Using LEAN to Improve Process, Productivity and Quality

Attend this event and hear from the experts:

• Why creating a culture of innovation is key to transforming the public service
• What Service Ontario’s 7-Step process has achieved in improving productivity
• How the Royal Canadian Mint achieved lasting improvements
• What progress has been made by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in improving service delivery with Lean
• Making a lasting improvement with Lean; lessons from Rouge Valley’s transformation
• Managing change and overcoming resistance when introducing and implementing Lean

By the end of the conference, participants will be able to:

• identify the anatomy and pathophysiology of frontal lobe function and dysfunction
• recognize the value of neuropharmacological, neurophysiological and neuroimaging assessment and treatment procedures
• identify the expression of frontal lobe function and dysfunction across maturational stages
• recognize the breadth of frontal lobe functions, from cognitive to emotional
• differentially diagnose frontal lobe dysfunctions in neurological and psychiatric disorders
• critically evaluate the rehabilitation of frontal lobe dysfunctions

Best Practices for Leveraging New Technologies to Increase Efficiency and Profitability in Construction

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is rapidly revolutionizing the construction industry and the bottom line of those who have adopted it. Stakeholders who understand the value of BIM, accept and leverage new technology, and adopt best practices will have an advantage over their less savvy competitors.

Gain a competitive edge by attending this event and learning from industry experts who will focus discussion on:

• How BIM value differs between industry participants
• Best practices for sharing and managing data
• Legal insights into contractual implications of BIM
• The use of BIM for Property and Facility Management
• Successful deployment of BIM on existing buildings
• BIM and the standard of care – dealing with liability in a shared environment
• How LEED and BIM can work together to simplify and maximize credit delivery
• What Canadian BIM requirements, guidelines and standards might look like when established

The comprehensive medical update for family physicians, general practitioners and other primary-care professionals

Created by Drs. Colin Woolf and Yvonne de Buda in 1987, Saturday at The University is still growing steadily, providing excellent speakers who deliver practical, relevant, evidence based CME. We attract a multidisciplinary group of general practitioners, family physicians, general internists and nurse practitioners from all over Ontario, all learning together how to better provide exceptional care in practice.

• 9:00 a.m.    - Sports Medicine - Dr. Julia Alleyne
• 11:20 a.m.  - Treatment of Stroke - Dr. Denise Richardson
•                 - Botulism Toxin Treatment of Neurologic Disorders - Dr. Earl Consky
• 2:10 p.m.   - Emergencies in the Office - Dr. Brian Goldman

Experts from over 40 top global and national brands will teach you how they are:

• Establishing a marketing metrics baseline
• Correlating offline and online measurements
• Connecting customer satisfaction data with customer behavior data
• Comparing online to other channels of acquisition and distribution
• Changing a corporate culture to embrace marketing experimentation
• Increase measurable value from your website, campaigns and communications
• Demystify the website audit process
• Discover web analytics basics at the Web Analytics Association (WAA) Base Camp - Introduction to Web Analytics and Search Analytics for Search Marketers
• We’ve been influencing customers through social media, but are we measuring results? Do we know what those measures are? Take your understanding of social media metrics to the next level
• Learn how best use of data, technology and processes improves the online customer experience and builds loyalty.
• Learn how companies are increasing marketing performance offline by listening and learning from customers online
• Discover how to create an analytics-based marketing and business culture
• Learn how to build a case for online marketing analytics, secure a budget and resources
• See hands-on demonstrations of the latest tools in action
• See case studies presented by senior web and ecommerce managers, marketers and analysts

Welcome to the IT360° Conference & Expo, the only national event that brings the full spectrum of strategically linked technologies to one place Face -To-Face!  

ONE DAY ONLY!

Tap into the power of knowledge with 1000+ IT professionals, trend setting vendors, authors, analysts, media and visionaries that are setting a new bar in information technology. 

“WHY IT360°?” 

" A  Micro  IT  Ecosystem"     IT360° is where IT professionals and executives meet and share experiences and challenges and learn what is real and what is "FUD".   

• Understand the IT landscape  trends and technologies and what to expect around the corner.
• Make direct comparisons of products and services in security, data centers and infrastructure, cloud, unified communications, virtualization, telephony/VoIP
• Take back to your organization reliable information saving valuable evaluation time
• Be inspired by C-Level visionaries and thought leaders that attend.
• Learn how to leverage and integrate cost effective and enviro friendly operational efficiencies for a leaner organization.
• Network with experts who will share information you need to ensure your organization has continuous access to mission critical services.

Implement Best Legal and Compliance Practices to Minimize Allegations of Abuse and Protect Both Organizations and Children Alike

New claims of sexual assault and abuse against children are being brought against governments, religious institutions and schools alike for both current and historical claims. Institutional liability for foster care situations is a key concern and institutions are unsure of the extent of their liability for the acts of certain types of individuals. Class actions litigation for child abuse claims presents particular challenges with regard to certification and determining quantum of damages, and the ranges in damages awards for abuse claims generally are so wide that anticipating and advising on damages appears next to impossible. Meanwhile, the past year has seen significant case law developments in determining causation factors and assessment of the quantum of damages.

This year’s program provides defence and plaintiff’s counsel and institutions the opportunity to determine the impacts of recent case law, legislative and other trends on litigation strategies and internal risk exposures and processes. Our outstanding faculty will help you to:

• CONSIDER the impacts of the new civil litigation regime in Ontario for abuse cases
• IMPLEMENT state-of-the-art forensic and investigative techniques
• DEVELOP strategies to manage evidentiary challenges in historic abuse claims
• APPLY winning strategies in litigating class action sexual assault and abuse claims
• UNDERSTAND factors contributing to the ranges in damages awards
• EXAMINE recent case law and trends relevant to insurance coverage for institutional liability claims
• And much more!

