Nine special sessions will be part of the 2019 Cochrane Colloquium Scientific Programme. Chosen for their innovative content, relevance to the Colloquium theme of "Embracing diversity", and their importance to Cochrane, these Sessions will be presented during Concurrent Sessions in the Programme. More information on these Sessions and their scheduled times will be provided soon.
Special Session Title | Facilitators |
| ¡Bienvenido a Cochrane! (Welcome Aboard, Cochrane!) [in Spanish] | Juan Victor Ariel Franco, Yanina Sguassero, Agustín Ciapponi, Anna Noel-Storr, Chris Champion, Celina Gialdini |
| Mentoring of non-English speaking authors in Cochrane: what options are out there? | Sera Tort, Marta Roqué i Figuls, Chris Champion, Tamara Kredo, Jesús López-Alcalde, Alicia Aleman |
| Multi-language activities in 2019 and beyond: challenges and opportunities for a diverse, globally relevant and sustainable organization | Karla Soares-Weiser, Xavier Bonfill Cosp, Juliane Ried, Gabriel Rada, Renato Beninatto |
| Embracing diversity in engagement and involvement – meeting the challenge of engaging and involving healthcare consumers in the production and dissemination of Cochrane evidence that meets the needs of its global audience | Richard Morley, Catherine Marshall, Lyubov Lytvyn, Karen Head, Rachel Plachcinski, Helen Bulbeck, Maureen Smith, Nancy Fitton, Joy Oliver |
| Translating and contextualising learning resources for informed health choices | Sarah Rosenbaum, Andy Oxman, Laura Martínez García, Giordano Pérez-Gaxiola, Anel Schoonees, Celeste Naude, Vanesa Mora Ringle, Malgorzata Bala |
| Use of evidence for decision-making in health [in Spanish] | Dino Sepúlveda, Paloma Herrera, Catherine de la Puente |
| Conflicts of the interested: Understanding and engaging "non-financial" interests in systematic reviews | Quinn Grundy, Elie Akl, Ruth Foxlee, Lisa Bero |
| Living OVerview of the Evidence (L·OVE): Eradicating search and screening by 2020 | Gabriel Rada, Juan Vásquez, Camilo Vergara, Marcelo Pérez, Damián Garrido, Gonzalo A Bravo-Soto, Luis Ortiz-Muñoz, Rocío Bravo, Francisca Verdugo, Macarena Morel Morambio, Juan Victor Ariel Franco, Eva Madrid, Nicolás Meza, Agustín Ciapponi, Demián Glujovsky, Julio Villanueva, Maria Ximena Rojas-Reyes, Marcela Cortés Jofré |
| Cochrane and complex reviews: methodological advances in the new Cochrane Handbook | Sue Brennan, Miranda Cumpston, Julian Higgins, Joanne McKenzie, James Thomas, Vivian Welch |