The Australasian Cochrane Symposium was held in Melbourne on 1 July, 2011, with the theme 'Evidence, Communication and Impact'. It was a successful and enjoyable day, with 170 Cochrane contributors from Australia and the region participating in a fascinating program of speakers and workshops. Visit the Symposium website.
Download the Programme Book to read the abstracts (2.5MB).
Presentations from the Symposium plenaries are now available online - see links below - and Melissa Sweet has kindly posted a summary of the Twitter conversation throughout the day on the Croakey health blog.
Plenary 1: Enhancing the usefulness and impact of systematic reviews
 | The Cochrane Collaboration: people and product for improving policy and practice |
 | When simple meta-analysis is not enough: comparing multiple interventions is attractive but challenging |
 | Neuraminidase inhibitors for influenza: avoiding published data. A new era? |
 | Intervention synthesis: from meta-analysis to usable treatments |
 | Systematic reviews: Synchronising NHMRC & Cochrane |
Plenary 2: Communicating Evidence
 | NPS: using evidence to frame messages |
 | How can the digital revolution and social media help? |
 | Supporting evidence-based clinical care and health policy: how The Cochrane Library is changing to meet the challenges |