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Virtual pre-conference symposia
# Virtual Symposia Timetable
In the two weeks leading up to the conference, Metascience 2025 will host a series of ten pre-conference virtual symposia. These sessions will be free to attend and held on Zoom. Individual registration links will be posted below in due course. In the meantime, please explore the symposium descriptions and save the dates in your calendar.
##### 16 June TOP 2025: An Update to the Transparency and Openness Promotion Guidelines
**Symposia Time
****20:00 BST/15:00 EDT/12:00 PDT/05:00 AEST/03:00 CST**
**Short Abstract:** Published in 2015, the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines are an influential framework for journals to design and implement publication standards. This moderated panel will discuss TOP 2025: the first major update to the TOP Guidelines.
**Conveners:
**Sean Grant (University of Oregon)
David Mellor (Center for Open Science)
Katie Corker (ASAPbio)
Suzanne Stewart (University of Chester)
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##### 17 June Using AI/LLMs for detecting scientific errors
**Symposia Time
17:00 BST/12:00 EDT/09:00 PDT/02:00 AEST/00:00 CST**
**Short abstract:** Meta-scientists, publishers, and authors have for many years developed and used software tools to find issues in scientific papers before and after publication. This symposium will bring together different projects to discuss how the latest AI tools can be used and evaluated for this purpose.
**Convener:**
Casey Wimsatt (Symbionica, LLC)
**Chairs:**
Peter Hilpert (University of Lausanne)
Julian Quandt (WU Vienna University of Economics and Business)
Johannes Breuer (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences)
**Discussants:**
Matthew Vowels (CHUV)
Joaquin Gulloso
Ansgar Scherp (University of Ulm)
Jamie Cummins (University of Bern)
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##### 18 June Demonstrating the value of evidence syntheses to inform funding organisations’ decision-making practices
**Symposia Time
14:00 BST/09:00 EDT/06:00 PDT/23:00 AEST/21:00 CST**
**Short Abstract:** To showcase the value of evidence syntheses in improving the practices of research funding organisations. Six evidence syntheses will be presented to show the mechanisms for implementing positive changes to research practices and making well-informed decisions on research policy and practice.
**Convener:**
Amanda Blatch-Jones (University of Southampton)
**Chairs:**
Amanda Blatch-Jones (University of Southampton)
Katie Meadmore (University of Southampton)
Kathryn Fackrell (University of Nottingham)
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##### 19 June History Matters: Remembering Why the Present and Future of Science and Metascience Require Knowledge of Their Past
**Symposia Time
15:00 BST/10:00 EDT/07:00 PDT/00:00 AEST/22:00 CST**
**Short Abstract:** In this symposium, researchers from the information and life sciences will discuss how we can learn from the past to build knowledge infrastructure for the future. The program will consist of 5 segments, each starting with a 3-minute history lesson followed by a 9-minute discussion of a prompt.
**Conveners:**
Adam Craig (Hong Kong Baptist University)
Carl Taswell (Brain Health Alliance)
Pan-Jun Kim (Hong Kong Baptist University)
Daniel Kristanto (Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg)
**Chairs:**
Adam Craig (Hong Kong Baptist University)
Michal Balazia (INRIA Universite Cote Azur)
Pan-Jun Kim (Hong Kong Baptist University)
Carl Taswell (Brain Health Alliance)
**Discussants:**
Kento Shigyo (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Cheng Tang (Hong Kong Baptist University)
Xin Xiong (HKBU)
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##### 23 June Changes and continuities in national research evaluation systems in the context of the global reform of research assessment
**Symposia Time
13:00 BST/08:00 EDT/05:00 PDT/22:00 AEST/20:00 CST**
**Short Abstract:** This virtual symposium includes short presentations from researchers from Portugal, Argentina, Brazil y Uruguay focus on aspects related to responsible research assessment, followed by a discussion on challenges and lessons learned which can help inform and inspire future implementation efforts.
