About the event
Join us for the first SPHERE-PPL Annual Meeting, focussing on Health Modelling and Forecasting.
This full-day event will bring together experts in a range of fields from industry, academia, and government to discuss cutting-edge research and explore collaborative opportunities within health.
Meeting participants will:
- Network with policy specialists and data scientists to discuss issues through a common language
- Identify forecasting contests that the SPHERE-PPL Community will undertake, and contribute to the design and outcomes of these endeavours to maximise their impact.
- Prioritise the training and support provided by SPHERE-PPL to the community to expedite the development of analytical capabilities where they are most urgently required
This event and the subsequent forecasting contests have been funded by The Alan Turing Institute. For more information, please email [email protected].
Agenda
| Timings | Activity | Description |
| 8:30-9:00 | Arrivals and registration | |
| 9:00-9:05 | Welcome and housekeeping | |
| 9:05-9:15 | Introduction from the SPHERE-PPL Team | Meet the team and an introduction to the vision |
| 9:15-9:40 | Keynote 1 - Dr Lauren Cator | tbc |
| 9:40-10:05 | Keynote 2 - Dr Will Pearse | How forecasting and probabilistic programming can improve health outcomes |
| 10:05-10:30 | Keynote 3 - Dr Richard Wood | Insights from Modelling & Analytics within the NHS |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00-12:00 | Break-Out discussion | Identifying key challenges in health policy |
| 12:00-12:30 | Break-Out feedback | 2-minute presentations on challenges |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30-14:15 | Break-Out design | Groups design forecasting contests |
| 14:15-15:00 | Break-Out feedback | Group feedback and discussion of contest priorities |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 15:30-15:40 | Presentation - Dr Josh Tyler | What can SPHERE-PPL do for you? |
| 15:40-16:00 | Break-Out discussion | Brainstorming requests for workshops, training and support |
| 16:00-16:30 | Break-Out feedback | Creating a community priority list |
| 16:30-17:00 | Wrap-up |
Register now
Complete this form by Friday 6th December 2024.
Attendance is free but participation is limited to 50 in-person attendees, with an application required (there is no limit on the number of subsequent forecasting contest participants). We will email successful applicants in early December. Attendance is not limited by sector, discipline, background, or career stage. If you use data to ask questions about health, disease, or healthcare operations, this meeting is for you!
After this event, we will organise a series of follow-up on-line events to kick-off the forecasting contests and provide training in forecasting. More details will be shared at the meeting and afterwards on-line: if you can’t make the meeting, join the mailing list to join in!
