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The 18th Annual BRI Symposium
Advancing horizons: personalized, equitable care and global partnerships through the power of childhood disability research
The Bloorview Research Institute is pleased to host the 18th Annual BRI Symposium on Thursday, November 16th, 2023.
Held in-person this year and live-streamed over Zoom, Canada’s largest hospital-based research conference on pediatric disability and developmental differences will showcase how BRI’s scientists, researchers and trainees are advancing this field through their ground-breaking research, discovering innovation, family engagement and action.
The symposium is generously sponsored by the Ontario Brain Institute.
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Event Agenda
9 to 9:20 am | Welcome Remarks | In-person and virtual |
9:20 to 9:30 am | BRI presentation | In-person and virtual |
9:30 to 10:30 am | Keynote: Mickey Milner International Professorship Lecture Presented by: Petrus de Vries, Struengmann Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Founding Director of the Centre for Autism Research in Africa, University of Cape Town | In-person and virtual |
10:30 to 10:40 am | MORNING BREAK | In-person and virtual |
10:40 to 11 am | U of T Presentation | In-person and virtual |
11 to 11:20 am | Research Quick Hits Presentations | In-person and virtual |
11:20 am to 12:05 pm | Lived Experience Panel | In-person and virtual |
12:05 to 1:15 pm | Research Poster sessions/tours & demos/Exhibitor Showcase | In-person only |
1:15 to 2:15 pm | Breakout sessions | In-person and virtual |
2:15 to 3:15 pm | Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Keynote Presented by: Dr. Gaynor Watson-Creed, Associate Dean of Serving and Engaging Society, Dalhousie University's Faculty of Medicine | In-person and virtual |
3:15 to 3:30 pm | Art Exhibit Viewing | In-person only |
3:30 to 4 pm | BRI Research Talks | In-person and virtual |
4 to 4:30 pm | Reception | In-person only |
4:30 to 5:30 pm | Awards Ceremony & Closing Remarks | In-person and virtual |
Previous Symposiums
- 17th annual BRi Symposium
- 16th annual BRI Symposium
- 15th annual BRI Symposium
- 14th annual BRI Symposium
- 13th annual BRI Symposium
- 12th annual BRI Symposium
- 11th annual BRI Symposium
- 10th annual BRI Symposium
- 9th annual BRI Symposium
- 8th annual BRI Symposium
- 7th annual BRI Symposium
- 6th annual BRI Symposium
- 5th annual BRI Symposium