The Courage to Launch: Redefining Readiness for the Future of Health Care

Join your leadership colleagues from across the health care sector for the Learning Health System Leadership Centre Conference.
About this Event

This event brings together senior leaders from across Canada and around the world: the executives, clinicians, and system leaders shaping the future of health care.

Across a full day, the program moves from the intelligence and infrastructure that let a system learn, to the community innovation that keeps people well, to the catalysts that turn evidence into action, grounded throughout in global proof points of what works. It is a day about readiness: what it takes to lead with courage, move without mandates, and build under pressure.

Agenda

🕑: 08:30 AM - 09:00 AM
Registration & Breakfast
🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
Feedforward: Creating the Conditions for Launch
Host: Dr. Laura Desveaux
🕑: 09:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Keynote: Mission-Level Readiness Under Constraint
Host: Charlie Blackwell-Thompson

Info: Charlie Blackwell-Thompson leads the launch of NASA's Artemis missions, commanding the moment when years of preparation meet the decision to go. Her keynote brings that perspective to health care: how leaders build readiness, hold their nerve under pressure, and make the call when it counts.

🕑: 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Break
🕑: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
System Intelligence: Data, AI, and Accelerating Potential
Host: Dr. Laura Rosella
🕑: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Lunch + Networking
🕑: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Health Beyond the Hospital: Upstream Solutions to Reduce Hospital Pressures
Host: Dr. Kate Mulligan

Info: A panel of expert voices at the forefront of system transformation will explore bold, upstream solutions that are redefining how we reduce hospital pressures and reimagine care beyond the hospital walls

🕑: 02:00 AM - 02:30 AM
Break
🕑: 02:30 PM - 03:30 PM
What Moves a System: Sparks and Levers for Driving Change
Host: Dr. Deanne Taylor

Info: A panel of experienced changemakers will examine the practical levers, catalytic moments, and leadership actions that move systems from intention to measurable, sustained change

🕑: 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Global Proof Points: Implementation at Scale
Host: Professor Helena Teede
🕑: 04:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Closing: From Diagnosis to Commitment
🕑: 05:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Networking Reception
Agenda Note

Info: Speakers are confirmed and we look forward to welcoming you. The agenda above is being finalized, and session times may shift slightly ahead of the conference.