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20th Annual Meeting and Symposium
October 22 to 24, 2010

Palais des congrès, Montréal

THEME: Cardiac Rehabilitation from Policy to Patient

As part of the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress - October 23 to 27, 2010 !

Come and stay for  the full conference! The registration fee includes both events!

Download the Scientific program with session summaries

It kicks off Friday evening with a workshop on
Advanced Motivational Interviewing Techniques.

Highlights of the final program:

*Friday workshop - Advanced Motivational Interviewing Techniques, Kim Lavoie, Université du Quebec, Montreal.

*Kellogg's Nutritional Symposium - a very timely presentation on the Nutrional Challenges Facing the Aging Boomer with our own Paul Oh and nutritionist Jennifer Sygo of Toronto

*Terry Kavanagh Lecture - Martin Juneau. Sponsored by Cardiac Health Foundation of Canada.

*The latest in Women and Heart Disease by Louise Pilote. http://people.mcgill.ca/louise.pilote/

*special guest John Buckley, current President of the British CR Association speaking with Paul Poirier on Exercise and Obesity (sponsored by Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre)

*Concurrent workshops:

  • diabetes and exercise (French & English)
  • new CSEP Advanced Module for CR
  • CR programs: separate sessions look at starting new programs and the advanced  management of programs (French & English)
  • newly updated information on drug interactions
  • return to work (from the CACR 3rd Ed Guidelines

MAIN-PRO and AACVPR continuing education credits pending!

Special CACR presentation on the National Issues in Cardiac Rehabilitation - CACR Cardiac Rehab Registry Pilot Project Results Phase 11 and CACR Wait Time Survey - results and next steps.

Abstracts

Congratulations to all those who submitted very good quality abstracts for this year’s meeting. We congratulate all those chosen for podium presentations, posters and the annual Research Award winners; sponsored by Cardiac Health Foundation of Canada.

View Table of Presentations (PDF)

View Poster presentation directions (PDF) Page 1 / Page 2

CACR Showcase for Cardiac Rehab Programs - October 23 & 24.

click for more information

Registration and Hotel Accommodation

NEW this year - book your accommodation at the same time as you register. Remember that by registering with CACR you:

  • support CACR directly as your registration funds come directly to CACR
  • one registration gets you entry into ALL scientific sessions of the cardiocongress.org

2010 Registration Rates

Professional Categories

*Rates for all Jewel Partners - MEMBER ONLY

Full Early

Until July 31

1 Day Early

Until July 31

Full Regular

Aug 1 - Sept. 16

1-Day Regular

Aug 1 - Sept 16

Late and

On-Site

After Sept. 16

1-Day Late and On-Site

After Sept. 16

Physician

350 235

425

235

515

315

Allied Health (RN, Physio Therapist, Ortho Therapist, Kineseologist, Perfusionists, etc.)

320 205

355

235

425

310

Full-Time Student(Allied Health)

135 95

145

105

215

170

Professional Categories

*Rates for all Jewel Partners - NON-MEMBER

Full Early

Until July 31

1 Day - Early

Until July 31

Full Regular

Aug 1 - Sept. 16

1-Day Regular

Aug 1 - Sept 16

Late and

On-Site

After Sept. 16

1-Day Late and On-Site

After Sept. 16

Physician

760 495

895

500

980

585

Allied Health  (RN, Physio Therapist, Ortho Therapist, Kineseologist, Perfusionists, etc.)

540 330

565

330

585

410

Full-Time Student (ID Required)

140 105

150

n/a

220

n/a

Conference Hotels:

Delta Centre-Ville ($200)

Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth ($199 - $299)

Hyatt Regency Montréal ($205 - $275)

The Westin Montréal ($244 - $395)

Transportation Discounts:

Air Canada, Porter Airlines, WestJet and VIA Rail Canada are "all aboard" with the CCC and offering great travel discounts to delegates.

Air Canada

Porter Airlines

WestJet

Via Rail Canada

Promo Code:

FX99N3T1

Promo Code:

CARDIO10

Promo Code:
CC5883

Convention Code: 11900

Discount offer:

10% off Tango Plus fares

Discount offer:

10% off all fares

Discount offer:

10%  off best available regular fare

Discount offer:

10% off best available fare *excludes Economy Special fares (YS) & Business Supersaver (JX).

Contact Air Canada 

to reserve on-line

Contact Porter Airlines to reserve on-line, or call 1-888-619-8622

Contact WestJet by phone 1-877-952-4696 (Mon-Fri 08:00-16:30 MST)

Contact Via Rail to reserve on-line

Travel dates: Oct 15-Nov 3

Travel dates: Oct 21-Oct 29

Travel dates: Oct 21-Oct 29

Travel dates: Oct 21-Oct 27

ANNUAL BANQUET AND SOCIAL EVENING

(ticket required - attendance limited on a first-come, first-served basis)

Auberge (Hotel) Saint- Gabriel
426 St-Gabriel St., Old Montreal

*Due to the historic nature of the venue hosting the social evening it does not meet standards for wheelchair access. Please contact the coordinator at team2@mts.net to further discuss arrangements if required.

Join your colleagues for an evening of networking, fine Quebec cuisine and dance the night away to local entertainment.

NEW this year: Resource Library
An opportunity for CR programs from across the country to bring samples of patient and professional development materials used in your program that you can share with your colleagues - brochures, teaching tools, handbooks and more. Watch for further details. Reception sponsored by PERFORM Centre, Concordia University.

Sponsors

Companies with products of direct interest to cardiac rehabilitation professionals are welcome to inquire about our sponsorship package and benefits afforded at the conference. We expect approximately 300 delegates to our event and offer you exposure to the decision making personnel in each program. Inquiries to mthomas@cacr.ca. Click here for more information.

CACR would like to recognize our 2010 sponsors:

kellogs       Concordia University Logo   

Past Conferences

“Cardiac Rehab – Emerging Directions for Cardiac Rehabilitation ”

Edmonton, Alberta - 2009

Certificate of Attendance

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“Cardiac Rehab – Foundation to Innovations”

Toronto, Ontario - 2008

Certificate of Attendance

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If you require Speaker presentations from the annual conference, we would ask that you send your requests to admin@cacr.ca containing the titles and authors of the presentations. These presentations are available to CACR Members only and are intended for educational purposes. They are not to be used in any profit making venture.

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