ISDB General Assembly 2012 - Schedule
Saturday 24
| 11:00 - 15:00 | Pick up from Airport |
| 18:00 - 19:30 | Dinner |
| 19:30 - 21:30 | Welcome words by Jim Wright, DIrector of TI Jörg Schaaber, ISDB President - Introduce new members Fun Activity + Socializing |
Sunday 25
| 07:30 - 09:00 | Breakfast |
| 09:00 - 10:30 | 25 years ISDB: success stories, challenges - The first decade – nurturing ISDB: Andrew Herxheimer (former chief editor of DTB and co-founder of ISDB, UK) - What to gain from an international network?: Pijus Sakar (Chief editor of Bodhi, India) - It’s all about the evidence – communicating benefit and harm: Carol Norquay TG, Australia Moderator:Benoit Marchand - Report: Nuria |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 13:00 | Focus on ISDB activities during the 3 last years -5 minutes (each) reports by ISDB President Jörg Schaaber (Pharma-Brief, G), ISDB Treasurer Isidro Sia (RDU Update, Ph), ISDB webmaster Maria Font (Dialogo sui Farmaci, It) and ISDB Secretary Florence Vandevelde (Prescrire, F) - Report on the ISDB working group achievements by working groups moderators and/or regions followed by Q/A. Focus themes: * Direct to consumer advertising / Barbara Mintzes, TI; Teresa Alves, HAI * Working on EU issues:, pharmacovigilance / Florence Vandevelde, Prescrire * Clinical trials and ethics in 3rd world countries / Focus on Latin America, Nuria Homedes Moderator:Juan Erviti - Report: Iñigo |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | Bias in reports of drug studies: Why are independent drug bulletins important? Lisa Bero, Professor, University of California, San Francisco Moderator:Isidro |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Coffee Break |
| 15:30 - 17:00 | Workshops I: Brainstorming on ISDB in 2020 (role, wishes, and expectations) Resource person: Andrew Herxheimer Resource person: Christophe Kopp & Natalia Resource person: Maria Font & Chris A (Spanish Group) Including topics: *Maria will make a proposal for topics |
| 17:00 - 18:00 | Report and discussion in plenary Moderator: Jõrg |
| 18:00 - 19:30 | Dinner |
| 19:30 - 21:30 | Fun Activity + Socializing |
Monday 26
| 07:30 - 09:00 | Breakfast |
| 09:00 - 10:30 | New drug assessments and cost-effectiveness assessments: methods and their rationale - Comparative drugs assessments: benefits and pitfalls. Beate Wieseler or Thomas Kaiser, IQWiG, Germany - Critical appraisal of Cost effectiveness. Ken Bassett - 30 years of exhaustive assessments of new drugs in France Gilles Mignot (Prescrire, F) Moderator:Wright |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 13:00 | Conflict of interests’ policy: why and how it contributes to sustainability - Keynote speaker: Sismondo - At the bulletin level: results of the ISDB survey; sharing best practices. - David Menkes (Healthy Skepticism, NZ, moderator of ISDB Conflict of interest working group) - Agreement on ISDB standards for CoI Moderator:Barbara Mintzes |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | 14:00 - 16:00 Outdoor Activities |
| 16:00 - 1700 | Workshops II: Skills training 1 A - Creating and updating a website for your bulletin [Facilitator: TI] B - Making your website an effective communication tool [Facilitator: CA] C - Writing for lay people (themes, editorial methods) [Facilitator: Public Citizen]Jõrg will call them D - Building alliances and coalitions[Facilitator: Teresa Alves & Natalia] |
| 17:00 - 18:00 | New Committee election: Presentation of the new team candidates; Vote Photos: |
| 18:00 - 19:30 | Dinner |
| 19:30 - 21:30 | Fun Activity + Socializing
[Meeting of the New Committee] |
Tuesday 27
| 07:30 - 09:00 | Breakfast |
| 09:00 - 09:45 | Hidden agendas: Drug industry’s invisible influence on prescribers Speaker: Adriane Fugh-Berman, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA |
| 09:45 - 10:30 | ISDB’s new Committee priorities and working methods for the next 3 years: - Presentation by the New Committee - Exchanges with participants to seek for their advice/motivation - Constitution of working groups: listing the new ISDB working groups Moderator:Natalia |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | ISDB Working groups’ first meeting For each working group: - Collectively defining the aims of the working group & Identification of a working group Convenor/Coordinator. |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Report of ISDB working groups in plenary by the rapporteurs of each working group Moderator:ISDB New President Secretary:ISDB New General Secretary |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | Surrogate endpoints: Do we really need them? Speaker: David Menkes Moderator: Florence |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Coffee Break |
| 15:30 - 17:00 | Workshops III: Skills Training 2 A - Why and how to make the content of your bulletin fit for health professionals’ continuing education programmes and e-learning (content)? - Prescrire & Benito B - Why and how to make the content of your bulletin fit for new technologies (e-journals, prescription helpers, hospital databases, apps for mobile devices: iPhones, Android & iPads)? - TI? |
| 17:00 - 18:00 | The risk proliferation syndrome Keynote Speaker: Donald Light Moderator:Dulce |
| 18:00 - 19:30 | Dinner |
| 19:30 - 21:30 | Conclusion of the General Assembly - Messages and tasks to take home by the new ISDB President - Closing word by the organizing host Ciprian Jauca (TI, C). Fun Activity + Socializing |
Wednesday 28
| 07:30 - 09:00 | Breakfast |
| 09:00 - 12:00 | Check Out & Outdoor Activities |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 - 18:00 | Drop off at Airport and/or Downtown |