Search Marketing Expo – SMX content is so compelling, you’ll want to implement what you’ve learned before leaving the conference. Dramatically increase the number of people who come to your site with ROI enhancing paid search advertising and search engine optimization techniques and best practices.

SMX dives deep on developments and solutions redefining search marketing…

• Google’s universal search, and blended search in general, continue to profoundly alter the SEO landscape, offering new opportunities for visibility. Yet, old-school SEO tactics virtually ignore universal and blended search.
• Real-time search is shaking up results pages in ways that marketers are still digesting, while personalized search means everyone sees something different in response to a query. How do marketers react?
• Meanwhile, new paid search advertising opportunities abound, from exotic AdWords formats to Facebook ads that allow you to connect with buyers “pre-search.” And looming over everything is the deal for Microsoft to power search for Yahoo.

Personalize your SMX West experience. Attend any of the more than 50 sessions that suit your needs and maximize your investment. There are sessions just for you whether you’re new to search or an experienced internet marketer, employed at a Fortune 500 company or run your own business or agency.

The Foot and Ankle Symposium is designed as a comprehensive review of the operative and non-operative management of foot and ankle pathologies. After attending the course the participant will have better medical insight into the care of both common and important foot and ankle problems.

The course is designed to help both the surgeon and allied health professional in the management and education of their patients. A national and international perspective is provided through inviting various guest speakers from other provinces within Canada and outside of the country.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Orthopaedic surgeons, podiatrists, chiropodists, rheumatologists, plastic surgeons, physical therapists, occupational therapists, orthopaedic, nurses, nurse practitioners (wound care), rehabilitation coordinators, residents, fellows, trainees and other health professionals working in the research and treatment of foot and ankle pathologies, will enhance their knowledge and skills by attending this symposium.

The AAN Annual Meeting provides tremendous value to all registered attendees, with free access to a variety of programs and events included in your registration fee.

Events of Interest to All Attendees

• Scientific Platform and Poster Sessions
  50 Scientific Platform Sessions and six poster sessions throughout the meeting


• Plenary Sessions


• Integrated Neuroscience Sessions


• Highlights in the Field
  Enjoy subspecialty highlights and networking with colleagues at meetings held throughout the meeting.


• Celebration for Research


• Exhibit Hall and Complementary Luncheons
  Opening Reception: Monday, April 12, 5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
  Hall Hours: Tuesday–Wednesday, 11:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.; Thursday, 11:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
  Complementary Luncheons: Tuesday–Thursday, 12:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.

Of Interest to Practicing Neurologists

• BRAINS Colloquium: Critical Thinking for Critical Issues
• Patient Safety Colloquium: Diagnostic Errors in Neurology
• Practice Colloquium: Dialogue with the Insurer Medical Directors: A Conversation You Don`t Have Every Day
• Education Colloquium: International Education
• Web Wonders: The Must-Have Technologies for Neurologists in 2010
• Best Care Expo: Guidelines, Government Relations and Getting Paid
• ABPN MOC Informational Session
• Ethics Colloquium
• Corporate Therapeutic Updates
• Controversial Issues in Practice Session: Health Care Reform

Of Interest to Neurology Advocates

• Best Care Expo: Guidelines, Government Relations and Getting Paid
• Palatucci Advocacy Action Planning Roundtable

Of Interest to Students, Residents, and Fellows

• Medical and graduate students and PhD candidates who present a student ID card or are AAN members receive free admission to the Annual Meeting.
• ABPN Resident Informational Session
• SIGN Meeting and Reception
• Residents and Fellows Career Forum and Reception
• Resident/Medical Student Rush Line
• Check in at the Reservation Booth each morning for tickets to available courses for that day. Two tickets will be held for each course, available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Of Interest to International Attendees

• International Attendee Summit
• Integrated Neuroscience Session: Global Neurology: Toxins and Infections
• Education Colloquium: International Education
• International Component Posters at the Residents and Fellows
• Career Forum and Reception
• Members of underserved countries are entitled to receive their general registration fee waived and qualify for free Rush Line programs.

The Evolving North American and World GHG Regimes

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to gain information valuable to your business on an element of strategic importance to North American economy. Learn about:

• Carbon developments: the new trade and economic considerations (North America and Internationally)
• U.S. House and Senate action
• U.S. litigation
• Status of the Canadian federal climate change policy
• North American regional update: RGGI, WCI, and the Midwest Governor’s Accord
• Energy and industrial markets and carbon considerations
• Using offsets to mitigate risk
• “Managing” risk through not-so-obvious partnerships
• Essential building blocks of a successful carbon management strategy
• Integrity: carbon credibility and verification
• The cost of climate change and integrating carbon into financial disclosure – how much, how little and why
• Protocol development and the Carbon Offset solutions
• Market mechanisms – still credible way of going forward?

Losses stemming from the complex derivatives investments linked to the subprime mortgages and other debt instruments have led to a number of major lawsuits involving billions of dollars and raising many important legal issues.

This event will provide crucial developments and case studies in derivatives litigation and a look at the future legal issues looming on the horizon.

