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June 8 June 9 June 10 June 11 June 12 June 13

TIME	SUNDAY, JUNE 8	LOCATION
Times – to be announced	Airport Shuttles to the Hotel	Toronto Pearson Airport Meeting locations to be announced
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Check in at the Hotel	Executive Learning Centre (ELC) Hotel at York University 56 Fine Arts Road
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM	SPA 2025 – Welcome Reception 1. Introductions SPA 2025 Planning Committee (Rosanna Olsen, Meaghan Adams, Rosanne Aleong, Anosha Tariq, Linda Truong) & SPA 2025 Mentors 2. Icebreakers	Executive Learning Centre (ELC) – Private Dining Room 56 Fine Arts Road
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM	Barbecue Dinner	Executive Learning Centre (ELC) – Dining Lounge & Courtyard

TIME	MONDAY, JUNE 9	LOCATION
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM	Breakfast (Hotel Guests Only)	Executive Learning Centre (ELC) Hotel at York University 56 Fine Arts Road
8:15 AM - 9:00 AM	Shuttle to Baycrest	Pick up – ELC Hotel Entrance Drop off – Baycrest: Kimel Family Building (Entrance 4)
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM	SPA 2025 Opening Remarks 1. Rosanna Olsen 2. Allison Sekuler 3. Jane Rylett	Baycrest – Jacob Family Theatre 3560 Bathurst St.
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM	Cognitive Sensory Motor Interactions Karen Li & Walter Wittich	Jacob Family Theatre
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM	Refreshment Break	Jacob Family Theatre
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM	Cognitive Reserve: Maintaining Function In The Face Of Neuropathology John Anderson	Jacob Family Theatre
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM	Transition Time
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM	Group Work	Baycrest – Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI)
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM	Lunch	CABHI
1:15 PM - 1:30 PM	Transition Time
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Kimel Family Centre Tour & Simulation Suit Demonstration Nicole Anderson, Kimel Family Centre Team & Baycrest Simulation Team	Baycrest - Kimel Family Centre for Brain Health and Wellness 55 Ameer Avenue
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM	Transition Time & Refreshment Break
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM	Continuum of Care David Conn & Sid Feldman	CABHI
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM	Innovation Implementation Putting Aging Research into Practice: The Art & Science of Implementing Innovations in Healthcare Alisa Grigorovich & Kristina Kokorelias	CABHI
5:00 PM - 5:15 PM	Transition Time
5:15 PM - 6:00 PM	Social Activity: Art Workshop Liisa Lamminen & Susanna Whaley	Baycrest - Creative Arts Studio & Loftus Hall
6:00 PM - 6:15 PM	Transition Time
6:15 PM - 7:15 PM	Dinner	CABHI
7:15 PM - 8:00 PM	Shuttle to Hotel

TIME	TUESDAY, JUNE 10	LOCATION
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM	Breakfast (Hotel Guests Only)	Executive Learning Centre (ELC) Hotel at York University 56 Fine Arts Road
8:15 AM - 9:00 AM	Shuttle to Baycrest	Pick up – ELC Hotel Entrance Drop off – Baycrest: Kimel Family Building (Entrance 4)
9:00 AM - 9:05 AM	Daily Huddle	Baycrest – Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI) 3560 Bathurst St.
9:05 AM - 10:00 AM	Canadian Institutes of Health Research-Institute of Aging (CIHR-IA) Priorities and Opportunities Jane Rylett	CABHI
10:00 AM - 10:50 AM	Brain Aging Basics 1. Hearing and Aging: From Ear to Brain to Cognition – Björn Herrmann 2. Aging and Visual Function – Eugenie Roudaia	CABHI
10:50 AM - 11:00 AM	Refreshment Break	CABHI
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM	Group Work	CABHI
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM	Lunch	CABHI
1:15 PM - 1:45 PM	Meet the Healthcare Workforce: Interprofessional Practice Laura Di Nicolantonio, Andrew Lockwood & Whitney Sherman	CABHI
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM	Meet the Healthcare Workforce: Outpatient Care A. Client and Caregiver Panel Moderator – Kristen Fernandes Panelists – Mark Theodore (Ted) Korn, Rachel O’Neill & Elka Pelt B. Care Team Panel Moderator – Christopher Kitamura Panelists – Timothy Cheng, Peggy Solomon & Alanna Weill	CABHI
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Refreshment Break	CABHI
3:30 PM - 4:15 PM	Multimodal Investigations of the Heterogeneity of Alzheimer's Disease Clinical Presentations Renaud La Joie (virtual)	CABHI
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM	From Inclusion to Empowerment: Advancing Equity Through Co-Research With People Living With Dementia Lillian Hung, Bubli Chakraborty (virtual) & Lynn Jackson (virtual)	CABHI
5:00 PM - 5:15 PM	Transition Time
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM	Social Activity – Animal Therapy & Tours A. Animal Therapy – One Health Partners B. Samuel Lunenfeld Mountainview Club – Roxana Nagra C. Outpatient Clinics – Cynthia Santos D. Inpatient Clinics – Andrew Lockwood & Whitney Sherman	Baycrest – Silverman Garden Court
6:15 PM - 7:15 PM	Dinner	CABHI
7:15 PM - 8:00 PM	Shuttle to Hotel

