Annual Colloquia

The Cochrane Collaboration holds annual conferences, known as ‘Colloquia’, which are open to everyone. Colloquia are designed to bring people together in one place to discuss, develop and promote our work, and to shape the organisation’s future direction. Please see the Colloquium Policy Advisory Commitee's website for more information.

Our upcoming Colloquium:

2013 Quebec, Canada (19 - 23 September)

Past and future Colloquia:

• 1993 Oxford, UK (1st Cochrane Colloquium)
• 1994 Hamilton, Canada
• 1995 Oslo, Norway
• 1996 Adelaide, Australia - 'Making evidence-based health care a reality'
• 1997 Amsterdam, The Netherlands - 'Preparing, maintaining and disseminating the evidence'
• 1998 Baltimore, USA - 'Systematic reviews: evidence for action'
• 1999 Rome, Italy - 'The best evidence for health care: the role of The Cochrane Collaboration'
• 2000 Cape Town, South Africa - 'Evidence for action: challenges for The Cochrane Collaboration in the 21st century'
• 2001 Lyon, France - 'The evidence dissemination process: how to make it more efficient'
• 2002 Stavanger, Norway
• 2003 Barcelona, Spain - 'Evidence, health care and culture'
• 2004 Ottawa, Canada - 'Bridging the gaps'
• 2005 Melbourne, Australia - 'Corroboree'
• 2006 Dublin, Ireland - 'Come to the craic'   Multimedia (Video, PowerPoint, Slidecasts from the plenaries)
• 2007 Sao Paulo, Brazil - 'Evidence-based health care for all'   Multimedia (Podcasts, audio, Slidecasts from the plenaries)
• 2008 Freiburg, Germany (3-7 October) - 'Evidence in the era of globalisation' Multimedia (Podcasts, Slidecasts from the Plenaries)
• 2009 Singapore (11-14 October) - Multimedia (Slidecasts from the plenaries)
• 2010 Keystone, Colorado, USA (18-22 October)
• 2011 Madrid, Spain (19-22 October)
• 2012 Auckland, New Zealand (30 September - 3 October)
• 2013 Quebec, Canada (19-23 September)
• 2014 Hyderabad, India (21-25 September)
• 2015 Vienna, Austria (17-21 September)

Abstracts

Abstracts of oral and poster presentations are available from most past Colloquia

First annual Cochrane Colloquium

As part of a series of events to mark our 20th Anniversary in 2013, twenty-four videos - the Cochrane20 Video Series - were created focusing on the ideas, achievements and people that have contributed to its growth since 1993. See the fourth installment focussing on memories from the first ever meeting of Cochrane contributors, held in Oxford in October 1993: First annual Cochrane Colloquium