Thursday, May 24
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Trade Show & Networking (with stand up dinner)
Friday, May 25
7:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Breakfast Buffet
8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Geraldine Vance & Alex Dar Santos
9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
True Leaf: A Vision for a Patient-First Model for Medicinal Cannabis Therapy
Keynote speaker: Mike Harcourt
Former Premier of British Columbia
Chairman, True Leaf Medicine
9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Quirky Past, Uncertain Future: Diagnosing what ails Canada’s health system
Keynote speaker: Andre Picard
National Health Columnist
The Globe & Mail
10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Break
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - Opioids
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Hydromorphone and Diamorphine
Dr. Scott MacDonald
Providence Crosstown Clinic
10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Addressing the Overdose Epidemic in B.C. Lessons Learned
Dr. Keith Ahamad
BC Centre on Substance Use
11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Opioid Panel
Moderator: Andre Picard
Panelists: Craig Plain, Pier Health Resource Centre
Dr. Scott MacDonald, Providence Crosstown Clinic
Dr. Keith Ahamad, BC Centre on Substance Use
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Break
Student posters in lobby
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Lunch
Pharmaceutical Services Division
John Capelli & Sue Bouma
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
HIV Treatment as Prevention: A made in Canada strategy to end AIDS and beyond
Dr. Julio Montaner
BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
2:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. - Cannabis
2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Cannabis Legalization: Implementing the world’s first system of legally growing, processing and retailing cannabis
Rick Garza
Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board
2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Cannabis in Colorado: The public health impact of legalization
Dr. Larry Wolk
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Cannabis in Canada – The Past, Present and Future
Ivan Ross Vrana
Hill & Knowlton
3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Break
3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Cannabis Panel
Moderator: Derek Desrosiers
Panelists: Rick Garza, Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board
Dr. Larry Wolk, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Ivan Ross Vrana, Hill & Knowlton
3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Youth Cannabis Use Disorder: Know Your Dope
Dr. Anthony Ocana
NorthShore ADHD and Addiction Clinic
B.C. Pharmacy Excellence Awards Gala
6:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Reception
6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Awards Gala
Emcee: Stu McNish
Saturday, May 26
7:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Breakfast Buffet
8:30 a.m.
Honourable Adrian Dix
Ministry of Health
8:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
BCPhA Annual General Meeting
Geraldine Vance & Alex Dar Santos
9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Break
9:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Cultural Safety and Humility: Transforming Health Care for First Nations in BC
Richard Jock
Acting CEO, First Nations Health Authority
11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Break
11:15 a.m. - 12:15 a.m.
Using Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccines to Lower Antibiotic Resistant Infections: An Antimicrobial Stewardship Initiative
Dr. George Zhanel
12:15 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Lunch
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Technology and Diabetes Management-- How Technology and Data will Transform Diabetes Care
Pindy Janda
2:15 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Opioids and Regulation and PODSA Ownership Requirements
David Pavan & Virginia Kwong
College of Pharmacists of B.C.
3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Conference wrap-up
Geraldine Vance & Alex Dar Santos