CEBaP at the first Global Evidence Summit

28/08/17

From September 13 till September 16, 2017, the first Global Evidence Summit will take place in Cape Town, South Africa. It will be the first time that Cochrane, The Campbell Collaboration, Guidelines-International Network, International Society for Evidence-based Health Care, and Joanna Briggs Institute have joined forces to create the premiere event in evidence-based policy.

Over 1300 delegates from 67 countries will attend this conference. And of course, CEBaP cannot miss this great event. Our presence will not go unnoticed, since we have a large variety of contributions to the Summit: we will give 3 oral presentations in special sessions, 2 long oral presentations, we will be chairing one session, give 2 workshops and present 5 posters.

A full overview of our contributions can be found below. For the workshops and special sessions, registration is required, which can be done through the following links:

Workshops:

• Evidence-Based Practice: bridging the gap between science and practice (Wed 13/09)
• Improving systematic review evidence use through better stakeholder engagement (Thu 14/09)

Special sessions:

• “Rigorous and relevant systematic reviews: Lessons learned from mixed methods approaches in international development” (Wed 13/09)
• “Evidence matters: Examples of evidence-based decision making in humanitarian emergencies and how it can be improved” (Fri 15/09)
• “Overcoming barriers to implementing an evidence-based approach in the humanitarian sector” (Sat 16/09)