BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Exware Solutions Inc.//ExSite v3.8//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ExSite-EvtCal-82-@thiaonline.com DTSTAMP:20260419T141814 DTSTART:20220424 DTEND:20220428 SUMMARY:2022 THIA Annual Conference DESCRIPTION:-- President’s Message 2022 Conference --\n\nI am thrilled that we are able to welcome you in person, to our 22nd Annual THIA Confe rence in Cancun, Mexico.  This is being held at the wonderful JW Marrio tt Cancun Resort & Spa, located directly on the beach front and only a s hort distance from the location of our 2018 conference hotel in Cancun. Many of you will recall what a fantastic event that was, and the Confe rence team is working flat out to ensure the experience is even better i n 2022. \n\nEvents will kick off on Sunday evening with our welcome coc ktail reception, and end with a fantastic closing event Wednesday evenin g, which we hope to be able to hold on the beach (subject to local confi rmation).  Aside from the exciting speakers we have lined up, there wil l of course be ample opportunity for networking and possibly a little su n worship and tequila!\n\nOur roster of confirmed guest speakers is extr emely exciting.  You will hear from Kamran Khan, MD, BlueDot; Chris Ove rholt, former CEO of the Canadian Olympic Committee; and Chris Mathers, Crime, Terrorism and Security Expert, among others. \n\nOverall, I am c onfident that this conference will be enlightening, engaging, and of cou rse a lot of fun.  Please make sure you take advantage of the Early Bir d Rates and secure your place. And book your hotel room soon to take ad vantage of the limited number of rooms we have secured at the discount r ate of USD$225/night. I look forward to welcoming you to the sunshine of Cancun 2022.\n\nRichard Ollier\nPresident, Travel Health Insurance Asso ciation of Canada\n\nIf you retained your registration for the 2020 conf erence, it has been automatically transferred to our new conference date s.\n\n------------------------------------------------------------------ ------\n\n-- Conference Registration & Fees --\n\nUnless otherwise state d, all fees shown below are per person and expressed in Canadian dollars . To register, please scroll to bottom of this page.\n\nDelegate fees in clude Educational Sessions, Networking Breakfasts (or Lunch on Tuesday), Refreshment Breaks, Kick-Off Cocktail Reception, and the Closing Night Event.\n\nEarly Bird Rates for THIA & UStiA MEMBERS ONLY are available u ntil February 28th, 2022.\n\n-- Before registering, please read our Immu nization and COVID Policy. You will be required to agree to it during re gistration.  --\n\nEarly Bird for THIA & UStiA Members Only\n\n(on or b efore February 28, 2022)\n\nFees (CAD)\n\n$1,525\n\nRegular Rate for THI A & UStiA Members Only\n\n(on or after March 1, 2022)\n\n \n\n \n\n $ 1,775\n\nNon-Members\n\n$2,175\n\nSpouse/Non-Business Guest (All Social Events)\n\n(Networking Breakfasts (or Lunch on Tuesday), Refreshment Bre aks, Kick-Off Cocktail Reception, Closing Night Event.)\n\n$200\n\nPleas e note: Only registered THIA delegates are permitted to attend education al sessions and business partners or business guests are not permitted a ccess to special events.\n\n-------------------------------------------- ----------------------------\n\n-- Conference Schedule --\n\n-- Check In /Onsite Registration: --\n\nSunday, April 24th, 2022 - 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm\nMonday, April 25th, 2022 - 8:00 am – 8:30 am\n\nSessions: (Includ es refreshment breaks)\nMonday, April 25th, 2022- 8:30 am – 12:00 pm\n Tuesday, April 26th, 2022 -1:00 pm – 5:00 pm\nWednesday, April 27th, 2 022 - 8:30 am – 1:00 pm\n\nNetworking Breakfasts (Monday & Wednesday) :  7:30 am – 8:30 am\n\nNetworking Lunch (Tuesday):  11:30 am – 1: 00 pm\n\nNetworking Reception (Tuesday):5:00 pm - 6:00 pm\n\nSpecial Eve nts:\n\n \n\nNew THIA Member / First-Time Delegate Reception\n\nSunday, April 24th, 2022\n\n5:30 pm – 6:00 pm\n\nKick-Off Cocktails\n\n \n\n Closing Night Event on the Beach\n\nSunday, April 24th, 2022\n\n \n\nWe dnesday, April 27th, 2022\n\n6:00 pm – 8:00 pm\n\n \n\n6:00 pm – 10 :00 pm\n\nFiesta with Freddy: You saw him make his magic during our Nove mber 16th Coffee Talk, now experience Freddy in person. Learn how to mak e the following:  Pineapple Margarita, Rosemary Margarita, Raspberrita Mezcalita, Nacho Bar, Chips, Salsa, Guacamole.\n\nThe fee per person: $7 0 CAD\n\nLimit: 30 Guests per session\n\nLocation: Gustino Italian Resta urant in the JW Marriott\n\n \n\n \n\nMonday, April 25th, 2022\n\n \n \n1:00 pm\n\n \n\nOther events and activities will be added. Stay tuned for more news!