Join our seasoned faculty of legal and medical professionals at this two-day conference to obtain timely advice, tools and techniques that you can employ at once. Acquire the skills that will allow you to:

• MANAGE the impacts of the latest legal developments
• GEAR UP for reform: Bill 168
• EQUIP your team to adequately respond to mental health related work leaves and disability claims
• MEET your duty to accommodate obligations
• MEDIATE these disputes and achieve a desired outcome for all parties involved
• RESPOND to workplace risks before they create mental health issues
• And much more!

Learn about the key legal issues in Administrative Law!

Administrative law is one of the most challenging and complex areas of law to master. For instance, the “duty of fairness” can comprise one set of procedural safeguards in one situation and a completely different set in another. The rules of evidence for administrative hearings are completely different from those that govern trials in a court.
And that’s just the beginning!

This comprehensive course, staffed by leading experts, will provide you with in-depth, nuts-and-bolts coverage of the fundamentals of administrative law and practice in Canada, including:

• Sources of procedural fairness
• Overview of the rules of natural justice and procedural fairness
• Availability of Charter remedies at the tribunal level
• Evidentiary issues in administrative proceedings
• Judicial review of professional discipline decisions
• Making tribunal decisions and writing effective reasons
• Improving practice before administrative tribunals

The Canadian Institute’s Building Aboriginal Business Relationships addresses the key challenges for building partnerships including cultural awareness, capacity building and finding equity. The conference also explores best practices to achieve successful partnerships and how to effectively partner with foreign investors to help finance the project.

Timely topics include:

• Determining options for accessing capital
• Realizing the strategic advantages of partnering with Aboriginal businesses
• Approaches and resources for capacity building and training for Aboriginal businesses
• Exploring the impact of changes to the Mining Act on doing business with Aboriginal communities
• Identifying the characteristics of successful partnerships; learn what has worked for others

Acquire or polish the leadership competencies that are essential in today`s health care system!

Conference Highlights

• Keynote address by Dr. Graham Sher, CEO, Canadian Blood Services
• "Smart failures, stupid successes" - Janice Gross Stein, Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management, University of Toronto
• 2 full days of interactive workshops. Topics include informed decision-making, conflict management, Web 2.0 and authentic leadership
• Opportunities to network with peers and colleagues
• Panel session with hospital CEOs Dr. Robert Bell, Dr. Robert Howard and Dr. Barry McLellan

plus...

Two 1-day preconference PMI workshops (22 April 2010)

• Dialogue - the language of complex systems
• Leadership in ethics and professionalism: Helping others do the right thing

Each year the American Society for Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA) presents a spring and fall meeting, one devoted to regional anesthesia and acute pain medicine and the other devoted to chronic pain medicine.  Each meeting is generally approved for approximately 30 CME credits.

The Annual Regional Anesthesia Meeting and Workshops is presented in the spring in mid to late April.  Each program features refresher courses, general sessions, parallel sessions, workshops, intensive comprehensive workshops, ultrasound workshops, problem-based learning discussions, poster presentations and a comprehensive technical exhibition.  The Annual Regional Anesthesia Meeting also features the highly-popular “ASA Update” presented by the ASA President-Elect as well as updates from our colleagues at the European Society of Regional Anesthesia (ERSA) and the Latin-American Society of Regional Anesthesia (LASRA).  The regional anesthesia meeting also includes the presentation of the Society’s Distinguished Service Award and the Gaston Labat Lecture by a pioneer in regional anesthesia.

This intensive two-day conference on Managing Risks in Carriage of Goods Contracts has been specifically designed to provide you with winning tools and strategies to bullet proof your agreements. Attend this unique and timely event to learn how to minimize legal and transactional risks that can occur in even the most efficient cargo operations. Strengthen your drafting skills and discover how to overcome risks that can arise from negotiating clauses in agreements to pitfalls in obtaining effective insurance coverage to issuing liens.

Incomplete knowledge can lead to costly expenditures, delays, monetary losses and diminished credibility affecting your cargo operations and profitability. Protect yourself and your operations with the skills and knowledge gained at this event. Meet with leading legal and industry professionals and receive essential information and critical updates on hot topics of importance, including:

• Protecting your interests from liability loopholes in legislation and insurance policies
• Maximizing your protection when involved in dangerous goods transportation operations
• Top tips for ensuring compliance with various regulatory requirements
• Overcoming cabotage challenges by drafting effective key clauses
• Avoiding common pitfalls from unclear or incomplete Services and Chartering Agreements

A Scientific Program with Choice and Excellence!

• Choose from more than 260 CME courses in internal medicine and the subspecialties presented
  by faculty unsurpassed in their field.
• Learn `hands-on` at the Herbert S. Waxman Clinical Skills Center. Update your skills and learn
  important new techniques in physical examination, communication skills, office-based
  procedures, and more.
• Join your colleagues and get involved in the College! Take advantage of the broad array of
  networking and social opportunities for physicians at all career stages. Meet fellow internists from
  around the world and around the corner at special receptions and College events held throughout
  the meeting.

Raising the Bar for Excellence in Canadian Healthcare

Benefit from their insights into the latest developments on:

• System Redesign for Renewal in Healthcare
• Catastrophic Drug Coverage Review
• American Healthcare Reform – Implications for Canada
• Role of Quality Management Systems in Healthcare
• Breakthroughs in Brain Science and Impact on Health Policy
• Lessons from the Latest Review on Aging and Health
• Building a Service Culture in Healthcare
• Understanding the Drivers for High Performance Care Delivery
• Growing the Leadership Pool to Drive Healthcare Transformation
• Leading Edge Research and Innovation Trends

LEADING FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, SECURITIES DEALERS, INSURANCE COMPANIES AND MONEY SERVICES BUSINESSES RELY ON THIS CONFERENCE YEAR AFTER YEAR

Combating money laundering and terrorist financing is not only a regulatory responsibility. Increasingly, it is part and parcel of protecting your organization from fraud as well as reputational risk. Yet the costs can be high, particularly in the current economic climate.

