Program
CBOM Pre-Conference Day
Sunday, September 22
| 8:00 am – 8:45 am | Registration and Breakfast |
| 8:45 am – 9:00 am | CBOM Conference Opening Remarks |
| 9:00 am – 9:45 am | Emerging Workplace Health and Safety Issues – Peter Smith |
| 9:45 am – 10:30 am | Workplace Mental Health Beyond the Individual: The Role of the Psychosocial Environment – Kim Watson |
| 10:30 am – 10:45 am | Break |
| 10:45 am – 11:30 am | The Burden of Occupational Cancer – Paul Demers |
| 11:30 am – 12:15 pm | What’s My Line? The Occupational History: Recording, Using and Analyzing – Anil Adisesh |
| 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm | Lunch |
| 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm | OMA Annual General Meeting |
| 1:15 pm – 2:00 pm | Noise and Noise-Induced Hearing Loss – Sebastian Straube |
| 2:00 pm – 2:15 pm | Adjudication and Support of Occupational Disease Claims in Ontario – Armando Fatigati |
| 2:15 pm – 2:45 pm | Cannabis Review from an Occupational Medicine perspective Post Legalization – Andrea Burry |
| 2:45 pm – 3:00 pm | Break |
| 3:00 pm – 3:45 pm | Principles of Occupational Medicine Through Artificial Intelligence – David Elias |
| 3:45 pm – 4:30 pm | The Effective Expert Witness – Tee Guidotti |
| 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm | Welcome Reception and Poster Presentations |
Main Conference Day 1: Occupational Medicine – System Based Disability Management Topics
Monday, September 23
| 7:15 am – 8:00 am | Registration and Breakfast |
| 8:00 am – 8:15 am | OEMAC Conference Opening Remarks |
| 8:15 am – 9:00 am | Disability Management of Concussion – Mark Bayley |
| 9:00 am – 9:45 am | Headache and Workplace Disability – Clinical Pearls for the Occupational Medicine Physician – Jonathan Gladstone |
| 9:45 am – 10:00 am | Panel Discussion with Mark Bayley & Jonathan Gladstone |
| 10:00 am – 10:30 am | Break and Network with Exhibitors |
| 10:30 am – 11:15 am | Disability Management of Mental Health Conditions – Charl Els |
| 11:15 am – 12:00 pm | Back Pain Addressing Diagnosis, Management and Return to Work – Raj Rampersaud |
| 12:00 pm – 12:15 pm | Panel Discussion with Charl Els & Rampersaud |
| 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm | Lunch and CBOM AGM (Members Only) |
| 1:15pm – 2:00 pm | CBOM Memorial Lecture – Linn Holness |
| 2:00 pm – 2:45 pm | Complex RTW Decision Making – Allen Kraut |
| 2:45 pm – 3:00 pm | Panel Discussion with Linn Holness & Allen Kraut |
| 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm | Break and Network with Exhibitors |
| 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm | Offsite Educational Tours |
| 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm | Cocktails |
| 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm | OEMAC Annual Dinner and Awards Banquet |
Main Conference Day 2: Disability Guidelines, Medico-Legal Topics and System Partners
Tuesday, September 24
| 7:15 am – 8:00 am | Registration and Breakfast |
| 8:00 am – 8:15 am | Second Day Opening Remarks |
| 8:15 am – 9:00 am | Disability Management of Respiratory Conditions – Susan Tarlo |
| 9:00 am – 9:45 am | Spirometry in Occupational Medicine – Mary Townsend |
| 9:45 am – 10:00 am | Panel Discussion with Susan Tarlo & Mary Townsend |
| 10:00 am – 10:30 am | Break and Network with Exhibitors |
| 10:30 am – 11:15 am | Reducing Medicolegal Risk in Occupational Health – Liisa Honey |
| 11:15 am – 12:00 pm | A Guide for Managing the Return to Work – Alexander Waddell |
| 12:00 pm – 12:15 pm | Panel Discussion with Liisa Honey & Alexander Waddell |
| 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm | Lunch and OEMAC AGM (Members Only) |
| 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm | Mastromatteo Oration – Ron House |
| 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm | Pearls and Pitfalls in Occupational and Environmental Medicine – Howard Hamer, Deborah Parachin, Michel Schofield |
| 3:30 pm – 3:45 pm | Closing Remarks |
Offsite Educational Tours
Tours run simultaneously, limited space available per tour. $20 to register.
Air Canada
Air Canada’s System Operations Control (SOC) is a centralized location made up of multiple departments that oversees Air Canada’s daily operations. It’s the nerve center of Air Canada’s network which operates up to 1,800 flights a day, on 400 aircraft to 6 different continents. Individuals will get to see first-hand the logistics and complexities of running a major international airline. The tour will visit a number of different departments, all under one roof managing Air Canada’s operations. From data analysis to flight dispatch, it’s all here.
Hydro One
The Hydro One Kleinburg Training Centre is one of Canada’s largest and busiest training facilities offering a wide range of courses to apprentices and professionals within the Electrical Transmission and Distribution Sector. Employees from Hydro One, Provincial Local Distribution Companies and from around the world participate in courses specific to Powerline Technician Apprenticeship Training, Bulk Electrical Systems, Metering, Area Distribution Engineering Technician Training, Substations, and Underground Cables. Participant safety and wellness is our primary focus. Health and safety is woven throughout all programming incorporating a dedicated focus towards hazard identification, hazard elimination and hazard control. Musculoskeletal injury prevention and work positioning is discussed prior to all daily practical training sessions and documented on all Tailboard Job Plan Folders.
Your visit to the Kleinburg Training Centre includes a site orientation, classroom tour / discussion explaining the various training experiences offered on site, in addition to a guided tour of the Transmission & Distribution Training Fields. Under the guidance and oversight of our qualified instructors, participants can opt for the opportunity to perform specific industry tasks and or work with specific equipment and material to get a sense of some of the procedures Powerline Technicians typically perform.
On behalf of our staff at the Kleinburg Training Centre, we appreciate your interest in our facility and look forward to working with you.
**Additional hands-on opportunities are available for those participants who bring their own work boots.**