\n\n----------------------------------------------------- -------------------\n\n-- Confirmed Speakers (More to Come) --\n\nMonday , April 25, 2022\n\nKamran Khan, MD, Founder & CEO, BlueDot\n\nDr. Kamra n Khan is practising infectious disease physician and a Professor of Med icine and Public Health at the University of Toronto. Motivated by his e xperiences as a frontline healthcare worker during the 2003 Toronto SARS outbreak, Dr. Khan has been studying outbreaks of emerging and re-emerg ing diseases for nearly two decades to lay the scientific foundation for a global early warning system for infectious diseases. His research has been published in scientific journals from the New England Journal of M edicine, to the Lancet, Science, and Nature. Dr. Khan recently received  a Governor General’s Award for his work transcending clinical medic ine, public health, big data, and artificial intelligence. To translate and disseminate scientific knowledge into timely action, Dr. Khan founde d BlueDot in 2013, an infectious disease intelligence company that com bines human and artificial intelligence to help governments protect thei r citizens and businesses protect their employees and customers from dan gerous infectious diseases. BlueDot’s role during the COVID-19 pandemi c was featured on CBS’ 60 Minutes.\n\nRebecca Brown,  Associate, Za rek Taylor Grossman Hanarahan, LLP\nIs there a Good Gene for Every Bad G ene? Genetic Testing and the Law – Underwriting and Risk Rating in Ins urance – An Update\n\nRebecca Brown is an Associate at Zarek Taylor G rossman Hanarahan, in Toronto where she practices civil litigation, with a focus on insurance defence. Rebecca has appeared before several Court s and Tribunals, including the Ontario Court of Appeal, the Financial Se rvices Commission of Ontario, the Licence Appeal Tribunal, and Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal.Rebecca enjoys running, snowboard ing, reading anything and everything she can get her hands on, and trave lling, Her father has instilled in her an irrational love of the Toronto Maple Leafs, so she enjoys commiserating about with others.\n\nChristop her Overholt, President and CEO, OverActive Media\nA Cultural Evolution: Esports, Driverless cars and the Challenge of Embracing Your 21st-Centu ry Self\n\nWith more than 20 years of experience in the elite echelons o f the sports industry, Chris Overholt now leads Toronto-based OverActive Media Group, one of the most diverse esports organizations globally — owning more than seven international esports teams.\n\nChris has establ ished himself as a leading and trusted voice in the worlds of sports and business. He joined the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) in April 2010 in the dual roles of Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Marketing O fficer (CMO). In August 2011, he was named Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and was in that role until October 2018. During his 25 years in busines s, Chris played a key role in the marketing, branding, and business stra tegies for some of North America’s top sports franchises, including: t he Miami Dolphins, Florida Panthers, and seven years with Maple Leaf Spo rts & Entertainment working with the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Toronto Raptors. He is very proud for having helped to recruit Michael Camacho into the Insurance Industry. Christopher holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Western University in London, Ont. and is a graduate of the Harvar d Business School Executive General Managers Program.\n\nDavid J. De La Zerda, MD, FCCP, Associate Professor of Medicine | Division of Pulmona ry & Critical Care Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medic ine | Jackson Memorial Hospital\nHealth System Resilience: COVID 19 Re sponse\n\nDr De La Zerda is a Board Certified physician in the areas of Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases and Internal Medicine. He was educated at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogota, Colombia an d at the University of California. He is  licenced to practice medicine in both California and Florida. Since 2015, he has served as an Associa te Professor of Medicine at the University of Miami. He serves as the Pu lmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program Director and as th e Jackson Memorial Medical Intensive Care Unit, Medical Director and the Co-Director of the Pulmonary Vascular Program at UM/JMH.\n\nTuesday, Ap ril 26, 2022\n\nDr. Ferial Ladak, Director of Global Medical Affairs, Gl obal Excel Management Inc.\n\nDr. Ladak joined Global Excel in 2006. She received her Medical Degree from the University of British Columbia in 1983, and completed a Family Practice Residency in New York from 1983 to 1986.\n\nPrior to Global Excel, Dr. Ladak has 15 years’ experience in family practice and the Emergency room. In addition she was the Medical Director of two U.S. hospitals in Vermont and New Hampshire.\n\nCurrent ly, she is responsible for the  medical governance of all the Medical C ase Management teams, for the entire enterprise.  This includes making sure that all the assistance cases are held to a high standard of medica l evaluation, adhering to the best practices of the day. She is also res ponsible for prudent financial handling of  high cost inpatient U.S. fi les and complex or high-risk cases worldwide. She is a sought after spea ker and author on behalf of Global Excel Management.