The Canadian Institute’s Forum on Anti-Money Laundering has a strong record of delivering the practical, unbiased information you need in this challenging area. This year’s program includes:

• Keynote Speaker: Jeanne M. Flemming, Director, FINTRAC
• An update on the administrative monetary penalties that have been available to regulators since late December 2008
• A Q&A session following the regulators’ panel
• Valuable information about U.S. and global trends that may have an impact in Canada
• Case studies in law enforcement
• Tips on managing the difficult operational realities of risk-based assessment
• A new session on compliance for insurers and investment companies
• Practical advice on meeting your training obligations

The Canadian Institute’s conference on Advertising and Marketing Law and Compliance for Financial Institutions is your opportunity to learn the latest legal developments and navigate the complexity of advertising and marketing regulations. An outstanding speaker faculty of lawyers and in-house counsel will delve into core issues, including:

• Top tips for complying with legislation and regulations in advertising and marketing financial products
• Best practices for avoiding false or misleading advertising
• Understanding the differences with Quebec regulations
• Overcoming the legal challenges of utilizing social media in advertising campaigns

The conference Goals are:

To provide participants with improved knowledge and confidence to manage practical problems in diabetes management in the office setting

To provide participants with evidence-based, clinical updates in common endocrine conditions seen by primary care physicians including diabetes, thyroid disease, osteoporosis, dyslipidemia, PCOS

To introduce participants to the roles and responsibilities of allied health professionals who could be utilized by the primary care physician to assist in the management of diabetes

The Canadian Institute’s Feed-in Tariffs for Developers conference will offer a comprehensive look at the successes and challenges to date surrounding Ontario’s innovative feed-in tariff program. It will provide cutting-edge solutions to overcome project implementation challenges and ensure the success of your renewable energy project.

Whether you are involved with wind, solar, hydro or biofuel projects this is your opportunity to become informed and get ahead.

Learn from our roster of leading industry experts as they address critical issues including:

• Lessons learned from developing a feed-in tariff program
• Attainability of current and future domestic content requirements
• Practical solutions to secure financing for renewable projects
• Exploring effective Aboriginal partnerships to ensure the success of renewable projects
• Current and future changes to Ontario’s transmission system

SCRUTINY OF POLICE FORCES HAS NEVER BEEN MORE INTENSE

These are very turbulent times for police forces, police associations and their advisors. Governing legislation is being amended in several provinces, and police discipline at the RCMP is under scrutiny. The Supreme Court of Canada has mandated disclosure of police disciplinary records to accused persons. The Braidwood Inquiry continues to make front-page news as it investigates the use of tasers at Vancouver Airport and elsewhere. And police forces are increasingly the target of civil litigation both by members of the public and their own employees, even where officers are represented by an association.

The Canadian Institute’s all-new conference on The Law of Policing is designed to give you two days of up-to-date substantive law as well as practical advice on implementing it in your organization. To name just a few sessions:

• Gerry McNeilly, Ontario’s new Independent Police Review Director, will report on his office’s first six months of operation
• Ontario SIU director Ian Scott and lawyer Joseph Markson will face off on hot topics at the SIU, including counsel involvement in the preparation of police notes
• You’ll enjoy stimulating panels on implementing the controversial McNeil case, adjudication, internal investigations, use of force and other pressing topics
• Brian Gover will bring you up to date on important recent cases and issues

And much more!

Network with the best in the industry and hear about:

• Green Energy Act projects: are the solutions falling into place?
• Progress of FIT and micro FIT programs
• Transmission expansion and smart grid implementation
• GEA and the future of LDC’s
• Nuclear in the post GEA era
• Alternative sources of energy
• What is happening to energy prices
• Strategic opportunity for customer engagement through smart rates and smart bills
• Market conditions for renewable energy projects – myths, pitfalls, successes
• Challenges of financing energy projects on reserves
• Climate change, clean energy and trade – the impact of the Copenhagen developments
• Implications for cross border trade in energy in North America
• Newest energy technologies and commercialization and regulatory challenges

This year’s distinguished faculty of legal and industry experts from Canada and the U.S. will provide you with current, in-depth information on the latest legal developments and regulatory changes in pharmaceutical and biotechnology patents.

Session highlights include:

• Case law on selection patents sound prediction: what is required?
• File histories: alive and well in PM(NOC) litigation?
• Canada’s pharmaceutical price review regime and trends
• Settling pharma patent cases: when to, how to and obstacles to
• Improving access to medicines with a pharmaceutical patent pool: legal/business and antitrust considerations
• South of the border: the year in review
• Strategies in pharma patent litigation
• Ground breaking decisions: how the landscape has changed for 2010
• Canadian duty of good faith vs. the U.S.: where the law is headed

Advanced Asset Based Lending and Other Alternative Debt Financing

Given difficult credit conditions, more and more businesses are looking beyond conventional methods of raising capital to "alternative methods of funding". Asset Based Lending is increasingly being embraced by the centre ground of the Corporate Finance World.

This one day conference focuses on advanced, cutting-edge issues in ABL in North America and brings together some of the major players and leading authorities in the Canadian and U.S. ABL markets.

Mark your calendar! Whether you`re a lender, borrower or service provider Insight Information`s Asset-Based Lending conference will be an excellent opportunity to hear from the experts, participate in thought provoking sessions and network with your peers!

