2009 Information Days

Click on the button to the left to learn more about the importance of Information Days to patients, caregivers and health care professionals (opens with Microsoft Media Player). This series of brain tumour conferences features the latest developments in the field of treatment and research and allows people to share information and experiences.

Thank you to all our 2009 Participants
Over 600 people attended our program of 2009 events held in three cities. Brain Tumour Information Days are an incredible opportunity for families to learn more about this disease directly from Canada's top medical professionals. Our three conferences in Halifax, London and Calgary are now over, but more information is still available for you. Please visit www.infodays.ca to review our programs, or click on the presentations to the right for videos and documents.
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2009 HALIFAX INFORMATION DAY CONFERENCE
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Vivek Mehta, Division of Neurosurgery, University of Alberta
"The Peaks and Valleys of Brain Tumour Treatment"

2009 LONDON INFORMATION DAY CONFERENCE
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Peter Dirks, Neurosurgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
"Brain Tumours: A Stem Cell Disease"

2009 CALGARY INFORMATION DAY CONFERENCE
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Brian Thiessen, Neuro-Oncology, BC Cancer Agency
"Brain Tumour Basics"

Brain Tumour Information Days 2009 were made possible through the generous contributions of our National Sponsors:
Schering-Plough  |  AstraZeneca  |  Roche  |  WestJet

For more information about next year's conferences, please contact Jennifer McIntosh at 1-800-265-5106, ext. 231 or jmcintosh@braintumour.ca.

Information and registration can also be found at www.infodays.ca.

View previous years keynote lectures to your right ->