EIE2025 Programme

Below you can find the programme archive - including the slide decks from the parallel sessions - for the EIE2025.

Day 1: Thursday, June 5, 2025

Time (GMT)	Crowne Plaza Hotel, Newcastle
13:00	Fishbowl 4 How to promote the systematic uptake of research findings into routine practice in Global South contexts? Shalini Ahuja, King's College London, U.K. Session host: Jane Sandall	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 Skye McKay, University of New South Wales, Australia Session host: Bruno Mazuquin Session slides	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 Session host: Leonieke Boendermaker Session slides	Special Session 1 Professionalising Implementation Science and Implementation (Support) Practice: Do we need practice standards? A European Debate. Pauline Goense and Sven Geelen, The Netherlands Implementation Collective (NIC) Tom Jefford, UK Implementation Society Rahel Naef, Swiss Implementation Science Network (IMPACT) Marie-Therese Schultes, Implementierungsnetzwerk für Forschung & Praxis (INFo↔P) Ashley Boers and Nathalie Pauwen, Belgium Implementation Network Session host: Bianca Albers Session slides
	RtKW 3 Implementation tools and guidance Cathy Duggan, 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 Session host: Monika Sztankay Session slides	Walk the Talk 1 Reflecting on the development and use of pragmatic tools for collaborative implementation Sebastian Potthoff, Northumbria University, UK Session host: Katie Burke Session slides
14:45	Fishbowl 2 Empowering implementation scientists: Exploring needs and opportunities Marie-Therese Schultes, University of Zurich, Switzerland Session host: Barbara van der Linden	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 Session host: Tracy Finch Session slides	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 Session host: Jacqueline Dwane Session slides	Walk the Talk 3 Bridging Knowledge and Practice: Pragmatic Pre-Implementation Approaches Using the Knowledge-to-Action Framework Ingvild Lilleheie, Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital, Norway Session host: Cecilie Varsi Session slides
	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 Session host: Brian Mittman Session slides	Special Session 2 Hard to reach? How hard are you trying? An interactive workshop that will explore co-production in PICE that is inclusive, and results in real changes Ian Atkinson, Newcastle, UK Sandra Atkinson, Newcastle, UK Chris Lloyd, Newcastle, UK Session host: Jane Lewis Session slides	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 Session host: Allison Metz Session slides

Time (GMT)

Crowne Plaza Hotel, Newcastle

13:00

Fishbowl 4

How to promote the systematic uptake of research findings into routine practice in Global South contexts?

Shalini Ahuja, King's College London, U.K.

Session host:
Jane Sandall

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

Skye McKay, University of New South Wales, Australia

Session host:
Bruno Mazuquin

Session slides

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

Session host: Leonieke Boendermaker

Session slides

Special Session 1

Professionalising Implementation Science and Implementation (Support) Practice: Do we need practice standards? A European Debate.

Pauline Goense and Sven Geelen, The Netherlands Implementation Collective (NIC)

Tom Jefford, UK Implementation Society

Rahel Naef, Swiss Implementation Science Network (IMPACT)

Marie-Therese Schultes, Implementierungsnetzwerk für Forschung & Praxis (INFo↔P)

Ashley Boers and Nathalie Pauwen, Belgium Implementation Network

Session host: Bianca Albers

Session slides

RtKW 3

Implementation tools and guidance

Cathy Duggan, 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

Session host: Monika Sztankay

Session slides

Walk the Talk 1

Reflecting on the development and use of pragmatic tools for collaborative implementation

Sebastian Potthoff, Northumbria University, UK

Session host: Katie Burke

Session slides

14:45

Fishbowl 2

Empowering implementation scientists: Exploring needs and opportunities

Marie-Therese Schultes, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Session host: Barbara van der Linden

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

Session host: Tracy Finch

Session slides

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

Session host: Jacqueline Dwane

Session slides

Walk the Talk 3

Bridging Knowledge and Practice: Pragmatic Pre-Implementation Approaches Using the Knowledge-to-Action Framework

