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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Time Activity
4:00 p.m. AGM & Conference registration opens
4:00 – 5:00 p.m. President's Reception for Board of Directors
6:00 p.m. Exhibits open
7:00 p.m. Annual General Meeting
Registration and exhibits close
9:00 p.m. Reception for all attendees

 

Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Time Activity
7:00 a.m. Registration opens
7:30 p.m. Exhibits open
Breakfast buffet opens
8:30 a.m. Opening ceremonies

Emcee Martha Chaves, AOHC President Jocelyne Maxwell and Aboriginal Constituency Director Angela Recollet welcome delegates.
9:00 a.m. Plenary 1: Challenges and Solutions

Martha Chaves tells us why all the different parts of the health system need to do a better job working together.

Keynote address from Ontario’s Minister of Health and Long-term Care Deb Matthews maps out her solutions.

Presentation of Award to the Community Health Champion
10:00 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Learning Sessions A
12:15 p.m. Buffet lunch
1:15 p.m. Media award
1:30 p.m. Plenary 2: Ontario’s Action Plan for system transformation: are we headed in the right direction? SPONSORED BY HIROC

Helen Angus, Associate Deputy Minister of Care, maps out the provincial government’s transformation agenda and its new Health Links initiative.

Panelists: Bruce Lauckner, CEO, Waterloo Wellington LHIN, Cathy Fooks, CEO, Change Foundation and Angela Robertson, Executive Director, Central Toronto CHC offer their ideas to make sure the province’s plans take the optimal course.
2:30 p.m. Break
2:50 p.m.. Learning Sessions B
4:30 p.m. AOHC Board Summit
Tours of local CHCs 
6:15 p.m. Reception with cash bar
7:00 p.m. Second Stage of Medicare Awards Banquet Dinner
9:00 p.m. DJ Dance Party

 

Thursday, June 6, 2013
Time Activity
7:00 a.m. Registration opens
7:30 a.m. Exhibits open
Breakfast buffet opens
8:30 a.m. Plenary 3: Imagining our Best Future

We flash forward to 2020 and get a glimpse of how quality of life would improve if we leveraged the power of the Canadian Index of Wellbeing to measure what matters.

Charles Pascal, Ontario’s former advisor on early learning asks delegates for their ideas on how to build integrated community health and wellbeing systems that promote the best possible health and wellbeing for everyone.
10:00 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Learning Sessions C
12:15 p.m. Box lunch networking sessions
1:15 p.m. Door prize draw
1:30 p.m. Plenary 4: Pitch it to the panel

Ideas to promote interprofessional teams, better care coordination, and a more holistic approach to health and wellbeing get pitched to an expert panel of opinion leaders and decision-makers.

Susan Fitzpatrick, Assistant Deputy Minister of Health and Long-term Care, Dr. Samir Sinha, Ontario’s lead on the senior’s strategy, Don Drummond, former Head of the Commission on the Reform of Ontario’s Public Service dish out their feedback.

Making the pitches: AOHC Executive Director Adrianna Tetley, Family Physician Dr. Nicole Nitti, Social Worker Aarti Kibedi and Health Policy expert Steven Lewis.

Moderator: Bill Davidson
3:00 p.m. Call to action and closing ceremonies
3:30 p.m. Adjournment: Exhibits close

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