\n\nCarlos Juárez C ruz, Mexico Program Director, Institute for Economics and Peace\nMeasuri ng Peace in a Complex World\n\nCarlos leads the Mexico Program of the In stitute for Economics and Peace (IEP) and has experience spanning academ ic, corporate, and social impact spheres, with a strong focus on peacebu ilding and conflict transformation. He has led various multi-sector peac ebuilding initiatives, including local governments, universities and NGO ’s. He has given talks and training in Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Guatema la, and the United States, to diverse audiences ranging from military an d police officers, to religious leaders and college students. Carlos is a Rotary Peace Fellow, a graduate of Duke University (Master of Internat ional Development Policy), holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics and is the father of three.\n\nJill McCutcheon, Partner Torys LLP\nInsurance Regulatory Update & Case Studies\n\nJill is co-head of the Financial Se rvices Practice. She has more than 25 years of experience in providing c ounsel to the insurance industry on all aspects of the law. She acts as counsel to insurers, reinsurers, MGAs, intermediaries, third-party admin istrators, marketers, retailers, employers, and associations.\n\nChris M athers, Crime, Terrorism and Security Expert\nCyber Security: The Invisi ble War\n\nChris Mathers spent most of his life working undercover for t he Royal Canadian Mounted Police, US Drug Enforcement Administration, an d the US Customs Service.  Posing as a gangster, a drug trafficker, and even as a money launderer, Mathers has seen and done it all. In his ext raordinary talks, Mathers takes audiences into the underworld that only he can describe, letting people in on the stunning stories and secrets h arboured by terrorists and those involved in organized crime.\n\nMathers retired after a 20-year career with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. At the time of his retirement, he was the senior undercover operator a t the RCMP Proceeds of Crime Section where he established and operated a number of “storefront” money laundering businesses in Canada and th e US, targeting Colombian, Russian, and Asian crime groups.  Mathers pe rsonally infiltrated criminal organizations in North America, the Caribb ean, Latin America, and Europe.\n\nIn 1995, Mathers joined the Forensic division of the international accounting firm, KPMG.  In 1999, he was a ppointed to the position of President of KPMG Corporate Intelligence Inc . where he was responsible for international due diligence, asset recove ry operations, and the investigation and prevention of organized crime a nd money laundering.\n\nA popular media commentator and speaker, Mathers has served as a consultant on several feature films and documentaries r elating to organized crime, espionage and money laundering. He has appea red on television and radio interviews on CNN, PBS, MSNBC, all of the Ca nadian national news networks as well as media outlets in Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia and the Caribbean. Mathers is also the host of The Egy ptian Job, on the National Geographic Channel. He is also the author of the bestselling book, Crime School: Money Laundering.\n\nWednesday, Apri l 27, 2022\n\nAllan Cole, President and Owner of MacKinnon & Bowes\nFina l Journey Home\n\nAllan is the President and Owner of MacKinnon & Bowes, a mortuary support firm that serves funeral homes, government agencies such as the Office of the Coroner, police agencies throughout Canada, De partment of National Defense, Health Canada and many insurance providers that require repatriation assistance.  He is the Current Vice Presiden t of the Board of the Funeral Service Association of Canada a trustee on the Funeral Service Foundation for the National Funeral Directors Assoc iation in the United States, Past President of the Canadian Funeral Trad e Association, and the Toronto District Funeral Directors Association, a nd former director at the Ontario Board of Funeral service.  Allan has the distinction as Canada's first civilian contractor for Mortuary Affai rs for the Government of Canada.  Allan has been awarded an Honorary D egree from the Canadian Forces Staff College, Senior Officers Joint Comm and and Staff Program and received the 2019 Chief of the Defense Staff Distinguished Service Medallion, and an Honorary Bachelor of Applied Stu dies Degree, Health Sciences, from Humber College Institute of Technolog y and Advanced Learning in 2009.\n\nDouglas E. Lavin,\nVice President, M ember and External Relations, North America\nInternational Air Transport Association (IATA)\nGovernments’ Response to COVID-19 and its Impact on Commercial Aviation – Lessons (hopefully) Learned\n\nDoug Lavin is the Vice President for North America for the International Air Transport Association.  