Day 1 - Monday, November 14

12:30 - 4:30 pm

Pre-Conference Workshop: Military and Veterans’ Mental Health Hosted by DRDC, CFHS and VAC. For more information, click here.

3:00 pm

Registration Opens

5:00 - 7:30 pm

Reception & Scientific Poster Session & Tradeshow

Welcome to Kingston:

Senator Hugh Segal
Daniel Woolf, Principal Queen's University
Joel Sokolsky, Principal Royal Military College of Canada (RMCC)
BGen Eric Tremblay - Commandant RMCC

Day 2 - Tuesday, November 15

7:00 am

Breakfast

8:00 - 8:15 am

Welcome Address

The Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Veterans Affairs Canada

8:15 - 10:00 am

Plenary Session - The Government Perspective

Rear-Admiral Andrew Smith - Chief of Military Personnel, Canadian Forces
Commodore Hans Jung - Canadian Forces Surgeon General
Susan Truscott - Representing Defence Research and Development Canada
Veterans Affairs Canada

10:00 - 10:30 am

Break & Tradeshow, Poster Sessions Continued

10:30 - 12:15 pm

Break-out Sessions

Mental Health

Combat Casualty Care

Physical Rehabilitation

Transition from Military to Civilian Life

12:15 - 12:45 pm

Lunch

12:45 - 1:40 pm

Lunch time Plenary - The US Perspective

Rear-Admiral Bruce Doll - The US Navy Medical Research Program
Colonel Geoffrey Ling - Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency

1:40 - 1:45 pm

Transition Time

1:45 - 3:45 pm

Break-out

Sessions Mental Health

Combat Casualty Care

Operational & Environmental Health

Health Care Policies and Programs

3:45 - 4:30 pm

Break 1 Canadian Field Hospital Demonstration - Parking Lot

4:45 - 5:45 pm

Break-out Sessions

Mental Health

Combat Casualty Care

Mental Health

BREAK

7:00 pm

Gala Dinner

Ticket included in registration - many VIPs and exciting key note in attendance

Day 3 - Wednesday, November 16

7:00 am

Breakfast

Buffet breakfast

7:45 - 8:30 am

Plenary - Moving Research Forward: A Network of Networks

Dr. Arya Sharma, President, Canadian Obesity Network
Dr. Zul Merali, President & CEO, Canadian Depression Research and Intervention Network

8:30 - 8:35 am

Transition Time

8:35 - 10:20 am

Mental Health

Blast Injury Workshop - DRDC

Physical Rehabilitation

Mental Health Long Format Presentations and Demonstrations

10:20 - 11:00 am

1 Canadian Field Hospital Demonstration and Coffee Break

11:15 - 12:45 pm

Mental Health

Blast Injury Workshop

Physical Rehabilitation

Transition from Military to Civilian Life

12:45 - 1:30 pm

Lunch

1:30 - 2:15 pm

Plenary - The UK Perspective

Dr Simon Wessley, Director King's Centre for Military Health Research Centre, King's College, London

2:15 - 2:20 pm

Transition Time

2:20 - 400 pm

Mental Health

Life After Service Studies - workshop for interested researchers, hosted by VAC

Working with military families - information session, hosted by the Military Personnel Research Association

400 - 4:05 pm

Transition Time

4:05 pm

Closing Plenary Session - The Final Word

Dr. Kellie Leitch - Orthopedic Surgeon, Humanitarian, Member of Parliament

** please note - schedule may change, updates will be posted as they become available