This is Long Term Care conference 2015
Call for Innovators' Den and Poster Presentation Submissions
SUBMISSIONS NOW CLOSED.
Thank you to our 2015 Applicants!
Do you have a new idea or solution for a long-term care challenge?
Apply to share and pitch your innovative concept, idea, service, care team, research, process, technology or product aimed at improving treatment, diagnosis, education, outreach, operations or research at the Innovators’ Den to over 400 delegates at This is Long Term Care Conference.
Delegates include researchers, ageing care leaders, frontline care providers (nurses, physicians, personal support workers, food service workers, activation, rehabilitation professionals), long-term care residents, family caregivers, ageing care innovators, and policy makers.
Innovations should support long-term care to provide more timely, effective or resident-centred quality care. Innovations will be grouped into three streams, each with a distinguished set of panellists. The top innovation in each stream will be featured in an upcoming issue of our Long Term Care Today magazine, receive an OLTCA prize pack and two complimentary registrations to This is Long Term Care 2016 Conference.
Submission Criteria and Guidelines:
Eligibility Criteria:Streams:
The selection committee will inform applicants if they have been selected for poster presentation and/or Innovators' Den.
- Stream 1: Discovery - You have a novel idea. You are looking for an opportunity to engage in research or testing to determine effectiveness, value, and sustainability of your idea or product.
- Stream 2: Scale and Spread - This innovation has been piloted, or tested, and has shown to be effective in a small group of homes or sub-group. Next steps for the innovation are to scale up, spread and evaluate on a provincial or national level, or to demonstrate effectiveness in another group.
- Stream 3: Commercialization - This innovation has shown to be effective, and is now ready to launch to market. Make your pitch for new collaborators and partners!
Poster development tips and guidelines available here (PDF). Posters will be mounted on poster boards that will be provided by the This is Long Term Care Conference. Maximum poster size is 45”x45“.
Submissions will only be accepted via online.
SUBMISSIONS NOW CLOSED.
Selection Criteria:
Important Dates:
• Registration open: September 1, 2015
Successful Applicants are expected to:
2. Agree to be profiled in selected OLTCA and Conference promotional material
Questions?
For queries regarding abstract topics and content, please contact:
Michelle Grouchy
Senior Knowledge Broker
Ontario Long Term Care Association
647.256.3490 ext. 3503
mgrouchy@oltca.com
For queries regarding abstract submission process, please contact:
Daniela Nogueira
Conference Secretariat
T: 519.263.5050/ 519.263.6003 (direct line)
E: daniela@bayleygroup.com