ESI – August 2026 – Day 4

Day 4: August 6, 2026

 

 

Time  (EDT)
 Topic Session Session Lead 
11:00 Breakout Session 1 (choose 1):

Room 1: Institutional Partnerships for Sustainable Evidence Ecosystems (Gracian)

Room 2: AI & Machine Learning Basics (Lindsay)

Room 3: Adapting systematic-review methods for graduate students or researchers working solo (Matt)

Room 4: Search filters and hedges: Finding and using validated search strings (Scott)
11:45 Break
11:55 Breakout Session 2 (choose 1):

Room 1: Introduction to quality assessment and risk of bias  (Lindsay)

Room 2: Sysrev (TJ)

Room 3: Accessibility in Evidence Synthesis (Natasha)

Room 4: Searching OpenAlex and Lens.org (Zahra)
12:40 Lunch break
1:40 Breakout Session 3 (choose 1):

Room 1: Supporting data extraction as a non-subject expert: resources, tools, and best practices (Lindsay)

Room 2: Starting an Evidence Synthesis Service at your Library (Megan)

Room 3: Supporting and mentoring teams through screening, project management (Zahra)

Room 4: Efficiency tools for evidence synthesis (Sarah and Molly)
2:25 Break
2:35 Panel: Talking to Teams about AI in Evidence Synthesis Panelists: Sarah, Amy, Lindsay
3:15 Q&A & Wrap Up Megan

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