23rd Cochrane Colloquium
Symposium in Wien/Österreich
3.10.2015, 08:00 -
7.10.2015, 20:00
Filtering the information overload for better decisions
What if the key to improving the health of billions of people was locked inside the mountains of information being created every day?
The Austrian Cochrane Branch warmly welcomes all interested persons to the 23rd Colloquium in Vienna, entitled “Filtering the information overload for better decisions”. The newcomers’ session and pre-colloquium meetings will begin on October 3, 2015 and lead into a four-day scientific program ending on October 7, 2015.
Every day we are bombarded with an exponentially increasing quantity of information. In the background, data is being collected, stored, saved, and sometimes hidden in such quantities that our ability to process the data – to produce valid interpretations of its meaning or usefulness - cannot keep pace. The Cochrane Collaboration, a pioneer, trailblazer, and global leader in the field of synthesizing evidence for promoting healthy decisions, has the chance – and the obligation – to respond to this “information overload” and, as it has done in the past, turn the problem into a solution.
Vienna is particularly beautiful in autumn, when the chestnut leaves turn gold and the weather is ideal for visiting the vast array of historic landmarks, museums, galleries, and parks. On the evening of October 3 we will launch the Colloquium with a welcome reception in one of the city’s most exclusive and splendid buildings - the Kursalon, where the Strauss brothers once charmed audiences with their famed Promenade Concerts. Colloquium attendees can mingle and catch up on the terrace of the ballroom overlooking the magnificent gardens of the Stadtpark (City park) while enjoying a glass of Grüner Veltliner or Riesling from the Wachau Valley wine region, home of the Austrian Cochrane Branch (Danube University Krems). To end the colloquium, we have been invited by the Vienna City Mayor to enjoy a Gala dinner in the opulently decorated main ballroom of the Gothic-styled Vienna Town Hall. Perhaps you will be willing to demonstrate your newly acquired dancing talents by waltzing to the Schöne Blaue Donau under the imposing chandeliers of a magnificent Viennese ballroom?
Wir freuen uns auf Ihr Kommen!
Gerald Gartlehner and Kylie Thaler
Director and Associate Director, Austrian Cochrane Branch
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