Upcoming Retraction Watch appearances

Here’s a list of scheduled appearances. We’ll update as new dates are added. Find past appearances, often with links to presentations and videos, below the list. Interested in having us speak at your event or class? Contact us at ivan-oransky [at] erols.com.

2013:

JUNE

5: Society for Scholarly Publishing, San Francisco, Ivan part of workshop, “Mind Your Publication Ethics“

10: Friends of National Library of Medicine meeting, Bethesda, Ivan giving keynote

SEPTEMBER

21: New York School of Regional Anesthesia meeting, New York, Adam speaking on “Epidemic of Retractions in Anesthesiology“

PAST APPEARANCES

2012

JANUARY

19: ScienceOnline2012, Raleigh, NC:  “Harassing the Powerful for Fun and Profit: An Informal Investigative Reporters’ Guide to Uncovering Secrets and Bypassing Flacks,” Ivan on panel with Charles Duhigg of the New York Times. An audience member captured the whole thing on video. Here’s a collection of resources.

FEBRUARY

10: “The Future of Research and Social Innovation,” Ivan moderating closing plenary at the EFC Research Forum Stakeholders Conference, Barcelona, Spain. Ivan’s presentation from another part of the meeting, “We Are All Gatekeepers Now,” available here.

18: Improbable Research show, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) meeting, Vancouver, Canada, Ivan on stage with Marc Abrahams

MARCH

13: National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions “Creating Connections” conference, Ivan giving talk on “What Makes Research News?  How to Get Journalists’ Attention,” St. Louis, MO. Ivan’s presentation is available here.

15: ORI Conference on Research Integrity, Adam speaking, Washington, DC. Talk available here.

19: Ivan addressing National Academy of Sciences’ Committee on Responsible Science meeting on “Ensuring the Integrity of the Research Process,” Washington, DC. Open to the public.

20: Science Online New York City (SONYC), Ivan on panel on detecting and deterring scientific fraud

23: Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Group on Institutional Advancement (GIA) National Professional Development Conference, Ivan on panel, “Scientific Publishing on Fast Forward,” Palm Springs, CA

30: Bioethics Bootcamp: Finding the Must-Read Angle for Science and Medical Stories, organized by Science Writers in New York (SWINY), the Hastings Center, and the City University of New York’s (CUNY)  journalism school, with support from the National Association of Science Writers (NASW), Ivan on panel on conflicts of interest among researchers and physicians, New York, NY. Presentation available here.

APRIL

11: TEDMED 2012, Ivan giving talk, “Is the disease model sick — or just exhausted?”, Washington, DC. Coverage in The Atlantic and The Irish Times.

18-22: Association of Health Care Journalists annual meeting, Ivan and Gary Schwitzer running workshop, “Evaluating Medical Evidence for Journalists,” and Ivan presenting with Rob Logan on finding hidden gems in PubMed, Atlanta, GA. Medical evidence slides here.

23-24: Science Writing in the Age of Denial, Ivan on panel, “Fairness Without False Balance,” Madison, Wisconsin

30:” The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: What Retractions Tell Us About Scientific Transparency,” Ivan giving talk at the Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany

MAY

2: Ivan moderating post-show discussion for Headstrong, featuring Peter Keating and Jill Brooks

10-11: Ivan speaking at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

20: Council of Science Editors Annual Meeting, Ivan on panel, “Coping With Retractions: What’s an Editor to Do?” Seattle, WA

23: Scripps Howard Institute on the Environment and Science at Florida Atlantic University, Ivan speaking on peer review and corruption in science, Jupiter, FL. Slides available here.

31: Brazilian Meeting on Research Integrity, Science and Publication Ethics (BRISPE II), Ivan presenting on “Science publishing: The paper is not sacred,” in Sao Paolo

JUNE

26: Drug Information Association 2012, Ivan on panel, “Publish or Perish — Retracted Scientific Literature,” Philadelphia, PA

AUGUST

14: International Society of Managing and Technical Editors North American Conference, Washington, DC: “Retraction Watch – How We Find Our Stories and What We Find,” Adam speaking on panel

SEPTEMBER

7: Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle: Biomedical Research Integrity Program, Ivan giving a talk

24: E-Patient Connections 2012, Philadelphia: Ivan speaking

OCTOBER

21: “What Are the Different Types of Nonfinancial Conflicts of Interest and How Should They Be Disclosed Among Investigators, Presenters, and Practitioners?” CHEST 2012, Atlanta, Ivan on panel

31: HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology seminar series, Huntsville, AL, Ivan speaking on retractions Cancelled by Hurricane Sandy

NOVEMBER

7: Society for Scholarly Publishing Fall Seminar, Washington, DC, Ivan speaking as part of “Publishing Ethics in the New Paradigm: Proactive strategies to maintain high standards for ethics and integrity in today’s environment”

12: Research Misconduct – A Publishing Perspective, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Adam giving talk

12-13 U.S. National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Research in the Media: International Workshop for Scientific Journalism, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Ivan on several panels

19: “RetractionWatch: Tracking Retractions as a Window into the Scientific Process,” Ivan and Adam giving session in Weill Cornell Medical College’s 2012 Course in the Responsible Conduct of Research, Uris Auditorium, New York

28: 2nd Annual New York Emergency Medicine Health Policy Assembly, New York, Ivan speaking

29: Scientific Studies: All You Need to Know—About What You’re Really Reading, Ivan speaking, SWINY/AHCJ event at CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, New York

JANUARY

20: ILSI Annual Meeting, Miami, FL, Ivan giving keynote, “The Role of Media in Reporting and Educating the Public about Scientific Issues.” Video available here.

30-February 3: ScienceOnline2013, Raleigh, NC, Ivan co-moderating panel on covering scientific studies with skepticism

FEBRUARY

15: Ivan speaking to students in the National Association of Science Writers (NASW) mentoring program, Boston (during AAAS meeting)

MARCH

14-17: Association of Health Care Journalists annual meeting, Boston, Ivan on two panels

APRIL

4-5: University of Texas Pan-American PACE Ethics conference, Edinburg, TX, Ivan speaking

9: World Health Care Congress, Washington, DC, Ivan serving as Keynote Chairperson

27: Adam giving a keynote at the annual meeting of the Canadian Association of Research Ethics Boards (CAREB) in Calgary

30: “Envy: Does Scientific Competition Corrupt Science?” at the New York Academy of Sciences, New York,  Ivan on panel

MAY

3: Ivan speaking at Concordia University, Montreal

5: Council of Science Editors meeting, Montreal, Ivan on panel, “The Life of A Retraction“

6: “From Stolen Ideas to False Data: Shining a Light on Scientific Misconduct,” Adam speaking on panel at ARVO (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology) Annual Meeting, Seattle

7: Third World Conference on Scientific Integrity, Montreal, Ivan part of plenary

8: Adam participating in a plagiarism workshop at Colorado State University in Fort Collins