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1 Forum on Emergency 2012 Strengthening Collaboration between Public Health, Health Care and Emergency Management Edmonton, Alberta Wednesday, January 18, 2012 Thursday, January 19, 2012 The Welcome Reception and Plenary Sessions will be held in the Ballroom (Salon A) Tuesday, January 17, :00 20:00 Early Registration 18:00 20:00 Welcome Reception hosted by the Government of Alberta Master of Ceremony: TBC with the Province of Alberta Day Plenary and Concurrent Sessions Moderator January 18 07:00 08:00 Registration 08:00 08:30 Opening Ceremonies Plenary Session The Interdependence between Public Health, Health Care and Emergency Management Presenter: Kathryn Howard Assistant Deputy Minister Emergency Management and Corporate Affairs Branch 8:30-9:30 Looking Back and Moving Forward to Strengthening Collaboration between Public Health, Health Care and Emergency Management A review of key activities and achievements made to date and focus on the key priorities for further collaborative and coordinated action. Dr. André Corriveau Chief Medical Officer of Health, Alberta Dr. Theresa Tam Dr. Theresa Tam André Picard Public Health Reporter, Globe and Mail Dr. Daniel Kollek Executive Director, Centre for Excellence in Emergency Preparedness and the Disaster Committee for the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians

2 9:30-10:15 How Emergency Management can support the health care and public health sectors during and after an emergency event. This session will explore how the emergency management, health care and public health sectors can support each other during an emergency. Dr. Wadieh Yacoub Medical Officer of Health Director, Health Protection Health Assessment and Surveillance First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Health Cathy Goodfellow Manager, Health Emergency Management Unit New Brunswick Department of Health Chris Smith A/Executive Director Emergency Management Unit British Columbia Ministry of Health 10:30-11:15 Known and Unknowns: An Overview of how the U.S. has Responded to Recent Public Health Emergencies and how it may Respond to Future Hazards This session will first provide an overview of the types of responses that the U.S. has dealt with recently and then will describe how the changing environment of public health and medical systems may respond to future hazards. Dr. Theresa Tam Speaker: Dr. Kevin Yeskey Deputy Assistant Secretary Office of the Assistant Secretary for Department of Health and Human Services, United States 13:30-14:15 Threatened Communities: Protecting Health While Fighting Fires The forest fires in Northern Ontario last summer posed challenges that stretched well beyond containment and suppression. Dozens of communities which housed vulnerable populations were evacuated for long periods, resulting in the need for health services, disease prevention and psychosocial support in host communities, and coordination with other sectors such as transportation and security. Panellists will review the Ontario experience from the overall response to the emergency to health system consequence management, focusing on coordination of services across programs and addressing jurisdictional issues. Dr. Brian Schwartz Director, Emergency Management Support, Public Health Ontario Gerilynne Carroll (TBC) Director, Emergency Management Branch Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Allison Stuart Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief, Emergency Management Ontario

3 14:15-15:30 Coordinating a Response to a National Disaster: Lessons from Japan On March 11, 2011, a major earthquake occurred off Japan s northeast coast, generating a powerful tsunami that struck the Pacific coast of Japan. Following this, authorities in Japan declared a nuclear emergency following the loss of power to nuclear reactor units in three separate nuclear power plants (Onagawa, Fukushima Daiichi and Fukushima Daini). The entire event resulted in a significant loss of life and injury and implicated human health on an international scale. The presentation will examine the challenges that confronted the Japan Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and lessons that can learn from Japan s experience. Dr. Daniel Kollek Executive Director, Centre for Excellence in Emergency Preparedness and the Disaster Committee for the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians Speaker: Tomoya Saito, MD International Health Crisis Management Coordinator Office of Public Health Emergency Health Science Division, Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare, Japan 15:45-16:45 Nuclear Event: Radiation knows no boundaries In the context of events in Fukushima Japan in March 2011, this session will provide an overview of nuclear preparedness programs as they relate to the health sector in. Followed by a discussion on areas that could be strengthened and that are needed to create an effective response to the health issues that arise following a nuclear disaster. Cathy Goodfellow Manager, Health Emergency Management Unit New Brunswick Department of Health Dr. Bonnie Henry Medical Director, Public Health Emergency Services, British Columbia Centre for Disease Control Dr. Carl Jarvis Medical Director, Emergency Department Disaster Planning and Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine at Dalhousie University J.P. Auclair Chief, Nuclear Emergency Division Health Concurrent Sessions 11:15-12:00 The Challenges of Communicating Uncertainty A veteran journalist examines the challenges public health officials (and the media) face in trying to keep the public informed about an evolving situation, especially when dealing with a novel pathogen or a situation that has not been seen previously. Heather Hurst Communications Executive, Crisis and Emergency Communications Speaker: André Picard Public Health Reporter, Globe and Mail

