The 2010 Knowledge Translation conference is an unique opportunity for leading KT researchers, policy makers and other decision -makers working in health systems to engage in lively debate on the benefits and challenges of knowledge translation from a variety of perspectives. The result will be a better informed KT research agenda and a better understanding of how integrated KT can facilitate moving knowledge to action in the real world.

This interactive forum will explore themes such as:

• Integrated knowledge translation - What is it? How does it work?
• The challenges and rewards of building multidisciplinary research collaborations and programs
• The challenges and rewards of forming sustainable researcher - decision-maker partnerships
• Why we (still) need workable knowledge translati on theory and frameworks

Keynote Speakers

André Picard

André Picard is the public health reporter at The Globe and Mail and one of Canada's top public policy writers.

Dr. John Lavis

John N. Lavis, MD PhD, is the Director of the McMaster Health Forum, Canada Research Chair in Knowledge Transfer and Exchange, a Professor and a Member of the Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis at McMaster University.

Professor Richard Grol

Professor Richard Grol studied law and psychology and was trained as a psychotherapist before entering health services research. He is professor of 'Quality of Care' at the Radboud University Nijmegen and holds a chair at Maastricht University and is guest professor at the university of Louvain, Belgium and Manchester University