Science, Systems and Structures
21st Annual Health Policy Conference | February 24-25, 2009
CHSPR’s 2009 conference brought together Canadian and international leaders in health services research to explore how science, systems and structures can be organized to develop and apply valued technical and social innovations for patients and populations.
Program
February 24
8:35am | Keynote Opening: Ingenuity
Thomas Homer-Dixon, University of Waterloo [Slides]
9:30am | Opportunities and Challenges for Scientific Ingenuity in Health Care
Bob Hancock, Centre for Microbial Diseases Research, UBC [Slides]
Colleen Fuller, PharmaWatch [Slides]
Russell Williams, Canada’s Rx&D Companies [Slides]
10:50am | Scientific Innovation, the Economy, and Health
Adam Holbrook, Centre for Policy Research on Science & Technology, SFU [Slides]
Eliot Phillipson, Canada Foundation for Innovation [Slides]
Lynda Cranston, Provincial Health Services Authority
1:00pm | Process Innovations in Health Care
Martin Puterman, Centre for Health Care Management, UBC [Slides]
1:40pm | Health System Innovation
Ross Baker, University of Toronto [Slides]
2:45pm | Policy Innovations for the Health of Populations
Larry Frank, School of Community and Regional Planning, UBC
Clyde Hertzman, Human Early Learning Partnership, UBC [Slides]
3:50pm | Competition, Choice, and Health System Innovation: Tales from the USA
Arnold Relman, Harvard Medical School [Slides]
4:45pm | Closing Remarks
Morris Barer, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, UBC
February 25
8:40am | Pharmaceutical Innovation, Medicine and Policy
Marcia Angell, Harvard Medical School [Slides]
9:35am | Innovation, Regulation and Regulatory Innovation
Donald Light, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey [Slides]
David Lee, Health Canada [Slides]
10:50am | Dealing with the Challenges of Health Innovation
Stirling Bryan, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, UBC [Slides]
11:30am | Coverage with Evidence Development
Sean Tunis, Center for Medical Technology Policy [Slides]
1:15pm | Public Involvement in Decision-Making
Michael Burgess, The W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics, UBC [Slides]
Marcia Kelson, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence [Slides]
2:45pm | Law, Intellectual Property and Innovation
Timothy Caulfield, University of Alberta [Slides]
Janet Hope, Australian National University [Slides]
3:55pm | Closing Remarks: On Having Cake and Eating It Too
Steve Morgan, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, UBC