy and radiation treatment (Michael Milosevic, Catherine Dubé) 4. Innovations in Quality: Providing a framework for quality assurance for pathology tests in Canada (Emina Torlakovic, Jagdish Butany) 5. Innovations in Access: Screening for distress and navigation (Lise Fillion, Ann Syme) 6. Innovations in Access: Models of care and e-mentorship (Deborah Dudgeon, Esther Green) 7. Cancer Control Guidelines: Enabling quality guideline development and extending the reach of existing cancer control guidelines (Margaret Harrison, Melissa Brouwers) 8. Anticipatory Science: Determining options for screening for prostate and colorectal cancers – PSA and flexible sigmoidoscopy (Andrew Coldman, Linda Rabeneck) 9. Building Knowledge and Capacity in Surveillance: Cancer surveillance networks and CAREX Canada (Paul Demers, Bernard Candas)
3:35		Break
3:45		Concurrent Interactive Workshops: Round 2 (same topics as Round 1)
5:00		End of Day 1 Program
		Wednesday July 8
8:30 AM		Welcome to Day 2 (Jessica Hill)
8:35		Opening Speaker (Ray Zahab)
9:25		Transition to Networking Marketplace
9:30		Networking Marketplace An opportunity for one-on-one interaction and exploration of topics that span the cancer control strategy.
10:30		Break and Transition to Synthesis Exercise
10:40		Interactive Synthesis Exercise Participants will form 6 groups, each made up of a representative cross-section of attendees; each group will answer the same question related to shared priorities and identifying opportunities for collaboration in cancer control.
12:00 PM		Working Lunch
12:20		Interactive Synthesis Exercise (continued)
1:50		Break
2:00		Commit to Action: Working Together (Jessica Hill, Simon Sutcliffe)
2:30		End of Event