2008 YI Forum Program Agenda

This year's program will include various leadership workshops, an exciting session brought to you by Friends of CIHR, Keynote Address and Landmark Lectures, poster sessions, panel presentations by selected trainees, awards of excellence ceremony, and of course social events.

Please note, in order to be invited to present your poster, you will need to submit your abstract along with registration by March 25, 2008. Additionally, the 2008 YI Forum will feature an opportunity for informal interactive presentations for those who choose to participate.

The 2008 YI Forum will start on Thursday, May 8th with the Opening Remarks beginning at 1:00 pm. For young investigators who may be interested in presenting their research in an informal interactive session, the presentations will commence at 11:00 am on May 8th. The Forum is scheduled to conclude on Saturday, May 10th at around 1:15 pm.

YI Forum Schedule


Program - Day 1

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Time Event Speakers
9:00am
1:00pm
Registration Salle de Bal Foyer (Level 4)
and Poster Set-Up Salon Drummond West/Centre (Level 3)
 
11:00am
1:00pm
Informal Networking: an opportunity for Young Investigators to meet with mentors
Salon Drummond East (Level 3)
Light Lunch Available
Salle de Bal West (Level 4)
 
1:00pm
1:25pm
Welcoming Remarks
Salle de Bal Centre/East (Level 4)
ICRH Scientific Director,
Dr. Peter Liu
1:25pm
2:00pm
Keynote Lecture: Personalized MedicineSalle de Bal Centre/East (Level 4) Dr. Elizabeth Nabel
Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health
Chair: Dr. Peter Liu
2:00pm
3:30pm
Simultaneous Workshop I (3 parallel sessions)  
1- How to Write Fundable Grants and What to do if it's Turned Down - Basic Research
Salon Drummond East (Level 3)
Dr. Ben Rusak Director, Chronobiology and Sleep Program Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre
2- How to Write Fundable Grants and What to do if it's Turned Down - Clinical Research
Salon 6/7 (Level 3)
Dr. Geoffrey Pickering
Professor, Departments of Medicine (Cardiology), Biochemistry, and Medical Biophysics
University of Western Ontario
3- How to Run a Successful Research Lab: Management and Mentoring
Salon 4/5 (Level 2)
Dr. Yves Berthiaume Professor, Department of Medicine, Respiratory Division, Université de Montréal
3:30pm 5:30pm Moderated Poster Competition I (Wine and Cheese)
Salon Drummond West/Centre (Level 3)
 
5:30pm 6:30pm Free Time  
6:30pm 10:00pm Social Night (Dinner)
Organized by Social Committee
Please meet at Fourquet Fourchette
265 Saint Antoine Street West
Complimentary tickets available for YI Forum registrants, at registration desk.
 


Program - Day 2

Friday, May 9, 2008

Time Event Speakers
7:00 am
8:30 am
Breakfast
Salle de Bal Foyer (Level 4)
Breakfast can be taken into Sunrise Sessions
Poster Set Up
Salon Drummond West/Centre (Level 3)
 
7:30am
8:30am
Sunrise Session 1- Proteomics
Salon Drummond East (Level 3)
Dr. Peter Liu, Scientific Director ICRH and Dr. Bruce McManus, Director, The James Hogg iCAPTURE Centre St. Paul's Hospital - UBC
Sunrise Session 2- Clinical Trials
Salon 6/7 (Level 3)
Jean-Claude Tardif, Professor & Director, Montreal Heart Institute
Sunrise Session 3- How to Write a Lay Summary
Salon 1 (Level 2)
Jennifer Campbell, Assistant Director, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
Sunrise Session 4- Innovations in Clinical Imaging
Salon 4/5 (Level 2)
Dr. Rob Beanlands, Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)/Radiology
Chief, Cardiac Imaging, University of Ottawa Heart Institute  
8:30am Friends of CIHR Session
The Continuum of New Knowledge: Innovation, Commercialization and Social Impacts
Salle de Bal Centre/East (Level 4)
Chair: Dr. Aubie Angel, President, Friends of CIHR
Co-Chair: Dr. Bruce McManus, Professor & Director, James Hogg iCAPTURE Centre and Providence Heart + Lung Institute at St. Paul's Hospital/University of British Columbia
Welcome: Dr. Peter Liu, Scientific Director, ICRH
8:40am Societal Challenges, Curiosity, Creativity, Consequences
Salle de Bal Centre/East (Level 4)
Dr. Bruce McManus
Director, The James Hogg iCAPTURE Centre St. Paul's Hospital - UBC
8:50 am "Knowledge Primes the Innovation Pump"
Salle de Bal Centre/East (Level 4)
Dr. Tara Haas, Associate Professor
Kinesiology and Health Science and Biology, York University
9:15 am "From Target Validation to Clinical Relevance"
Salle de Bal Centre/East (Level 4)
Dr. David Granville, Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair Tier II
Heart & Lung Institute, St. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia
9:40 am "Validation of Biomarkers as Predictors of Disease"
Salle de Bal Centre/East (Level 4)
Dr. Jean Claude-Tardif, Professor & Director
Montreal Heart Institute
10:15 am "Genomic Science for the Public Good"
Salle de Bal Centre/East (Level 4)
Dr. Robert Hegele, Professor & DirectorBlackburn Cardiovascular Genetics Laboratory, University of Western Ontario
10:50 am The Knowledge Continuum - What We Learned Today
Salle de Bal Centre/East (Level 4)
Dr. Pavel Hamet, Professor
University of Montreal - CHUM
11:00am
1:00pm
Moderated Poster Competition II and Refreshments
Salon Drummond West/Centre (Level 3)
 