Ingvild Lilleheie, Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital, Norway

Session host: Cecilie Varsi

Session slides

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

Session host: Brian Mittman

Session slides

Special Session 2

Hard to reach? How hard are you trying? An interactive workshop that will explore co-production in PICE that is inclusive, and results in real changes

Ian Atkinson, Newcastle, UK

Sandra Atkinson, Newcastle, UK

Chris Lloyd, Newcastle, UK

Session host: Jane Lewis

Session slides

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

Session host: Allison Metz

Session slides

Day 2: Friday, June 6, 2025

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Time (GMT)	Crowne Plaza Hotel, Newcastle
09:30	Fishbowl 1 Funders roles in Implementation: help or hindrance? Barbara van der Linden, ZonMW, The Netherlands Session host: Andy Bray	RtKW 6 Implementation support Allison Metz, University of North Carolina, U.S. Erwin Ista, Erasmus Medical Centre, The Netherlands Heather Morris, Monash University, Australia Ashley Boers, ebpracticenet, Belgium Session host: Michael Sykes Session slides	RtKW 8 Normalisation as Implementation Ingrid Hickman, University of Queensland Saskia Oesch, University of Zurich, Switzerland Myrta Kohler, University of Zurich, Switzerland Tracy Finch, Northumbria University, UK Session host: Keitly Mensah Session slides	RtKW 9 Implementation in educational settings Maria Fagerström, Linköping University, Sweden Jane Lewis, Centre for Evidence and Implementation, UK Andreas Rödlund, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden Kristi Sidney Annerstedt, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden Session host: Sylwia Kazmierczak-Murray Session slides
	RtKW 10 Implementation mechanisms Alexandra Ziemann, University of Bath, UK Sara Söling, University of Wuppertal, Germany Dinka Caha, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia Lydia Kwak, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden Session host: Thomas Engell Session slides	Special Session 3 Rapid or slow? Pragmatic or rigorous? Practical or theoretical? Where to go with qualitative implementation research? Hosted by the Working Group Qualitative Implementation Research (EIC-QIR) Discussants: Pauline Goense, ZonMw, The Netherlands Tim Rapley, Northumbria University, UK Melanie Barwick, The Hospital for Sick Children, Canada Katie Burke, Independent Consultant & Facilitator, Ireland Session host: Marie-Therese Schultes	Walk the Talk 4 Anti-racist quality improvement in maternal care: Adapting the Model for Understanding Success in Quality (MUSIQ) to embed anti-racist principles to evaluate maternal and neonatal care quality improvement projects in England Helen Sheldon, Health Innovation Network South London, UK Session host: Louise Hull Session slides
12:00	Fishbowl 3 What does Marketing have to offer Implementation Science and Policy Implementation? Stephanie Best, University of Melbourne, Australia Session host: Tom Jefford	RtKW 11 Navigating complexity in implementation Peter van der Graaf, Northumbria University, UK Juul Tönis, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, The Netherlands Leticia Bernués-Caudillo, Carlos III Health Institute, Spain Anette Grønlie, Norwegian Center for Child Behavioral Development, Norway Session host: Sven Geelen Session slides	RtKW 12 Tailoring implementation Sophie Gendolla, University of Zurich, Switzerland Lea Saringer-Hamiti, University of Basel, Switzerland Rixt Smit, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, The Netherlands Maria Bjerk, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway Session host: Tim Rapley Session slides	Walk the Talk 5 Time to sing? The use of music and singing as participatory methods to facilitate co-production in implementation science Anne MacFarlane, University of Limerick, Ireland Session host: Katarina Iliopoulou Session slides
	RtKW 13 Scaling and sustainment - making implementation last Shalini Ahuja, King's College London, UK Martina Buljac-Samardzic, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands Sarah Chew, University of Leicester, UK Natascha Stürmer, University of Zurich, Switzerland Session host: Heather Rogers Session slides	Walk the Talk 6 To do or not to do? – the art of de-implementation Henna Hasson, Karolinska Instituttet, Sweden Session host: Nadina Peters Session slides

Time (GMT)

Crowne Plaza Hotel, Newcastle

09:30

Fishbowl 1

Funders roles in Implementation: help or hindrance?

