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    Program

    Tuesday, October 23, 2007
    09:00 - 16:00

    TSCs' meeting

    Local: Port Elizabeth room

    Co-ordinating Editors' meeting

    Local: Dubai room

    RGCs' meeting

    Local: Roterdam room

    Centre Directors' meeting

    Local: Lisboa room
    11:00 - 12:30

    Cochrane Occupational Health Field (Open)

    Local: Sydney room
    Group name: Cochrane Occupational Health Field
    Contact person: Jani Ruotsalainen
    Meeting status: open
    14:00 - 18:00

    Evidence Based Obstetrics and Women's Rights

    Local: Marseille room
    14.00 - 14.10 Welcome and introductions
    14.10 - 14.25 'Women's contribution to evidence based care with the Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group.' Gill Gyte
    14.25 - 14.40 Brazilian Social Movements for the Humanization of Birth and Consumers role in the Brazilian Unified Health System - Simone Diniz
    14.40 - 14.55 Parto do Principio's Work - A Women's Network for Active Maternity - Roberta Marcinkowski
    14.55 - 15.10 Doulas and their activities in Brazil
    15.10 - 15.25 Home birth with the assistance of obstetric nurses in São Paulo: contemporary midwives & nbsp;- Priscila Colacioppo
    15.25 - 15.40 Obstetric training within medical schools in São Paulo: Are students familiarized with EBO and women's rights' Sonia Hotimsky
    15.40 - 15.55 'Pregnancy and childbirth in Mexico'. Alina Bishop
    15.55 - 16.10 Refreshments
    16.10 - 17.00 Panel Discussion
    17.00 - 18.00 Motions

    Evidence-Informed Policy Network (EVIPNet) (Open)

    Local: Sydney room

    Group name: Working with the evidence-informed policy network (EVIPNet); teaming evidence users and producers
    Contact person: : Luis Gabriel Cuervo; Analía Porras
    Meeting status: open

    Main Goal:
    The main goal is to promote links and exchanges between EVIPNet teams and other participants, highlighting the contributions that may benefit the EVIPNet network and teams.

    Meeting Objectives:
    1. Present a brief overview of EVIPNet (Evidence-Informed Policy Networks), its goals, and achievements.
    2. Facilitate opportunities for EVIPNet participants to learn more about the use of systematic reviews as part of the EVIPNet Project.
    3. Promote collaborations among EVIPNet teams and other Colloquium participants; promote partnerships and contributions to EVIPNet teams.
    4. Provide the debate on is sues of evidence for health, the role of the Cochrane Collaboration and other organizations in EVIPNet, and potential contributions.

    Target:
    Health professionals, researchers, policymakers, consumers, and civil society members, and allows them to discuss issues related to the systematic use of research evidence for public health.

    Newcomers' session (16:30 - 18:00)

    Local: Dubai room
    Consecutive translation/Tradução consecutiva: Por -- Eng
    Consecutive translation/Traducción consecutiva: Spa -- Eng

    This session is to help newcomers to assess whether and how they might contribute to the work of The Cochrane Collaboration - where they might ‘fit in’.

    Co-Chairs: Jini Hetherington (Administrator, Cochrane Collaboration Secretariat)
    Monica Kjeldstrøm (Director, Information Management System)

    Speakers: Rodrigo Salinas (Cochrane Neuromuscular Disease Group)
    Humberto Saconato (Cochrane Menstrual Disorders and Subfertility Group)
    Elizabeth Waters (Cochrane Health Promotion and Public Health Field)

    Rodrigo Salinas will describe what Cochrane reviews are, and their relevance to clinical practice. Humberto Saconato will address how, as a potential contributor t o a Cochrane review, one can identify suitable co-authors with whom to work, and briefly describe the editorial process involved in preparing a Cochrane review. Liz Waters will speak about the role of a Cochrane Network, both as a source of support and in facilitating contact between a contributor and their Cochrane Review Group; she will also discuss ways of disseminating the findings of Cochrane reviews to relevant audiences.
    Wednesday, October 24, 2007
    07:30 - 09:00

    Thomas Chalmers Committee (Closed)

    Local: Genova room

    Group name: Thomas Chalmers Committee
    Contact person: Jenny Doust
    Meeting status: closed

    DynaMed: Evidence-Based Information Improves Healthcare (with breakfast) (Open) (8:00 - 9:00)

    Local: Marseille room
    Class: DynaMed: Evidence-Based Information Improves Healthcare (with breakfast)
    Contact person: Hansi Kess
    Class status: open

    Cochrane Information Retrieval Methods Group (Open) (8:00 - 9:00)

    Local: Bordeaux room
    Group name:  Carol Lefebvre
    Contact person: Cochrane Information Retrieval Methods Group
    Meeting status: open
    11:00 - 12:30

    Réseau Francophone Cochrane (Open)

    Local: Genova room
    Group name: Réseau Francophone Cochrane
    Contact person: Bernard Burnand
    Meeting status: open

    Cochrane Field for Older People (Open)

    Local: Marseille room
    Group name: Cochrane Field for Older People
    Contact person: Gilbert Ramirez
    Meeting status: open

