Conference Agenda

Session Overview
 
Date: Sunday, 24/Aug/2025
9:00am - 10:30amTargeted Learning
Oliver Dukes, Stijn Vansteelandt, Shaun Seaman
Location: Biozentrum U1.111
9:00am - 10:30amThe design of simulation studies
Tim P. Morris, Ian R. White
Location: Biozentrum U1.131
9:00am - 10:30amNetwork meta-analysis: from key concepts to advanced methods
Virginia Chiocchia, Konstantina Chalkou, Orestis Efthimiou, Tasnim Hamza, Georgia Salanti
Location: Biozentrum U1.141
9:00am - 10:30amGood Software Engineering Practice for R Packages
Audrey Te-ying Yeo, Alessandro Gasparini, Daniel Sabanés Bové
Location: Biozentrum U1.101
9:00am - 10:30amBayesian Methods for Precision Medicine
Peter F. Thall
Location: Biozentrum U1.197
10:30am - 11:00amCoffee Break
11:00am - 12:30pmTargeted Learning
Location: Biozentrum U1.111
11:00am - 12:30pmThe design of simulation studies
Location: Biozentrum U1.131
11:00am - 12:30pmNetwork meta-analysis: from key concepts to advanced methods
Location: Biozentrum U1.141
11:00am - 12:30pmGood Software Engineering Practice for R Packages
Location: Biozentrum U1.101
11:00am - 12:30pmBayesian Methods for Precision Medicine
Location: Biozentrum U1.197
12:30pm - 1:30pmLunch
1:30pm - 3:00pmTargeted Learning
Location: Biozentrum U1.111
1:30pm - 3:00pmThe design of simulation studies
Location: Biozentrum U1.131
1:30pm - 3:00pmNetwork meta-analysis: from key concepts to advanced methods
Location: Biozentrum U1.141
1:30pm - 3:00pmGood Software Engineering Practice for R Packages
Location: Biozentrum U1.101
1:30pm - 3:00pmMulti-state models: theory, applications and new developments
Liesbeth de Wreede, Hein Putter
Location: Biozentrum U1.197
3:00pm - 3:30pmCoffee Break
3:30pm - 5:00pmTargeted Learning
Location: Biozentrum U1.111
3:30pm - 5:00pmThe design of simulation studies
Location: Biozentrum U1.131
3:30pm - 5:00pmNetwork meta-analysis: from key concepts to advanced methods
Location: Biozentrum U1.141
3:30pm - 5:00pmGood Software Engineering Practice for R Packages
Location: Biozentrum U1.101
3:30pm - 5:00pmMulti-state models: theory, applications and new developments
Location: Biozentrum U1.197
6:00pm - 10:00pmStudent Gathering

 
Date: Monday, 25/Aug/2025
9:00am - 9:30amFormal opening
Location: Biozentrum U1.111
9:00am - 9:30amFormal opening
Location: Biozentrum U1.131, U1.141, U1.101 & ETH E27, E23, E21
Livestream of the plenary
9:30am - 10:45amConfidence distributions: new tools to design, adapt and analyse clinical trials
Ian Marschner
Location: Biozentrum U1.111
Session Chair: Thomas Jaki
9:30am - 10:45amConfidence distributions: new tools to design, adapt and analyse clinical trials
Location: Biozentrum U1.131, U1.141, U1.101 & ETH E27, E23, E21
Session Chair: Thomas Jaki
Livestream of the plenary
10:45am - 11:30amCoffee Break
10:45am - 11:30amPoster Exhibition: M / Monday posters at ETH
Location: ETH, UG hall
10:45am - 11:30amPoster Exhibition: M / Monday posters at Biozentrum
Location: Biozentrum, 2nd floor
11:30am - 1:00pmWhen worlds collide: Common methodological themes in meta-analysis, causal inference, and hybrid trial design
Location: Biozentrum U1.111
Session Chair: David Phillippo
11:30am - 1:00pmEfficient analyses of clinical trials
Location: Biozentrum U1.131
Session Chair: Tomasz Burzykowski
11:30am - 1:00pmPoster Highlights
Location: Biozentrum U1.141
Session Chair: Jenny Devenport
Session Chair: Jianmei Wang
11:30am - 1:00pmDynamic borrowing and basket trials
Location: Biozentrum U1.101
Session Chair: Isaac Gravestock
11:30am - 1:00pmCausal inference - dealing with bias
Location: ETH E27
Session Chair: Julie Josse
11:30am - 1:00pmSurvival analysis 1
Location: ETH E23
