Knowledge exchange on tools and strategies from the behavioural sciences to enhance pandemic and health emergency preparedness
Thursday, May 15 – Free, full-day, online event
PROGRAM PREVIEW
Session Themes
- Behavioural science for enhanced pandemic preparedness
- Behavioural science tools to promote uptake of prevention measures
- Using behavioural science to combat misinformation and build trust
- Role of modeling of behavioural data for pandemic response
- Public session: [Tentative, topics to be confirmed]
Confirmed speakers
- Robert West, PhD – Professor Emeritus of Health Psychology, University College London (UK) – Website
- Dr. Michael Vallis – Health Psychologist and Associate Professor in Family Medicine, Dalhousie University (Canada) – Website
- Tim Evans, PhD – Vice-president of Research, Innovation and Impact, Concordia University (Canada) and Former Assistant Director General (WHO) – Website
- Troy Day, PhD – Professor and Head of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Queen’s University (Canada) – Website
- Dr. Kim Lavoie – iCARE Study co-lead and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Behavioural Medicine (Canada) – Website
- Simon Bacon, PhD – FRQS co-Chair in Artificial Intelligence and Digital Health for Health Behaviour Change and co-director of the Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre (Canada) – Website
Moderators
- Nazeem Muhajarine, PhD – CoVaRR-Net and Professor of Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan (Canada) – Website
- Gerard Molloy, PhD – Professor of Psychology, University of Galway (Ireland) – Website
REGISTRATION OPEN SOON
Full Schedule
Organized by the iCARE study team and the Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre
Last updated: March 13, 2025
| Time | Activity | Speakers | Presentation |
| 5:30AM (PDT) 12:30PM (GMT) 1:30PM (CET) 11:30PM (AEDT) 8:30AM (EDT) | WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS | Kim Lavoie & Simon Bacon | |
| 6:30AM (PDT) 1:30PM (GMT) 2:30PM (CET) 12:30AM (AEDT) 9:30AM (EDT) | BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE FOR ENHANCED PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS | Chair: Vincent Gosselin-Boucher | |
| Tim Evans | |||
| Kai Von Harbou | |||
| Frédérique Deslauriers | |||
| Moderator: Kim Lavoie | |||
| 8:45AM (PDT) 3:45PM (GMT) 4:45PM (CET) 2:45AM (AEDT) 11:45AM (EDT) | BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE TOOLS TO PROMOTE UPTAKE OF PREVENTION MEASURES | Chair: Camille Leger | |
| Robert West | |||
| Michael Vallis | |||
| Kim Corace | |||
| Moderator: Gerry Molloy | |||
| 11:00AM (PDT) 6:00PM (GMT) 7:00PM (CET) 5:00AM (AEDT) 2:00PM (EDT) | USING BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE TO COMBAT MISINFORMATION AND BUILD TRUST | Chair: Frédérique Deslauriers | |
| Jamie Brehaut | |||
| Cory Neudorf | |||
| Cari McIlduff | |||
| Moderator: Nazeem Muhajarine | |||
| 12:30PM (PDT) 7:30PM (GMT) 8:30PM (CET) 6:30AM (AEDT) 3:30PM (EDT) | ROLE OF MODELING OF BEHAVIOURAL DATA FOR PANDEMIC RESPONSE | Chair: TBA | |
| Troy Day | |||
| Allison Hills | |||
| Moderator: Simon Bacon | |||
| 1:45PM (PDT) 8:45PM (GMT) 9:45PM (CET) 7:45AM (AEDT) 4:45PM (EDT) | PUBLIC SESSION (TENTATIVE) | Chair: TBA | |
| Speakers: TBA | |||
| Moderator: TBA | |||
| 3:00PM (PDT) 10:00PM (GMT) 11:00PM (CET) 9:00AM (AEDT) 6:00PM (EDT) | CLOSING REMARKS | Kim Lavoie & Simon Bacon | |
