The fifth biennial Alberta Brain Injury Conference will be held in Calgary, Alberta; Friday, November 11 through Sunday, November 13, 2011 at the Hyatt Regency Calgary. The primary focus of the conference will be on Survivors, Families, Service Delivery and Innovations in Research, and the Implications for Programming; prevention of traumatic brain injury will also be featured. Abstract submissions are now completed and we have a full roster of fantastic speakers planned for the conference.

There will be three primary types of sessions offered as part of the conference:

1. Service providers
2. Individuals with brain injury, their family members/caregivers
3. Researchers in the Brain Injury field to present their recent findings and prevention initiatives.

1. Survivor stories of trial and triumph
2. Research Initiatives
3. Injury Prevention Initiatives
4. Tools for success – skills and tools that could be developed and utilized to meet our goals
5. Self advocacy
6. Cultural implications of brain injury
7. Aboriginal and First Nations issues related to brain injury
8. Community Inclusion
9. Vocational Issues
10. Paediatric brain injury and related issues
11. Memory, Attention, Insight–developing skills to promote our strengths
12. Aging and Traumatic Brain Injury
13. Community Rehabilitation
14. Spousal and other Relationships
15. Substance Abuse and TBI
16. Respite Issues and models
17. Community Inclusion, Increasing awareness about TBI
18. Mild traumatic brain injury
19. Money Management & Financial Options