2026 OHDSI Global Symposium

Tentative Agenda

Tuesday (Tutorials)

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7:00 am – 8:00 am • Registration
8:00 am – 12:00 pm • Morning tutorials
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm • Lunch
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm • Afternoon tutorials
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm • Break, Hang up posters
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm • Network reception

Wednesday (Main Conference)

7:00 am – 8:00 am • Registration
8:00 am – 8:30 am • State of the Community (George Hripcsak, Columbia University)
8:30 am – 9:15 am • OHDSI Year In Review (Early-Stage Researcher WG)
9:15 am – 10:00 am • Collaborator Showcase: Posters and Demos #1
10:00 am – 11:00 am • Plenary #1: Federated Learning Meets Negative Control Calibration: Toward Reliable Multi-Site Evidence Generation (Yong Chen, University of Pennsylvania)
11:00 am – 12:00 pm • Plenary #2: Beyond the Defaults: How the OHDSI Community is Adapting, Extending, and Reimagining Its Tools (Scott Duvall, PurpleLab)
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm • Lunch
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm • Plenary #3: The role of national initiatives in supporting sustainability, collaboration, and growth of OHDSI (Ed Burn, Oxford University)
2:00 pm – 2:45 pm • Collaborator Showcase: Lightning Talks #1
2:45 pm – 3:30 pm • Collaborator Showcase: Posters and Demos #2
3:30 pm – 4:15 pm • Collaborator Showcase: Posters and Demos #3
4:15 pm – 5:00 pm • Collaborator Showcase: Lightning Talks #1
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm • Titan Awards, Closing (Patrick Ryan, Johnson & Johnson/Columbia University)
6:00 pm – 8:30 pm • Dinner on your own
8:30 pm – 11:30 pm • OHDSI Jam Session

Thursday (Workgroup Activities)

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7:00 am – 8:00 am • Registration
8:00 am – 10:00 am • Workgroup activities #1
10:00 am – 10:30 am • Break
10:30 am – 12:30 pm • Workgroup activities #2
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm • Lunch
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm • Workgroup activities #3
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm • Workgroup summary

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