CSPDM 2019 Conference October 23, 2019  Toronto, ON

Innovative Workplace Disability Management for Better Outcomes

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The 2019 CSPDM Conference will provide 7 CEC hours for CDMPs and CRTWCs who attend the full-day conference and optimize all learning activities.

7:30 – 8:15 am	Registration
8:15 – 8:25 am	Welcome and introductions Evie DoCouto, Chair, CSPDM Board of Directors, and Vice President, Return-to-Work Program, Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) Wolfgang Zimmermann, Executive Director, National Institute of Disability Management and Research (NIDMAR), and President, Pacific Coast University for Workplace Health Sciences (PCU-WHS)
8:25 – 8:30 am	Opening Remarks Thomas Teahen, President and Chief Executive Officer, Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
8:30 – 9:30 am	Towards Integrated Workplace Health: Linking Prevention with Disability Management Prof. Dr. Joachim Breuer, President, International Social Security Association (ISSA), Geneva and Fr. Director General, German Federal Workers Compensation System (DGUV), Berlin
9:30 – 9:40 am	ISSA Presentation to the WSIB
9:40 – 9:45 am	Signing of the Collaboration Agreement PCU-WHS and University of Lübek
9:45 – 10:30 am	Bill C-81 and International Perspectives in Disability Management Diana Shaw-Malvern, Director, Centralized Enabling Workplace Fund, Office of Public Service Accessibility,Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat Wolfgang Zimmermann, Executive Director, National Institute of Disability Management and Research (NIDMAR), and President, Pacific Coast University for Workplace Health Sciences (PCU-WHS)
10:30 – 11:00 am	Health Break
11:00 am – 12:00 pm	Mental Health Accommodations and Solutions Dr. Craig Gosse, Chief of Occupational Psychiatry, Homewood Health
12:00 – 1:00 pm	Networking Lunch
1:00 – 1:30 pm	Recognition Ceremony – Awarding of Certificates to new CDMPs and CRTWCs and Awarding of 10-Year Pins
1:30 – 3:00 pm	Panel Discussion: Role of the Health Care Professional Community in Support of RTW Rose Conforti, Manager Return-to-Work Program, WSIB Dr. Parminder Ghura, Medical Consultant and Occupational Physician Dr. Colleen Ray, Psychology Professional Practice Leader, WSIB Sari Sairanen, National Director of Health Safety and Environment, Unifor Andrew Zvanitajs, Deputy Fire Chief, City of Vaughan
3:00 – 3:30 pm	Health Break
3:30 – 4:30 pm	Supporting Workers with Chronic, Episodic Conditions Nicola MacNaughton, OT Reg.(NB), CCLCP, CDMP, Legatnit Inc., Adjunct Faculty PCU-WHS
4:30 – 4:45 pm	Wrap-up and Closing Evie DoCouto, Chair, CSPDM Board of Directors, and Vice President, Return-to-Work Program, Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)