Protecting and Promoting Your Company in a Digital WorldNo business can afford to be unaware of the increased and evolving legal risks that a Company is exposed to in the Social Media space.

Human Resources, Marketing, PR, Legal and Social Media experts with first-hand experience will share best practices for implementing social media strategies and discuss solutions to the challenges they have faced.

Leave this conference with useful knowledge on how to:

• Build your brand and launch a product using social media
• Measure the return on your investment in social media resources
• Manage a PR crisis when the message is misinformed
• Bring a social media team together to navigate new waters
• Apply the Supreme Court of Canada’s new rules on cyber libel
• Develop a corporate policy for social media
• Handle critical Employer issues: privacy, monitoring, disability claims, investigations
• Establish guidelines for monitoring, mitigation and enforcement options

The Latin American Mining Taxation conference is organized by Insight Information as an event that will address principal tax considerations that must be taken into account when structuring and operating mining projects in Latin American countries. By attending this event, you will gain a clear understanding of the relevant tax systems and their practical applications to help decide on whether to pursue investment opportunities or on how to structure current operations and maintain profitability within these markets.

The investment roundtables and reception will bring together business leaders and industry experts to network, interact and gain insight into the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Latin America.

Preliminary topics include:

• Exploration and development in Latin America – tax planning considerations
• Structuring and financing foreign resource ventures
• Transfer pricing regulation and implications for the mining industry
• Tax consideration in acquisitions, divestures, reorganizations and joint ventures
• Evaluating the tax audit environment
• Mining investment opportunities in Latin America
• A Canadian perspective on the challenges and opportunities of mining in Latin America

The IPCRG (International Primary Care Respiratory Group) provides a forum for its constituent national groups so that it may represent international primary care perspectives in respiratory medicine and raise standards of care in individual countries and globally, through collaborative research, innovation and dissemination of best practice and education.

Topics cover the spectrum of respiratory illnesses and managements and will be presented in large group formats, small interactive workshops and scientific oral and poster sessions. There will be a focus on Managing Respiratory Diseases in the Developing World as well as treating our refugee populations in large urban centres. A Patient Forum will be an important feature of the conference.

Topics:

This year`s conference is set in Toronto, one of Canada`s most popular tourist destinations. The Marriott Downtown Eaton Centre Hotel features unparalleled luxury accommodations within easy walking distance to the CN Tower, the Rogers Centre, live theatre and world famous shopping at the Eaton Centre. Join us from June 3^rd to the 5^th for the largest annual education and networking meeting of sonographers in Canada.

In keeping with the theme, An Extended Filed of View, this year`s education schedule offers concurrent sessions for Generalist, Vascular and Cardiac disciplines. Participants will have the opportunity to obtain 19.25 CME credits for full conference attendance. 10.25 credits are Vascular specific and 10 credits are Cardiac specific.

The 28^th Annual Conference will provide an extensive variety of exciting topics such as Ultrasound - Afghanistan Style, Utilizing 4D Echocardiography to Positively Impact Clinical confidence, Obstetrical Emergencies in the Ultrasound Unit: What a Sonographer needs to Know, Innovations in Breast Reconstruction, Doppler Waveforms: Searching for consistency and much more. Experience first hand the diversity of all disciplines.

During our Social Night, enjoy an evening admiring Toronto`s breathtaking skyline and World Class harbour…Sail with the Jubilee Queen Cruise Ship, while dining and dancing the night away.

On Saturday, CSDMS will host a Luncheon and Award Ceremony where you can enjoy a fabulous meal and join us in recognizing leaders in Canadian Sonography. The Keynote Speaker, Nancy Toth, will wrap things up in high spirits as she delivers her talk "Radiating Humour".

Integrating Services with Information Technology

The technological integration of the large variety of health service providers within each LHIN has been a daunting task. However, this past year considerable progress has been made toward achieving the goal of seamless connectivity.

Attend this event and learn:

• Where the e-Health agenda is headed
• What early successes and challenges are being experienced in establishing the diabetes registry
• How IT expenditures can be evaluated to determine their R.O.I.
• What steps to take to ensure that the privacy of patient information will be protected along the continuum of care
• If techniques perfected by the banking system in providing online security can work for the health system
• What the new accountability agreements between the LHINs and LTC facilities will mean for IT and data reporting
• The latest developments in the ongoing push to get physicians online and integrated
• What has been achieved so far with the ALC Resource Matching and Referral Project
• How community service providers are approaching connectivity and the roles played by different organizations

As a past delegate to Insight Information`s Emergency Care series, we wanted to let you know that the 2010 event is now under development.

This year`s conference will explore ongoing initiatives to reduce wait times and improve the performance and efficiency of hospital emergency rooms, including the ER P4R approach and process improvement programs.

A distinguished faculty of emergency care professionals will facilitate interactive discussions on common challenges and offer practical solutions to real-world issues facing Emergency Care departments.

We look forward to seeing you again in June!

The 2010 APS/URSI Symposium is the premier international forum for the exchange of information on state-of-the-art research in antennas, electromagnetic- wave propagation, radio science, and electromagnetic engineering. This event will be held on July 11-17, 2010 at the Sheraton Centre Hotel in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The symposium and meeting are co-sponsored by the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) and CNC/USNC/URSI. The symposium generally attracts over 1,500 attendees from around the world.

