Organized by the Porto Associate Centre of Cochrane Portugal and hosted by the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, CINTESIS and RISE
Location
Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319 Porto
Aula Magna, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto
Meeting Programme and Agenda
14:30 – 15:00 – Reception and Registration
15:00 – 15:30 – Welcome Address and Opening Session
- Luís Filipe Azevedo, Director of the Porto Associate Centre of Cochrane Portugal, MEDCIDS; FMUP; CINTESIS; RISE
- António Vaz Carneiro, Director of Cochrane Portugal
- Altamiro da Costa Pereira, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto
15:30 – 16:15 – Keynote Address
Using Real-World Data to Answer Causal Questions and to Inform Medical Decision Making and Health Technology Assessment – Evolving Methodological Concepts, Promises and Challenges
- Uwe Siebert, Professor and Chair of the Department of Public Health, Health Services Research and Health Technology Assessment at UMIT, Austria; Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology and Health Policy & Management at Harvard University; Past President, Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM)
16:15 – 16:40 – Coffee Break and Networking
16:40 – 17:50 – Roundtable Discussion Panel
Real World Data and Evidence-Based Decision Making: Present and Future, Promises and Challenges
- Luís Filipe Azevedo – Moderator, Director of the Porto Associate Centre of Cochrane Portugal
- Uwe Siebert, Department of Public Health, Health Services Research and Health Technology Assessment at UMIT, Austria
- Melanie Calvert, Professor of Outcomes Methodology at the University of Birmingham and Director of the Centre for Patient Reported Outcomes Research, UK
- Jesper Kjær, Co-chair of the European Medicines Agency Big Data Steering Group and Director of the Data Analytics Centre at the Danish Medicines Agency, Denmark
- Kenneth Quinto, Senior Medical Advisor in the Real World Evidence Analytics Staff at the Office of Medical Policy at FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, USA
17:50 – 18:00 – Closing Remarks
- Luís Filipe Azevedo, Director of the Porto Associate Centre of Cochrane Portugal
- António Vaz Carneiro, Director of Cochrane Portugal
18:00 – 19:00 – Closing Reception | Food and Drinks