CONFERENCE schedule
The Conference will feature speakers who are leading experts in their fields, as well as workshops and panel discussions on a wide range of topics related to the AIM research themes. Delegates will have the opportunity to network with colleagues, participate in roundtable discussions, and engage in skill-building activities.
In addition to in-person attendance at the Conference, there will also be opportunities for remote engagement and participation.
Please visit our registration page for more information.
The draft agenda for the conference is below. Please note this is subject to change.
A downloadable copy of the Conference Schedule is available here.
Wednesday 26 April 2023
| 10.00 - 10.50 | Registration and Refreshments | Great Hall | ||
| 10.50 - 11.00 | House Keeping and Welcome | Bramall Concert Hall | ||
| 11.00 - 11.45 | Plenary Panel Bringing the Lived Experience into Research, Policy and Practice In this first session we will seek to (re)inspire and engage all attendees around the purpose of their work within AIM: to improve the lives of people affected by MLTCs and to deliver meaningful impact at a systemic level. Speakers: Living with Multiple Long-Term Conditions: Victoria Bartle Discussion: From individual experiences to populations - Translating research to a system level Chair: Monica Fletcher Panellists: Aziz Sheikh and Victoria Bartle Audience: Everyone working within the AIM investment, particularly researchers at all career stages and from all backgrounds | Bramall Concert Hall | ||
| 11.45 - 12.00 | Comfort Break | Bramall 1st Floor Foyer | ||
| 12.00 - 13.00 | Presentations AIM Consortia lightning talks A rapid overview of each of the seven AIM research consortia outlining their current and planned research priorities relating to data science and multiple long-term conditions. Each talk has a 7 minute slot and should be designed for a broad audience and to focus on the potential impact of the work for people living with MLTCs. Speakers: Guillermo Romero Moreno (AIM CISC), Lauren Walker (DynAIRx), Hajira Dambha-Miller (Cluster-AIM), Simon Fraser (MELD-B) & Michael Barnes and Nick Reynolds (AI MULTIPLY), Thomas Jackson (OPTIMAL), Thomas Jun (DECODE) Chair: Kirstie Whitaker Audience: Everyone working within the AIM investment | Bramall Concert Hall | ||
| 13.00 - 14.00 | Lunch and Poster Displays All posters welcome. They can be prospective plans, data from related project work, or current results from AIM consortia projects. | Great Hall | ||
| 14.00 - 15.30 | Breakout Session 1 Influencing policy, practice and funding A discussion on how AIM consortia and the RSF can work together to ensure that key findings and outputs reach policy makers, funders and practitioners to support ongoing change and continued investment beyond the AIM programme. Facilitators: Aziz Sheikh, Mon Fletcher and Esther Ingram Audience: Lead investigators and anyone working on articulating the impact of consortia outputs | Senate Chamber | ||
| 14.00 - 15.30 | Breakout Session 2 AI approaches and methodologies across AIM A discussion to map the different applications of AI methods across AIM investments with a goal of identifying similarities and articulating nuanced differences across AIM consortia projects. Facilitators: Chris Orton, Ashley Akbari, Mike Barnes, Christopher Yau, Asra Aslam and Nisreen Alwan Audience: Technical leads, statisticians, data intensive researchers across the AIM consortia | Bramall Concert Hall | ||
| 14.00 - 15.30 | Breakout Session 3 PPIE Community Connections A space for PPIE leads and contributors from across the AIM consortia to connect with each other and identify synergies and points of collaboration across the projects. Chairs: Sophia Batchelor, Lynsey Cross & Lynne Wright Audience: PPIE leads, AIM consortia members who are experts by experience | Great Hall | ||
| 15.30 - 16.00 | Refreshment Break | Great Hall | ||
| 16.00 - 17.00 | Group meetings Consortia and RSF team meetings A space for project teams to connect and to reflect on progress so far. This time is reserved for PIs to use as they prefer. | |||
| 17.00 - 19.00 | Free Time | |||
| 19.00 - 22.00 | Dinner | Botanical Gardens | ||
Thursday 27 April 2023
| 09.00 - 09.30 | Registration and Refreshments | Great Hall | ||