A two-day Interactive Course & Workshops Featuring:

• Environmental Hygiene Monitoring
• Controlling the Risk of Food borne Pathogens
• Factors Which Influence the Growth, Survival and Death of Microorganisms
• Emerging and Presumptive Pathogens: Significance to Food Industry
• Establishing Food Safety Standards
• Microbial Control
• Microbiological Sampling Criteria
• Microbiological Testing in Food Safety Management
• Rapid Methods and Automation in Food Microbiology
• How to Challenge Laboratory Data
• Validation and Qualification of Premises, Equipment, and Processes in Food Industry
• A simple approach to develop a HACCP plan

About the Course:

Emerging microbiological safety of the food supply and implications are a on-going concern. Although bacteria are perhaps the first type of microorganism that comes to mind when discussing microbiological food safety, they are by no means the only pathogenic foodborne microorganisms. Parasites, viruses, and biotoxins all present food safety challenges, and these agents have properties that make them quite different from the common bacterial agents of foodborne diseases. The continual evolution of microorganisms forces us to change food production processes and products to continue to effectively control microbiological food safety in order to minimize the risk of foodborne illnesses. An effective food safety system provides an array of public health, social and economic benefits.

This two-day course is intended to bring key scientific concepts and tools developed for food safety management, and good practices of commissioning and carrying out real-world food safety risk analyses for bacteria, viruses and biotoxins. The course is carefully designed to address systematic approaches to the identification, evaluation and control of hazards at identified points within a food production and processing system. Covering the basics of lab testing techniques and safety, this hands-on, two-day event teaches participants up-to-date techniques for performing microbiological tests covering a variety of quantitative and qualitative procedures for the identification of non-pathogenic organisms.

The fifth official Highlights of ASH^® in Toronto, Ontario, will feature leading hematology experts who will present unbiased analysis of the annual meeting abstracts and sessions, evolving therapies, and the latest treatment options and their clinical applications.

The program format is designed to allow practitioners, fellows, academicians, and allied health professionals to discuss some of the most rapidly evolving developments in the field with experts as well as colleagues. The limited attendance, daily panel discussions, and the “Breakfast with the Experts,” will provide numerous opportunities for attendees to discuss real patient cases with leaders in the field, gain knowledge that can impact patient care strategies, and network with colleagues.

Providing health care for the elderly has never been more challenging. Addressing the needs of both seniors and the elderly in a holistic fashion is increasingly seen not only as the key to improving the quality of life of today’s elderly, but as a means of staving off high levels of chronic illness among the boomers who will follow – while enabling the healthcare system to have long term sustainability. Attend this event and learn:

• What impact the boomers are expected to have on healthcare economics

• The challenges primary care professionals face in caring for the elderly and how they are being addressed

• How Emergency wait times and ALC placement is being improved

• What impact the Aging At Home initiative is having on the lives of today’s elderly

• What role technology can play in supporting healthcare for the elderly

• Why creating supports for family caregivers is critical to future success in elder care

• Current thinking on future sustainability of healthcare delivery to seniors and the elderly

• How cities of the future will need to respond: The Halifax response to the WHO Document on creating “Age-   Friendly Cities”

The Canadian Institute’s 10th Annual conference on Advanced Insolvency & Restructuring Law is specifically designed to provide you with the crucial legal and practice developments that you require to succeed in today’s economic environment. An outstanding speaker faculty of Canadian and U.S. insolvency and restructuring lawyers and professionals will share their wide-ranging knowledge on the hottest topics including:

• The current economic conditions and their impact on insolvencies and restructurings
• Top tips for dealing with cross-border debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing and DIP guarantees
• Overcoming the challenges of D&O liability
• Best practices for managing cross-border insolvencies & restructurings

At The Canadian Institute’s 11th Annual Advanced Forum on “Pension Litigation, Governance & Reform” conference, you will get the key updates and practical guidelines you need to tackle serious legal challenges and minimize your risk of liability. Our distinguished panel of leading industry experts will provide you with solutions to your most pressing concerns, including:

• New solvency funding relief measures: How can employers take advantage of them?
• Meeting your pension obligations: What relief can employers get in insolvency proceedings?
• Using of the latest trends in pension design to recover from the recession
• Discovering what pension law reform is being implemented across Canada
• Minimizing your risk exposure: Keeping on top of the latest developments in pension case law

•  Implementation strategies in transitioning to NI 31-103
•  Adapting precedents and templates to specific corporate transactions
•  Effectively using the CDS book-entry-only (BEO) Securities Services Agreement
•  Documenting proxy rules and stock options
•  Completing provincial, extra-provincial and cross-border corporate registrations
•  Examining common types of private placements and exemption categories
•  Preparing PPSA financing statements and related documentation

The comprehensive medical update for family physicians, general practitioners and other primary-care professionals

Created by Drs. Colin Woolf and Yvonne de Buda in 1987, Saturday at The University is still growing steadily, providing excellent speakers who deliver practical, relevant, evidence based CME. We attract a multidisciplinary group of general practitioners, family physicians, general internists and nurse practitioners from all over Ontario, all learning together how to better provide exceptional care in practice.

• 9:00 a.m. - Colorectal Cancer Screening - Dr. Lisa Del Giudice
• 11:20 a.m. - BioIdentical Hormones - Dr. Christine M. Derzko
• 2:10 p.m. - Urology Update - Dr. Jack Barkin

Come discover Living & Giving with style inspired by the quality and trend of gift product at the Spring 2010 CGTA Gift Show. Come touch, feel, and experience what makes the CGTA Gift Show North America`s largest temporary trade gift show of the year!

