Program

CAIRE Research Symposium - Equity Considerations in Immunization Research, Evaluation, and Education
Additional fee, pre-registration required

Opening Ceremonies

Plenary I - Is a breast cancer vaccine within ten years an achievable goal?

Concurrent Sessions

• Advisory immunization committees need immunologists: When calling a friend is a must!
• By us, for us: Factors for success in offering COVID-19 vaccination to Indigenous communities in Ottawa
• Immunizations in newcomer populations: The experiences, evidence, and tools
• Mis- and disinformation and vaccine communication challenges: What have we learned during the COVID-19 pandemic that will help us preparing for a potential flu pandemic?
• Play your best hand: Learning from implementation how to educate healthcare providers about using CARD (comfort — ask — relax — distract) as a framework for vaccination delivery
• Oral Abstract Presentations

12:30 - 14:00

Networking Lunch

Poster Presentations

Refreshment break with Sponsors and Exhibitors

Concurrent Sessions

• Controlled human infection models: An innovative tool for public health decision-making
• Economic evidence to support vaccine decision-making in Canada: Progress and potential
• Opportunities and challenges for the prevention of RSV in older adults by vaccination
• The power of academic-Indigenous community partnerships for immunization research: an example from the First Nations Childhood Immunization (FINCH) video project
• Unlocking innovation: Digital solutions for enhanced immunization practices
• Oral presentations

Co-developed Learning Activities

Awards Presentations

Plenary II - Realizing the future of vaccination for public health: The Chief Public Health Officer of Canada's report on the state of public health in Canada 2024

Concurrent Sessions

• Advancing equity and sustainability in Canada’s vaccination system: Applying recommendations from the 2024 CPHO report
• Dealing with hatred and aggression: Moral injuries, trust, and communication strategies
• Planning and implementing a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) immunization program in Ontario: Key lesson learned for a population-based rollout of adult and infant RSV prevention programs
• Shared responsibility, shared success: Building partnerships in Canadian vaccine safety surveillance and adverse event management
• Oral presentations

12:45 - 13:30

Documentary film premiere: Who do you Trust? Vaccines in the age of vaccine hesitancy

Poster Presentations

Concurrent Sessions

• Data- and equity-driven approaches to delivering immunizations in Ottawa, Ontario
• Enhancing vaccine rollout and evaluation with implementation science theories and models
• Gaps and strategies for catch-up from the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on routine childhood vaccination: Progress made and work still to do
• Is vaccine research, clinical practice, decision-making, and policy ageist?
• Unpacking NACI guidance on HPV vaccines: Review of 2024 updated guidance for public health decision makers and healthcare professionals
• Oral presentations

Concurrent Sessions

• From implementation to elimination: Increasing youth HPV immunization in Canada through a phased approach
• Learning DECIDE: An innovative, evidence-informed pregnancy-specific vaccine communication approach
• Mpox: The global situation, approved vaccines, and protecting vulnerable high-risk groups
• What’s new with NACI
• Oral presentations

12:30 - 12:45

Lunch