Conference Time: 24th Aug 2025, 12:10:34pm CEST
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9:00am Targeted Learning Oliver Dukes, Stijn Vansteelandt, Shaun Seaman
Location: Biozentrum U1.111 The design of simulation studies Tim P. Morris, Ian R. White
Location: Biozentrum U1.131 Network meta-analysis: from key concepts to advanced methods Virginia Chiocchia , Konstantina Chalkou, Orestis Efthimiou, Tasnim Hamza, Georgia Salanti
Location: Biozentrum U1.141 Good Software Engineering Practice for R Packages Audrey Te-ying Yeo, Alessandro Gasparini, Daniel Sabanés Bové
Location: Biozentrum U1.101 Bayesian Methods for Precision Medicine Peter F. Thall
Location: Biozentrum U1.197
10:30am Coffee Break
11:00am Live Now Targeted Learning Location: Biozentrum U1.111 The design of simulation studies Location: Biozentrum U1.131 Network meta-analysis: from key concepts to advanced methods Location: Biozentrum U1.141 Good Software Engineering Practice for R Packages Location: Biozentrum U1.101 Bayesian Methods for Precision Medicine Location: Biozentrum U1.197
12:30pm Lunch
1:30pm Targeted Learning Location: Biozentrum U1.111 The design of simulation studies Location: Biozentrum U1.131 Network meta-analysis: from key concepts to advanced methods Location: Biozentrum U1.141 Good Software Engineering Practice for R Packages Location: Biozentrum U1.101 Multi-state models: theory, applications and new developments Liesbeth de Wreede, Hein Putter
Location: Biozentrum U1.197
3:00pm Coffee Break
3:30pm Targeted Learning Location: Biozentrum U1.111 The design of simulation studies Location: Biozentrum U1.131 Network meta-analysis: from key concepts to advanced methods Location: Biozentrum U1.141 Good Software Engineering Practice for R Packages Location: Biozentrum U1.101 Multi-state models: theory, applications and new developments Location: Biozentrum U1.197
6:00pm Student Gathering
9:00am Formal opening Location: Biozentrum U1.111 Formal opening Location: Biozentrum U1.131, U1.141, U1.101 & ETH E27, E23, E21 Livestream of the plenary
9:30am Confidence distributions: new tools to design, adapt and analyse clinical trials Ian Marschner
Location: Biozentrum U1.111 Chair: Thomas Jaki Confidence distributions: new tools to design, adapt and analyse clinical trials Location: Biozentrum U1.131, U1.141, U1.101 & ETH E27, E23, E21 Chair: Thomas Jaki Livestream of the plenary
10:45am Coffee Break Poster Exhibition: M / Monday posters at ETH Location: ETH, UG hall Poster Exhibition: M / Monday posters at Biozentrum Location: Biozentrum, 2nd floor
11:30am When worlds collide: Common methodological themes in meta-analysis, causal inference, and hybrid trial design Location: Biozentrum U1.111 Chair: David Phillippo Efficient analyses of clinical trials Location: Biozentrum U1.131 Chair: Tomasz Burzykowski Poster Highlights Location: Biozentrum U1.141 Chair: Jenny Devenport Chair: Jianmei Wang Dynamic borrowing and basket trials Location: Biozentrum U1.101 Chair: Isaac Gravestock Causal inference - dealing with bias Location: ETH E27 Chair: Julie Josse Survival analysis 1 Location: ETH E23 Chair: Thomas Scheike Prediction / prognostic modelling 1 Location: ETH E21 Chair: Aris Perperoglou Poster Exhibition: M / Monday posters at ETH Location: ETH, UG hall Poster Exhibition: M / Monday posters at Biozentrum Location: Biozentrum, 2nd floor
1:00pm Lunch Poster Exhibition: M / Monday posters at ETH Location: ETH, UG hall Poster Exhibition: M / Monday posters at Biozentrum Location: Biozentrum, 2nd floor
