Annual Meeting 2025 - Health Modelling & Forecasting

Key Outcomes

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:

  1. Network with policy specialists and data scientists to discuss issues through a common language

  2. Identify forecasting challenges that the SPHERE-PPL Community will undertake, and contribute to the design and outcomes of these endeavours to maximise their impact.

  3. 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.

Agenda

Timings Activity Description
9:30-10:00 Arrivals & Registration
10:00-10:15 Introduction from the SPHERE-PPL Team Meet the team and an introduction to the vision
10:15-10:40 Keynote 1 - Dr Hannah Rose Vineer One Health Vector-Bourne Disease Hub
10:40-11:00 Keynote 2 - Dr Richard Wood Insights from Modelling & Analytics within the NHS
11:00-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-12:15 Break-Out Discussion Identifying key challenges in health policy
12:15-12:45 Break-Out Feedback 2-minute presentations on challenges
12:45-13:45 Lunch
13:45-13:55 Presentation Building a Forecasting Contest
13:55-14:30 Break-Out Design Groups design forecasting contests
14:30-15:00 Break-Out Feedback Group feedback and discussion of contest priorities
15:00-15:30 Coffee Break
15:30-15:40 Presentation 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

Presentations

Activities

  • Mural Link
  • Activity 1 - Identifying Key Challenges in Health Policy word
  • Activity 2 - Designing a Forecasting Contest word
  • Activity 3 - Building a Community word