The Family Medicine Innovation Forum

October 4, 2025 | Edmonton, AB

The 2025 Call for Innovations is now open! Deadline to submit is July 15, 2025

Showcasing Innovations in Family Medicine and Primary Care

Presented by the Alberta College of Family Physicians (ACFP) and Alberta Medical Association (AMA)’s Accelerating Change Transformation Team (ACTT), the Family Medicine Innovation Forum (FMIF) brings together health leaders, creative thinkers, and trailblazers in family medicine and primary care to showcase best practices and innovations that are transforming and improving patient care.

The ACFP and ACTT are committed to provide a platform for collaboration, discussion, and experimentation that will offer members, primary health care teams, and health partners opportunities to spread and scale latest innovations for Alberta’s primary health care.

Mark October 4th on Your Calendar

For the one-day event, we are thrilled to announce innovation expert, Shawn Kanungo will not only be our featured keynote but will host our forum taking place on Saturday, October 4th at the Mayfield Dinner Theatre in Edmonton, AB.

Call for Innovations

The Call for Innovations is an opportunity for you to share your innovation with a wider audience. To assist you with your submission, take the following steps:

Step 1: Prepare Your Submission

To ensure your responses are concise and answer the questions, we recommend that you download the Innovation Intake Form to finesse your answers offline before submitting your application online.

Step 2: Review the Terms and Conditions

Before submitting your innovation, please review the following terms and conditions:

A separate abstract submission form is required for each innovation being submitted.
The Scientific Planning Committee has agreed to cover complimentary registration and travel expenses for one delegate per accepted submission. Additional considerations may be made for submissions originating outside the Edmonton area.
This is an in-person event. By submitting an innovation, you agree to the following terms:
- At least one project representative must be available to present in person at the Mayfield Dinner Theatre in Edmonton on October 4th.
- The delegate must comply with all program requirements (e.g., AV needs, pitch duration, presentation format, etc.).
- The SPC reserves the right to determine the presentation format and may limit the number of presentations per presenter.
As indicated in the form above, the intention of FMIF is to showcase the latest innovations and best practices transforming primary health care and improving patient care. This is a public-facing event. The responsibility for protecting sensitive or proprietary information rests with the innovator and attendees.

Step 3: Submit Your Innovation

Deadline for submission is Tuesday, July 15, 2025

The FMIF Scientific Planning Committee will review all submissions and will invite accepted innovations to present at the FMIF on October 4, 2025 at the Mayfield Dinner Theatre (Edmonton, AB).

All innovations will be notified regarding the status of their submission by the first week of August.

FAQ

1. If a submission is accepted, how is the work presented (e.g., oral presentation/pitch, workshop, etc.)?

The Scientific Planning Committee will review the submissions and short list and invite successful innovators to present at the forum on October 4. It will be in a pitch format (up to six minutes in length) from the stage.

2. If a submission is accepted, I assume there is an opportunity to decline afterwards.

Yes, of course. As presenters of the forum, we are happy to waive the registration fee and cover travel expenses (including up to two nights of accommodation*) for one designated presenter.

* As per the ACFP’s travel expense guidelines.

3. What type of submissions are you looking for, and can FM residents submit?

As this is our first innovation showcase, we are open to accepting all submissions that are aligned with the overall objectives of the forum. The FMIF endeavors to showcase and recognize innovations and best practices that improve care and access for Albertans to family medicine and primary health care, decrease administrative burden, and advance team-based primary care.

4. In the past year I have designed a product to help with certain technical skills for residents, physicians, and allied staff (so medical education area), would this be of interest? It is hard to tell with the intake form.

This sounds like it would meet the objectives of the forum around team-based care.

5. Are there prizes/funding/grants/investors?

The ACFP and AMA ACTT are unable to award any monies as prizes, however our hope is to invite potential investors, grant funders, and health care administrators looking for opportunities to partner and collaborate with innovative teams and solutions to spread and scale projects and innovations. Both the AMA ACTT and ACFP are committed to further promote innovations shared at the FMIF to their broader member populations and key partner groups through a series of features in their communication vehicles and potentially featuring a series of hosted webinars.

6. Does it need to be a physician member presenting?

No. The FMIF is intended to showcase and recognize innovations and best practices that improve care and access for Albertans to family medicine and primary health care, decrease administrative burden, and advance team-based primary care. We encourage family physicians or practice team members to have substantial involvement in the innovation or solution to the practice challenges which they face. Accepted innovations will be asked to designate a presenter for their pitch.

7. Who is responsible for protecting intellectual property?

The intention of FMIF is to showcase the latest innovations and best practices transforming primary health care and improving patient care. This is a public-facing event. The responsibility for protecting sensitive or proprietary information rests with the innovator and attendees.

8. When will I find out if my innovation has been selected?

All submitters will be notified of their submission status by early August.

Support

For questions and/or assistance in submitting your innovation, contact us: info@acfp.ca

Meet Our Keynote – Shawn Kanungo

As a globally recognized innovation strategist and bestselling author, Shawn Kanungo has emerged as one of the world’s most sought-after voices on innovation and generative AI. He spent 12 years at Deloitte working closely with leaders to help them better plan for the opportunities associated with disruptive innovation. In his high energy keynotes, Kanungo draws on his extensive experience to provide audiences with an optimistic roadmap for the future; one that embraces unexpected approaches to innovation to remain competitive and relevant.

Kanungo has spent over two decades working with and advising Fortune 500 companies. His expertise spans artificial intelligence, cloud technologies, and behavioural economics, enabling him to guide organizations through complex transformations.

Kanungo made history as the first innovation expert with a streaming special on Apple TV and Prime Video. His bestselling book, The Bold Ones — celebrated by McKinsey as essential reading for decision makers — provides a thought-provoking blueprint for professionals and organization to embrace bold innovation in an era of unprecedented change.