Barbara van der Linden, ZonMW, The Netherlands

Session host: Andy Bray

RtKW 6

Implementation support

Allison Metz, University of North Carolina, U.S.

Erwin Ista, Erasmus Medical Centre, The Netherlands

Heather Morris, Monash University, Australia

Ashley Boers, ebpracticenet, Belgium

Session host: Michael Sykes

Session slides

RtKW 8

Normalisation as Implementation

Ingrid Hickman, University of Queensland

Saskia Oesch, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Myrta Kohler, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Tracy Finch, Northumbria University, UK

Session host: Keitly Mensah

Session slides

RtKW 9

Implementation in educational settings

Maria Fagerström, Linköping University, Sweden

Jane Lewis, Centre for Evidence and Implementation, UK

Andreas Rödlund, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Kristi Sidney Annerstedt, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Session host: Sylwia Kazmierczak-Murray

Session slides

RtKW 10

Implementation mechanisms

Alexandra Ziemann, University of Bath, UK

Sara Söling, University of Wuppertal, Germany

Dinka Caha, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia

Lydia Kwak, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Session host: Thomas Engell

Session slides

Special Session 3

Rapid or slow? Pragmatic or rigorous? Practical or theoretical? Where to go with qualitative implementation research?

Hosted by the Working Group Qualitative Implementation Research (EIC-QIR)

Discussants:

Pauline Goense, ZonMw, The Netherlands

Tim Rapley, Northumbria University, UK

Melanie Barwick, The Hospital for Sick Children, Canada

Katie Burke, Independent Consultant & Facilitator, Ireland

Session host: Marie-Therese Schultes

Walk the Talk 4

Anti-racist quality improvement in maternal care: Adapting the Model for Understanding Success in Quality (MUSIQ) to embed anti-racist principles to evaluate maternal and neonatal care quality improvement projects in England

Helen Sheldon, Health Innovation Network South London, UK

Session host: Louise Hull

Session slides

12:00

Fishbowl 3

What does Marketing have to offer Implementation Science and Policy Implementation?

Stephanie Best, University of Melbourne, Australia

Session host: Tom Jefford

RtKW 11

Navigating complexity in implementation

Peter van der Graaf, Northumbria University, UK

Juul Tönis, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, The Netherlands

Leticia Bernués-Caudillo, Carlos III Health Institute, Spain

Anette Grønlie, Norwegian Center for Child Behavioral Development, Norway

Session host: Sven Geelen

Session slides

RtKW 12

Tailoring implementation

Sophie Gendolla, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Lea Saringer-Hamiti, University of Basel, Switzerland

Rixt Smit, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, The Netherlands

Maria Bjerk, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway

Session host: Tim Rapley

Session slides

Walk the Talk 5

Time to sing? The use of music and singing as participatory methods to facilitate co-production in implementation science

Anne MacFarlane, University of Limerick, Ireland

Session host: Katarina Iliopoulou

Session slides

RtKW 13

Scaling and sustainment - making implementation last

Shalini Ahuja, King's College London, UK

Martina Buljac-Samardzic, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Sarah Chew, University of Leicester, UK

Natascha Stürmer, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Session host: Heather Rogers

Session slides

Walk the Talk 6

To do or not to do? – the art of de-implementation

Henna Hasson, Karolinska Instituttet, Sweden

Session host: Nadina Peters

Session slides

Conference proceedings, including abstracts accepted in the formats Ride the Knowledge Wave, Walk the Talk, Science Slam, and P3, are published in a separate Supplement to the journal Implementation Science. This has been made possible through the generous sponsorship of our event partner, ZonMw.