Last updated: May 17, 2024
Opening activities and plenary sessions will be livestreamed for virtual attendees, and portions of the workshop program may be offered in a virtual format.
All times shown are in Eastern Time (UTC -5).
Thursday, May 16 – Conference Opening Activities
| Time | Session | Pavilions (Sherbrooke and Adrien-Pinard) |
|---|---|---|
| 16h00 | Participant registration | Foyer – Sherbrooke Pavilion |
| VIP reception, hosted by the Réseau québécois de recherche sur le vieillissement | Upper Level – Sherbrooke Pavilion | |
| 16h50 | Welcome and Opening Remarks
IBTN co-chairs Simon Bacon, PhD (Canada) and Kim Lavoie, PhD (Canada) |
Room SH-2800 |
| 17h00 | Opening plenary – Behavioural interventions: Past, Present and Future | Room SH-2800 |
| Foundation: Mechanisms of Behaviour Change | ||
| There is nothing more practical than a good theory: Reflections on what our health behaviors can and (potentially) could do | Alex Rothman, PhD (USA) | |
| Intervention: Behavioural Intervention and Trials Frameworks | ||
| Behavioral Clinical Trials: Past, Present, and Future | Lynda Powell, PhD (USA) | |
| Implementation: Translating Efficacy to Effectiveness to Improve Global Health | Jeremy Grimshaw, PhD (Canada) | |
| 19h00 | Cocktail reception and poster session | Upper Level – Sherbrooke Pavilion |
Friday, May 17 – Scientific Plenary Day
| Time | Session | Speakers / Location (Pavillon Sherbrooke) |
|---|---|---|
| 8h00 | Participant arrival and registration, and light onsite breakfast | Foyer |
| 8h15 | Welcome and Introduction by IBTN Co-Chairs | Room SH-2800 |
| 8h30 | Early Morning Plenary Sessions |
Room SH-2800 |
| How Behavioural Science Can Address Global Challenges: A network approach to climate and pandemic preparedness |
Chair: David Musoke, PhD (Uganda) |
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| 8h30 | Engaging the public with climate change: public communication and behaviour change to achieve net zero (virtual presentation) | Lorraine Whitmarsh, PhD (UK) |
| 8h50 | Food and climate change: the need to act is urgent | Bill Dietz, PhD (USA) |
| 9h10 | Discussion | Led by Kim Lavoie, PhD (Canada) |
| 10h00 | Break and Poster Session | Upper Level |
| 10h30 | Mid-Morning Plenary Sessions |
Room SH-2800 |
| Use of Ontologies in Behavioural Intervention Development and Testing |
Chairs: Molly Byrne, PhD (Ireland) and Anda Dragomir, PhD (Canada) |
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| 10h30 | What are ontologies and how are they useful in behavioural science? | Susan Michie, PhD (UK) |
| 10h50 | Improving behavioural interventions with ontologies: The case of Behaviour Change Techniques | Marta Marques, PhD (Portugal) |
| 11h10 | Discussion | Led by Robert West, PhD (UK) |
| 12h00 | Lunch and Poster Session | Upper Level |
| 13h00 | Early Afternoon Plenary Sessions | Room SH-2800 |
| Issues of Equity and Access in Digital Behavioural Interventions |
Chairs: Mariantonia Lemos, PhD (Colombia) and Jen Brown, MSc (UK) |
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| 13h00 | Equity and access by design: Lessons learned creating digital public mental health interventions (virtual presentation) | Beth Jaworski, PhD (USA) |
| 13h20 | A public health perspective on digital health and equity (provisional title) | David Buckeridge, PhD (Canada) |
| 13h40 | Discussion | Sylvie Lambert, PhD (Canada) |
| 14h30 | Break and Poster Session | Upper Level |
| 15h00 | Mid-Afternoon Plenary Sessions | Room SH-2800 |
| IBTN Summer School Alumni Showcase | Chair: Susan Czajkowski, PhD (USA) |
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| Lessons from supporting co-production with under-researched communities in the UK | Jen Brown, MSc (UK) | |
| Focusing on fidelity: An exploration of intervention fidelity within behavioural trials | Elaine Toomey, PhD (Ireland) | |
| CALMA m-health app as an adjunct to therapy to reduce suicidal and non-suicidal self-injurious behaviors in adolescents who are treated in public hospitals in Argentina: Preliminary results (virtual presentation) | Dr. Demian Rodante (Argentina) | |
| Optimizing behavioural trials with qualitative research methods: Examples from cardiovascular science – View recording | Karen Bouchard, PhD (Canada) | |
| Health education and promotion: How to move away from behavioural prescriptions? | Vincent Gosselin-Boucher, PhD (Canada) | |
| 15h40 | Discussion | Angela Pfammatter, PhD (USA) |
| 16h00 | Break and Poster Session | Upper Level |
| 16h30 | Late Afternoon Plenary Sessions | Room SH-2800 |
| How to Navigate the Efficacy, Effectiveness, and Implementation Continuum (Efficacy to Effect ‘Struggle’) |
Chairs: Rebecca Wyse, PhD (Australia) and Josh Rash, PhD (Canada) |
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| 16h30 | Efficacy is essential in behavioral intervention research | Kenneth Freedland, PhD (USA) |
| 16h50 | Making a bigger impact: Lessons learned from the Office of Spread and Scale | Celia Laur, PhD (Canada) |
| 17h10 | Discussion | Led by Ian Kellar, PhD (UK) |
| 18h00 | Closing remarks and announcement of IBTN Award Winners and Best Student Poster winners | IBTN Co-Chairs |
Saturday, May 18 – Workshop Day
Pavillon Sherbrooke: 200 Sherbrooke Street West
Pavillon Adrien-Pinard: 100 Sherbrooke Street West
Pavillon Adrien-Pinard: 100 Sherbrooke Street West