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Hotel Accomodations

Conference Overview
Thursday 6/14
Afternoon (select one) Workshops/Field trip
Building Successful Telemedicine Programs
Flash Video Production Primer
Creating Innovative Experiences at the Ontario Science Centre
Evening Opening Reception

Networking Event (optional)
Dinner and theater at the Famous People Players
Friday 6/15
Morning Theme: Telehealth Solutions for Clinical and Education Challenges
Telehealth keynote: Telemedicine in a Pandemic Situation
Ed Brown, M.D
Chief Executive Officer
Ontario Telemedicine Network

Featured Plenary: Collaboration Technologies for Distance Learning
Craig Locatis, PhD, Aaron B. Navarro, PhD, and Michael J. Ackerman, PhD
Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications
National Library of Medicine

Other presentations to follow (see Friday schedule)

Lunch Networking luncheon
Afternoon Theme: Managing for Increased Productivity

Management Keynote: Marching Together with Technology into the Future
Robert J. Sawyer
Author and Futurist

Other Management presentations to follow (see Friday schedule)

Evening (select one) Annual Auction , followed by:
Free evening to enjoy Toronto
ABCD Member Dinner and Roundtable
HeSCA Past-President's Dinner
Saturday 6/16
Morning Theme: Into the Future and Protecting the Past

Keynote: HDTV
Richard Grunberg
Director of Photography Radio and Television Arts Department
Ryerson University

Featured Presentation: Evolving Copyright Law for Digital Media

Other presentations to follow (see Saturday schedule)
 
Lunch HeSCA and ABCD Business Luncheons
 
Afternoon Concurrent themes: Project Management Solutions and Production Techniques for New Digital Formats

Keynote: The Rise of Flash Video
Tom Green
Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
Author of Foundation Flash 8 Video and Macromedia Flash Professional 8: Training from the Source

Other presentations to follow (see Saturday schedule)
Evening Media Festivals & Awards Reception and Dinner

Thursday, June 14
10:00 am Registration opens at the Sheraton Centre Hotel
12:30 pm (select one) Workshops (location: St. Michaels Hospital)

Building Successful Telemedicine Programs
Richard A. McNeely and Janet Major
Co-Director and Technical Coordinator
Arizona Telemedicine Program
Biomedical Communications
University of Arizona

Flash Video Production Primer
Tom Green
Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
Author of Foundation Flash 8 Video and Macromedia Flash Professional 8: Training from the Source

Field Trip (transportation leaves at 12:30 pm sharp from the hotel)
From Idea to Inspiration: Creating Innovative Experiences at the Ontario Science Centre
Private tour – limited to 20 people
5:00 Opening Reception
6:00 Optional Networking Event
Famous People Players
Dinner and black light theatre at the famous Toronto landmark

Friday, June 15 – All Friday sessions at St. Michael's Hospital except as noted
8:30 am Welcome
8:40 – 9:40 Telemedicine Keynote Presentation:
Telemedicine in a Pandemic Situation
Ed Brown, M.D
Chief Executive Officer
Ontario Telemedicine Network
9:40 Break
10:00 Plenary Session:
Telemedicine topics
Collaboration Technologies for Distance Learning
Craig Locatis, PhD, Aaron B. Navarro, PhD, and Michael J. Ackerman, PhD
Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications
National Library of Medicine

An Innovative Teaching Space: The amphitheater at the new Institute for Advanced Telemedicine and Telehealth (T-Health)
Richard A. McNeely
Arizona Telemedicine Program and Biomedical Communications
University of Arizona

Telestroke – Innovation in Telehealth
Karen Waite
Ontario Telemedicine Network

Home Telehealth Applications
Janet Major
Technical Coordinator
Arizona Telemedicine Program and
Distance Program Coordinator, Biomedical Communications
University of Arizona
12:00 Networking luncheon
1:15 Management Keynote Presentation:
Marching Together with Technology into the Future
Robert J. Sawyer
Author and Futurist (sfwriter.com)

2:15 Break
2:30 Management plenary presentations continue:
Branding
Benoit Long
Vice President, Communications and Marketing
Trillium Health Centre

SMH-TV: Internal branding via a new communications channel
Tim Evans
St. Michael’s Hospital

Facilities Planning: Creating a college of medicine campus within the walls of a 100-year-old high school
Keven Siegert
Biomedical Communications
The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix

“In Touch Today”: Improving intra-hospital communication
Sarah Vernon
Chief Communications Officer and Director, Public Relations
St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto

Corporate-Campus Partnerships in Health Communication
Peter Ellery Fisher
Institute for Wellness and Gerontology
Ball State University
5:30
Annual Auction at Sheraton Centre Hotel, followed by
Free evening to enjoy Toronto
ABCD Member Dinner and Roundtable
HeSCA Past-President's Dinner

Saturday, June 16
Morning sessions at Ryerson University
Lunch and afternoon sessions at St. Michael's Hospital
Evening banquet and award at Sheraton Centre Hotel
8:30 Into the Future and Protecting the Past
Keynote Presentation:
HDTV
Richard Grunberg
Director of Photography Radio and Television Arts Department
Ryerson University
Plenary Presentation:
HD Workflow
Calvin Grant
Editor/Post-Production Supervisor
10:15 Break
10:30 Plenary Presentations:
Evolving Copyright Law for Digital Media
Laura Nenych, LLM
School of Radio and Television Arts
Ryerson University, Toronto

Copyright Panel Discussion

Digital Archiving

12:00 HeSCA and ABCD Business Luncheons (move to St. Michael's Hospital)
2:00 Production Techniques Keynote:
The Rise of Flash Video
Tom Green Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
Author of Foundation Flash 8 Video and Macromedia
Flash Professional 8: Training from the Source

Plenary presentation:
Larger Than Life in Times Square
Arlyn Bonfield
Biomedical Media
3:05 Break
3:15 (concurrent tracks – select one) Production Techniques Track

Ways of Seeing: 3D Animation in Biomedical Communications
Marc Dryer
University of Toronto

Replacing Posters with Electronic Exhibits: Pros and Cons of Digital Presentation Systems
Lynda Banzi
Massachusetts General Hospital

Project Management Track

Digital Image Workflow: Creating a solution to meet the varied needs of producers and end-users
Paul Crompton
Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust & Cardiff University
University Hospital of Wales

STOP Letting Project Management Slow You Down: Effective traffic management in today's BMC
Jill Fair and Rebecca Fulbright
East Tennessee State University, Quillen College of Medicine

Project Management and Accounting Made Easy!
Joanna Griggs
The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
4:45 Break
6:30 Media Festivals & Awards Reception and Dinner