Conference Agenda

Session Overview

Date: Wednesday, 27/Aug/2025
9:00am - 10:30am	Cracking causal questions: Estimands for reliable and clinically relevant evidence Location: Biozentrum U1.111 Chair: Marcel Wolbers	Design and evaluation of clinical trials Location: Biozentrum U1.131 Chair: Babak Choodari-Oskooei	Competing events and multi-state modelling Location: Biozentrum U1.141 Chair: Sarah Friedrich	Machine learning 2 Location: Biozentrum U1.101 Chair: Wessel van Wieringen	Prediction / prognostic modelling 3 Location: ETH E27 Chair: Carolin Strobl	Infectious disease and longitudinal modelling Location: ETH E23 Chair: Hein Putter	Biomarker studies & mixed topics Location: ETH E21 Chair: Krista Fischer	Poster Exhibition: W / Wednesday posters at ETH Location: ETH, UG hall	Poster Exhibition: W / Wednesday posters at Biozentrum Location: Biozentrum, 2nd floor
10:30am - 11:00am	Coffee Break			Poster Exhibition: W / Wednesday posters at ETH Location: ETH, UG hall			Poster Exhibition: W / Wednesday posters at Biozentrum Location: Biozentrum, 2nd floor
11:00am - 11:15am	Session chair's introduction Vanessa Didelez Location: Biozentrum U1.111				Session chair's introduction Location: Biozentrum U1.131, U1.141, U1.101 & ETH E27, E23, E21 Livestream of the plenary
11:15am - 12:15pm	Statistical and causal perspectives on machine learning in estimating individualized treatment strategies Erica E. M. Moodie Location: Biozentrum U1.111 Chair: Vanessa Didelez				Statistical and causal perspectives on machine learning in estimating individualized treatment strategies Location: Biozentrum U1.131, U1.141, U1.101 & ETH E27, E23, E21 Chair: Vanessa Didelez Livestream of the plenary
12:15pm - 1:30pm	ISCB Annual General Meeting Location: Biozentrum U1.111			Poster Exhibition: W / Wednesday posters at ETH Location: ETH, UG hall			Poster Exhibition: W / Wednesday posters at Biozentrum Location: Biozentrum, 2nd floor
1:00pm - 2:00pm	Lunch			Poster Exhibition: W / Wednesday posters at ETH Location: ETH, UG hall			Poster Exhibition: W / Wednesday posters at Biozentrum Location: Biozentrum, 2nd floor
2:00pm - 3:30pm	Improving replicability in clinical biostatistics Location: Biozentrum U1.111 Chair: Anne-Laure Boulesteix	Randomization and analysis of clinical trials Location: Biozentrum U1.131 Chair: Stephen Senn	Survival analysis 2 Location: Biozentrum U1.141 Chair: Martina Mittlböck	Causal inference: Mixed topics Location: Biozentrum U1.101 Chair: Stijn Vansteelandt	Innovation in oncology dose escalation trials and beyond Location: ETH E27 Chair: Sebastian Weber	Missing data and imputation Location: ETH E23 Chair: Jonathan Bartlett	Observational/real-world data 1 Location: ETH E21 Chair: Michail Katsoulis	Poster Exhibition: W / Wednesday posters at ETH Location: ETH, UG hall	Poster Exhibition: W / Wednesday posters at Biozentrum Location: Biozentrum, 2nd floor
3:30pm - 4:00pm	Coffee Break			Poster Exhibition: W / Wednesday posters at ETH Location: ETH, UG hall			Poster Exhibition: W / Wednesday posters at Biozentrum Location: Biozentrum, 2nd floor
4:00pm - 5:30pm	Generative AI in clinical research and drug development (BBS invited session) Location: Biozentrum U1.111 Chair: Giusi Moffa	Efficient use of interim analyses in clinical trials Location: Biozentrum U1.131 Chair: Francois Mercier	Survival analysis 3 Location: Biozentrum U1.141 Chair: Dominic Edmund Magirr	Causal inference in time-varying settings Location: Biozentrum U1.101 Chair: Oliver Dukes	Prediction / prognostic modelling 4 Location: ETH E27 Chair: Richard D Riley	Meta-analysis 3 Location: ETH E23 Chair: Ulrike Held	Observational/real-world data 2 Location: ETH E21 Chair: Sabine Hoffmann	Poster Exhibition: W / Wednesday posters at ETH Location: ETH, UG hall	Poster Exhibition: W / Wednesday posters at Biozentrum Location: Biozentrum, 2nd floor
6:00pm - 11:00pm	Conference Dinner