Session Chair: Thomas Scheike
11:30am - 1:00pmPrediction / prognostic modelling 1
Location: ETH E21
Session Chair: Aris Perperoglou
11:30am - 1:00pmPoster Exhibition: M / Monday posters at ETH
Location: ETH, UG hall
11:30am - 1:00pmPoster Exhibition: M / Monday posters at Biozentrum
Location: Biozentrum, 2nd floor
1:00pm - 2:00pmLunch
1:00pm - 2:00pmPoster Exhibition: M / Monday posters at ETH
Location: ETH, UG hall
1:00pm - 2:00pmPoster Exhibition: M / Monday posters at Biozentrum
Location: Biozentrum, 2nd floor
2:00pm - 3:30pmAI-driven multi-omics data integration
Location: Biozentrum U1.111
Session Chair: Niko Beerenwinkel
2:00pm - 3:30pmDefining estimands for clinical trials
Location: Biozentrum U1.131
Session Chair: Kelly Van Lancker
2:00pm - 3:30pmAdaptive and multi-arm multi-stage trials
Location: Biozentrum U1.141
Session Chair: Nigel Stallard
2:00pm - 3:30pmCausal inference: target trial emulation
Location: Biozentrum U1.101
Session Chair: Shaun Seaman
2:00pm - 3:30pmMeta-analysis 1
Location: ETH E27
Session Chair: Antonio Remiro-Azocar
2:00pm - 3:30pmPrediction / prognostic modelling 2
Location: ETH E23
Session Chair: Ewout Steyerberg
2:00pm - 3:30pmJoint / longitudinal modelling
Location: ETH E21
Session Chair: Michael Crowther
2:00pm - 3:30pmPoster Exhibition: M / Monday posters at ETH
Location: ETH, UG hall
2:00pm - 3:30pmPoster Exhibition: M / Monday posters at Biozentrum
Location: Biozentrum, 2nd floor
3:30pm - 4:00pmCoffee Break
3:30pm - 4:00pmPoster Exhibition: M / Monday posters at ETH
Location: ETH, UG hall
3:30pm - 4:00pmPoster Exhibition: M / Monday posters at Biozentrum
Location: Biozentrum, 2nd floor
4:00pm - 5:30pmPrediction modelling meets causal inference for clinical decision making
Location: Biozentrum U1.111
Session Chair: Ruth Keogh
4:00pm - 5:30pmEstimands: causal and multiple imputation approaches
Location: Biozentrum U1.131
Session Chair: Ian R White
4:00pm - 5:30pmClinical trials and regulatory issues
Location: Biozentrum U1.141
Session Chair: Marcia Rueckbeil
4:00pm - 5:30pmModel selection and simulations
Location: Biozentrum U1.101
Session Chair: Tim P. Morris
4:00pm - 5:30pmBayesian methods 1
Location: ETH E27
Session Chair: Daniel Sabanés Bové
4:00pm - 5:30pmMulti-omics data integration
Location: ETH E23
Session Chair: Charlotte Soneson
4:00pm - 5:30pmBiomarker studies & diagnostic tests
Location: ETH E21
Session Chair: Annette Kopp-Schneider
4:00pm - 5:30pmPoster Exhibition: M / Monday posters at ETH
Location: ETH, UG hall
4:00pm - 5:30pmPoster Exhibition: M / Monday posters at Biozentrum
Location: Biozentrum, 2nd floor
6:00pm - 8:30pmWelcome reception

 
Date: Tuesday, 26/Aug/2025
8:45am - 9:15amPoster Exhibition: T / Tuesday posters at ETH
Location: ETH, UG hall
8:45am - 9:15amPoster Exhibition: T / Tuesday posters at Biozentrum
Location: Biozentrum, 2nd floor
9:15am - 10:45amMathematical and Statistical Modelling in the Life Sciences: Seeking causal explanations
Location: Biozentrum U1.111
Session Chair: Jack Kuipers
9:15am - 10:45amClinical trials with longitudinal and clustered data
Location: Biozentrum U1.131
Session Chair: Garth Tarr
9:15am - 10:45amBayesian methods 2
Location: Biozentrum U1.141
Session Chair: Lukas Andreas Widmer
9:15am - 10:45amMachine learning 1
Location: Biozentrum U1.101
Session Chair: Andreas Ziegler
9:15am - 10:45amInfectious disease modelling
Location: ETH E27
Session Chair: Liesbeth C de Wreede
9:15am - 10:45amMeta science 1
Location: ETH E23
Session Chair: Leonhard Held
9:15am - 10:45amDesign and analysis of trials in rare diseases
Location: ETH E21
Session Chair: Martin Posch
9:15am - 10:45amPoster Exhibition: T / Tuesday posters at ETH
