Grant: Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant: INMHA

Canada is in the process of developing a Child Mental Health (CMH) Plan in keeping with the WHO CMH plan. Additionally, the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Profession (IACAPAP) hosts its World Congress in locations around the world (http://www.iacapap.org/) and Calgary, Alberta will host the 21st World Congress in Calgary in 2016 (http://www.iacapap2016.org). The local chairs of the IACAP 2016 conference developed a memorandum of understanding (Lisbon, Portugal, February 2009) with the executive of the European Psychiatric Association for the purpose of global CMH research network development and maintain an active collaboration with Roehampton University, London (July 2008, 2009) for the purpose of developing research and knowledge sharing activities leading to participation the development of the 2016 scientific program. To this end 4 meetings are planned in 2010 to share knowledge, develop collaborations and support the participation of the new Alberta Centennial and Cuthbert-Fischer CMH chairs as well as the Sun Life CMH Chair and participants from the Mental Health Commission of Canada in the development of the 2016 scientific program. More than having a conference, we seek to support and sustain the development of a vibrant national/international network. To this end the Government of Alberta provided embassy meeting space for the inaugural July 2009 in Canada House, London and has committed similar meeting space 2010 for meetings Munich and Beijing and again in London as required. Additionally, representatives participating in the development of the nation CMH plan have agreed to travel to Banff Alberta in September 2010 for the purpose of leadership development related to this important project an its endpoint. The purpose of this application is to develop support for this years meeting activities.