TIME	WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11	LOCATION
7:00 AM - 7:45 AM	Breakfast (Hotel Guests Only)	Executive Learning Centre (ELC) Hotel at York University 56 Fine Arts Road
7:45 AM - 8:30 AM	Shuttle to Baycrest	Pick up – ELC Hotel Entrance Drop off – Baycrest: Kimel Family Building (Entrance 4)
8:30 AM - 8:35 AM	Daily Huddle	Baycrest – Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI) 3560 Bathurst St.
8:35 AM – 9:25 AM	Innovations in Neurological Assessment and Care 1. Virtual Behavioural Medicine Program (VBM): A Game Changer in the Care on Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Dementia – Morris Freedman 2. The Automation of the Clock Drawing Test with a Deep Neural Network – Bradley Buchsbaum	CABHI
9:25 AM – 10:15 AM	Innovations in Education and Training 1. Game-Based Learning – Rita Orji (virtual) 2. Using Game-Based Training to Support the Long-Term Care Workforce – Stacey Guy	CABHI
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM	Transition Time & Refreshments
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Meet the Healthcare Workforce: Long-Term Care Mide Seyi-Ajayi	Baycrest – Loftus Hall
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM	Long-Term Care: Roundtable Discussions Karm Dhaion, Jessica Rochman-Fowler, Venise Thomson & Judy Tulio	Baycrest – The Apotex Centre, Jewish Home for the Aged, Long-Term Care
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM	Transition Time
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Lunch	CABHI
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM	Group Work	CABHI
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Virtual Meet & Greet – Ontario Centres for Learning, Research & Innovation in Long-Term Care (CLRI) Carey Burleigh, Rachel Walker & CLRI Student Interns	CABHI
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM	Refreshment Break	CABHI
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM	Meet the Healthcare Workforce: Family/Friend Caregivers Moderator – Adriana Shnall Panelists – Norman Boie, Anne Clavir & Anjali Gupta	CABHI
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM	Possibilities by Baycrest™ A New Model of Care for Transforming the Residential Living Experience for People Living with Dementia – Faith Malach	CABHI
5:00 PM - 5:50 PM	Project ECHO Care of the Elderly-Interprofessional Learning to Improve Older Adult Health Meaghan Adams	CABHI
5:50 PM - 6:20 PM	Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) as a Platform for Interdisciplinary Research – Parminder Raina	CABHI
6:20 PM - 7:30 PM	Dinner	CABHI
7:30 PM - 8:15 PM	Shuttle to Hotel

TIME	THURSDAY, JUNE 12	LOCATION
7:00 AM - 7:45 AM	Breakfast (Hotel Guests Only)	Executive Learning Centre (ELC) Hotel at York University 56 Fine Arts Road
7:45 AM - 8:30 AM	Shuttle to Baycrest	Pick up – ELC Hotel Entrance Drop off – Baycrest: Kimel Family Building (Entrance 4)
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM	Daily Huddle	Baycrest – Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI) 3560 Bathurst St.
8:45 AM - 9:45 AM	Health Workforce Considerations for an Aging Society Ivy Lynn Bourgeault	CABHI
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM	Alzheimer Society of Ontario – Health of the Healthcare Workforce Rebekah Peterson (virtual)	CABHI
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Refreshment Break
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM	Grant and Peer Review Howard Chertkow (virtual)	CABHI
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM	Co-Design for Innovation Tyler Redublo	CABHI
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch	CABHI
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM	Innovation Implementation Case Study: BrainMarc Rosanne Aleong, Jordan Lass & Whitney Sherman	CABHI
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Group Presentations Feedback Panel – Faith Boutcher, Stacey Guy, Alvin Keng & Mide Seyi-Aijay Refreshment Break 3:30-3:45 PM	CABHI
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Shuttle to Toronto’s Harbourfront Alternative dinner and transportation for those not attending the cruise
6:00 PM – 9:30 PM	Social Activity – Dinner Cruise on the Toronto Odyssey	Queen's Quay Terminal - South/East Dock Wall 207 Queen's Quay West
9:30 PM - 10:15 PM	Shuttle to Hotel

TIME	FRIDAY, JUNE 13	LOCATION
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM	Breakfast (Hotel Guests Only)	Executive Learning Centre (ELC) Hotel at York University 56 Fine Arts Road
8:15 AM - 8:30 AM	Daily Huddle	Executive Learning Centre (ELC) – Lecture Room X211 56 Fine Arts Road
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM	Knowledge Mobilization and Commercialization Moderator - Susan Vandermorris Panelists - Keera Fishman, Brian Levine, Gary Naglie & Brandon Vasquez	Lecture Room X211
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM	Refreshment Break	Fireside Lounge
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM	From Research to Real-world Impact: How Can Knowledge Mobilization Help and How Can We Do It Well? Shusmita Rashid	Lecture Room X211
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Closing Remarks Rosanna Olsen	Lecture Room X211
12:00 PM	Farewell, SPA 2025! Boxed Take-Away Lunch	Fireside Lounge
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM	Shuttles to Toronto Pearson Airport