Australasian Cochrane Centre - Symposium Programme 2007

9.00am
Cochrane Collaboration: a personal journey
David Henderson-Smart

9.45am
Regional round-up from ACC Branches
Steve McDonald

10.00am
Prioritising reviews
Elizabeth Waters

10.30am
Morning tea

11.00am
Diagnostic reviews
Petra Macaskill & Narelle Willis

11.30am
Qualitative methods
Alan Pearson

12.00pm
Overview of reviews
Rob Scholten

12.30pm
Lunch

PARALLEL SESSION

1.30pm
Non-standard study designs
Joanne McKenzie, Peter Herbison

3.30pm
Consumer session: Disseminating reviews to meet the needs of users
Janet Wale

OR

1.30pm
Cochrane work-in (participants will have the opportunity to consult with review group co-ordinators, biostatistician/s, consumers and experienced review authors)

5.30pm
Close




SYMPOSIUM ARCHIVE Program 2007 Pre-symposium events - Wednesday 11th July 9.30am - 5.00pm Introduction to RevMan 5 This one and a half hour workshop will be conducted in a computer lab at the Mater Hospital. Participants will be given the opportunity to gain hands-on experience with the newly released and substantially updated RevMan 5. Features to be covered during the session include enhanced word processing and editing functions; document exchange between co-authors and review groups; document storage and version control. The workshop is only available to Symposium registrants. You can choose from one of three sessions scheduled on Wednesday 11th July. 1.00pm - 5.00pm Meeting of Cochrane Qualitative Methods Symposium [Please note, this event has now been cancelled] 4.00pm Meeting of Australasian Review Group Coordinators, Trial Search Coordinators & Satellite Coordinators Symposium
Thursday 12th July	Friday 13th July
10.00am Registration and coffee 10.30am Welcome and overview of Handbook updates Sally Green 10.50am Updating reviews Rob Scholten 11.45am New issues in searching/CENTRAL Steve McDonald, Ruth Mitchell, Gail Higgins 12.30pm Lunch 1.30pm Risk of bias Philippa Middleton 3.00pm Afternoon tea 3.30pm RevMan 5 Overview Liz Dooley, Veronica Pitt, Denise O'Connor 4.15pm Summary of findings and interpreting reviews Holger Schunemann 5.00pm Close 5.00pm Meeting of Cochrane Consumer Network 7.00pm Dinner at Vino's Restaurant and Bar, Eagle Street Pier	9.00am Cochrane Collaboration: a personal journey David Henderson-Smart 9.45am Regional round-up from ACC Branches Steve McDonald 10.00am Prioritising reviews Elizabeth Waters 10.30am Morning tea 11.00am Diagnostic reviews Petra Macaskill & Narelle Willis 11.30am Qualitative methods Alan Pearson 12.00pm Overview of reviews Rob Scholten 12.30pm Lunch PARALLEL SESSION 1.30pm Non-standard study designs Joanne McKenzie, Peter Herbison 3.30pm Consumer session: Disseminating reviews to meet the needs of users Janet Wale OR 1.30pm Cochrane work-in (participants will have the opportunity to consult with review group co-ordinators, biostatistician/s, consumers and experienced review authors) 5.30pm Close
Post-symposium events - Saturday 14th July 9.00am - 5.00pm Developing a Protocol for a Systematic Review Chris Del Mar, Liz Dooley, Veronica Pitt, Vicki Flenady, Julie Waters