Almost 5 years ago something interesting happened in Edinburgh. REWARD and EQUATOR teamed up and organized a joint conference on “Increasing value and reducing waste in biomedical research “. Over the last five years, that topic has dominated Meta-research and research improvement activities all over the world. Now 5 years later, it is again time for another REWARD and EQUATOR conference, this time in Berlin. And I have the honor to serve on the local organizing committee.
My role is so small, that the LOC is currently not even mentioned on the website. But the website does show some other names, promising a great event! it starts with the theme. which is “Challenges and opportunities for Improvement for Ethics Committees and Regulators, Publishers, Institutions and Researchers, Funders – and Methods for measuring and testing Interventions”. That is not a sexy title like 5 years ago, but it shows that the field has outgrown the alarmistic phase and is now looking for real and lasting changes for the better – a move I can only encourage. See you in Berlin?
bob siegerink 