ECADS SYNDROMIC SURVEILLANCE CONFERENCE

Tuesday, October 3, 2006

                                                      Location: Foustanella Auditorium 2nd floor



OPENING REMARKS

 

10:00 On Behalf of National Research Council  Laura Brown
10:10 On Behalf of Ottawa Heart Institute   Richard Davies
10:20 On Behalf of CRTI    Norm Yanofsky



CURRENT STATUS OF SYNDROMIC SURVEILLANCE IN CANADA

 

10:40 QUESST: The Journey Continues Kieran Moore
11:00 Real-Time Biosurveillance and Response Readiness    Amin Kabani
11:20 Refreshments
11:35 ECADS Richard Davies
11:55 Disease Surveillance in Action- Public Health Perspective     Hazel Lynn
12:15 Discussion All
12:30 Lunch



HEALTH INFORMATION: END USERS PERSPECTIVE

 

13:30 Terrorism Surveillance- Public Health Perspective   Dave Salisbury
13:50 High Risk Populations- Diabetes   Janine Malcolm
14:10 CCORT- Canadian Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Team    Magda Melo
14:30 Disease Management- Family Medicine Perspective   Clare Liddy
14:50 Discussion All
15:10 Refreshments



TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT

 

15:25 Bayesian Disease Surveillance by Detection of Anomalous Clusters   Daniel Neill
15:45 Use of Artificial Neural Networks for Aberration Detection   Deborah Stacey
16:05 Information Extraction and Text Mining   Berry deBruijn
16:25 Role of IT as a Stakeholder   Monica Preston
16:45 Discussion All
17:00 Adjourn

18:00 Wine and Cheese Reception The Courtyard Restaurant

19:00 Dinner Music and Entertainment




ECADS SYNDROMIC SURVEILLANCE CONFERENCE
Day 2

Wednesday, October 4, 2006

                                                      Location: Boardroom 2nd floor

7:30 Continental Breakfast


MANDATE AND ROLE IN COLLECTING AND USING HEALTH CARE INFORMATION

 

8:30 CNPHI Canadian Early Warning System   Stephanie Clarke
8:50 Canadian Institute for Health Information- An Overview    Greg Webster
9:10 Pan-Canadian Public Health Surveillance Update  Tim Beasley
9:30 Health Records and Surveillance   Richard Davies



MOVING FORWARD

 

9:45 Round Table Discussion Gini Bethell,
10:15 Refreshments
10:30 Ongoing Discussion All
11:45 Closing Remarks Richard Davies
12:00 Lunch and Departures