OCAD - Health Summit - Program

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2009

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8:30am
Registration and light refreshments

9:00am
Opening Remarks
Sara Diamond, President, Ontario College of Art & Design

9:15am
Remarks
Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, Executive Vice-President, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

9:30am
Plenary Session #1
Shadow Play: Exploring the Relationships Between Body & Space in Physical Rehabilitation & Public Health

Geoffrey Edwards, Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Geomatics, Université Laval
Marie Louise Bourbeau, Bourbeau Voice Dynamics

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10:25am
Networking Break

10:40am
Plenary Session #2
Integrating Art, Science and Health; Visualization
Moderator: Christopher Paige, Vice President, Research, University Health Network

Diane Gromala, Canadian Research Chair, Multidisciplinary and Multimedia Arts & Founding Director of Simon Fraser University’s BioMedia Lab
Lincoln Stein, Platform Leader, Informatics and Bio-computing, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
Nicholas Woolridge, Program Director, Biomedical Communications, University of Toronto

This panel is generously sponsored by:

11:50am
Networking Break

12:15pm
CAFE SCIENTIFIQUE #2
DESIGNing Health 2.0: Changing the Way We Manage Our Health

Michael Evans, Director, Health Media Lab, and Scientist at the Keenan Research Centre of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital

Moderator:

Robert Luke, Assistant VP, Research & Innovation, George Brown College

1:30pm
Networking Break

2:00pm
Break-out Session #1
Design Methodologies
Moderator: Jutta Treviranus, Director, Adaptive Technology Resource Centre, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto

Ron Wakkary, Professor, School of Interactive Arts & Technology, Simon Fraser University
Robert Luke, Assistant Vice President of Research and Innovation, George Brown College
Bill Leeming, Associate Professor, Faculty of Liberal Studies, Ontario College of Art & Design

Break-out Session #2
Art, Performance and Knowledge Translation (or Ways of Interpreting)
Moderator: Johanna Householder, Chair, Criticism and Curatorial Practice, Ontario College of Art & Design

Christian Burks, President and CEO, Ontario Genomics Institute
Julia Gray, Artistic Director, Possible Arts
Elaine Biddiss, Scientist, Innovation and Development, Bloorview Research Institute

3:30pm
Networking Break

3:45pm
Strategy Session #1
Moderator: Sara Diamond, President, Ontario College of Art & Design

Johanna Householder, Chair, Criticism and Curatorial Practice, Ontario College of Art & Design
Jutta Treviranus, Director, Adaptive Technology Resource Centre, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto
Roger Ulrich, Beale Professor of Health Facilities Design Professor of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Faculty Fellow, Center for Health Systems + Design, Texas A&M University

A focused discussion led by break-out session chairs, with the goals to report on break-out session highlights; summarize the highlights of the research presented at the summit so far; discuss the structure of the research, i.e. types of collaboration, funding models, industry involvement, policy implications, and benefits to the economy, etc.; explore opportunities stemming from the research presented of other possible research collaborations; brainstorm as to what support mechanisms would provide a conducive environment for such research and collaborations; outline a support strategy that includes funding models and policy changes at the levels of government, research funding councils, academic institutions and their departments, and industry.

4:40pm
Closing Remarks
Sara Diamond, President, Ontario College of Art & Design

4:50pm
Wrap

6:30pm - Auditorium
Doors Open / Registration

7:00pm
Café Scientifique #3/HospiTALK #2
Art & Health - Healthy People: Healthy Communities

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7:00pm
Opening Remarks
Sara Diamond, President, Ontario College of Art & Design

7:10pm
Remarks
Dr. Kamiel Gabriel, Assistant Deputy Minister, Science and Research to the Minister of Research and Innovation

7:20pm
Ian Graham, Vice President Knowledge Translation, Canadian Institutes of Health Research

7:30pm
Spirits of Health

Prune Harris, (replacing Cheryl M. Bartlett), Research Associate in Integrative Science, Cape Breton University
Albert D. Marshall, Elder and Doctor of Letters (honoris causa), Eskasoni community, Mi’kmaq Nation

8:30pm
Technological Innovations for Creativity & Communication in Disability

Lizbeth Goodman, Founder & Director, SMARTlab Digital Media Institute, London, UK
Mick Donegan, Principal Research Fellow in Multimodal Interfaces, SMARTlab Digital Media Institute, London, UK

9:30pm
Discussion and Closing Remarks
Sara Diamond, President, Ontario College of Art & Design

9:45pm
Wrap

HospiTALK #2 is generously sponsored by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

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