With over 930 exhibitors, in over one million square feet of exhibit space and an attendance of 16,500 retail buyers, the show takes place within two of Toronto`s finest venues-the International Centre and the Toronto Congress Centre-just minutes from Pearson International Airport and the major highways surrounding Toronto.   

The CGTA Gift Show is a wholesale market open only to professional buyers in the retail gift industry providing an exceptional opportunity to view a comprehensive range of gift products such as tabletop, housewares, gourmet food, home decor, garden accessories, collectibles, stationery, decorative accessories, bed, bath & linen and much more.  The CGTA Gift Show also provides quality educational seminars, workshops and special events provide our buyers a rewarding, unique retail purchasing experience.

The Canadian Institute’s information-packed, conference on Managing Legal & Business Risks in Clinical Trials in Canada will help you hone and develop the essential skills utilized by the industry experts, provide you with a competitive edge and an increased ability to achieve the best results for you or your client.

Receive invaluable information that will provide you with the ability to:

• MANAGE the implications of new and pending legal & regulatory developments
• EFFECTIVELY DRAFT and NEGOTIATE various clinical trial agreements
• SELECT suitable placebos while managing the ethical concerns
• CONTROL the legal and business risks of participant recruitment, enrollment, retention and protection – including – informed consents
• And much much more!

Achieving a Sustainable and Transparent Lean Six Sigma & Process Improvement Culture

In a time when service delivery and customer-centric processes can give companies a competitive edge, it is imperative to not only “do” Lean Six Sigma & Process Improvement but also “be” a Lean Six Sigma & Process Improvement company. Move beyond “single pockets of success” to a sustainable and transparent LSS & Process Improvement culture, by integrating all the levels of organizational structures while maintaining enough flexibility to incorporate necessary changes. The 6th LSS & Process Improvement Canada Summit will Feature In-Depth Presentations, Case-Studies, Perspectives, & Conversations on how to:

• Increase Organizational Synergies by Applying LSS and Process Re-engineering to Consolidation and Organizational Restructuring
• Maximize Benefits and Savings of Process Improvement Projects by Identifying and Implementing Low Cost Solutions
• Bring the Quality of Your Products to a New Level of Efficiency by Applying Innovative Methodologies, such as Triz, to Your Transactional Processes and Engage Your Customers in Transactional Projects
• Maximize the Efficiency of Internal and External Benchmarking by Expanding the Use of Dashboards

Exploring Best Practices in Sustainable Waste Management

The 2010 CANADIAN WASTE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE organized by Insight Information is a strategic meeting specifically designed to address emerging issues and opportunities faced by waste management professionals in both public and private sectors across Canada. This two day forum, driven by case studies, critical regulatory updates, and interactive discussions will enable leaders and experts in the waste management community to meet, exchange ideas, and network with peers on these common topics of concern. Issues being discussed at this year’s conference include:

• The latest on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
• Communications strategies for greater community outreach and public engagement
• Update on the latest innovations in packaging design and technology
• Best practices in managing change when moving to an automated collection system
• What’s the latest with Blue Box lids?
• Developing and improving your organic waste management program
• Overcoming challenges in managing Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
• Is bioreactor technology the answer to optimizing landfill and generating energy from waste?
• Evaluating the effectiveness of alternatives to landfill
• Auditing your waste audits – common mistakes and solutions
• Creative approaches in implementing waste reduction work plans

In direct response to your voiced needs, this year’s program will provide an opportunity to determine how business units and compliance programs are likely to be impacted by these changes. Our outstanding faculty of regulators, leading lawyers and industry experts will help you to:

• OVERCOME compliance and operational hurdles stemming from the latest regulatory and technological developments
• BUILD a business case for the integration of new payment solutions into business strategies
• DETERMINE best practices to minimize customer confusion arising from the proliferation of new products
• ENSURE the right security processes and technologies to battle against growing areas of fraud
• And much more!

Now in its 20th successful year, The Canadian Institute’s Securities Superconference is the event that senior securities lawyers, regulators and key industry participants attend to keep up-to-date on complex securities law and regulatory issues, as well as critical industry trends. An outstanding speaker faculty at this premiere conference will delve into core issues, including:

• ASSESSING the current framework for OTC derivatives
• THE LATEST WORD on registrant regulation, the client relationship model and point of sale
• NAVIGATING the latest developments in U.S. securities
• TOP TIPS for developing effective corporate governance policies
• DETERMINING best practices for managing activist shareholders
  
  And much more!

Strengthening End-to-End Cold Chain Practices in Distribution, Packaging and Compliance of Temperature Sensitive Pharmaceuticals

With the overwhelming complexity of assuring product integrity throughout the entire distribution chain, the stability of the product is of paramount concern as it moves through the chain of custody.

Pharma IQ’s 8th Cold Chain Management & Temperature Control Summit provides the largest and most comprehensive forum for Canadian pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device professionals involved in the temperature-controlled supply chain. Attendees are able to network with and learn from other organizations who face similar challenges in monitoring, controlling, and maintaining temperatures of products throughout the supply chain – from manufacturing, warehousing, wholesalers, pharmacies, hospitals, and ultimately to the end user.

