Presentations

Community, National and International Collaborative Research - Questions and Discussion 11:30 am - 11:45 am Watch video	Agents of Change: Communication/Education Against HIV/AIDS Stigma in Ghana 11:10 am - 11:30 am Dr. Martin Laba (Communications) Watch video
Exploring HIV Prevention among young people at risk for HIV in BC, Canada and Soweto, South Africa 10:50 am - 11:10 am Dr. Cari Miller (FHS) Watch video	Every Band Needs a Drummer: Interdisciplinary Research and Advocacy in Housing and Health 10:10 am - 10:30 am Ms. Surita Parashar (FHS, BC-CfE) Watch video
Building capacity for HIV research in Africa through South-South collaboration 9:50 am - 10:10 am Dr. Mark Brockman (MBB) Watch video	"It only takes a tiny spark to start a prairie fire" -- Insights into the HIV epidemic in Western Canada 9:30 am - 9:50 am Dr. Robert Hogg (FHS / BC-CfE) Watch video
Opening Remarks 9:00 am - 9:30 am IRMACS Welcome (Veselin Jungic) BC-CfE Welcome and Goals for the day (Robert Hogg) IRMACS / BCCfE Collaboration: IMPACT-HIV (Krisztina Vasarhelyi) Watch video

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Dr. Thomas Hillen, Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta

Complexity in Visual Analytics 3:30 pm - 4:15 pm Brian Fisher (School of Interactive Arts & Technology, Simon Fraser University) Watch video	Agent-based Modelling in Healthcare: A Practical Approach 2:45 pm - 3:30 pm Raman Paranjape (Centre for Sustainable Communities, University of Regina) Watch video
When Numbers Really Count: A look behind the curtain at BC's revolutionary new way of paying hospitals 1:30 pm - 2:15 pm Les Vertesi (Complex Systems Modelling Group, The IRMACS Centre, Simon Fraser University) Watch video	Optimizing testing and treatment guidelines for patients with chronic kidney disease 12:45 pm - 1:30 pm Steven Shechter (Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia) Watch video
A Neutral Model of Gang Territory Formation" 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Jeffrey Brantingham, Anthropology, UCLA Watch video	A Neutral Model of Gang Territory Formation 11:00 am - 11:45 am Jeffrey Brantingham (Department of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles) Watch video
A Bio-inspired Reconfigurable Communication Topology 10:15 am - 11:00 am Hamid Arabnia (Computer Science, University of Georgia) Watch video