2:00pm AI-driven multi-omics data integration Location: Biozentrum U1.111 Chair: Niko Beerenwinkel Defining estimands for clinical trials Location: Biozentrum U1.131 Chair: Kelly Van Lancker Adaptive and multi-arm multi-stage trials Location: Biozentrum U1.141 Chair: Nigel Stallard Causal inference: target trial emulation Location: Biozentrum U1.101 Chair: Shaun Seaman Meta-analysis 1 Location: ETH E27 Chair: Antonio Remiro-Azocar Prediction / prognostic modelling 2 Location: ETH E23 Chair: Ewout Steyerberg Joint / longitudinal modelling Location: ETH E21 Chair: Michael Crowther Poster Exhibition: M / Monday posters at ETH Location: ETH, UG hall Poster Exhibition: M / Monday posters at Biozentrum Location: Biozentrum, 2nd floor
3:30pm Coffee Break Poster Exhibition: M / Monday posters at ETH Location: ETH, UG hall Poster Exhibition: M / Monday posters at Biozentrum Location: Biozentrum, 2nd floor
4:00pm Prediction modelling meets causal inference for clinical decision making Location: Biozentrum U1.111 Chair: Ruth Keogh Estimands: causal and multiple imputation approaches Location: Biozentrum U1.131 Chair: Ian R White Clinical trials and regulatory issues Location: Biozentrum U1.141 Chair: Marcia Rueckbeil Model selection and simulations Location: Biozentrum U1.101 Chair: Tim P. Morris Bayesian methods 1 Location: ETH E27 Chair: Daniel Sabanés Bové Multi-omics data integration Location: ETH E23 Chair: Charlotte Soneson Biomarker studies & diagnostic tests Location: ETH E21 Chair: Annette Kopp-Schneider Poster Exhibition: M / Monday posters at ETH Location: ETH, UG hall Poster Exhibition: M / Monday posters at Biozentrum Location: Biozentrum, 2nd floor
6:00pm Welcome reception
8:45am Poster Exhibition: T / Tuesday posters at ETH Location: ETH, UG hall Poster Exhibition: T / Tuesday posters at Biozentrum Location: Biozentrum, 2nd floor
9:15am Mathematical and Statistical Modelling in the Life Sciences: Seeking causal explanations Location: Biozentrum U1.111 Chair: Jack Kuipers Clinical trials with longitudinal and clustered data Location: Biozentrum U1.131 Chair: Garth Tarr Bayesian methods 2 Location: Biozentrum U1.141 Chair: Lukas Andreas Widmer Machine learning 1 Location: Biozentrum U1.101 Chair: Andreas Ziegler Infectious disease modelling Location: ETH E27 Chair: Liesbeth C de Wreede Meta science 1 Location: ETH E23 Chair: Leonhard Held Design and analysis of trials in rare diseases Location: ETH E21 Chair: Martin Posch Poster Exhibition: T / Tuesday posters at ETH Location: ETH, UG hall Poster Exhibition: T / Tuesday posters at Biozentrum Location: Biozentrum, 2nd floor
10:45am Coffee Break Poster Exhibition: T / Tuesday posters at ETH Location: ETH, UG hall Poster Exhibition: T / Tuesday posters at Biozentrum Location: Biozentrum, 2nd floor
11:30am Optimizing efficiency in adaptive trial designs Location: Biozentrum U1.111 Chair: Katherine Lee Survival and recurrent events in clinical trials Location: Biozentrum U1.131 Chair: Theis Lange Alternative estimands in causal inference Location: Biozentrum U1.141 Chair: Elise Dumas Machine learning, deep learning, and AI Location: Biozentrum U1.101 Chair: Mark van de Wiel Meta-analysis 2 Location: ETH E27 Chair: Keith R Abrams Meta science 2 Location: ETH E23 Chair: Carsten Oliver Schmidt Statistical methods in epidemiology Location: ETH E21 Chair: Stefania Galimberti Poster Exhibition: T / Tuesday posters at ETH Location: ETH, UG hall Poster Exhibition: T / Tuesday posters at Biozentrum Location: Biozentrum, 2nd floor
1:00pm Lunch Poster Exhibition: T / Tuesday posters at ETH Location: ETH, UG hall Poster Exhibition: T / Tuesday posters at Biozentrum Location: Biozentrum, 2nd floor
2:00pm Excursions
9:00am 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Conference Dinner
