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Day 1
September 18, 2026
Day 2
September 19, 2026
8:30 am - 9:00 am

Opening Ceremonies

9:00 am - 10:00 am

Opening Keynote Speaker

Joe Roberts
Skid Row CEO

From Skid Row to CEO: To Serve & Protect

10:00 am - 10:30 am
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Coffee Break and Vendor interaction

10:30 am - 11:00 am
Clinical Track

Predictably Unpredictable

Matthew Smith
Critical Care Flight Paramedic

Pediatric Assessment & Treatment

10:30 am - 11:00 am
Education Track

Simulation Rewind

René Lapierre
Program Coordinator for the ACP and PCP programs
Jennyfer LeBlanc
Advanced Care Paramedic

Disrupting Traditional Paramedic Training

10:30 am - 11:30 am
Leadership Track

Moving Beyond Awareness

Jen Bolster 
Executive Director of Clinical Services with Ambulance Tasmania, Australia
Tyne Markides
Clinical Operations Manager

Transforming Paramedicine through Gender Equity Accountability (Tyne Markides & Jen Bolster)

11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Lunch Break and vendor interaction

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Clinical Track

Deliberate Practice

Danny Kustra
Critical Care Flight Paramedic

Human factors & how they affect patient care

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Leadership Track

Paramedic Development

Canadian Armed Forces Health Service Combat Medic & Paramedic Development. (CPO2 Collins & MWO Robitaille)

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Education Track

Teaching Paramedics to Communicate

Jeremiah Bell CD PhD
Canadian Forces Health Services Lieutenant-Colonel
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Specialty Track

Canadian Forces Health Services

2:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Nutrition Break and vendor interaction

2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Keynote Speaker - Geoff Murphy

9:00 am - 10:00 am

Panel Discussion

Recent BC mass events and complex responses (Lapu Lapu, Tumbler Ridge, Bella Colla, FIFA)

10:00 am - 10:30 am

Coffee Break and vendor interaction

10:30 am - 11:30 am
Clinical Track

Optimizing Paramedic Care of Critically Ill Patients

Anthony John Lacolucci
Paramedic / Respiratory Therapist
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Leadership Track

Technology & The Future of Paramedicine

Ian Blanchard PhD, MSc, BSc, ACP
Senior Scientist -Emergency Health Services (Alberta)
Desmond Hedderson
Commander of Technical Operations - Yukon Emergency Health Services
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Education Track

Current challenges and ways forward in crisis-related training and education for paramedics

Dr Polly Ford-Jones
Professor in Allied Health
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Specialty Track

PSPNET – Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Canadian Public Safety Personnel

Dr Jill Price
Professor in Allied Health
11:30 am - 1:30 pm

Lunch Break and vendor interaction

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Clinical Track

Hypothermia: Clinical Practice Guidelines Across Canada (Leonard James & Dr. Daniel Marines)

Len James BPE Bd ACP
Advanced Care Paramedic
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Leadership Track

Career Pathways in Paramedicine – Panel Discussion (Cameron, Markides, Muthui, Woodward, Conley)

Cheryl Cameron
Advanced Care Paramedic
Tyne Markides
Clinical Operations Manager
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Education Track

Canadian Clinical Practice Guidelines

Mike Sugimoto
Director of Clinical Practice
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Specialty Track

BCEHS Clinical Hub: New Tools for Complex Paramedic System Response

Heather Olavsen MBA GDM CGM
Director: BCEHS Clinical Hub
Rob Evans
Critical Care Paramedic
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Coffee Break Break and vendor interaction

2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Closing Keynote Speaker

Dr Alexandra Jabr
Founder of Emergency Resilience
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Closing Ceremonies

6:00 pm - 12:00 am

National Awards Gala