The conference will be held at the University of Zürich, in building RAA, Rämistrasse 59, 8001 Zürich, Aula RAA-G01, floor G

Please note: the program is subject to minor changes until the beginning of the conference

Day 1 (October 17th)


8:30-8:50 Registration and Welcome

8:50-9:00 Introduction and Housekeeping

Session 1: Translational Research Bridging Animal Studies to Human Applications and Policy Implementation

9:00-9:30 Keynote by Benjamin Ineichen

9:30-10:30 Presentations (15 minutes each):

Mala Karmakar: Open Data Commons for Stroke: a free community platform to share research data and facilitate synthesis

Carolyne Huang: A simulation study to quantify successful translation of results from preclinical studies to human trials

Charis Wong: Selecting amantadine as the 3rd experimental arm for MND-SMART using a data-driven framework

10:30-11:00 Coffee break

Session 2: Promoting Rigour and Transparency in Systematic Reviews

11:00-11:30 Keynote by David Moher

11:30-12:30 Presentations (15 minutes each):

Alexandra Bannach-Brown: Barriers and enablers to conducting systematic reviews at a German University Medical Center – Findings from the “Communities for Open Research Synthesis” project

Aileen MacLellan: Assessing scientific rigour and 3Rs implementation in Canadian research: An investigation of animal use protocols

Martijn Nolte: Better Science through More Transparency: Pilot study on stimulating transparent laboratory animal research

Clara Sanchez-Izquierdo Lozano: Methodological assessment of in vitro systematic reviews: a systematic review

12:30-13:30 Lunch break

13:30-14:00 Keynote by Georgia Salanti

Reproducibility Challenge

14:00-14:15 Introduction to the challenge by Kimberley Wever and Sarah McCann

14:15-15:15 Presentations by the challengers (15 minutes each):

Sofja Vojvodic and team

Maria Economou and Torsten Rackoll

Fiona Ramage and team

Matheus Gallas-Lopes and team

15:15-16:00 General discussion and steps moving forward

17:00 onwards Social Event

Day 2 (October 18th)


Session 3: Identification and Management of Questionable Research Practices and Potential Research Misconduct

9:00-9:30 Keynote by Elisabeth Bik

9:30-10:15 Presentations (15 minutes each):

Kimberley Wever: Uncovering Duplicated Images in Scientific Literature - Systematic Review as a Tool for Detection

Otto Kalliokoski: It is time to talk about fraudulent studies in meta-analytical evidence synthesis – learnings from a preclinical systematic review

Sara Steele: Underreporting in non-clinical publications: Development of the rigor assessment tool (RAT)

10:15-10:45 Coffee break

Session 4: The Integration of Automation and AI in Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses

10:45-11:15 Keynote by Kaitlyn Hair

11:15-11:55 Presentations (10 minutes each):

Ulf Tölch: Assessing quality criteria in publications through AI assisted pipelines

Andrew Rooney: Improving workflow for evidence-based decision making in environmental health evaluations

Francesca Tinsdeall: A Comprehensive Evaluation of Stopping Rules in Technology-Assisted Review: When Have We Screened Enough?

Pu Yiyuan: Large Language Models in systematic review automation of Alzheimer’s research: enhancing living evidence landscape with PICO entity extraction

12:05-12:35 Panel discussion with speakers and keynote

12:35-14:30 Standing lunch and walking poster session

14:30-15:00 Awards, acknowledgements & closing by Benjamin Ineichen & organizers