Preliminary Agenda

Wednesday October 8, 2008

5:00-7:00 pm
Delegate Registration
Wildrose Pre Function Space

5:00-7:00 pm
Vendors Area Open
Wildrose Pre Function Space

5:00-7:00 pm
Welcome Wine and Cheese
Hawthorn & Pre Function Space

Thursday October 9, 2008

7:00-8:00am
Breakfast
Pre Function Space

8:00-8:30 am
Opening Address
Wildrose Ballroom

8:30-9:30 am
Keynote address ~ Jim Bottomley
Wildrose Ballroom

9:30-10:00 am
Refreshments and Vendor Viewing
Pre Function Space

10:00-12 noon  20 minutes each    20 minutes Q & A
Assisted Living Models of Care Delivery Panel discussion
1. Keith McBain, Leader of Assisted Living,Fraser Health
2. Joanne Mueller, Director of Supportive Living, Capital Health
3. Alice Mah Wren, Director of Health Services, Interior Health
4. Donna Stelmachovich, Senior Program Director, Chinook Health
5. Karen Congden, Regional Assisted Living Leader, Vancouver Coastal Health
Wildrose Ballroom

12:00-1:15 pm
Buffet Luncheon and Vendor Viewing
Pre Function Space

1:15-4:30pm
Research and Evidence
1. Sheryl Zimmerman, Ph.D., Co-Director, Interdisciplinary Centre for Aging Research, Co-Director, Program on Aging, disability and Long-Term Care Cecil G. Sheps Centre for Health Services Research, Professor and director of Aging Research, School of Social Work, Adjunct Professor, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2. Laurel Strain, Ph.D, Director, Alberta Centre on Aging, University of Alberta
3. Colleen Maxwell, Associate Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary
Wildrose Ballroom

2:30-3:00 pm
Refreshments and Vendor Viewing
Pre Function Space

4:00-5:30 pm
Vendor Move-Out
Pre Function Space

4:15-4:30pm
Closing of Day 1
Wildrose Ballroom

6:00-7:00 pm
Cocktails
Pre Function Space

7:00-8:30 pm
Dinner
Wildrose Ballroom

8:30-9:30 pm
Brent Butt, Star of CTV's Corner Gas ~ Entertainment
Wildrose Ballroom

Friday October 10, 2008

7:00-8:00 am
Breakfast
Wildrose Ballroom

8:00-9:00 am
Smart Communities
Keynote ~ Avi Friedman, Ph.D. Professor of Architecture Director, Affordable Homes Program McGill University School of Architecture
Wildrose Ballroom

9:00-10:00 am
Evidence Based Design ~ Ron Wickman BA, BEDS, M.Arch., Architect, AAA, MRAIC, Principal of Ron Wickman Architect
Wildrose Ballroom

10:00-10:30 am
Refreshments and Poster Board Viewing
Pre Function Space

10:30-12:00 pm
Therapeutic/ Activation Programming
1. Jay Ego, Wellness Director, Willamette View, Portland, OR
2. Bruce Devereux, Recreation Therapist, The Good Samaritan Society Christenson Village, Gibsons, BC
Wildrose Ballroom

12:00-1:15 pm
Lunch and Poster Board Viewing
Pre Function Space

1:15-2:15 pm
Policy Landscape Across Canada
Speaker ~ Laura Watts , National Director The Canadian Centre for Elder Law Studies (CCELS) A Division of the BC Law Institute, Risk Management
Wildrose Ballroom

2:15-2:45pm
Refreshments & Poster Board Viewing
Pre Function Space

2:45-4:15 pm
Prespectives on Shared Responsibility in Assisted Living
1. Dr. Paddy Quail, Medical Care
2. Kathy Daly, BC Regional Director of Operation, Facility Provider
3. TBC, Community Care
4. Kathy James Fairbairn, Pharmaceutical Care
5. Laura Watts, National Director The Canadian Centre for Elder Law Studies (CCELS) A Division of the BC Law Institute, Risk Management
6. Valerie Joneson, Family Member

Wildrose Ballroom

4:15-4:25pm
Closing Remarks and Summation
Wildrose Ballroom

4:25-4:30
Phil Gaudet, President and CEO, The Good Samaritan Society
Wildrose Ballroom