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In this issue: 2 week countdown -- 8 things you don't want to miss at the
#CDPAC2016 Conference

Learn more and register now at www.cdpac.ca

CDPAC 2016 Conference
Integrated Chronic Disease Prevention: The Value Proposition
February 23-25 € Hilton Toronto Downtown € Toronto, ON, Canada

CDPAC's 6th Pan-Canadian Conference focuses on the health, economic, and
social value created through integrated chronic disease prevention. The
conference will feature 6 plenary keynotes, 4 featured presentations, 12
workshops, 60 presentations and 16 exhibits addressing seven cross-cutting
themes: Economic benefits and return on investment; Wellness of First
Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples; Partnerships; Mental wellness; Workplace
health; Inequities; and Evaluation.

With so much to choose from, here are 8 things you don't want to miss:

1) OPENING KEYNOTE Dr. Tim Caulfield will frame the importance of being
evidence-based in a candid and insightful way. Dr. Caulfield is the Canada
Research Chair in Health Law and Policy; Professor in the Faculty of Law at
the University of Alberta; and has authored several books including Is
Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything?: When Celebrity Culture and Science
Clash.

2) PLENARY Investing in Wellness for First Nations, Inuit and Métis People
features Joe Gallagher, CEO of the BC First Nations Health Authority (FNHA),
who will discuss the creation of the BC FNHA, a first of its kind in Canada,
and examine some of the enhancements and partnerships needed to transform
approaches to wellness in Aboriginal communities.

3) PLENARY Nutrition Policy and Health,  featuring Dr. David Hammond and Dr.
Tom Warshawski who will outline how nutrition policy is increasingly being
recognized as a significant, cost-efficient opportunity to improve public
health, and present evidence-based policy interventions to address health
and obesity. Dr. Hammond is Associate Professor, at the School of Public
Health & Health Systems, University of Waterloo and CIHR Chair in Applied
Public Health; and Dr. Warshawski is Chair of the Childhood Obesity
Foundation.

4) PLENARY speaker Andreas Souvaliotis, Founder and CEO of Social Change
Rewards, on the unique effectiveness of targeted incentives for health
behaviour changes on a mass scale and the proud introduction of Carrot
Rewards, the world's first national wellness rewards program.

5) FEATURED PRESENTATION on Mental Health, Housing and Homelessness entitled
Housing First: Integrating health and housing to achieve social and economic
benefits will highlight 24-month social and economic outcomes of the "At
Home/Chez Soi" program and describe challenges and solutions to achieving
inter- sectorial collaborations.

6) PLENARY Improving Men¹s Health: A Worthy Investment with Dr. Larry
Goldenberg will review men¹s health status in Canada including what it takes
for men to get and stay healthy. Dr. Goldenberg will be joined by Dr. Hans
Krueger to examine the economic impact of some of the key risk factors for
men in Canada. Dr. Goldenberg is Professor in the Department of Urologic
Sciences at UBC and Chairman of the Canadian Men¹s Health Foundation and Dr.
Krueger is Adjunct Professor at the School of Population and Public Health
at UBC and President of H. Krueger & Associates Inc.

7) PLENARY Promoting Physical Activity Among Canadian Children: The Evidence
and the Impact will examine how we can put in place the right incentives to
encourage PA among children; what effects investments in PA generate; and
how can we ensure PA continues into adulthood. Featuring presenters Dr.
Darren Warburton, Co-Director of the Physical Activity Promotion and Chronic
Disease Prevention Unit and Full Professor at UBC; and Dr. Brian Timmons,
Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at McMaster University.

8) Launch of the Stop Marketing to Kids (M2K) Coalition, co-led by the Heart
and Stroke Foundation and the Childhood Obesity Foundation, which is focused
on advocating for restrictions to food and beverage marketing to children
and youth. This session will launch the coalition and introduce their
recommendations to guide marketing to kids policy-making in Canada.

BONUS! EventMobi will provide CDPAC Conference delegates with access to the
full conference program on their devices, allow participants to connect and
participate in live polling and surveys throughout the event. Going Green
Contest: Those who choose to 'go green' and use EventMobi instead of a
printed program will be entered into a contest for a prize valued at
approximately $400 (contest entry completed at registration)

Register Now! (http://www.cdpac.ca/content.php?doc=307)



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