• Tightening your confidentiality, non-compete, indemnity, and representations and warranties agreements
• Examining tips and traps for IP licensing and IT outsourcing agreements
• Maximizing the effectiveness of letters of intent and MOU’s
• Identifying post credit crunch changes to the business of equipment finance
• Updating your paperwork on consulting, equipment financing, asset and share purchase, leasing, international and inter-provincial agreements
• Protecting diverse interests by establishing the best joint venture, alliance and shareholding structures and governance

Evolution and Emerging Issues, Challenges and Best Practices

Topics will include:

• What type of expert is needed? Evaluating the expert’s credentials
• Determining expert credibility
• Using demonstrative evidence to corroborate or discredit the expert
• What are the limits of the expert report?
• Understanding expert qualifications in reading the report
• Working with the treating health care provider
• Reconciling discrepancies in experts’ reports
• How to best assist and prepare health care providers for their assessments, pre-trial discoveries, depositions and giving evidence at trial
• Role plays and debriefs on lawyer-health professional interactions throughout the process

Pre-Trial and Settlement Conference Practices

• Best practices in preparing materials and strategies for mandatory and private mediations, pre-trial and settlement conferences
• Preparing the party representative for the mediation
• Selecting the mediator
• Timing issues in scheduling the mediation
• Using demonstrative evidence at mediation
• Tips to follow and traps to avoid in both counsel and party representative conduct in pre-trial settlement processes
• Negotiation strategies which work and avoiding those which don’t
• The real meaning of confidentiality in settlement proceedings: overcoming ethical obstacles for the mediator and counsel
• Role playing mediation scenarios

Topics will include:

• What type of expert is needed? Evaluating the expert’s credentials
• Determining expert credibility
• Using demonstrative evidence to corroborate or discredit the expert
• What are the limits of the expert report?
• Understanding expert qualifications in reading the report
• Working with the treating health care provider
• Reconciling discrepancies in experts’ reports
• How to best assist and prepare health care providers for their assessments, pre-trial discoveries, depositions and giving evidence at trial
• Role plays and debriefs on lawyer-health professional interactions throughout the process

The comprehensive medical update for family physicians, general practitioners and other primary-care professionals

Created by Drs. Colin Woolf and Yvonne de Buda in 1987, Saturday at The University is still growing steadily, providing excellent speakers who deliver practical, relevant, evidence based CME. We attract a multidisciplinary group of general practitioners, family physicians, general internists and nurse practitioners from all over Ontario, all learning together how to better provide exceptional care in practice.

• 9:00 a.m. - Neuroplasticity - Dr. Peter Lin
• 11:20 a.m. - Pelvic Pain - Dr. Faye Weisberg
• 2:10 p.m. - Information Technology in Clinical Practice - Dr. Jay Mercer, CMA

The energy sector in Ontario is undergoing tremendous change with the passing of the Green Energy and Green Economy Act (GEGEA) and, with it, come significant environmental and socio-economic opportunities, and challenges.

To meet infrastructure demands as we adapt to a more sustainable, green energy economy, the Ontario Government has earmarked a number of long term transmission projects in areas with significant potential for renewable power generation. In turn, local distribution companies (LDCs) are now obligated to connect distributed and renewable generation projects to the distribution grid, including two-way distribution for those customers who want to install solar panels on their roof or connect larger solar, wind and biofuel projects.

The Ontario Power Authority has also come out with one of the most aggressive new Feed-In Tariff programs for renewable energy in North America which will make investments in renewable energy and community power projects competitive with conventional long term investments. Accordingly, the Ontario Energy Board’s mandate continues to grow to ensure the appropriate regulations are in place.

This Insight Information conference will offer a focused, practical and informative two-day program of thought-provoking panels and presentations, delivered by leading experts and decision makers in the field. Hear about the latest developments underway to transform Ontario’s economy into a green economy and the economic growth and employment prospects that go hand in hand with these developments. For added value, you may wish to take advantage of the in-depth, interactive workshops that will help you successfully navigate new funding programs being offered by the Ontario Power Authority.

We look forward to seeing you March 1-2, 2010!

If You Are Involved In The Gaming Industry, This Is One Event You Cannot Afford To Miss!!!

The Canadian gaming industry operates in an environment where changes in the regulatory framework, technologies and business trends take place at an exceptionally fast pace. As a professional in this field, it is crucial that you have in-depth understanding of the developments and trends to ensure compliance, manage risks and limit your liabilities. Having the right tools and insights will help your operations maintain competitiveness and reap the lucrative gains available in this exciting industry.

The Canadian Institute’s 5th Annual Legal and Business Guide to Gaming in Canada is the must attend event for gaming lawyers, regulators, lottery and casino executives and gaming equipment and software manufacturers! Join your peers and take advantage of a fully updated and expanded agenda. Our outstanding speaker faculty will share their wide-ranging knowledge on matters of importance to you, including:

• Balancing the risks and opportunities of operating online gaming operations in a grey regulatory environment
• Strategies for adapting to the latest legal and regulatory developments in land-based gaming operations
• Minimizing your exposure and liability to problem gambling lawsuits
• Exploring the opportunities in Aboriginal gaming and understanding how you can be part of them
• Overcoming obstacles and anticipating the trends in sportsbetting

And much more!

The 3rd Canadian Seniors Housing Forum will provide you with an in-depth understanding of some of the latest insights into seniors housing in Canada.

This innovative two day program will highlight key industry players who will share their unique expertise and views on the seniors housing market and operational environment.

• A review on the current state of the seniors’ housing industry and what industry leaders see over the next 5 years
• An overview of the regulatory landscape for seniors housing
• What has been the effect of the credit crunch on lenders and borrowers?
• Operational management: building blocks to succeed in challenging times
• Will the harmonization of the sales taxes impact market value?
• What is the impact of pension fund ownership on the Industry?
• Capital renewal in Ontario: successful RFP’s and what makes them work
• Sales and marketing: best practices in today’s economic environment
• Equity and mezzanine capital: what are investors looking for in new investments?