Location: ETH, UG hall
9:15am - 10:45amPoster Exhibition: T / Tuesday posters at Biozentrum
Location: Biozentrum, 2nd floor
10:45am - 11:30amCoffee Break
10:45am - 11:30amPoster Exhibition: T / Tuesday posters at ETH
Location: ETH, UG hall
10:45am - 11:30amPoster Exhibition: T / Tuesday posters at Biozentrum
Location: Biozentrum, 2nd floor
11:30am - 1:00pmOptimizing efficiency in adaptive trial designs
Location: Biozentrum U1.111
Session Chair: Katherine Lee
11:30am - 1:00pmSurvival and recurrent events in clinical trials
Location: Biozentrum U1.131
Session Chair: Theis Lange
11:30am - 1:00pmAlternative estimands in causal inference
Location: Biozentrum U1.141
Session Chair: Elise Dumas
11:30am - 1:00pmMachine learning, deep learning, and AI
Location: Biozentrum U1.101
Session Chair: Mark van de Wiel
11:30am - 1:00pmMeta-analysis 2
Location: ETH E27
Session Chair: Keith R Abrams
11:30am - 1:00pmMeta science 2
Location: ETH E23
Session Chair: Carsten Oliver Schmidt
11:30am - 1:00pmStatistical methods in epidemiology
Location: ETH E21
Session Chair: Stefania Galimberti
11:30am - 1:00pmPoster Exhibition: T / Tuesday posters at ETH
Location: ETH, UG hall
11:30am - 1:00pmPoster Exhibition: T / Tuesday posters at Biozentrum
Location: Biozentrum, 2nd floor
1:00pm - 2:00pmLunch
1:00pm - 2:00pmPoster Exhibition: T / Tuesday posters at ETH
Location: ETH, UG hall
1:00pm - 2:00pmPoster Exhibition: T / Tuesday posters at Biozentrum
Location: Biozentrum, 2nd floor
2:00pm - 6:00pmExcursions

 
Date: Wednesday, 27/Aug/2025
9:00am - 10:30amCracking causal questions: Estimands for reliable and clinically relevant evidence
Location: Biozentrum U1.111
Session Chair: Marcel Wolbers
9:00am - 10:30amDesign and evaluation of clinical trials
Location: Biozentrum U1.131
Session Chair: Babak Choodari-Oskooei
9:00am - 10:30amCompeting events and multi-state modelling
Location: Biozentrum U1.141
Session Chair: Sarah Friedrich
9:00am - 10:30amMachine learning 2
Location: Biozentrum U1.101
Session Chair: Wessel van Wieringen
9:00am - 10:30amPrediction / prognostic modelling 3
Location: ETH E27
Session Chair: Carolin Strobl
9:00am - 10:30amInfectious disease and longitudinal modelling
Location: ETH E23
Session Chair: Hein Putter
9:00am - 10:30amBiomarker studies & mixed topics
Location: ETH E21
Session Chair: Krista Fischer
9:00am - 10:30amPoster Exhibition: W / Wednesday posters at ETH
Location: ETH, UG hall
9:00am - 10:30amPoster Exhibition: W / Wednesday posters at Biozentrum
Location: Biozentrum, 2nd floor
10:30am - 11:00amCoffee Break
10:30am - 11:00amPoster Exhibition: W / Wednesday posters at ETH
Location: ETH, UG hall
10:30am - 11:00amPoster Exhibition: W / Wednesday posters at Biozentrum
Location: Biozentrum, 2nd floor
11:00am - 11:15amSession chair's introduction
Vanessa Didelez
Location: Biozentrum U1.111
11:00am - 11:15amSession chair's introduction
Location: Biozentrum U1.131, U1.141, U1.101 & ETH E27, E23, E21
Livestream of the plenary
11:15am - 12:15pmStatistical and causal perspectives on machine learning in estimating individualized treatment strategies
Erica E. M. Moodie
Location: Biozentrum U1.111
Session Chair: Vanessa Didelez
11:15am - 12:15pmStatistical and causal perspectives on machine learning in estimating individualized treatment strategies
Location: Biozentrum U1.131, U1.141, U1.101 & ETH E27, E23, E21
Session Chair: Vanessa Didelez
Livestream of the plenary
12:15pm - 1:30pmISCB Annual General Meeting
Location: Biozentrum U1.111
12:15pm - 1:30pmPoster Exhibition: W / Wednesday posters at ETH
Location: ETH, UG hall
12:15pm - 1:30pmPoster Exhibition: W / Wednesday posters at Biozentrum
Location: Biozentrum, 2nd floor
