Cochrane Colloquia are our annual flagship events, bringing together Cochrane contributors from around the world to discuss, develop and promote Cochrane, and help shape its future.
The 2016 Cochrane Colloquium will be held in Seoul, South Korea from 23-27 October. For full information regarding the Colloquium, please visit the website.
Key information:
Programme overview: colloquium.cochrane.org/programme-overview
Registration fees: colloquium.cochrane.org/registration-fees
Key dates: colloquium.cochrane.org/key-dates
Website: colloquium.cochrane.org
Hashtag: #CochraneSeoul
Latest news:
Colloquium meeting request form closes 14 September
The purpose of Colloquium meetings is to give sufficient time for Cochrane groups and others to hold business meetings during the Colloquium. Priority will be given to internal Cochrane groups. Go to the Meetings page to find out more. The Meeting Request form will close on 14th September.
Registration closes on 10 October
Don't miss out on a chance to learn more about Cochrane and evidence-based health care. Registration closes on 10 October. Click here for the registration rates.
Plenaries, speakers and symposia:
Plenary 1: Overdiagnosis and overtreatment in health care
In this session, the role of evidence-based health care and systematic reviews in limiting overdiagnosis and oversue will be discussed, including realignment of disease definition; quantification and monitoring of overdiagnosis; sensitisation of health professionals and patients; provision of balanced information on risk and benefits intervention; and the implications for Cochrane.
Speakers:
Alexandra Barratt, Professor of Public Health, School of Public Health, University of Sydney
Rita F. Redberg, Editor, JAMA Internal Medicine. Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of California, San Francisco
Jenny Doust, Professor of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University
Plenary 2: Challenges and different approaches to improve the quality, timeliness and usability of Cochrane Reviews
The speakers in the plenary session have been asked to describe their experiences in making challenging decisions regarding the quality and usability of Cochrane reviews. Different perspectives and lively debate will be sought with particular focus on potential initiatives that are being explored and are consistent with the CEU vision for high quality and timely Cochrane Reviews that meets the needs of end-users and informs clinical care and health policy.
Speakers:
James Thomas, Project Transform, Cochrane. Director of the EPPI-Centre’s Reviews Facility, Department of Health, England
Karla Soares-Weiser, Deputy Editor in Chief, Cochrane Library & Cochrane Innovations
Marguerite Koster, External Member, Cochrane Steering Group
Harriet MacLehose, Senior Editor, Cochrane Library
Claire Glenton, Director, Cochrane Norway
Plenary 3: Data transparency: where are we and what can we get?
Pressure to increase transparency of data in clinical research is growing as scientific academies, regulatory agencies, funders and international organisations join the call for more data transparency. In this session, recent issues in the open data movement, data access policies and its impact on health care are discussed. Some examples of the impact of lack of transparency in East Asia will highlighted.
Speakers:
Kay Dickersin, Director, Cochrane United States. Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Clinical Trials & Evidence Synthesis
Byung Joo Park, Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine
Lesley Stewart, Director, Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York
Rintaro Mori, Director, Cochrane Japan. Head of Department National Center for Child Health and Department of Clinical Epidemiology
Annual Cochrane Lecture: Four challenges for EBM and Cochrane’s future
Since the term evidence based medicine (EBM) was coined over 20 years ago it has had a remarkable global influence. But EBM is not a static set of concepts, set in stone tablets in the 1990s; it is a young and evolving discipline. The fundamental concept of systematic reviews – providing a periodic summary of all controlled trials to aid clinical care – may have changed little since the birth of Cochrane. However, how to best provide and apply these in practice continues to develop.
In this year’s Cochrane Lecture, Paul Glasziou will propose four areas requiring renewed or ongoing attention:
- Improve dialogue between “evidologists” and clinicians
- Treatment is the patient’s decision: support and promote shared decision making
- Take non-drug interventions as seriously as pharmaceuticals
- Sustain investment in automating evidence synthesis
Speaker:
Paul Glasziou, Professor, Evidence-Based Medicine at Bond University; Chair, International Society for Evidence-Based Health Care
#CochraneTech Symposium: The new ecosystem for evidence synthesis
Cochrane’s technological innovations are set to transform the way evidence for health is created and used. Join us at the #CochraneTech Symposium in Seoul to discover first-hand the emerging Cochrane ecosystem for evidence synthesis.
We’re preparing an exciting morning of talks and discussion centred around how Cochrane is using its technology to help both prepare systematic reviews more efficiently but also better deliver outputs to our end-users. The #CochraneTech Symposium is the premier event for those interested in the application and integration of existing and emerging technologies in the production of Cochrane systematic reviews and evidence synthesis in health care.
Since the inaugural #CochraneTech Symposium in Québec City in 2013 several ambitious technological strategies have been pursued by Cochrane, and we welcome you to join us in exploring this new ecosystem for evidence synthesis.
Methods Symposium: Living Systematic Reviews: Methods, Opportunities and Challenges
Living systematic reviews, as online summaries of healthcare research that are updated as new research becomes available, offer exciting possibilities in the new evidence ecosystem. Momentum is building around the living systematic review concept: a number of approaches are being piloted and Cochrane is at the forefront of these efforts. Living systematic reviews differ from traditional systematic reviews in several ways that have important implications for review methods and processes, affecting authors, editors and publishers.
At this interactive symposium, we will explore what living systematic reviews actually are and their implications for Cochrane. Participants will hear from those who have been piloting living systematic review methods and will be invited to contribute their expertise as we explore the implications of LSRs for review methods and review production processes, plus the enablers within Cochrane to support their introduction.
Knowledge Translation (KT) Symposium
In 2016 Cochrane is embarking on the development of a Knowledge Translation (KT) Strategy, which will inform, facilitate and coordinate KT activities within Cochrane. We hope this strategy will scope knowledge translation activities for Cochrane, build on the Strategy to 2020 goals and provide a framework and co-ordination to support those who are undertaking knowledge translation activities in Cochrane. This framework will guide our knowledge translation work and ensure quality of outputs. We hope to establish mechanisms for better coordination of knowledge translation work within Cochrane so that organisational learning in this area flows through Cochrane.
In this symposium we will be presenting the current draft of Cochrane’s KT strategy. There will be brief presentations on the work around the strategy, an opportunity for discussion and input into further development of the strategy and the implementation plans accompanying it and what it will mean for knowledge translation in Cochrane.
Looking forward to seeing you in Seoul in October!