Symposium Programme
| Time | 23 May 2019 (Thursday) |
| 0800 – 0900 | Registration Welcome Reception |
| 0900 – 1025 | Opening Ceremony Opening Address Mr. Mark G. WILSON |
| 1025 – 1125 | Keynote Address I Use of Cochrane evidence to inform practice and healthcare policy Professor Martin J. BURTON |
| 1125 – 1150 | Coffee Break |
| 1150 – 1250 | Plenary Session I Integrating genomics into nursing practice Professor Laurie BADZEK Opportunities and challenges in the use of innovative health informatics and technologies for mental health care Professor Sally Wai Chi CHAN |
| 1250 – 1420 | Lunch Poster Presentation |
| 1420 – 1520 | Concurrent Session I |
| 1520 – 1545 | Coffee Break Poster Presentation |
| 1545 – 1715 | Round Table Discussion Professor Yaolong CHEN Professor Yingyao CHEN Professor Yan HU Professor Jianping LIU Professor Qin LIU Professor Feng SUN Professor Jiyao WANG Professor Roman D. XU |
| 1715 – 1830 | Concurrent Session II |
| Time | 24 May 2019 (Friday) |
| 0800 – 0845 | Registration |
| 0845 – 0945 | Keynote Address II Developing clinical practice guidelines using evidence: Tobacco cessation for patients with cardiovascular disease Professor Linda P. SARNA |
| 0945 – 1015 | Coffee Break Poster Presentation |
| 1015 – 1030 | Cultural Performance Bian Lian |
| 1030 – 1130 | Plenary Session II Life-cycle approach to population ageing: Evidence and challenge Professor Rintaro MORI A road toward evidence- based healthcare: experience from Taiwan Dr. Chiehfeng CHEN |
| 1130 – 1230 | Plenary Session III Generating and translating evidence in nursing: Achieving the best in health care Professor Alexandra McCARTHY Evidence-based cardiac rehabilitation: The changing face of usual care Professor David R. THOMPSON |
| 1230 – 1330 | Lunch Poster Presentation |
| 1330 – 1400 | Plenary Session IV Instrument development, testing, and use: The importance of reliable and valid tools for measuring outcomes Dr. Suzanne H. CAMPBELL |
| 1400 – 1530 | Concurrent Session III |
| 1530 – 1600 | Coffee Break Poster Presentation |
| 1600 – 1700 | Concurrent Session IV |
| 1700 – 1730 | Awards Presentation & Closing Ceremony Closing Address Professor Sek Ying CHAIR |
| 1830 | Symposium Dinner |
Post-symposium Workshops
| Time | 27 May 2019 (Monday) | 28 May 2019 (Tuesday) |
| 0830 - 0900 | Registration | |
| 0900 - 1700 | Workshop 1a* Workshop on interpreting systematic reviews and using Cochrane Reviews | Workshop 1b* Workshop on interpreting systematic reviews and using Cochrane Reviews |
| 0900-1700 | Workshop 2 Basic systematic review workshop |
* 1a and 1b are two identical workshops