Tobacco Control for the 21st Century

The Ontario Tobacco Research Unit is pleased to host an exciting and dynamic conference that will focus on research, monitoring and evaluation, and knowledge exchange. This meeting will provide a forum for development of a national research agenda, and provide opportunities for networking and the exchange of ideas among the research community, policy makers and practitioners in tobacco control communities across Canada.

The conference will be held over 2 ½ days, Monday morning November 10 to Wednesday noon November 12, and will consist of daily Plenary Sessions with international keynote speakers, Concurrent Working Sessions and Poster Sessions.

Conference Objectives:

To discuss the current state of evidence and what future evidence is needed to advance comprehensive tobacco control with a view to:
1. Stimulating innovation in research and evaluation
2. Consolidating the evidence in research and evaluation
3. Developing tools and resources for research and evaluation
To produce scientific output that will inform the Canadian research and evaluation agenda for comprehensive tobacco control.

Registration Deadline

On-line registration will close at 5:00 pm Wednesday November 5th. After that date, if you are a qualified delegate of the conference, registration will be on-site on Sunday from 5:00 - 8:00 pm, and Monday morning at 7:30 am.

Revised Hotel Reservation Process - as of October 23

If you are a conference delegate and require a hotel room, please email cynthia_warn@camh.net with your name, arrival and departure dates, and we will arrange for your room.

Thank you.

Participants:

This conference is geared towards:

Researchers and evaluators from across Canada and beyond with active interests in tobacco control research, monitoring and surveillance, and evaluation
Graduate students from across Canada with active interests in this area
Invited Guests
Policy stakeholders including the Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion, Health Canada, and health and policy representatives from other provinces
Non-governmental and other stakeholders with an active interest in tobacco control research and evaluation.

This conference will be open to those participants who are part of a Concurrent Working Session or first author of an accepted Poster Abstract.

Program:

This conference will be held over 2-1/2 days, Monday November 10 to Wednesday noon November 12, and will consist of daily Plenary Sessions with international keynote speakers, Concurrent Working Sessions and Poster Sessions.

The conference will offer seven daily Concurrent Working Sessions, organized for up to 50 participants each, including observers, for either one full day (5 hours over two sessions) or two full days (10 hours over four sessions). These sessions will produce scientific products, such as funding proposals, papers for submission peer-reviewed publications, sets of recommendations, or expert panel consensus statements.