4 Facilitating Pandemic Research in the Sickest Patients: Emerging Global Strategies Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003, and the H1N1 influenza pandemic of 2009, provided stark insights into the challenges of undertaking high quality clinical research during an evolving public health crisis and have inspired new approaches to the conduct of emergency public health research. The integration of the disciplines of public health, infectious disease and critical care medicine under the umbrella of pandemic research collaboration holds the promise of entirely new models of response that will be important not only during future infectious disease outbreaks, but also to the response to other large public health crises such as earthquakes, floods, terrorism, and nuclear disasters. Speaker: Dr. John C. Marshall John C. Marshall, MD Professor of Surgery, University of Toronto Attending Surgeon and Intensivist, St. Michael's Hospital Chair, Canadian Critical Care Trials Group Chair, International Forum for Acute Care Trialists Emergency management for rural, remote and isolated communities This session will include discussion of practical tools and suggestions on how to strengthen capacity and collaboration among a wide range of stakeholders from health, emergency management and the community, and achieve a better understanding of the complexities involved in managing emergencies in rural, remote and isolated communities. Dr. Barbara Raymond Director, Pandemic Preparedness Division Centre for Immunization and Respiratory Infectious Diseases Gerry Gallagher Director, Intergovernmental and Stakeholder Policy Division Dr. Robin Cox Associate Professor & Program Head Masters Programs in Disaster and Emergency Management Royal Roads University Fran Bryers Emergency Management Field Officer Alberta Emergency Management Agency First Nations South District Ian Fox Emergency Management Field Officer, Alberta Emergency Management Agency Northeast Alberta January 19 Plenary Session 8:30-9:30 Building Awareness and Preparedness: The Benefit of Zombies This session will present a case of how the CDC turned a novel idea into an opportunity using social media and out-of-the-box thinking. Discussion will touch on the value and challenges of social media in emergency preparedness and response. Heather Hurst Communications Executive, Crisis and Emergency Communications

5 Speaker: Rear Admiral Ali S. Khan, MD Assistant Surgeon General and Director, Office of Public Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 9:30-10:15 The German/European response to the E-coli experience This session will look at the experience of Germany working across sectors, jurisdictions and countries to investigate and respond to outbreak, with a focus on response management and communications challenges. It will take into account the nature of the outbreak response with consideration of the emergency management perspective and the support offered to the affected population. Dr. Bonnie Henry Medical Director, Public Health Emergency Services, British Columbia Centre for Disease Control Speaker: Christina Frank Deputy Head, Unit for Gastroenteric Infections, other Zoonoses and Imported Infections Robert Koch Institute, Germany 11:15-12:00 Hazard specific planning: North of 60⁰ When the Anik 2 satellite malfunctioned on October 6, 2011, almost all communities in Nunavut were affected. This session will focus on the challenges in health emergency management that occur when communication is lost due to a satellite malfunction in the north. Peter Workman Environmental Health Consultant Nunavut Department of Health and Social Services 13:15-14:00 Surge Capacity: Meeting the Emergency Health Needs of Canadians How do we move towards an inter-jurisdictional health surge mechanism, including collaboration to ensure the continued availability of needed capacity and resources during a P/T surge event? Discussion to focus on impediments to assist and possible solutions, such as the National Emergency Stockpile system Jeannie Smith Regional Communications Manager and A/Emergency Preparedness Coordinator - Alberta/NWT Region Wayne Dauphinee Executive Director Pacific Northwest Border Health Alliance Jean-Francois Duperré Director, Office of Emergency Response Services Garnet Matchett Director of Operations and Chief Safety Officer Saskatchewan Ministry of Health 14:15-15:00 The Crystal Ball: For what Challenges Should be Preparing While collaboration and emergency preparations continue to be fine-tuned based on retrospective analysis; this interactive session will speculate on events and processes health emergency managers should proactively consider in preparing the health system, with a view to stimulating group discussion on the most effective approaches to engage health and non-health sectors to anticipate and plan for such challenges. Peter Brander Executive Director, Office of Emergency Preparedness Health

6 Dr. Brian Schwartz Director of Emergency Management Support Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion Wayne Dauphinee Executive Director Pacific Northwest Border Health Alliance Jeff Maihliot Senior Policy Analyst CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND STRATEGIC COORDINATION Public Safety 15:00-15:30 Closing Ceremonies Kathryn Howard (PHAC) Assistant Deputy Minister Emergency Management and Corporate Affairs Branch Concurrent Sessions 10:30-11:15 Food Borne Illness in : Are we ready? Speakers representing the Outbreak Management Division of the Centre for Food-borne, Environmental and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (CFEZID), PHAC, and the Food Safety and Consumer Protection Directorate of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, will discuss their organizations' perspectives and preparedness for response to food-borne illness "emergencies" in. Dr. Tam Jill Sciberras Nursing Advisor Preparedness and Response Joanne Tataryn Outbreak Management Division Centre for Food-borne, Environmental and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases Dr. John Lynch Executive Director, Food Safety and Consumer Protection Directorate Canadian Food Inspection Agency Managing the Invisible Fall-Out of Emergency Events A vital component of emergency social services (ESS) is the short and long term psycho-social effects it has on impacted people. Illustrated through recent examples of emergency events across, a panel of experts from diverse perspectives (NGO emergency management (EM) response, psycho-social health, and Federal EM support) will present lessons learned, best practices and existing gaps of the psycho-social issues across the response and recovery phases of EM. Building on the initial presentations, a facilitated discussion will follow that explores the importance of recognizing, across all levels of government, the psycho-social impacts of emergency events. Glenn Robinson Program Officer

7 Steven Armstrong Provincial Director - Alberta Canadian Red Cross Heleen Sandvik Provincial lead, Disaster Psychosocial Program, British Columbia Ministry of Health CBRN/Hazmat response: an Alberta experience in collaborative health care delivery For over 10 years, health care in the Calgary area has used a collaborative approach to the notification of and response to CBRN/Hazmat incidents in the community. This collaboration takes an all-hazards approach to the inherent threats of exposure to the community at large, those directly exposed by the incident, healthcare workers in pre-hospital and hospital settings, and health critical infrastructure. Dawn Friesen A/Executive Director Health Protection Community and Population Health Alberta Health and Wellness Dr. Brent Friesen, Medical Officer of Health Alberta Health Services Peter Genereux, Manager EMS Preparedness and Emergency Management Alberta Health Services Martin Spriggs, Emergency Management Officer, Emergency/Disaster Management Alberta Health Services