    Cochrane Qualitative Research Methods Group (Open)

    Local: Roterdam room
    Group name: Cochrane Qualitative Research Methods Group (CQRMG)
    Contact person: Amanda O´Connell - on behalf of Prof. Alan Pearson, Co-convenor CQRMG
    Meeting status: open

    DynaMed: Evidence-Based Information Improves Healthcare (with lunch) (Open)

    Local: Port Elizabeth room
    Class: DynaMed: Evidence-Based Information Improves Healthcare (with lunch)
    Contact person: Hansi Kess
    Class status: open

    Cochrane Web Content Advisory Committee (Closed)

    Local: Bordeaux room
    Group name: Cochrane Web Content Advisory Committee
    Contact person: Chris Mavergames
    Meeting status: closed
    12:30 - 14:00

    IMS Team (Closed)

    Local: Reserved Round Table - Lunch Room - 4th Floor

    Group name: IMS Team
    Contact person: Monica Kjeldstrom
    Meeting status: closed

    Cochrane Consumer Network (Closed)

    Local: Reserved Round Table - Lunch Room - 4th Floor
    Group name: Cochrane Consumer Network
    Contact person: Janet Wale
    Meeting status: closed

    Monitoring and Registration Group (Closed)

    Local: Reserved Round Table - Lunch Room - 4th floor (12:30 - 13:00)

    Group name: Monitoring and Registration Group
    Contact person: Claire Allen
    Meeting status: closed

    Réseau Francophone Cochrane (Open)

    Local: Reserved Round Table - Lunch Room - 4th Floor
    Group name: Réseau Francophone Cochrane
    Contact person: Bernard Burnand
    Meeting status: open

    Cochrane Developing Countries Network (Open)

    Local: Reserved Round Table - Lunch Room - 4th floor
    Group name: Cochrane Developing Countries Network
    Contact person: Mona Nasser
    Meeting status: open

    Monitoring and Registration Group (Closed) (13:00 - 14:00)

    Local: Bordeaux room
    Group name: Monitoring and Registration Group
    Contact person: Claire Allen
    Meeting status: closed
    Thursday, October 25, 2007
    07:30 - 09:00

    Thinking About Future Colloquia (Open)

    Local: Port Elizabeth room
    Group name: Colorado Cochrane Collaboration
    Contact person: Robert Dellavalle
    Meeting status: open

    Patient Reported Outcomes Methods Group (Open)

    Local: Roterdam room
    Group name: Patient Reported Outcomes Methods Group
    Contact person: Gordon Guyatt/Donald Patrick
    Meeting status: open

    Towards a Cochrane Prognosis Review Methods Group (Open)

    Local: Lisboa room
    Group name: Prognosis Review Network
    Contact person: Katrina Williams and Jill Hayden
    Meeting status: open

    Cochrane Developing Countries Network Meeting (Closed)

    Local: Genova room
    Group name: Cochrane Developing Countries Network
    Contact person: Mona Nasser
    Meeting status: closed

    Cochrane Consumer Network (Closed)

    Local: Bordeaux room
    Group name: Cochrane Consumer Network
    Contact person: Janet Wale
    Meeting status: closed

    Annual General Meeting of the Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders Group (Open)

    Local: Marseille room
    Group name: Metobolic and Endocrine Disorders Group
    Contact person: A/Prof. Dr. Bernd Richter
    Meeting status: open

    Cochrane Handbook Advisory Group (Closed)

    Local: Sydney room
    Group name: Cochrane Handbook Advisory Group
    Contact person: Sally Green
    Meeting status: closed

    Cochrane Review Group Joint Coed-RSC-TSC (Closed)

    Local: Dubai room
    Group name: Coed-RSC-TSC
    Contact person: Narelle Willis
    Meeting status: closed
    11:00 - 12:30

    Cochrane Heart Group (Closed)

    Local: Roterdam room
    Group name: Cochrane Heart Group
    Contact person: Liz Bickerdike
    Meeting status: closed

    Child Health Field Annual Meeting (Open)

    Local: Genova room
    Group name: Cochrane Child Health Field
    Contact person: Denise Thomson
    Meeting status: open

    Pain, Palliative and Supportive Care Review Group (Open)

    Local: Marseille room
    Group name: Pain, Palliative and Supportive Care Review Group
    Contact person: Jessica Thomas
    Meeting status: open

    Steering Committee (Closed) - 11:00 - 14:00

    Local: Lisboa room
    Group name: Steering Committee
    Contact person: Jini Hetherington
    Meeting status: closed

    Cochrane Developing Countries Network Meeting (Open)

    Local: Bordeaux room
    Group name: Cochrane Developing Countries Network
    Contact person: Mona Nasser
    Meeting status: open
    12:30 - 14:00

    Muscoloskeletal Group (Open)

    Local: Dubai room
    Group name: Muscoloskeletal Group
    Contact person: Lara Maxwell
    Meeting status: open

    Statistical Methods Group (Open) TO BE RESCHEDULED

    Local: Reserved Round Table - Lunch Room - 4th floor (2 tables)
    Group name: Statistical Methods Group
    Contact person: Jon Deeks
    Meeting status: open
    Friday, October 26, 2007
    07:30 - 09:00

