Multimedia from the Plenaries at the 17th Cochrane Colloquium in Singapore, October 2009

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Opening session

Sunday 11 October, 16:00-17:30h

Facing the future

Opening: Lion Dance, Greeting and Guest of Honor Prof. K. Satku Watch (slides with video and audio) Listen (mp3)

Evidence and values: East meets West Lim Meng Kin, National University of Singapore, Singapore Watch (slides with video and audio) Listen (mp3)

'The audacity of it': The Strategic Review of The Cochrane Collaboration Jeremy Grimshaw, Cochrane Collaboration Strategic Review Team Watch (slides with video and audio) Listen (mp3)

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Plenary session 1

Monday 12 October, 09:15-10:45h

The Cochrane Collaboration as a virtual college: approaches to capacity development

South East Asia: SEA-ORCHID Project Pisake Lumbiganon, Thai Cochrane Network, Thailand Watch (slides with video and audio) Listen (mp3)

South America: EVIPNet Tomas Pantoja, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile Watch (slides with video and audio) Listen (mp3)

Africa: Reviews for Africa Programme Jimmy Volmink, South African Cochrane Centre, South Africa Watch (slides with video and audio) Listen (mp3)

Middle East: ViTaMIN Project Zbys Fedorowicz, Bahrain Cochrane Branch, Bahrain Watch (slides with video and audio) Listen (mp3)

The Cochrane Collaboration and the World Health Organization David Tovey, Editor in Chief, The Cochrane Library Davina Ghersi, Department of Research Policy and Cooperation, WHO Watch (slides with video and audio) Listen (mp3)

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Plenary session 2

Tuesday 13 October, 09:15-10:45h

Complexity in Cochrane reviews: dealing with degrees of difficulty

Systematic reviews in traditional Chinese medicine: an example of complexity of intervention, design and setting Jin Ling Tang, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China Watch (slides with video and audio) Listen (mp3)

Design complexity: integrating diverse and complex study designs in systematic reviews Mark Petticrew, University of London, UK Watch (slides with video and audio) Listen (mp3)

Exactly what treatment? Review authors’ challenges in going from trials to practice Paul Glasziou, University of Oxford, UK Watch (slides with video and audio) Listen (mp3)

Contextual complexity: applying the results of reviews to diverse settings and populations Russell Gruen, Monash University, Australia Watch (slides with video and audio) Listen (mp3)

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Closing Session

Wednesday 14 October, 16:00-17:30h

The Cochrane Library - brave new world?

Communicating health information Norman Swan, journalist and broadcaster, ABC Radio, Australia Not available

Cochrane for the Twitter generation: inserting ourselves into the conversation Chris Mavergames, Web Operations Manager and Information Architect, The Cochrane Collaboration Watch (slides with video and audio) Listen (mp3)

Cochrane for the Twitter generation: gr8 or grate? David Tovey, Editor in Chief, The Cochrane Library Watch (slides with video and audio) Listen (mp3)

Future perfect? The Strategic Review from here Jonathan Craig, incoming Co-Chair, The Cochrane Collaboration Watch (slides with video and audio) Listen (mp3)

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