Canadian Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation

17th Annual Meeting and Symposium

Theme: Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity
Friday, October 19
07:30 – 08:30 Board Orientation
09:00 – 17:00 CACR Annual Board of Directors Meeting
Saturday, October 20
07:30 – 09:30



Keynote Session
Kellogg's Breakfast Event

Nutrition Symposium

Obesity
Simone Lemieux

Conference Opening Remarks
Neville Suskin, CACR President
09:30 – 10:00 Poster Presentations and Displays
10:00 – 11:00



Keynote Address
15th Annual Terry Kavanagh Lecture

Sponsored by Canadian Cardiac Rehabilitation Foundation

Metabolic Syndrome
Jean-Pierre Després
11:00 – 12:00

ORAL SESSIONS
CACR Annual Scientific Presentations (3) and Student Research Awards


Awards sponsored by Canadian Cardiac Rehabiliation Foundation
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch (provided)
13:00 – 14:30 CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS
13:00



Concurrent Workshops Set #1  

1. Excercise in Persons with Diabetes
     Annie Ferland

2. Sleep Apnea
     Frédéric Series

3. Practical Stress Management
     Kim Lavoie

4. New Smoking Cessation Medication (English)
     Andrew Pipe

5. New Smoking Cessation Medication (French)
     Rejean Lamontagne
13:45



Concurrent Workshops Set #2

1. Exercise in Persons with Diabetes
     Annie Ferland

2. Sleep Apnea
     Frédéric Series

3. Practical Stress Management
     Kim Lavoie

4. New Smoking Cessation Medication (English)
     Andrew Pipe

5. New Smoking Cessation Medication (French)
     Rejean Lamontagne
14:30 – 15:30 Refreshment Break, Poster Presentation and Displays
15:00 – 15:30
ORAL SESSIONS
CACR Annual Scientific Presentations (2)
15:30 – 16:00
Plenary Session

Hypertension and metabolic syndrome: what treatment what targets?
Norm Campbell
16:00 – 16:30
Plenary Session

The Outbreak of Diabetes in the Canadian First Nations: A Socio-cultural and Political Analysis
Bernard Roy
16:30 – 18:00 Welcome Reception and Opening of the Community Forum (With Poster Sessions)
17:00 – 18:00 Historical Walk
All Canadian Cardiovascular Congress Delegates Welcome
18:30 – 00:00 Annual Banquet & Social Evening
Chapelle du Musée de l'Amérique française
(Ticket included with CACR's Registration Fees)

Sunday, October 21

08:00 – 09:30 General Mills Breakfast and CACR Annual General Meeting
09:30 – 10:30
Keynote Address

Bariatric Surgery
Simon Marceau
10:30 – 11:00 Refreshment Break, Poster Presentations and Displays
11:00 – 12:00

ORAL SESSIONS
• ACR Annual Scientific Presentations (3)
• Walk of Life Presentation
12:00 – 13:00

Lunch, Poster Presentations and Exhibition

13:00 – 13:30
Keynote Address
A Patient's Perspective on Cardiac Rehab
13:30 – 14:00 Closing Ceremony
What have we learned and where are we going in 2008? Neville Suskin, CACR President
14:00 – 16:00 CCC Opening Ceremonies and HSFC Lecture

Learning Tracks

Atherosclerosis, Basic Vascular
Ischemic Heart Disease, ACS, PCI, Stroke
Pediatrics, Congenital Heart Disease
Electrophysiology, Sudden Cardiac Death, Arrhythmology
Heart Failure, Heart Function, Cardiomyopathy, Transplant
Hypertension, Vascular Biology
Imaging Techniques, Nuclear
Cardiology, MRI, Echo
Prevention
Cardiac Surgery, Anesthesia

CACR Scientific Program — printable version