Design & Health Canada 2010 Programme
Day 1 Programme
08.00 Registration and coffee

08.50 Opening remarks from the chair, Prof Richard M Sommer, Dean of Architecture, University of Toronto
Session 1: Health Policy and Infrastructure Development in Canada
09.00 Health Capital Investment in Ontario David Clarke, director, Health Capital Investment Branch, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, Canada
09.30 Health Capital Investment in Design Cliff Harvey, chief architect, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, Canada
10.00 The Hospital of the Future: A Clinician's Perspective Dr Howard Abrams MD, Canada
10.30 Questions and Answers
10.45 Coffee
Session 2: Health Perspectives, Theories and Application 11.15 Salutogenic Perspectives on Health and Wellbeing Prof Alan Dilani, International Academy for Design & Health, Sweden
11.45 Design as a Tool for Social Innovation and Change Dr Ray Pentecost, president, American Institute of Architects. Academy of Architecture for Health, USA
12.15 The Four Roots of Innovative Healthcare Design Kimmo Lintula, Architect, SAFA. Finland
12.45 Questions and Answers
13.00 Lunch and exhibition

Opening remarks from the Chair, Prof Jacqueline Vischer PhD, Canada
Session 3: Health Planning and Models of Care
14.00 The Economic Case for Optimal Physical Environments Blair Sadler, USA
14.30 Contemporary Healthcare Planning: Commonalities and Counterpoints Cyndi McCullough RN, MSN, director of clinical planning, HDR Architecture, USA
15.00 The Taming of the Queue: New Models of Care in the Emergency Department Click here for Presentation 1 and Presentation 2
Paul Whittlestone and Tessa Walton, Tribal Group, UK
15.30 Questions and Answers
15.45 Coffee break
Session 4: Design and Architecture for Health 16.15 Found in Translation: Interpreting Care Models by Design Tarek El-Khatib and Amos Caspi, Zeidler Partnership Architects, Canada
16.45 Building Mission Vision and Values: Three Hospital Organisations Transformed by Design Thinking Tye Farrow, senior partner, Farrow Partnership Architects, Canada
17.15 Feminine Mystique in Architecture? Susan Black, Perkins Eastman Black, Canada
17.45 Questions and Answers
18.00 Day Summary and Event Close
Day 2 Programme

Chair: Derek Parker, Anhen + Allen, USA
Session 5 Sustainability and Healthy Communities
09.00 Sustainable Urbanism: Aspects of a Healthy City David Sisam, Montgomery Sisam, Canada
09.30 Urban Design: Facilitating Health and Fitness Mark Johnson FASLA, founding principal, Civitas Inc
10.00 Culture & Meaning as Treatment for Alzheimer's: A Cost-Benefit Analysis Dr John Zeisel, founder and president, Hearthstone Alzheimer Care, USA
10.30 Questions and Answers
10.45 Coffee break
Session 6 Patient Environments and the Arts
11.15 Patient Room Mock-Ups: 3-D Vision, 4-D Information, 5-D Experience Annie Coull, principal, Anshen + Allen, USA
11:45 Multi-disciplinary Approaches to Designing for Patient Dignity Colum Lowe, founder, Being, UK
12.15 Transforming the Healthcare Experience: Building Community Partnerships in the Arts Annette Ridenour, president, Aesthetics Inc, USA
12.45 Questions and Answers
13.00 Lunch
Chair: Luigi Ferrara MRAIC, Hon. ACID O, ICSID, director, School of Design and the Institute without Boundaries, George Brown College, Canada
Session 7 Emerging Trends in Healthcare Design
14:00 Contemporary Healthcare Design: Commonalities and Counterpoints Jason Emery-Groen, HDR Architecture, Canada
14.30 New Perspectives in Healthcare Facility Design Alejandro Lillo, GRAFT, USA
15.00 Trends in Environments for Psychiatric Care Chris Shaw, director, MAAP, UK
15.30 Questions and Answers
15.45 Coffee and Exhibition
Session 8: Defining Evidence-based Design and its Relationship to Research
16.00 What is "Evidence" and How Do We Know? Prof Jacqueline Vischer PhD, Canada
16.30 Experience-based Design: At the Crossroads of Humanity and Architecture John Steven OAA, MRAIC, ACHA, AIA (assoc), Stantec, Canada
17.00 Questions and Answers
17.45 Close of Day
19.00 Gala Dinner and International Academy Awards
17.00 Day Summary
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