Women Physicians:
Power in Partnership
Sheraton Centre Hotel, Toronto
September 25-27, 2015
CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
18:00 - 19:30
Board Reception (by invitation only) - Adelaide Tower - 15th Floor, 333 Bay
Sponsored by Medisys & the FMWC Toronto branch
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
7:30 - 8:00
Registration & Breakfast - Sheraton Centre Hotel
8:00 - 11:00
Preconference Workshop (separate registration required) - Sheraton Centre Hotel
DR. MAMTA GAUTAM: Quit Being Good, Be Great!
Refreshment Break
Preconference Workshop (separate registration required) - Sheraton Centre Hotel
MD PHYSICIAN SERVICES: Personal Financial Management (no meal provided)
2014-2015 Annual Board Meeting - Sheraton Centre Hotel
(lunch provided, directors only)
Opening Cocktail Reception (open to all attendees) - Sheraton Centre Hotel
(hors d’oeuvres & drinks provided)
Students and Residents Reception (location to be announced)
11:00 - 11:15
12:00 - 13:00
13:00 - 17:00
18:00 - 20:00
20:00 - 22:00
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
7:30 - 8:00
8:00 - 9:15
9:15 - 9:30
9:45 - 10:30
10:30 - 10:50
10:50 - 11:05
11:05 - 11:25
11:30 - 13:00
13:00 - 13:30
13:30 - 13:50
13:50 - 14:10
14:10 - 14:25
14:30 - 15:00
15:00 - 15:30
15:45 - 17:00
19:00 - 22:00
Registration & Breakfast - Sheraton Centre Hotel
Annual General Meeting
General greetings
Opening Address: DR. JANE PHILPOTT
Upsize your outputs by the power of partnership
Plenary 1- A global perspective: DR. CLAUDIA MORRISSEY
Saving Mothers, Giving Life (SMGL): a systems approach to accessing life-saving care
Refreshment Break
Plenary 1 continued - A global perspective: DR. PADMINI MURTHY
Beijing Platform of Action: A 20 year review of the progress and challenges in women's health and their
human rights
Awards Luncheon
Plenary 2 - Women and violence: MS. WENDY LEAVER
Sexual Human Trafficking: A Domestic Issue
DR. ROOPINDER (ROBIN)KALOTY - Intimate Partner Violence: Where to go from here
DR. BETTINA PFLEIDERER - MWIA’s work on Violance
Refreshment Break
Plenary 3 - Prevention: DR. VIVIEN BROWN
Immunization: Time for Aggressive Prevention
DR. RANDI ROSE - Lifestyle Interventions: The Best Medicine Cardiologists Are Not Using
Student Poster Session (refreshments provided)
GALA(separate registration required) - Royal Ontario Museum
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
7:30 - 8:00
8:30 - 9:00
9:00 - 9:30
9:30 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:30
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:30
11:30 - 12:00
12:30 - 13:30
Breakfast
Plenary 4 - Partnership with medical organisations: DR. MARJORIE GASS
The American perspective on the value of organizational partnerships
DR. JENNIFER BLAKE: Partnering to Educate and Advocate
Plenary 5 - Partnership in research: DR. WENDY NORMAN
Collaboration and partnerships: the key to research that will create change
Refreshment Break
Closing Plenary: DR. JANICE STEIN (topic to be announced)
DR. MARLA SHAPIRO: Is Your Voice Really Heard? The Impact of social media on Medicine
Closing remarks
2015-2016 Board of Directors Meeting (lunch provided, directors only)