Dr. Perry Kendall and Dr. Elinor Wilson to co-chair Fuse 2018

Panel session: A global view of knowledge exchange in public health policy making
Panelists include:

• Moriah Ellen, Senior Researcher, Gertner National Institute for Health Policy, Israel
• Steven Hoffman, Scientific Director, Institute of Population and Public Health, Canada
• Marjorie MacDonald, Scientist, School of Public Health & Social Policy, University of Victoria, Canada
• Rosemary Rushmer, Professor, Knowledge Exchange and Public Health, Teesside University, England
• Jantine Schuit, Dean, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Tilburg University, The Netherlands

Plenary: Critical role of evidence in a public health emergency
Led by Perry Kendall, BC Provincial Health Officer, Canada

Plenary: Why doesn’t evidence inform policy making quite the way we hope?
Led by Paul Cairney, Professor of Politics and Public Policy, Department of History and Politics, University of Stirling, Scotland

Lightening talks: Evidence to action

Plenary: Changing the narrative on investment in population and public health research
Steven Hoffman, Scientific Director, Institute of Population and Public Health, Canada

Plenary panel: How healthy is public health policy?
Led by Trevor Hancock, Senior Scholar, School of Public Health and Social Policy, University of Victoria, Canada
Panelists include:

• Nadav Davidovitch, Director, School of Public Health, Ben Gurion University, Israel
• Colleen McGavin, Patient Engagement Lead, BC SUPPORT Unit, Canada
• Eugene Milne, Deputy Chair, Fuse Centre and Director of Public Health, Newcastle City Council, England
• Mark Tyndall, Executive Medical Director, BC Centre for Disease Control, Canada

Keynote: If we want more evidence-based practice or policy, we need more practice-based evidence
Lawrence Green, Professor Emeritus, University of California, San Francisco, USA