Themes of the
Challenges and opportunities for improvement for ethics committees and regulators, for publishers, for institutions and researchers, and for funders. Methods for measurement and for testing interventions.
Programme
We are pleased to present a diverse range of invited speakers, including Dr Kris Thayer, Director of the Integrated Risk Information Systems Division at the US Environmental Protection Agency; Dr Allison Harbin, freelance writer and editor whose blog describing her PhD experience has resonated with graduate students across disciplines; Sir Jim Smith, Director of Science at the Wellcome Trust, and Dr Jonathan Kimmelman, a bioethicist concerned with the social and policy dimensions of translational research. Further details of these and other speakers are available here.
Our ambition has been to create a faculty of insiders and outsiders, of those immersed every day in the challenges of biomedical research and of others from outside this narrow world, that their perspective may bring new understanding to the problems we face.
The meeting will include an inaugural EQUATOR Doug Altman lecture by Prof Isabelle Boutron, Université Paris Descartes, France. As well as these invited speakers, submitted research (oral presentations and posters), we have created space for less traditional conference formats including so-called focus tracks. In these focus tracks we plan to combine short talks with the accompanying posters on specific topics, such as Improving research at the institutional level; in Education and Training; through preregistration, etc. – including a moderated discussion.
Pre-Conference Activities
ImprovScience Barcamp – Satellite ‚unconference’ on strategies for research improvement
Keynote and
Plenary Speakers
- Lisa Anne Bero University of Sydney | Sydney, Australia
- Isabelle Boutron Université Paris Descartes | Paris, France
- Anne-Marie Coriat Wellcome Trust | London, UK
- Lisa Debruine University of Glasgow | Glasgow, Scotland
- Daniele Fanelli London School of Economics and Political Science | London, UK
- Allison Harbin Post Ph.D. | New York, USA
- Jonathan Kimmelman McGill University | Montreal, Canada
- Frank F. Miedema Utrecht University & UMC Utrecht | Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Ivan Oransky New York University & Retraction Watch | New York, USA
- Vinay Prasad Oregon Health and Science University | Portland, USA
- Jim Smith Wellcome Trust | London, UK
- Kristina Thayer United States Environmental Protection Agency | Washington D.C., USA
Jonathan Kimmelman | McGill University
Jonathan Kimmelmann
Frank F. Miedema | Utrecht University & UMC Utrecht
Frank F. Miedema
Ivan Oransky | New York University & Retraction Watch
Ivan Oransky
Lisa DeBruin | University of Glasgow
Lisa DeBruin
Jim Smith | Wellcome Trust
Jim Smith
Lisa Anne Bero | The University of Sydney
Lisa Anne Bero
Kristina Thayer | United States Environmental Protection Agency
Kristina Thayer
Daniele Fanelli | London School of Economics
Daniele Fanelli
Anne-Marie Coriat | Wellcome Trust
Anne-Marie Coriat
Vinay Prasad | Oregon Health and Science University
Vinay Prasad
Allison Harbin | Post Ph.D.
Allison Harbin
Isabelle Boutron | Université Paris Descartes
Isabelle Boutron
Certification
ECTS
- for participation in congresses, symposia, conferences and similar events · 0.33 ECTS Credit Points will be credited per full day (approx. 8 hours),
- for half a conference day · 0.15 ECTS Credit Points will be credited.
- for the presentation of one’s own work, for example as a conference contribution · 1 ECTS Credit Point will be credited
The conference programme is usually sufficient proof for posters/presentations.
Berlin Chamber of Physicians
The scientific programme has been accredited by the Berlin Chamber of Physicians (Ärztekammer Berlin) as follows:
Thursday, 20 February 2020 – 3 credits of category B
Friday, 21 February 2020 – 6 credits of category B
Saturday, 22 February 2020 – 3 credits of category B
Therefore up to 12 credits can be achieved.
A certification of attendance will be sent to all attendees 2 weeks after the conference.
Scientific Programme
Committee
- Ginny Barbour Queensland University of Technology | Brisbane, Australia
- Lex Bouter Vrije Universiteit | Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Isabelle Boutron Université Paris Descartes | Paris, France
- Ulrich Dirnagl BIH QUEST Center | Berlin, Germany
- Paul Glasziou Bond University | Gold Coast, Australia
- Sabine Kleinert The Lancet | London, UK
- Malcolm Macleod (Chair) University of Edinburgh | Edinburgh, Scotland
- Marcus Munafo University of Bristol | Bristol, UK
- Brian Nosek Center for Open Science & University of Virginia | Charlottesville, USA
- Daniel Strech BIH QUEST Center | Berlin, Germany
Lex Bouter | Vrije Universiteit
Lex Bouter
Isabelle Boutron | Université Paris Descartes
Isabelle Boutron
Ulrich Dirnagl | BIH QUEST Center
Ulrich Dirnagl
Paul Glasziou | Bond University
Paul Glasziou
Sabine Kleinert | The Lancet
Sabine Kleinert
Malcolm Macleod (Chair) | University of Edinburgh
Malcolm Macleod
Marcus Munafò | University of Bristol
Marcus Munafò
Brian Nosek | Center for Open Science & University of Virginia
Brian Nosek
Daniel Strech | BIH QUEST Center
Daniel Strech
Contact
Host
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
BIH QUEST Center
Charitéplatz 1
10117 Berlin, Germany
Local Organiser (PCO)
MCI Deutschland GmbH
MCI | Germany – Berlin
Markgrafenstr. 56
10117 Berlin, Germany
T: +49 30 20459220
F: +49 30 2045950
rec2020@mci-group.com
Registration
T: +49 30 20459566
rec2020-registration@mci-group.com
Project Management
Sarah Ecker
T: +49 30 20459220
rec2020@mci-group.com