This event is in collaboration with the the University of British Columbia (UBC), the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), University Health Network (UHN), and the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC).

General Admission

Regular Registration 2-Day Pass: $249+ tax

Please note that all four workshops are now full.Registration includes a Keynote presentation on March 05th at 4pm and 4 sessions, a keynote presentation , breakfast and lunch on March 06th. Please refer to the program below for exact timing.

Call for Abstracts and Emerging Researcher Panel and Exhibitors

Please use this link to view the abstracts for poster presentations.

Please note that the call for abstracts for a poster or panel presentation and for exhibitors is now closed. We thank you for your interest.

People with Lived Experience

We would like to encourage people with lived experience to register and participate in the conference. At this time, all free spots have been filled and the waitlist is currently full. Thank you for your interest.

Program at a Glance

Please use this link to access the full program.

Thursday, March 5th

8:00-9:00 Registration

9:00-12:00 Concurrent Workshops

Workshop 1: Engaging Youth As Active Agents of Change For Mental Health Care

Objectives

1. Share recent developments in youth-engagement models/practices in mental health service design and research
2. Explore the impact of youth engagement and co-creation at the individual and organizational levels, with a focus on the achievement of “appropriate care”
3. Introduce processes that track, evaluate and mobilize what is learned, gained and disrupted through youth engagement

Workshop 2: Building Capacity for E-Mental Health: An Introductory Implementation Workshop

Objectives

1. Describe common challenges and opportunities in implementation efforts
2. Successfully identify strategies from the Toolkit to plan and initiate E-MH in clinical practice
3. Build personal and professional capacity with E-MH initiatives through practical exercises

12:00-12:45 Lunch and Networking

12:45-3:45 Concurrent Workshops

Workshop 3: If You Build It, Will They Change? Implementing Mobile Apps To Achieve Clinical Results

Objectives

1. Describe common strategies and methods for designing and developing mobile apps
2. Describe theories that will guide the development of these apps
3. Discuss barriers to and facilitators of implementing mobile apps in clinical care contexts
4. Learn about practical strategies to implement and integrate mobile apps in clinical care contexts
5. Identify evaluation criteria for assessing the effectiveness of apps in mental health contexts in promoting behavior change

Workshop 4: Will My E-Mental Health Interventions Be Effective? A Practical Guide to Evaluation, Rapid Assessment and Awesome Analytics

Objectives

1. Outline and critically assess traditional and emerging methodologies to evaluate digital mental health interventions
2. Describe the development of a novel research analytics platform to evaluate effective engagement with digital mental health interventions
3. Identify the challenges and opportunities related to evaluating engagement with digital mental health interventions, including key lessons learned and priorities for future research in the field

4:00-5:00 Welcome

5:00-6:00 Keynote 1

The Future of Virtual Mental Health: The North American Experience

John Torous, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard University

Discussant: David Gratzer, CAMH

Friday, March 6th

7:30-8:30 Registration

8:35-8:40 Welcome Day 2

8:40-9:10 Session 1: Is Change Coming? Rapid fire presentations

9:10-10:10 Session 2: Evolving Learning and Practice for E-Mental Health

10:10-10:30 Health Break and Poster Session

10:30-11:30 Session 3: Changing the System One Disruptive Technology at a Time

11:30-12:30 Lunch and Networking (Poster Session)

12:30-1:30 Session 4: Addressing the Need for Disruptive Change

1:30-2:30 Who is Going to Change the World? A Panel of Emerging Researchers

2:30-2:50 Health Break and Poster Session

2:50-3:50 Keynote 2

The Future of Virtual Mental Health Care: The Australian Experience

Ian Hickie, Mind and Brain Institute, Sydney

Discussant: Gillian Strudwick, CAMH

3:50-4:00 Closing Remarks

Please note that there are no travel funds available for participants.

The deadline to reserve a room in our courtesy block at Hotel X has now passed.

Have questions? Contact us at aingabire@mentalhealthcommission.ca