Trial & Error Symposium 2025

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Current Schedule

10.00-10.30: Walk in
10.30-11.15: Noémie Aubert Bonn: Keynote on The problem of positive publication bias and how to bring about cultural change in science with regards to failure
11.15-12.00: Icebreaker activity (Participants receive a set of ‘scientific findings’ [some real, some false or misleading]. They discuss in small groups whether these findings are likely true, false, or misleading).
12.00-13.00: Lucie White: Communicating uncertainty
13.00-14.00: Lunch
14.00-15.00: Maximilian Roßmann & Auste Valinciute: Retractions
15.00- 15.15: Coffee Break
15.15-15.45: Veronika Cheplygina: Workshop on showcasing your failures (create a CV of failures, make a presentation about one of your failures,…)
15.45- 16.15: Stefan Gaillard: Trial and Error Award Ceremony
16.15-16.45: Closing words
16.45- 17.30: Network drinks