Keynote Speakers

Cynthia Banks is a dynamic story teller who has written, produced and directed memorable, international, award-winning television documentary for CBC, TVOntario, Discovery and NFB.  Banks’ documentaries are amongst some of the top-rated shows in Canadian prime time documentary programming.

Wednesday, October 23, 2019 - Afternoon Plenary
The Caregivers' Club: A Documentary Director's Personal Journey.

Following filmmaker Cynthia Banks’ personal experience caring for her father who had Alzheimer disease, Banks wanted to profile the crisis within the healthcare system, but turned her attention instead to the true heroes, the at-home caregivers who are the foundation of care.  

Her presentation, including excerpts of the Canadian Screen Award nominated film, The Caregivers’ Club, explores some of the systematic and emotional challenges for family caregivers but also reveals and reflects on the lessons she learned about herself during her personal caregiving journey.  The film is dedicated to her mother, Phyllis Banks, loyal caregiver to her father, Donald. 

Thursday, October 24, 2019 - Morning Keynote
Humanity over Bureaucracy. From Health Care to Life Care.

International signals and trends suggest that the future of health is the home; but this can only be achieved with new care models, business models and mindsets. Dr. Zayna Khayat will explore emerging innovations in how home and community care is being designed, delivered and paid for, globally. She will focus on the H.O.P.E Model®, that is part of a multi-year initiative that aims to validate and position the spread and scale of a transformative model of nurse-led nursing in the community.
 
Inspired by the Netherland’s Buurtzorg neighbourhood care model, the H.O.P.E. Model is aligned with a global movement to take community nursing “back to the future” ie, from the current task-focused, transactional paradigm, to self-directed autonomous teams focused on meeting the life (and care) needs of people and families in the neighbourhoods they support. The model was created by SE Health based on international best practices and more than a century of community nursing expertise.

Patient-centered care across the continuum from hospital to home.

Future Strategist with SE Health

Zayna Khayat is a Future Strategist with SE Health (formerly, Saint Elizabeth Health Care) a health and social impact enterprise with a major focus on keeping older adults healthy in their homes. Zayna is Faculty of Singularity University’ Exponential Medicine stream, and is adjunct faculty in the Health Sector Strategy stream at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.

Dr. Khayat was previously the lead of health system innovation at MaRS Discovery District, a health innovation hub in Toronto, Canada. In 2017 she was seconded to the REshape Innovation Centre at Radboud university medical centre in the Netherlands. Zayna completed her Ph.D. in diabetes research from the University of Toronto (2001), followed by a career in strategy consulting, including as a Principal in the healthcare practice of The Boston Consulting Group (BCG). She currently resides in Toronto with her husband and three children.