e-Health 2025 Call for Concurrent Session Facilitators

Session Facilitator participation is extremely important to the success of the conference! Beginning April 17, 2025, e-Health25 Conference and Tradeshow will accept applications to facilitate concurrent sessions in Toronto on June 2 and 3.

Qualifications

Volunteers interested in facilitating a session must be:

  • a Digital Health Canada Member and volunteer.
  • Pre-registered for the conference and tradeshow. Note: session facilitators do not receive complimentary registration.
  • Comfortable speaking in front of a large audience.
  • Available for the full hour of a chosen concurrent session.

Key responsibilities

  • Make housekeeping announcements at the beginning and end of the session.
  • Introduce speakers.
  • Facilitate the Q&A period (time permitting).
  • Keep the session on track with scheduled start and end times.

Onsite notes

  • Session facilitators will be provided with a script in advance of the conference.
  • All e-Health presentations (Concurrent Abstracts, P3 Showcases and Symposia) take place in breakout rooms with a podium, microphone(s), slide advancer, PC laptop computer, and 80” LED Monitor to display the presentation.
  • A microphone on a stand will be available to all audience delegates to participate in the LIVE Q&A.

Types of concurrent presentations

  • Panel & Discussion Duration: 30 minutes (includes 5-10 minutes Q&A) |  must have 3 presenters (min/max)
  • Oral Duration: 20 minutes with optional Q&A | 1 or 2 presenters
  • e-Poster Duration: 10 minutes (1 slide only plus quick Q&A – time permitting)  |  Defined electronic visual format with all data on one slide  |  1 presenter

How do I volunteer to be a session facilitator?

If you are registered to attend e-Health25 Conference and Tradeshow and are interested in volunteering as a session facilitator, please:

  • Complete the application below by May 2, 2025.
  • Choose the session(s) (one-hour blocks) that you would be willing to facilitate (view the Program HERE in April 2025).
  • Notifications will be emailed by May 16, 2025. Please note e-Health cannot guarantee that all interested volunteers will be accepted.
  • Scripts will be provided by May 31, 2025.

Application form

The application form is open from April 17 to May 2, 2025.

Contact information

Select your preferred session(s)

Please select the one-hour session you would like to facilitate from the available sessions and times below. If you would like to facilitate multiple sessions, indicate all you are interested in. We'll do our best to schedule your preferences.

Monday, June 2 - Concurrent Sessions from 10:00 am - 11:00 am

• 10:00 - 10:20 AM - CCS3.MAM.1 O - Machine Learning Classification of Mental Health and Addiction Calls in Paramedic Services
• 10:20 - 10:40 AM - CCS3.MAM.2 O - Technology Solutions for Mental Health; Digital Technology and Healthcare Human Resource
• 10:40 - 11:00 AM - CCS3.MAM.4 O - How AI-enabled self-management care models divert ALC traffic, reduce ED visits, and 911 calls

Monday, June 2 - Concurrent Sessions from 1:40 pm - 2:40 pm

• 1:40 - 2:00 PM - CCS2.MPM.1 O - A community-centred program using digital tools to advance health equity for multicultural and Indigenous communities
• 2:00 - 2:20 PM - CCS2.MPM.2 O - Expanding Canada’s first Regional Digital Twin - Driving Clinical & Digital Change for Improved Access
• 2:20 - 2:40 PM - CCS2.MPM.3 O - Digitizing Sickle Cell Disease Care - Reducing Inequities Across Emergency Departments

Monday, June 2 - Concurrent Sessions from 1:40 pm - 2:40 pm

• 1:40 - 2:00 PM - CCS3.MPM.1 O - Enabling Clinical Best Practices Through Digital Referrals with Embedded CDS
• 2:00 - 2:20 PM - CCS3.MPM.2 O - Digital Referral Form standardization – a transformative and clinically informed co-design approach
• 2:20 - 2:40 PM - CCS3.MPM.3 O - Addressing Communication Challenges in Disconnected Indigenous Populations

Monday, June 2 - Concurrent Sessions from 1:40 pm - 2:40 pm

• 1:40 - 2:00 PM - CCS5.MPM.1 O - The impact of policy changes on virtual care use in Ontario: a population-based study.
• 2:00 - 2:20 PM - CCS5.MPM.2 O - Virtual Care: Australian Learnings and Perspectives
• 2:20 - 2:40 PM - CCS5.MPM.3 O - Addressing the Urgent Gap in Emergency Rooms Through Virtual Care Collaboration

