Keynote Speakers
Julie Glanville
Independant Consultant in Information Retreival
Julie is a qualified librarian who has worked in systematic reviews for more than 30 years. She is an independent consultant focusing on information retrieval for systematic reviews. She is an active trainer, searcher and reviewer.
From 2008 to June 2020, Julie was Associate Director of York Health
Economics Consortium (YHEC) and coordinated its information and review
services. Previously, Julie was Associate Director and Information Service Manager at the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD), University of York, for fourteen years.
Julie is a co-author of the Cochrane Handbook chapter on searching for
evidence and a co-manager of the ISSG Search Filter Resource and the SuReInfo HTA handbook.
Keynote Title: 'Developing searches to identify research evidence - what is the role of AI?'
Keynote synopsis: AI tools for evidence identification are proliferating and evolving rapidly. This session will look at the available research evidence for the use of AI tools for search strategy development, search planning and study identification, from the perspective of evidence synthesis. It will also consider how we can evaluate AI tools and how to keep up to date.
Dr Miriam Albers
Head of the Department Library, ZB MED Library
Dr Miriam Albers studied psychology and library science. She completed her doctorate on the topic of ‘Journal management in academic libraries and the
implications of the open access initiative’ in a collaborative project between the Technical University of Cologne and Humboldt University in Berlin.
After working at the Fraunhofer Society's central specialist information service, where she was responsible for the development of strategic projects, she joined the Technical University of Cologne, where she taught human resources and project management, electronic publishing and empirical methods to library students. She is currently acting head of the ZB MED library and is responsible for its strategic reorientation. At the same time, she works as a lecturer and trainer for personnel management, personality development and library management.
Keynote Title: 'OLSPub: An update on the OSLPub initiative (an alternative to PubMed)'
Keynote Synopsis: When we scan the horizon for threats to research infrastructure, fear is usually the first thing we see—fear of data loss, political backlash, or institutional failure. But true resilience doesn't come from fear, big budgets, or dominant players; it grows from openness, collaboration, and the courage to break old structures.
Programme
Final programme released from 5th January 2026 but look forward to thought-provoking sessions, practical advice, and plenty of opportunities to connect with peers.
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