Final PROGRAM
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Updated Wednesday 6 November; 14:20 (ET). Program is subject to change. All times are Eastern Time.
Monday 25 november
Tuesday 26 November
9:00 - 10:30 |
Plenary I - Is a breast cancer vaccine within ten years an achievable goal? |
10:30 - 11:00 |
Refreshment break with Sponsors and Exhibitors |
11:00 - 12:30 |
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
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12:30 - 14:00
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Networking Lunch
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12:45 - 14:00 |
Co-developed Learning Activities |
14:00 - 15:00 |
Poster Presentations
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15:00 - 15:30 |
Refreshment break with Sponsors and Exhibitors
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15:30 - 17:00 |
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
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Wednesday 27 November
7:15 - 8:30 |
Co-developed Learning Activities
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9:00 - 10:30 |
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 |
10:30 - 11:00 |
Refreshment break with Sponsors and Exhibitors |
11:00 - 12:30 |
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
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12:30 - 14:00 |
Networking Lunch |
12:45 - 13:30
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Documentary film premiere: Who do you Trust? Vaccines in the age of vaccine hesitancy
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12:45 - 14:00 |
Co-developed Learning Activities |
14:00 - 15:00 |
Poster Presentations
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15:00 - 15:15 |
Break |
15:15 - 16:45 |
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
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thursday 28 November
9:00 - 10:30 |
Plenary III - Preparing for an avian influenza pandemic |
10:30 - 11:00 |
Refreshment Break |
11:00 - 12:30 |
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
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12:30 - 12:45
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Lunch
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12:45 - 13:45 |
Plenary IV - Navigating vaccine hesitancy: Trust, science, and public health |