1:00pm
2:30pm
Lunch and Learn with FCIHR, and Mentors
Salle de Bal West (Level 4)
 
2:30pm
4:00pm
Simultaneous Workshop II (4 parallel sessions)  
1- Achieving Work and Life BalanceSalon Drummond East (Level 3) Dr. Tara Haas Associate Professor of Kinesiology and Health Science and Biology - York University
2- Establishing Successful Science-Clinic Collaborations
Salon 6/7 (Level 3)
Dr. Bruce McManus Director, The James Hogg iCAPTURE Centre St. Paul's Hospital - UBC
3- Art of Dissemination: How to Effectively Communicate your Research Findings to the Public/Media
Salon 4/5 (Level 2)
Ms. Gerri Barrer, CBC-TV Montréal Health Specialist Journalist
4- Ethics and Scientific Conduct in Biomedical and Clinical Research
Salon 1 (Level 2)
Dr. Ray Saginur Chief - Division of Infectious Disease Ottawa Hospital-Civic Campus
4:00pm 5:30pm Panel Presentations (selected abstracts; 2 parallel sessions; 4 trainees with selected oral presentations)
Salle de Bal Centre/East (Level 4)
 
5:30pm 6:30pm Free Time  
6:30pm 9:00pm Dinner, Awards Ceremony and Partners Recognition
Salon ABC (Level B)
 

 


Program - Day 3

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Time Event Speakers
7:00am
8:00am
Breakfast
Salle de Bal Foyer (Level 4)
Breakfast can be taken into Sunrise Sessions
 
7:30am
8:30am
Sunrise Session 1 - Stem Cells
Salon Drummond East (Level 3)
Dr. Jacques Galipeau
Associate Professor of Medicine and Oncology
Lady Davis Institute
Sunrise Session 2 - Cardiac Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention
Salon 4/5 (Level 2)
Dr. Veronique Pépin
Centre de Recherche de l’Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal
8:30am
9:15am
Keynote Lecture: Translational ResearchSalle de Bal Centre/East (Level 4) Speaker: Dr. Valentin Fuster, Director, Mount Sinai Heart
Chair: Dr. Peter Liu
9:15am
10:00am
Simultaneous "Research in Progress" Lectures Chair: Dr. Peter Liu

1-a TORCH Program - Tomorrow's Researchers in Cardiovascular Health

Mr. Daniel Lemoine
Program Manager, TORCH - University of Alberta
1-b IMPACT Program Ms. Jacqui Brinkman
Educational co-ordinator, iCAPTURE Centre - UBC
1-c Strategic Training Program for Transfusion Science at the Centre for Blood Research
Salle de Bal Centre/East (Level 4)
Ms. Natasha Wheatley
Training Program Coordinator
Centre for Blood Research
2- Metabolic Syndrome
Salon Drummond East (Level 3)
Dr. Gilles Paradis
Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University
Chair: Dr. Ben Rusak
3- COPD Research
Salon 6/7 (Level 3)
Dr. Jean Bourbeau
Director, The Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit - McGill University
Chair: Ms. Anne Van Dam
10:00am
10:20am
Health Break
Salle de Bal Foyer (Level 4)
 
10:20am
11:40am
Panel Presentations (selected abstracts; 2 parallel sessions; 4 trainees with selected oral presentations)
Salle de Bal Centre/East (Level 4)
 
11:40am
1:10pm
Simultaneous Workshop III (4 parallel session)  
1- Women in Science
Salon 1 (Level 2)
Speaker: Dr. Lise Gauvin
Full Professor, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine - University of Montreal
2- Career Opportunities Within Biotech and Pharma
Salon 6/7 (Level 3)
Mr. Peter Brenders President and CEO- BIOTECanada
3- How to Publish Your Papers in High Impact Journals
Salon Drummond East (Level 3)
Dr. Eldon Smith Chair of the Strategic Advisory Board of the Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta
4- Effective Presentation and Speaking in Public
Salon 4/5 (Level 2)
Dr. Darryl Knight Co-Director, James Hogg iCAPTURE Centre for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research St. Paul's Hospital - UBC
1:10pm Closing Remarks
Salle de Bal Centre/East (Level 4)
ICRH Scientific Director, Dr. Peter Liu
1:20pm Departure