The 5th Annual CPCN National Conference Wonderful presentations and celebrations took place at the 5th annual CPCN national conference, held in Calgary's Fairmont Palliser Hotel between August 3 and 5, 2008. (Click here to download a copy of the agenda.) The conference got underway with a reception and welcome dinner. Dr. Digital made the rounds during the reception, reminding all to get the news out about early detection. (Click here to access a gallery of photographs taken on the first two days of the conference.) The keynote speaker at the welcome dinner was The Honourable Ron Liepert, Minister of Health for Alberta. You can access a video of his talk below. Presentations began on the first full day of the conference (Monday, August 4) and included the following: Dr. Stephen Strum on "The Importance of Medical Concepts in Prostate Cancer" For more information on Dr. Strum's talk, consult the CPCN article "Status Begets Strategy: The Long View" or watch the video. Dr. Larry Goldenberg on "Men's Health, the Vancouver Experience: Perspectives on an Aging World" Dr. Larry Goldenberg on "HIFU or Hype-U?" For more information on this talk, consult the CPCN Network News article entitled HIFU or HYPE-U? The difficulties of assessing new prostate cancer therapies. Dr. Larry Goldenberg on "Penile Rehabilitation after Radical Prostatectomy" For more information on this talk, consult the CPCN article Penile rehabilitation after surgery. Dr. Nicole Culos-Reed on "Living well with Prostate Cancer: Physical Activity to Enhance Quality of Life" Panel discussion on "Women with Prostate Cancer" For more information about this panel discussion, see the CPCN article "Women with Prostate Cancer." Dr. Mark Moyad on "Dietary supplements from A-Z, What Works and What's Worthless" Dr. Stephen Strum on "Take home lessons from the conference" and "Osteoporosis in Men with Prostate Cancer" For more information on the talk “Osteoporosis in Men with Prostate Cancer,” consult the CPCN Network News article entitled Them Bones: Osteoporosis and Prostate Cancer or view Dr. Strum’s PowerPoint presentation.