EIE2025 Programme

Below you can find the programme for the EIE2025. The program will be updated on a regular basis with new information.

Pre-event Workshops - online

Date & Time (CET)	ONLINE
April 29, 16:00 - 19:00 You can register for this event here.	Pre-event workshop 1 The EuroVision of Implementation: An Introductory Workshop to Implementation This interactive workshop will introduce participants to the main concepts of implementation. The EuroVision of Implementation is for researchers, practitioners, policy developers and others who want to get to know implementation and the science behind it. The workshops will cover implementation science terminology and definitions, an overview of frameworks, models, and theories, implementation support competencies, and much more. We will offer you a dynamic mix of brief presentations, interactive group work and facilitated discussions. After attending the EuroVision of Implementation, you will know enough about implementation terms, concepts, and tools to get the most out of your EIE2025 attendance. w/ Katie Burke (IRE), Andy Bray (IRE), Dr Heather Rogers (ES) & Leah Bührmann (UK)
May 8, 15:00-16:30 You can register for this event here.	Pre-event workshop 2 Balancing rigor and pragmatism – An interactive debate on the promise and practice of process models in implementation science Conducting implementation research or practice today is nearly impossible without drawing on theories, models, and frameworks. Among these, determinant frameworks like CFIR and TDF are the most widely used. In contrast, process models – which offer structured roadmaps to guide the implementation of evidence-based interventions in real-world settings – are applied less frequently. In this session, we engage the audience in an interactive constructive debate about the value of process models relative to the effort in using them. Implementation scientists from the USA, Sweden and Denmark who have used one well-known process model, the Quality Implementation Framework (QIF) in health care, public health and social services, will present their experiences to initiate the debate. Subsequently, workshop participants will be invited to join the panel to present their perspectives and to extend their conversations. The goal is to extend the visibility of potentially valuable but under-utilized frameworks to implementation researchers and practitioners. w/ Rohit Ramaswamy (US), Margit Neher (SE), Karin Guldbrandsson (SE), Kathrine Hald (DK), Julia Moore (CA), Per Nilsen (SE) & Abraham Wandersman (US)
Please note that the pre-event webinars will not be recorded.

Date & Time (CET)

ONLINE

April 29, 16:00 - 19:00

You can register for this event here.

Pre-event workshop 1

The EuroVision of Implementation: An Introductory Workshop to Implementation

This interactive workshop will introduce participants to the main concepts of implementation. The EuroVision of Implementation is for researchers, practitioners, policy developers and others who want to get to know implementation and the science behind it. The workshops will cover implementation science terminology and definitions, an overview of frameworks, models, and theories, implementation support competencies, and much more. We will offer you a dynamic mix of brief presentations, interactive group work and facilitated discussions. After attending the EuroVision of Implementation, you will know enough about implementation terms, concepts, and tools to get the most out of your EIE2025 attendance.

w/ Katie Burke (IRE), Andy Bray (IRE), Dr Heather Rogers (ES) & Leah Bührmann (UK)

May 8, 15:00-16:30

You can register for this event here.

Pre-event workshop 2

Balancing rigor and pragmatism – An interactive debate on the promise and practice of process models in implementation science

Conducting implementation research or practice today is nearly impossible without drawing on theories, models, and frameworks. Among these, determinant frameworks like CFIR and TDF are the most widely used. In contrast, process models – which offer structured roadmaps to guide the implementation of evidence-based interventions in real-world settings – are applied less frequently.

In this session, we engage the audience in an interactive constructive debate about the value of process models relative to the effort in using them. Implementation scientists from the USA, Sweden and Denmark who have used one well-known process model, the Quality Implementation Framework (QIF) in health care, public health and social services, will present their experiences to initiate the debate. Subsequently, workshop participants will be invited to join the panel to present their perspectives and to extend their conversations. The goal is to extend the visibility of potentially valuable but under-utilized frameworks to implementation researchers and practitioners.

w/ Rohit Ramaswamy (US), Margit Neher (SE), Karin Guldbrandsson (SE), Kathrine Hald (DK), Julia Moore (CA), Per Nilsen (SE) & Abraham Wandersman (US)

Please note that the pre-event webinars will not be recorded.

