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 DAY 1   Friday, May 7, 2004 Consumer Program Forest Hill Ballroom

7:00 a.m. CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:00 a.m. REGISTRATION
8:30 a.m.

Welcome and Presentation of the Opportunities, Objectives and Anticipated Outcomes

Mr. Jean Légaré
8:40 am Welcome and Overview of Scientific Program Dr. Hani El-Gabalawy

Panel 1: Building Canadian Arthritis Research For The Millennium
Moderator:   Mr. Jean Légaré

8:50 am  CIHR - Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis Ms. Flora Dell
9:05 am The Canadian Arthritis Network Dr. Tineke Meijers
9:20 am The Arthritis Society Research Program Dr. David Hawkins
9:35 am ACREU Dr. Elizabeth Badley

9:50 am

QUESTION & ANSWER

 

10:05-10:20am HEALTH BREAK

Panel 2: Spotlight on Current Research Trends in Inflammatory Arthritis
Moderator:
Ms. Jay Fiddler

10:35 am Juvenile Arthritis Dr. Ciaran Duffy
10:50 am

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Dr. Ed Keystone
11:05 am

Spondyloarthropathies

Dr. Rob Inman
11:20 am

QUESTION & ANSWER

11:45 am

Question for Participants: What key trends and related research issues offer significant potential for addressing health and health services issues associated with inflammatory joint disease

12:15 pm LUNCH ( theme tables)
Panel 3:  Spotlight on Ethics in Clinical Trials
Moderator:  Ms. Anne Dooley

1:15 pm From Subject to Participant: A Canadian Research Ethics Primer Ms. Maureen Smith
1:35 pm A new ethical partnership in clinical trials - a stateside view Ms. Debra R. Lappin JD
1:55 pm

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Panel 4: Sharing Best Practices – Informed Patient Advocacy
Moderator:
 Ms. Catherine Hofstetter

2:15 pm

Spondylitis Association of America 

Ms. Jane Bruckel
2:35 pm  Children’s Arthritis Foundation Mr. John Graham/
Ms. Pam Sherwin
2:55 pm Arthritis Consumer Experts Ms. Cheryl Koehn
3:15 pm

HEALTH BREAK

3:35 pm 

Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance

Ms. Ann Qualman
3:55 pm The Arthritis Society Advocacy program  Ms. Susan Kapilik
4:15 pm Arthritis and Rheumatism International Mr. Robert Johnstone
4:35 pm QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
4:55 pm Closing Remarks  Mr. Jean Légaré 
6:00 pm Consumer Cocktail Reception
7:00 – 9:00 pm

Consumer Dinner Reception

Special Address:  John Wright, Sr VP Ipsos-reid
“Lifting the curtain on public opinion polls”