RiM 2012: A Meeting of Minds

2. Welcome to RiM 2012 • Art Slutsky: VP Research, St Michael’s Hospital • Laurie Morrison: Director, CPRS; Chair, RiM 2012 • OriRotstein: Chief, Surgery St Michael’s Hospital; Core Committee Member, CPRS Andrew Baker: Chief, Critical Care, St Michael’s Hospital; Co-Chair, RiM 2012 Photography by Andy Brooks

3. At the coal face: Organizers Andrea Meeson and Catherine Chow

4. The Sharron McLeod Fauxtet: Sharron McLeod, Kevin Baker, Mark Hundevad and George Koller entertain at the RiM reception at Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael’s Hospital on May 2 Launching in style

5. Elders and newbies: RiM was attended by the more and less experienced. Clockwise from top: Young Investigator Dr Timothy Chan with graduate students Matthew Common and Jason Buick; Young Investigator Dr Jestin Carlson and Senior Scientist Dr Henry Wang; Investigator Dr Damon Scales, Young Investigator Dr Natalie Wong and Professor Judith Finn

6. They came from near and far… PhD student Maude St-Onge and Post-Doc Fellow Valeria Rac from the University of Toronto Veteran paramedic Eric Barton, who drove 12 hours from Sault St Marie to attend, chats with a group of young grad students from the University of Western Ontario in London Ruchika Husa, Dorothy Scyoc and Ruth Chappell flew in from University of California San Diego

7. …and farthest Down Under …further from the Great White North… Special guest Dr Peter Brindley flew in from Edmonton, Alberta Special guest Professor Judith Finn joined us all the way from Perth, Western Australia

8. and were introduced to something completely different…a PECHA KUCHAa pecha-what-what????A Pecha Kucha is a presentation format that makes your talk concise, visually interesting and keeps thing moving at a rapid pace.It draws its name from the Japanese term for the sound of 'chit chat'.It is based on a simple idea: you (the presenter) narrate your idea/topic through 20 images on 20 slides, which advance automatically every 20 seconds.In keeping with the RiM objective to take our science to new levels, the Pecha Kucha was the required format for all presentations! The “Pechakuchistas” (scientific term for ‘not your average presenter’) Young Investigator Dr Timothy Chan from the University of Toronto Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering makes it look like child’s play Dr Steve Lin, a graduate student enrolled in the Collaborative Program, introduces the audience to the art of Pecha Kucha on the fly

9. …and then to the art of What’s My Thingor “putting the Pecha Kucha in motion”(with Grand Master, Dr Ori Rotstein)… Dr Ori Rotstein, seen here putting young scientist, Dr Andrew Ramadeen, to the test

10. …and his trusted apprentices Dr Steve Brooks Dr Damon Scales …. setting the rules for graduate student presenters Aaron Orkin and Pamela Leece from University of Toronto … inspiring the crowd from the front of house

11. And soon everyone was doin’ the Pecha Kucha Dr Daniel Davis, Clinician Scientist from University of California, San Diego Janice Tijssen, a young investigator from the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto Dr Barto Nascimento, a young surgical scientist from Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto

12. So, picture this... Dr Steve Brooks, Clinician Scientist from Queens University, Kingston Dr Natalie Wong, a young investigator from St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto Jason Buick, a Masters candidate and CPRS student from University of Toronto

13. Presenting…. in six-minute style Dr Afrothite Kotsakis, a young investigator from the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto Dr Sheldon “Pecha” Cheskes from the Sunnybrook Centre for Prehospital Medicine, Toronto Dr Jestin Carlson, a young investigator from the University of Pittsburgh, Department of Emergency Medicine Dr Aaron Orkin, a Masters candidate in Public Health and CPRS student from University of Toronto

14. …and then out came Les Provocateurs Clockwise from top: Dr Art Slutsky, St Michael’s Hospital; Dr Katie Dainty, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute; Dr Janet Parsons, St Michael’s Hospital; Dr David Wilson, University of Pittsburgh

15. et plus provocateurs Dr Mo Daya, a Clinician Scientist from University of Texas Medical Centre Dr Henry Wang, a Clinician Scientist from the University of Alabama, Birmingham Ms Chicka Nashiyama, a Japanese PhD student, studying at the University of Washington Dr Anne-Marie Guerguerian, a scientist from the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto

16. followed by our Distinguished Panelists The Feynman Panel of Thinkers The Tutu Panel on Collaboration From left: Anne-Marie Guerguerian, Peter Brindley, Ahamed Idris, Arthur Slutsky, Greg Hare, David Wilson, James Menegazzi From left: Ori Rotstein, Janet Parsons, Paul Dorian, Judith Finn, Peter Brindley, Daniel Davis, Andrew Baker

17. A networking time was had by all…

18. ….it was a meeting of minds indeed!

19. Thank You! • See you again at • Rim 2014