Pre-event Day: Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Show programme

Time (GMT)	Brinkburn Brewery
10:30 - 12.00	MEET-UP of the ECIP WORKING GROUP Meeting of the ECIP Working Group All members (and new members!) of the ECIP Working Group are welcome to join this hands-on meeting
13:00 - 16:00	JUMPSTART - Ignite Implementation Together More details will be announced soon.	NETWORK MEETING Bi-annual Meeting of the European Implementation Networks w/ representatives of the European implementation networks (by invitation only)
16:00 - 17.00	EARLY CHECK-IN Get your conference badge and be ready for EIE2025!
17.00 - 18.30	Spotlight on! Official opening of EIE2025, welcome reception, and the EIE2025 Implementation Science Slam
19.00 - 21.00	EIC MEETING Board Meeting of the European Implementation Collaborative (EIC) w/ EIC Board Members (by invitation only)

Time (GMT)

Brinkburn Brewery

10:30 - 12.00

MEET-UP of the ECIP WORKING GROUP

Meeting of the ECIP Working Group

All members (and new members!) of the ECIP Working Group are welcome to join this hands-on meeting

13:00 - 16:00

JUMPSTART - Ignite Implementation Together

More details will be announced soon.

NETWORK MEETING

Bi-annual Meeting of the European Implementation Networks

w/ representatives of the European implementation networks (by invitation only)

16:00 - 17.00

EARLY CHECK-IN

Get your conference badge and be ready for EIE2025!

17.00 - 18.30

Spotlight on!

Official opening of EIE2025, welcome reception, and the EIE2025 Implementation Science Slam

19.00 - 21.00

EIC MEETING

Board Meeting of the European Implementation Collaborative (EIC)

w/ EIC Board Members (by invitation only)

Time (GMT)	The Assembly Rooms Newcastle

	UK Implementation Society Pre-conference event ‘Overcoming the implementation science to practice gap: research and practice insights from across the four nations of the UK’ Hosted by the UK Implementation Society, this preconference event will bring UK wide practice and research examples from social care and health. We expect a diverse set of presentations followed by a panel discussion which will address the main theme. Lunch is included. Whilst focussed on UK research and practice the event is open to all registrants for the European Implementation Event and the event will be richer with wide participation.
12.00	Arrival and lunch
12.40	Welcome and introduction
12.50	Northern Ireland ‘Wanted: critical friends for hypothesis testing... Is implementation science the key to closing the research to impact gap?’ Melanie Stone, Project Specialist and Lead for the Evaluating impact programme, Centre for Effective Services Belfast
13.35	Scotland ‘Delivering The Promise in Scotland: Using implementation science to support the scale up of Intensive Family Support across a multi-agency partnership’ Claire Burns, Director of CELCIS, Dr Emma Hanley, Head of Complex Change CELCIS, Karen Dyball, Assistant Chief Officer, Children & Families & North East Operations, Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership and Peter Orr, Head of Children’s Services, Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership
14.10	Tea break
14.30	Wales ‘From legislation to implementation 10 years on: Perspectives and learning of implementing the Well being of Future Generations Act (2015) Wales across the North Wales region’ Nina Ruddle Head of Public Policy, Wrexham University & Paula Wood Researcher, Wrexham University
15.15	England ‘Implementing and evaluating complex interventions: through the lens of a wound care transformation programme' Dr Sarah Robinson, Director of Delivery, Health Innovation East, Implementation Lead – NIHR ARC East of England
16.00	Interactive panel discussion How to overcome the implementation science to practice gap?
16.30	Close Join the EIE2025 Welcome Reception and Science Slam at Brinkburn Brewery, starting 5pm.

Time (GMT)

The Assembly Rooms Newcastle

UK Implementation Society Pre-conference event

‘Overcoming the implementation science to practice gap: research and practice insights from across the four nations of the UK’

Hosted by the UK Implementation Society, this preconference event will bring UK wide practice and research examples from social care and health. We expect a diverse set of presentations followed by a panel discussion which will address the main theme. Lunch is included.

Whilst focussed on UK research and practice the event is open to all registrants for the European Implementation Event and the event will be richer with wide participation.

12.00

Arrival and lunch

12.40

Welcome and introduction

12.50

Northern Ireland

‘Wanted: critical friends for hypothesis testing... Is implementation science the key to closing the research to impact gap?’
Melanie Stone, Project Specialist and Lead for the Evaluating impact programme, Centre for Effective Services Belfast

13.35

Scotland

‘Delivering The Promise in Scotland: Using implementation science to support the scale up of Intensive Family Support across a multi-agency partnership’
Claire Burns, Director of CELCIS, Dr Emma Hanley, Head of Complex Change CELCIS, Karen Dyball, Assistant Chief Officer, Children & Families & North East Operations, Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership and Peter Orr, Head of Children’s Services, Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership

14.10

Tea break

14.30

Wales

‘From legislation to implementation 10 years on: Perspectives and learning of implementing the Well being of Future Generations Act (2015) Wales across the North Wales region’
Nina Ruddle Head of Public Policy, Wrexham University & Paula Wood Researcher, Wrexham University

15.15

England

‘Implementing and evaluating complex interventions: through the lens of a wound care transformation programme'
Dr Sarah Robinson, Director of Delivery, Health Innovation East, Implementation Lead – NIHR ARC East of England

16.00

Interactive panel discussion

How to overcome the implementation science to practice gap?