**Conveners:**
Noela Invernizzi (Federal University of Parana)
Nerina Sarthou (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas)
**Chair:**
Noela Invernizzi (Federal University of Parana)
**Discussants:**
Laura Rovelli (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET))
Natalia Gras (Universidad de la República)
Ana Ferreira (NOVA FCSH)
Federico Vasen (Universidad de Buenos Aires)
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##### 23 June Critical Metascience: Does Metascience Need to Change?
**Symposia Time
15:00 BST/10:00 EDT/07:00 PDT/00:00 AEST/22:00 CST**
**Short Abstract:** Despite broad uptake, metascience and the Open Science reform movement have garnered ample criticism. Such criticism is also known as critical metascience. We will reflect on central critiques by bringing together key voices from a variety of disciplines, asking what needs to change, how and why?
**Conveners:**
Sven Ulpts (Aarhus University)
Sheena Bartscherer (Robert K. Merton Center for Science Studies)
**Chairs:**
Sven Ulpts (Aarhus University)
Sheena Bartscherer (Robert K. Merton Center for Science Studies)
**Discussants:**
Mark Rubin (Durham University)
Lisa Malich (University of Luebeck)
Carlos Santana (University of Pennsylvania)
Joseph Bak-Coleman (Santa Fe Institute)
Philip Mirowski (University of Notre Dame)
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##### 24 June Metascience won't solve the replication crisis: Replications across the pyramid of culture change
**Symposia Time
14:00 BST/09:00 EDT/06:00 PDT/23:00 AEST/21:00 CST**
**Short Abstract:** We discuss why there are still only relatively few replication studies in the social sciences and present multiple projects from the FORRT Replication Hub that enable future replications, facilitate the execution of replications, and reward publication of replication research.
**Convener:**
Lukas Röseler (University of Münster)
**Accepted papers:**
Building R2: Creating an Inclusive, Rigorous Publication Platform for Replication Research
Enhancing the Discoverability of Replications
Transforming Research Culture: FORRT’s Mission to Reward and Normalize Replication
From the Classroom to the Literature: The Value of Student Replication Studies
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##### 24 June The Good Metascience Project: Goal setting and emerging technologies to make science funders more impactful
**Symposia Time
17:00 BST/12:00 EDT/09:00 PDT/02:00 AEST/00:00 CST**
**Short Abstract:** This symposium will propose research agencies set impact goals closely aligned to their missions, and the development AI tools using an integrated database of US federal research projects, including research applications, to accelerated discovery and forecast the future of science.This symposium will propose research agencies set impact goals closely aligned to their missions, and the development AI tools using an integrated database of US federal research projects, including research applications, to accelerated discovery and forecast the future of science.
**Convener:**
Neil Thakur (Thakur Health Science, LLC)
**Chair:**
Neil Thakur (Thakur Health Science, LLC)
**Discussants:**
Michael Stebbins (Science Advisors)
Leslie McIntosh (Digital Science)
Stuart Buck
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##### 25 June BST What's new about Novelty?
**Symposia Time
09:00 BST/04:00 EDT/01:00 PDT/18:00 AEST/16:00 CST**
**Short Abstract:** Novelty indicators are gaining prominence in research and innovation policy and practice, as demonstrated by initiatives like the upcoming Metascience Novelty Indicators Challenge. Our virtual symposium will explore their broader policy context.
**Convener:**
Teodora Chis (RAND Europe)
**Chair:**
Sarah Otner (SPRU, University of Sussex Business School)
**Discussants:**
Andrew Plume (Elsevier)
Susan Guthrie (RAND Europe)
Ben Steyn
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##### 27 June Catalysts of Change: How can Metascience and Interdisciplinary Research Empower ECRs?
******Symposia Time
14:00 BST/09:00 EDT/06:00 PDT/23:00 AEST/21:00 CST******
**Short Abstract:** Interdisciplinary research advances metascience by integrating diverse methodologies, while metascience enhances interdisciplinary collaboration by fostering improved practices and networks. This symposium gathers early career researchers to explore this dynamic relationship in advancing research.
**Convener:**
Anna Leung (University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany)
**Discussants:**
Elen Le Foll (University of Cologne)
Shawn Hemelstrand (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Daniel Kristanto (Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg)
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