ECHO Ontario Conference 2026 Agenda
Friday January 30, 2026 | 8:30am-4:00pm
Integrating AI in Project ECHO Ontario
Time
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Topic & Speaker
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8:00-8:30 am
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Registration & Breakfast
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8:30-9:00 am
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Opening Remarks
Dr. Allison Crawford
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9:00-9:45 am
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Keynote #1: Trust, Safety, and Ethics when Deploying AI
Roxana Sultan, Vector Institute
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9:45-10:30 am
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Keynote #2: Enabling AI in Health Education and Training
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10:30-10:45 am
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Break
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10:45 am-11:45 am
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ECHO-a-Thon: How can AI be used with the ECHO model in Ontario?
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11:45 am-12:45 pm
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Lunch
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12:45-1:00 pm
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ECHO Ontario Year in Review
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1:00-2:15 pm
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Poster Presentations
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2:15-2:30 pm
(15 mins)
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Break
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2:30-3:15 pm
(45 mins)
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Breakout Room Workshops
Participants will choose one workshop to attend
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Using AI to support evaluation and continuous improvement for ECHO programs
Anupam Thakur, ECHO Adult Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
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Group discussion: Marketing and participant recruitment
Annie Jiwan and Salina Eldon
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Reading the Room: Tools for Efficiently Understanding the ECHO Literature
Jessica Jones, Margaret Avera, and Brianna Mulligan, ECHO Institute/REDI Data Team
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3:15-4:00 pm
(45 mins)
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Concluding Plenary
Dr. Allison Crawford
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Conference Learning Objectives:
By the end of this conference, participants will:
- Identify safe and trustworthy applications of AI and how to enable AI in health education and training
- Collaborate and discuss how AI can used with the ECHO model in Ontario
- Explore strategies for program evaluation and continuous improvement by utilizing AI
- Discuss ideas for effective marketing and recruitment of ECHO participants
- Learn how to efficiently understand the ECHO Literature by utilizing accessible AIs to summarize publications
Location
- Valet Parking ONLY
- Overnight $52.00 + HST - Valid until 5:00 PM the next day
- Day Use: $27.00 + HST
- In and Out Privileges
- Underground Private Parking Garage
- Limited Parking Spots - First Come, First Serve
2. Parksmart Parking 28 Wood Street, Toronto, ON M4Y 2P9
- Outdoor Public Parking Lot
- Hourly & Overnight Parking Available
- Limited Parking Spots - First Come, First Serve
3. Parksmart Parking 25 Wood Street, Toronto, ON M4Y 2P9
- Underground Public Parking Garage
- Hourly & Overnight Parking Available
- Limited Parking Spots - First Come, First Serve
4. Precise Parklink 2 Carlton Street, Toronto, ON M5B 1J3
- Aboveground Public Parking Garage
- Hourly & Overnight Parking Available
- No Access between 11:00 PM - 7:00 AM
- Limited Parking Spots - First Come, First Serve
Public Transport from Pearson Airport:
1. UP Express from Pearson Airport to Union Station
- $12 one way
- Runs from 5:30 AM - 1:00 AM every 15 minutes
- The ride is 25 minutes long
2. Subway and Bus from Pearson Airport to College Station
- Take the 192 Airport Rocket Bus to Kipling Station
- Ride the subway from Kipling Station to College Station
- College Station is a two minute walk from the hotel