16.30

Join the EIE2025 Welcome Reception and Science Slam at Brinkburn Brewery, starting 5pm.

Day 1: Thursday, June 5, 2025

Show programme

Time (GMT)	Crowne Plaza Hotel, Newcastle
08:00	GET READY! Check-in: Get your conference badge, and hang up your poster
09:00	WELCOME TO NEWCASTLE EIE2025 Opening Day 1
09:30	OPENING KEYNOTE Carl May, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
10:15	COFFEE, TEA, and NETWORKING
10:45	KEYNOTE Tanja Kuchenmüller, The World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
11:40	PROMISE, PROGRESS, PROBLEMS! EIE2025 Poster Session
12:00	Lunch
13:00	Fishbowl 4 How to promote the systematic uptake of research findings into routine practice in Global South contexts? Malabika Sarker, Brown School of Public Health, U.S.	RtKW 1 Urgency, pace and temporality in implementation Michael Sykes, University of Northumbria, UK Denise Thomson, University of Alberta, Canada Natalie Taylor, University of New South Wales, Australia Carolyn Mazariego, University of New South Wales, Australia	RtKW 2 Co-creating implementation Sarah Serhal, University of Geneva, Switzerland Rakhi Vashishtha, National University of Singapore Gabrielle Zimmermann, University of Alberta, Canada Harvy Joy Liwanag, National University of Singapore, Singapore	Special Session 1 Professionalizing Implementation Science and Implementation (Support) Practice: Do we need practice standards? A European Debate. [speakers and abstract coming soon]
	RtKW 3 Implementation tools and guidance Áine Tubridy, Health Information and Quality Authority, Ireland Nina Zipfel, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, The Netherlands Megan Wainwright, Durham University, UK Louise Hull, King's College London, UK	Special Session 2 EIC Working Group Session: Implementation in Education Working Group [speakers and abstract coming soon]	Walk the Talk 1 Reflecting on the development and use of pragmatic tools for collaborative implementation Sebastian Potthoff, Northumbria University, UK
14:00	COFFEE, TEA, and NETWORKING
14:45	Fishbowl 2 Empowering implementation scientists: Exploring needs and opportunities Marie-Therese Schultes, University of Zurich, Switzerland	RtKW 4 The fidelity-adaptation dilemma Sharon Blok, Alliance of Dutch Burn Care (ADBC), The Netherlands Robyn Cody, University of Zurich, Switzerland Mirthe Oude Lansink, Sint Maartenskliniek, The Netherlands Fiona Leggat, City St Georges, University of London, UK	RtKW 5 Piloting implementation Denise Spoon, Erasmus University Medical Centre, The Netherlands Sónia Dias, NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal Pauline Mens, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, The Netherlands Melanie Hoste, University of Antwerp, Belgium	Walk the Talk 3 Bridging Knowledge and Practice: Pragmatic Pre-Implementation Approaches Using the Knowledge-to-Action Framework Jennifer Moore, University of South-Eastern Norway
	RtKW 7 Learning from Implementation Trials Rosa Lorente Català, Universitat Jaume I, Spain Jay Ford, University of Wisconsin-Madison, U.S. Natalie Taylor, University of New South Wales, Australia Anne Etzelmüller, Germany	Special Session 3 Hard to reach? How hard are you trying? An interactive workshop that will explore co-production in PPI that is inclusive, and results in real changes Ian Atkinson, Newcastle, UK Sandra Atkinson, Newcastle, UK Chris Lloyd, Newcastle, UK	Walk the Talk 2 Results from living labs implementing adherence interventions as evaluated by the Medication Adherence Knowledge, Expertise and Implementation Taskforce (Make-It) Caroline van de Steeg-van Gompel, SIR Institute for Pharmavy Practice and Policy, The Netherlands
16:00	PROMISE, PROGRESS, PROBLEMS! EIE2025 Poster Session
17:00	JOIN THE FUN! EIE2025 Social Activities - have a look at our Social Programme!
19:00	EIE2025 Conference Dinner The dinner will take place at the Assembly Rooms, Newcastle.

Time (GMT)

Crowne Plaza Hotel, Newcastle