In that capacity, Doug represents the interests of IATA s 290+ international airline members both in the United States and Can ada and is the head of IATA’s Washington, D.C. office. Since the begin ning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Doug has been the lead representative of international airlines in negotiations with the Governments of Canada an d the United States on their pandemic response.  In addition, Doug and his team address a number of issues impacting IATA’s member airlines, including safety, security, facilitation and environment, consumer prote ction and disability rights, economic regulation, charges, taxes, and di stribution. Doug’s career has included work in both public and private sectors. He joined IATA from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FA A) where he was the Assistant Administrator for International Aviation f rom 2003 to 2005. Immediately prior to the FAA, Doug was Vice President of Portfolio Management for American Express. Doug is a graduate of the Boston University School of Law, where he was a member of the law review , and the University of New Hampshire.\n\n \n\nDr. Jim Chung, Chief Med ical Officer, Air Canada\nLiving with COVID\n\nDr. Jim Chung has been Ai r Canada’s Chief Medical Officer since 2016. In this role, he has ove rsight for the preventative, occupational, environmental and clinical me dicine with the physiology and psychology of flight, which includes miti gation and management of global health risks, and both employee and pass enger medical regulatory issues, first aid training, onboard medical pro cedures and pilot medical certification.\n\nDr. Chung is a graduate of t he University of Toronto Medical Program and undergraduate studies at Mc Master University. Following completion of his residency in Family Medic ine, he served in the Canadian Forces in various roles while stationed a t CFB Petawawa. Dr. Chung also deployed to Bosnia on Canada’s NATO SFO R mission and to Turkey with Canada’s DART team in response to a major earthquake in 1999.\n\nDr. Chung attained his flight surgeon training t hrough the Canadian Forces and also received his Master in Aviation Medi cine and Post graduate diploma in Occupational Medicine through Otago Un iversity. Dr. Chung also completed his emergency medicine training and c ertification at the University of Toronto following his retirement from the Canadian Forces, practicing as an emergency medicine physician in To ronto prior to joining Air Canada in 2009 as Senior Medical Advisor, Tor onto, a role he held until his appointment to Chief Medical Officer.\n\n  \n\nPlus, hear from your THIA Committee Chairs as they update us on th eir activities.\n\n----------------------------------------------------- -------------------\n\n-- IMPORTANT TRAVEL INFO: --\n\nBefore registerin g, please read our Immunization and COVID Policy. You will be required t o agree to it during registration and to show proof of vaccination at re gistration desk in Cancun. \n\n \n\nFor entry requirements to Mexico, please visit: https://www.visitmexico.com/en/faq.\n\nPrior to your trip , you will also need to complete a Mexico tourist card.\n\n------------- -----------------------------------------------------------\n\n-- Event & Conference Booth Sponsorship Opportunities --\n\nParticipation in the THIA Annual Conference speaks to your commitment to the travel health in surance industry. This conference will be your opportunity to connect wi th leaders and decision makers from across North America.\n\nSponsorship is a great way to show off your company's brand and support of our Asso ciation but there are limited opportunities available!\n\nFor Conference 2022 Event Sponsorship Information, please contact Ryan Lee via:\nEmail : ryan.lee@globalexcel.comTel: 416-569-6157\n\n-- Exhibition Space --\n\ nOnce again, we are offering you the opportunity to showcase your compan y’s products and services by inviting you to exhibit at our conference – giving you an opportunity to maximize your visibility to the delega tes.  If your company wishes to participate by exhibiting, we will have limited exhibition space on a first-come-first-serve basis. \n\nThe ex hibition will be held in the food service area guaranteeing the visibili ty of your company to our delegates. The cost will be $3,250CAD until Fe bruary 28, 2022 and $3,750 CAD on or after March 1, 2022. This pricing i ncludes one (1) Conference registration.\n\nIf you are interested in tak ing part in this opportunity, please contact:\n\nDavid Ewing\nEmail: dav id.ewing@jhsmiami.org\nDirect: 310. 498.0718\n\n------------------------ ------------------------------------------------\n\n-- REGISTRATION REFU NDS: --\n\nThe following cancellation penalties apply:\n\n* 100% refund until March 1, 2022, less $150 administration fee\n\n* 50% refund from M arch l 2 to April 1, 2022\n\nPlease note: Absolutely no refunds availabl e after April 1st, 2022 \n\nWe strongly encourage you to ensure appropr iate travel insurance coverage as we will not consider registration refu nds outside of the above noted policy. LOCATION:JW Marriott Cancun Resort & Spa END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR