Pre-Conference Day 1
September 16, 2026
Pre-Conference Day 2
September 17, 2026
Day 3
September 18, 2026
Day 4
September 19, 2026
Victoria Dispatch Centre Tour **This tour is full**
A max of four (4) people per timeslot, per location. **This tour is full**
Victoria Dispatch Centre Tour **This tour is full**
A max of four (4) people per timeslot, per location. **This tour is full**
Opening Ceremonies
Opening Keynote Speaker
Joe Roberts
Chief Executive Officer
From Skid Row to CEO: To Serve & Protect
Coffee Break and Vendor interaction
Predictably Unpredictable
Matthew Smith
Critical Care Flight Paramedic
Pediatric Assessment & Treatment
Simulation Rewind
René Lapierre
Program Coordinator
Jennyfer LeBlanc
Paramedic professor
Disrupting Traditional Paramedic Training
Moving Beyond Awareness: Transforming Paramedicine through Gender Equity Accountability
Jen Bolster
Executive Director of Clinical Services
Tyne Markides
Clinical Operations Manager
Harder to Kill
Kristy Fisher
Manager - EMS Operations
Practical guide for Paramedics to incorporate strength training for improved physical & mental resilience to help support a long career
Lunch Break and vendor interaction
Deliberate Practice
Danny Kustra
Critical Care Flight Paramedic
Human factors & how they affect patient care
Paramedic Development
Alexandre Robitaille
Master Warrant Officer
Steven Collins
Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class, Senior Combat Medic Occupation Advisor
Canadian Armed Forces Health Service Combat Medic & Paramedic Development. (CPO2 Collins & MWO Robitaille)
Teaching Paramedics to Communicate
Jeremiah Bell CD PhD
Lieutenant-Colonel
Canadian Forces Health Services
Andy Collen
Consultant Paramedic
Decisions & Judgement: How Paramedics Navigate Uncertainty and Pressure
Nutrition Break and vendor interaction
Keynote Speaker - Geoff Murphy
Geoff Murphy
Critical Care Paramedic
Panel Discussion
Alexandra Shemko MSc PGCert (Health Ed) BPara
Director of Learning Delivery
Andrew Mills MSc ACP
Director of Employee Health and Wellbeing
Kirsten Delbeke DS EMD
Dispatch Supervisor
Tom Zajac CCP
Critical Care Flight Paramedic
Jonathan Brnjas ACP
Clinical Operations Director
Dr. Brooks Hogya MA PCP
Director of Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience
Ryan Ackerman MStJ MBA PCP
Executive Director of Practice, Learning and DR3
Host: Ryan Ackerman, MStJ, MBA, PCP
Planning and Recovery: Dr. Brooks Hogya, Doctor of Social Science, MA, PCP
Ground operations: Jonathan Brnjas, ACP
Air Operations: Tom Zajac, Critical Care Paramedic
Dispatch Operations Leadership: Kirsten Delbeke, DS, EMD
Psychological Support: Andrew Mills, MSc, ACP
Organizational Learning and Improvement: Alexandra Shemko, MSc, PGCert (Health Ed), BPara.
In this session, British Columbia Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) leaders examine the operational realities and systemic evolutions sparked by major incidents across urban and remote settings. Panelists will move beyond high-level theory to share candid insights on restructuring operational planning, commanding chaotic scenes alongside partner agencies, modernizing psychological supports for frontline and dispatch staff, and embedding after-action learnings directly into long-term practice.
Coffee Break and vendor interaction
Optimizing Paramedic Care of Critically Ill Patients
Anthony John Lacolucci
Paramedic / Respiratory Therapist
Technology & The Future of Paramedicine
Ian Blanchard PhD, MSc, BSc, ACP
Senior Scientist
Desmond Hedderson
Commander of Technical Operations
Current challenges and ways forward in crisis-related training and education for paramedics
Dr Polly Ford-Jones
Professor
PSPNET – Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Canadian Public Safety Personnel
Dr Jill Price
Experimental and Applied Psychologist
Lunch Break and vendor interaction
Hypothermia: Clinical Practice Guidelines Across Canada (Leonard James & Dr. Daniel Marines)
Len James BPE Bd ACP
Advanced Care Paramedic
Career Pathways in Paramedicine – Panel Discussion (Cameron, Markides, Bolster, Greene)
Adam Greene
Critical Care Paramedic
Jen Bolster
Executive Director of Clinical Services
Cheryl Cameron
Director of Operations
Tyne Markides
Clinical Operations Manager
Canadian Clinical Practice Guidelines
Mike Sugimoto
Director of Clinical Practice
BCEHS Clinical Hub: New Tools for Complex Paramedic System Response
Heather Olavsen MBA GDM CGM
Director: BCEHS Clinical Hub
Rob Evans
Senior Provincial Executive Director
Coffee Break Break and vendor interaction
Closing Keynote Speaker
Dr Alexandra Jabr
Founder of Emergency Resilience