Committees
Organizing Committee
Álvaro N. Atallah, Brazil (Chair)
Scientific Committee
Álvaro Atallah, Brazil (co-chair)
Abel Packer, BIREME/PAHO/WHO, Director (co-chair)
Gerd Antes, Germany
Mike Clarke, UK
Kay Dickersin, USA
Peter Gøtzsche, Denmark
Sally Green, Australia
Jeremy Grimshaw, Canada
Youping Li, China
Alessandro Liberati, Italy
Andy Oxman, Norway
Humberto Saconato, Brazil
Rob Scholten, Netherlands
Jimmy Volmink, South Africa
Abstracts Committee
Philippa Middleton, Australia (co-chair)
Humberto Saconato, Brazil (co-chair)
Regis Andriolo, Brazil
Rachel Riera, Brazil
Gerd Antes, Germany
Lisa Askie, Australia
Paul Beirne, Ireland
Joseph Beyene, Canada
Kathie Clarke, Canada
Miranda Cumpston, Canada
Zbys Fedorowicz, Bahrain
Julie Glanville, UK
Peter Gøtzsche, Germany
Gill Gyte, UK
Angela Harden, UK
Sophie Hill, Australia
Carol Lefebvre, UK
Ming Liu, China
Petra Macaskill, Austrália
Harriet MacLehose, UK
Délcio Matos, Brazil
Steve McDonald, Australia
Jessie McGowan, Canada
Jane Noyes, UK
Zulma Ortiz, Argentina
Mansur Rabiu, Nigeria
Barney Reeves, UK
Holger Schünemann, Italy
Jonathan Sterne, UK
Antje Timmer, Germany
Luke Vale, UK
Gunn Vist, Norway
Workshops Committee
Julian Higgins, UK (co-chair)
Bernardo Soares, Brazil (co-chair)
Kay Dickersin
Andy Oxman, Norway
Denise O’Connor, Australia
Rachel Riera, Brazil
Lesley Stewart
Consumers stipends Committee
Gill Gyte, UK ( Co-Chairs)
Janet Wale, Australia ( Co-Chairs)
Godwin Aja, Nigeria
Dulce Barbosa, Brazil
Gilson Caleman, Brazil
Flavia Elias, Brazil
Local Organizing Committee Liaison
Vanessa Pedrosa Vieira, Brazil
Developing Country stipend Committee
Karla Soares-Weiser, Israel (Co-chair)
Caroline Rouse, UK (Co-chair)
Suzanne Jacob, Brazil
Youping Li, China
Zulma Ortiz, Argentina
Prathap Tharyan, India
Taryn Young, South Africa
Local Organizing Committee Liaison
Vanessa Pedrosa Vieira, Brazil
Sponsorship Committee
Álvaro Atallah, Brazil (co-chair)
Abel Packer, BIREME/PAHO/WHO, Director (co-chair)
Régis Andriolo, Brazil
Nick Royle, UK
Local Organizing Committee
Elenice de Castro, BIREME/PAHO/WHO (chair)
Rachel Riera, Brazil (co-chair)
Melissa Mann, Brazil
Lourdes Melo, BIREME/PAHO/WHO
Rosane Taruhn, BIREME/PAHO/WHO
Régis Andriolo, Brazil
Alvaro Atallah, Brazil
Edina Koga, Brazil
Vanessa Pedrosa, Brazil
Mônica Taminato, Brazil
Dr. Sócrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira
Dr. Turíbio Barros Leite Neto