Monday, June 2 - Concurrent Sessions from 1:40 pm - 2:40 pm

• 2:00 - 2:30 PM - CCS6.MPM.2 P - First Nations Community Paramedicine Service

Monday, June 2 - Concurrent Sessions from 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

• 3:00 - 3:30 PM - CCS4.MPM2.1 P - Bridging Access Gaps in Chronic Pain Management with Patient-Centric Virtual Care and Telemonitoring
• 3:30 - 4:00 PM - CCS4.MPM2.2 P - Streamlining Healthcare Access and Navigation with Province-Wide Digital Front Door Solutions

Tuesday, June 3 - Concurrent Sessions from 9:30 am - 10:30 am

• 9:30 - 9:50 AM - CCS4.TAM.1 O - Leveraging AI to Improve Accuracy in Medical Audio Transcription
• 9:50 - 10:10 AM - CCS4.TAM.2 O - Unlocking the Untapped Potential: The Power of Digital Twins in Healthcare
• 10:10 - 10:30 AM - CCS4.TAM.3 O - National Eye Data Repository for Primary Care Optometry Optimization and AI Innovation

Tuesday, June 3 - Concurrent Sessions from 1:10 pm - 2:10 pm

• 1:10 - 1:40 PM - CCS2.TPM.1 P - Passing Notes in Class
• 1:40 - 2:10 PM - CCS2.TPM.2 P - A New Program to Drive National Interoperability in Canada

Tuesday, June 3 - Concurrent Sessions from 1:10 pm - 2:10 pm

• 1:10 - 1:30 PM - CCS3.TPM.1 O - From Notes to Insights - Enhancing Patient Care and Interactions through AI Documentation in Clinical Settings
• 1:30 - 1:50 PM - CCS3.TPM.2 O - Rapid Response - Fast-Tracking Early Warning System Success
• 1:50 - 2:10 PM - CCS3.TPM.3 O - Enabling Patient Access to Personal Health Information and Services Through a Digital Front Door

Tuesday, June 3 - Concurrent Sessions from 1:10 pm - 2:10 pm

• 1:10 - 1:40 PM - CCS6.TPM.2 P - Building Canada's Psychiatric Mental Health Care Workforce: Competency, Capacity, and Resiliency

Tuesday, June 3 - Concurrent Sessions from 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

• 2:30 - 3:00 PM - CCS2.TPM2.1 P- Provincial Clinical Registries: Bridging Fragmented Clinical Information Systems and Improving Health Information Interoperability
• 3:00 - 3:30 PM - CCS2.TPM2.2 P- Lessons Learned from Building a Successful Data Exchange Network Strategy

Tuesday, June 3 - Concurrent Sessions from 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

• 2:30 - 2:50 PM - CCS3.TPM2.1 O - Enhancing Emergency Access: Lessons Learned from the Virtual Urgent Nova Scotia (VUNS) Program
• 2:50 - 3:10 PM - CCS3.TPM2.2 O - What is holding them back? Exploring barriers to patient portal activation
• 3:10 - 3:30 PM - CCS3.TPM2.3 O - Evaluating the usefulness of a mental health chatbot for people with arthritis and diabetes

Tuesday, June 3 - Concurrent Sessions from 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

• 2:30 - 2:50 PM - CCS4.TPM2.1 O - Streamline primary care and reduce administrative burden through provincial LOINC document standards: a grassroots success
• 2:50 - 3:10 PM - CCS4.TPM2.2 O - Pan-Canadian Health Workforce Data Dashboards to Support Planning
• 3:10 - 3:30 PM - CCS4.TPM2.3 O - Empowering and engaging patients to support their kidney health and wellbeing through customized virtual resources

Tuesday, June 3 - Concurrent Sessions from 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

• 2:30 - 3:00 PM - CCS5.TPM2.1 P - Digital Bridge - Supporting older adults with complex needs transition from hospital to home
• 3:00 - 3:30 PM - CCS5.TPM2.2 P - From Hospital to Home: Enhancing Post-Surgical Recovery with Remote Patient Monitoring

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