1:00pm - 2:00pmLunch
1:00pm - 2:00pmPoster Exhibition: W / Wednesday posters at ETH
Location: ETH, UG hall
1:00pm - 2:00pmPoster Exhibition: W / Wednesday posters at Biozentrum
Location: Biozentrum, 2nd floor
2:00pm - 3:30pmImproving replicability in clinical biostatistics
Location: Biozentrum U1.111
Session Chair: Anne-Laure Boulesteix
2:00pm - 3:30pmRandomization and analysis of clinical trials
Location: Biozentrum U1.131
Session Chair: Stephen Senn
2:00pm - 3:30pmSurvival analysis 2
Location: Biozentrum U1.141
Session Chair: Martina Mittlböck
2:00pm - 3:30pmCausal inference: Mixed topics
Location: Biozentrum U1.101
Session Chair: Stijn Vansteelandt
2:00pm - 3:30pmInnovation in oncology dose escalation trials and beyond
Location: ETH E27
Session Chair: Sebastian Weber
2:00pm - 3:30pmMissing data and imputation
Location: ETH E23
Session Chair: Jonathan Bartlett
2:00pm - 3:30pmObservational/real-world data 1
Location: ETH E21
Session Chair: Michail Katsoulis
2:00pm - 3:30pmPoster Exhibition: W / Wednesday posters at ETH
Location: ETH, UG hall
2:00pm - 3:30pmPoster Exhibition: W / Wednesday posters at Biozentrum
Location: Biozentrum, 2nd floor
3:30pm - 4:00pmCoffee Break
3:30pm - 4:00pmPoster Exhibition: W / Wednesday posters at ETH
Location: ETH, UG hall
3:30pm - 4:00pmPoster Exhibition: W / Wednesday posters at Biozentrum
Location: Biozentrum, 2nd floor
4:00pm - 5:30pmGenerative AI in clinical research and drug development (BBS invited session)
Location: Biozentrum U1.111
Session Chair: Giusi Moffa
4:00pm - 5:30pmEfficient use of interim analyses in clinical trials
Location: Biozentrum U1.131
Session Chair: Francois Mercier
4:00pm - 5:30pmSurvival analysis 3
Location: Biozentrum U1.141
Session Chair: Dominic Edmund Magirr
4:00pm - 5:30pmCausal inference in time-varying settings
Location: Biozentrum U1.101
Session Chair: Oliver Dukes
4:00pm - 5:30pmPrediction / prognostic modelling 4
Location: ETH E27
Session Chair: Richard D Riley
4:00pm - 5:30pmMeta-analysis 3
Location: ETH E23
Session Chair: Ulrike Held
4:00pm - 5:30pmObservational/real-world data 2
Location: ETH E21
Session Chair: Sabine Hoffmann
4:00pm - 5:30pmPoster Exhibition: W / Wednesday posters at ETH
Location: ETH, UG hall
4:00pm - 5:30pmPoster Exhibition: W / Wednesday posters at Biozentrum
Location: Biozentrum, 2nd floor
6:00pm - 11:00pmConference Dinner

 
Date: Thursday, 28/Aug/2025
9:15am - 10:45amMini-Symposium 1: Causal Inference for Improved Clinical Collaborations: A Practicum
Location: Biozentrum U1.111
9:15am - 10:45amMini-Symposium 3: STRATOS – Statistical Research needs to improve – on the important roles of simulation studies and guidance for analysis: Phases of methodological research
Location: Biozentrum U1.131
9:15am - 10:45amMini-Symposium 2: Early Career Biostatisticians’ (ECB) Day
Location: ETH E21 & E23
10:45am - 11:30amCoffee Break
11:30am - 1:00pmMini-Symposium 1: Causal Inference for Improved Clinical Collaborations: A Practicum
Location: Biozentrum U1.111
11:30am - 1:00pmMini-Symposium 3: STRATOS – Statistical Research needs to improve – on the important roles of simulation studies and guidance for analysis: Talks from TGs and panels
Location: Biozentrum U1.131
11:30am - 1:00pmMini-Symposium 2: Early Career Biostatisticians’ (ECB) Day
Location: ETH E21 & E23
1:00pm - 2:00pmLunch
2:00pm - 3:30pmMini-Symposium 4: Enhancing Cancer Clinical Trials with Patient-Reported Outcomes: Insights from SISAQOL-IMI
Location: Biozentrum U1.111
3:30pm - 4:00pmCoffee Break
4:00pm - 5:30pmMini-Symposium 4: Enhancing Cancer Clinical Trials with Patient-Reported Outcomes: Insights from SISAQOL-IMI
Location: Biozentrum U1.111