    Methods Group Co-Convenors (Closed)

    Local: Sydney room

    Group name: Methods Group Co-Convenors
    Contact person: Jon Deeks
    Meeting status: closed

    Cochrane Health Promotion and Public Health Field (Open)

    Local: Lisboa room
    Group name: Cochrane Health Promotion and Public Health Field
    Contact person: Jodie Doyle
    Meeting status: open

    Contributors to the Pregnancy and Childbirth Group (Open)

    Local: Roterdam room
    Group name: Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group
    Contact person: Sonja Henderson
    Meeting status: open

    Cochrane Methodology Group Editorial Meeting (Closed)

    Local: Marseille room
    Group name: Cochrane Methodology Review Group
    Contact person: Susan Munabi-Babigumira
    Meeting status: Closed

    Back Review Group Meeting (Open)

    Local: Bordeaux room
    Group name: Cochrane Back Review Group
    Contact person: Vicki Pennick, Managing Editor, BRG
    Meeting status: open (for anyone interested in finding out more about the activities and directions of the Cochrane Back Review Group, with an overview of Back Group highlights and a discussion of expectations for future Cochrane reviews)

    Canadian Contributors (Open)

    Local: Port Elizabeth room
    Group name: Canadian Cochrane Network and Centre
    Contact person: Lisa McGovern or MaryEllen Schaafsma
    Meeting status: open  (specifically for Canadians, but all are welcome)

    Cochrane Consumer Network (Open)

    Local: Dubai room
    Group name: Cochrane Consumer Network
    Contact person: Janet Wale
    Meeting status: open

    Colloquium Policy Advisory Group (Closed)

    Local: Genova room
    Group name: Colloquium Policy Advisory Group (CPAG)
    Contact person: Steve McDonald
    Meeting status: closed

    Peripheral Vascular Diseases Group (Open) (8:30 - 9:00)

    Local: Bilbao room
    Group name: Peripheral Vascular Diseases Group
    Contact person: Heather Maxwell
    Meeting status: open
    11:00 - 12:30

    Prioritizing Cochrane Review Topics Relevant to Low and Middle Income Countries (Closed)

    Local: Mareseille room
    Group name: Prioritizing Cochrane Review Topics Relevant to LMIC – Steering Group
    Contact person: Amy Nolen - on behalf of Dr. Peter Tugwell
    Meeting status: closed

    Progress of Nursing Care Network, Possible New Entity (Open)

    Local: Roterdam room
    Group name: Cochrane Nursing Care Network (possible entity)
    Contact person: Amanda O´Connell - on behalf of Prof. Alan Pearson, Co-convenor of possible entity
    Meeting status: open

    Screening and Diagnostic Test Methods Group Business Meeting (Open)

    Local: Genova room
    Group name: Screening and Diagnostic Test Methods Group
    Contact person: Petra Macaskill and Roger Harbord
    Meeting status: open
    12:30 - 14:00

    Cochrane Diagnostic Test Reviews Initiative (Open)

    Local: Reserved Round Table - Lunch Room - 4th floor (2 tables)
    Group name: Cochrane Diagnostic Test Reviews Initiative
    Contact person: Jon Deeks
    Meeting status: open

    Iberoamerican Contributors (Open)

    Local: Reserved Round Table - Lunch Room - 4th floor
    Group name: Iberoamerican Cochrane Center
    Contact person: Jordi Pardo
    Meeting status: open

    Cochrane Methodology Review Group (Open) (13:00 - 14:00)

    Local: Marseille room

    Group name: Cochrane Methodology Review Group
    Contact person: Susan Munabi-Babigumira
    Meeting status: open

    14:00 - 16:00

    Registro de Ensayos Clínicos (Closed)

    Local: Cadiz room
    Group name: Registro de ensayos clínicos
    Contact person: Abel Packer; América Valdés
    Meeting status: closed
    Saturday, October 27, 2007
    07:30 - 09:00

    Cochrane Health Equity Field and Campbell Equity Methods Group (Open)

    Local: Lisboa room

    Group name: Cochrane Health Equity Field and Campbell Equity Methods Group
    Contact person: Erin Morris
    Meeting status: open

    We invite you to bring any ideas for equity-relevant reviews to our discussion!  For more information and a detailed agenda, please visit www.equity.cochrane.org

    Working Meeting of the Non-Randomised Studies Methods Group (Open)

    Local: Marseille room
    Group name: Non-Randomised Studies Methods Group
    Contact person: Barney Reeves
    Meeting status: open

    Hypertension Review Group (Open)

    Local: Roterdam room
    Group name: Hypertension Review Group
    Contact person: Ciprian Jauca
    Meeting status: open

    Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care Group (EPOC) Annual Meeting (Open)

    Local: Port Elizabeth room
    Group name: Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care Group
    Contact person: Alain Mayhew
    Meeting status: open
    12:30 - 14:00

    Thomas Chalmers Committee (Closed)

    Local: Reserved Round Table - Lunch Room - 4th Floor
    Group name: Thomas Chalmers Committee
    Contact person: Jenny Doust
    Meeting status: closed

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