| 09:30 - 10.15 | Keynote AI as a medical device Speaker: Paul Campbell Chair: Chris Holmes Audience: All researchers across AIM investment | Bramall Concert Hall | ||
| 10.15 - 10.30 | Comfort Break | Bramall 1st Floor Foyer | ||
| 10.30 - 12.00 | Discussion session AI for MLTCs Bazaar An interactive discussion session where small groups can discuss topics of interest to conference attendees as curated in the registration process. The session will be split into 15 minute segments and attendees will have the opportunity to network and problem solve with colleagues across the AIM investment. Facilitator: Kirstie Whitaker Audience: Everyone working within the AIM investment | Bramall Concert Hall | ||
| 12.00 - 13.00 | Lunch | Great Hall | ||
| 13.00 - 14.00 | Breakout session 1 Selfish reasons to work reproducibly An opportunity to explore the ways in which working in a reproducible manner can help individual researchers. The session will provide an introduction to reproducibility discuss different ways in which it can make your life as a researcher easier. There will also be an opportunity for participants to share the challenges they have encountered (or anticipate) when working reproducibly. Speaker: Florian Markowetz Facilitators: Evelina Gabasova and Eirini Zormpa Audience: Researchers working hands-on or supervising someone doing hands-on work. No prior knowledge of reproducible ways of working will be required. | Bramall Concert Hall | ||
| 13.00 - 14.00 | Breakout Session 2 Synthetic data: training people and models An introduction to synthetic data: definitions, example use-cases, data privacy, data governance. Synthetic data can be used to support AI research, from simply getting familiar with data structures and developing prototype code (training people) to training machine learning models that go on to be applied to specific scientific questions. Applications relevant to the AIM consortia will be used where possible, for example synthetic data approaches within CPRD and SAIL Databank. Facilitators: Ann-Marie Mallon, Rachael Stickland and Mahwish Mohammad Speakers: Rachael Stickland, Mahwish Mohammad, Chris Orton Audience: Researchers working hands-on with data or involved in data governance. | Great Hall | ||
| 13.00 - 14.00 | Breakout Session 3 Engaging with industry to translate research to innovation Lessons learned from health industry experts in developing and deploying AI and data-intensive solutions into the health and social care system in the UK. Panelists: Yajing Zhu, Krish Nirantharakumar, Paul Campbell and Russell Pearson Chair: Katerina Payne Audience: Lead investigators and anyone working on translating research outputs to deployment in practice. | Senate Chamber | ||
| 14.00 - 14.30 | Coffee Break | Great Hall | ||
| 14.30 - 15.30 | Breakout Session 1 How to publish FAIR research outputs This session will expand the definition of "research output" to go beyond a research paper and include software, data and more. We will also talk about what the FAIR principles are and how to publish research outputs in accordance with them. This will be a practical session with information and tips on how to select a suitable repository, document and license the output properly, and publish a useful resource for other researchers to benefit from (and cite!) Facilitators: Evelina Gabasova and Eirini Zormpa Audience: Researchers working hands-on with data and analysis code. No prior knowledge of FAIR or reproducible ways of working will be required | Bramall Concert Hall | ||
| 14.30 - 15.30 | Breakout Session 2 Synthetic data: interactive session Attendees will take part in small group discussions about how synthetic data could help their current or future research, discussing the opportunities and challenges that come with using synthetic data within research. Facilitators: Ann-Marie Mallon, Rachael Stickland and Mahwish Mohammad Audience: Researchers working hands-on with data or involved in data governance. | Great Hall | ||
| 14.30 - 15.30 | Breakout Session 3 Future funding opportunities for AIM & MLTC research A presentation and discussion on funding opportunities at all career stages for MLTC research. Facilitators: Mario Moroso Audience: Lead investigators and early career researchers looking to develop their research leadership portfolio | Senate Chamber | ||
| 15.30 - 16.00 | Closing Remarks | |||
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