Programme
All stated times are BST (UTC+1)
Registration Opens: 1pm
Session 1: Methods for detecting different kinds of fraud
Chair: Jaideep Pandit
Mon 7 Apr, PM
14:00-14:20
John Carlisle
'Statistical Approaches'
14:30-14:50
Nick Brown
'Impossible Numbers'
15:00-15:20
Elisabeth Bik
'Images'
15:30-15:50
Jennifer Byrne
'Nucleotide Sequences and Cell Lines'
16:00
BREAK
16:30-16:50
Anna Abalkina
'Paper Mills'
17:00-17:20
Uri Simonsohn
'As Collected: an online platform to prevent fraud'
17:30-17:50
Guillaume Cabanac
'The Problematic Paper Screener' (Remote Presentation)
18:00
Lex Bouter/Simon Gandevia
'Announcements: World Conference on Research Integrity 2026, and International Research Integrity Conference 2025
18:03
DISCUSSION
18:30
DRINKS RECEPTION
Session 2: The nature and scale of the problem
Chair: Csaba Szabo
Tues 8 Apr, AM
9:00-9:20
Patricia Murray
'Misuse of regenerative therapies'
9:30-9:50
Peter Wilmshurst
'40 years of investigating/reporting research misconduct'
10:00-10:20
Nancy Olivieri
'Are patients protected from the consequences of research misconduct? No, with 30 years of evidence'
10:30
BREAK
11:00-12:00
BREAKOUT DISCUSSIONS
12:15-12:45
DISCUSSION SUMMARY
13:00
LUNCH
DINNER
Session 3: The role of institutions and funders
Chair: Alison Avenell
Tues 8 Apr, PM
14:00-14:20
Rachael Gooberman-Hill
'A comprehensive approach: work of the UK Committee on Research Integrity'
14:30-14:50
Liz Perkins
'Governance, publication ethics, integrity and research misconduct'
15:00-15:20
Li Tang
'The role of funding agencies in curbing academic fraud; the Chinese experience'
15:30-15:50
Raphaël Lévy
'Inadequate protection for whistleblowers in France'
16:00
BREAK
17:30-18:15
BREAKOUT DISCUSSIONS
18:15-18:45
DISCUSSION SUMMARY
19:00-19:30
PRE-DINNER DRINKS
19:30
Session 4: Unintended Consequences
Chair: Rory Collins
Weds 9 Apr, AM
9:00-9:20
Stephan Lewandowsky
'Against fraud, anxiety and Stalinism: how to define the line between justified punishment and paralysing paranoia?'
9:30-9:50
Patricia Kingori
'Kenyan academic writers for hire'
10:00-10:20
Till Bruckner
'Weaponisation of integrity measures and danger of collateral damage' (Remote Presentation)
10:30
BREAK
11:00-12:00
BREAKOUT DISCUSSIONS
12:15-12:45
DISCUSSION SUMMARY
13:00
LUNCH
Session 5: New ideas for solutions
Chair: Dorothy Bishop
Weds 9 Apr, PM
14:00-14:20
Ivan Oransky
'History of sanctions (and lack of sanctions) for fraud; how university rankings encourage misconduct'
14:30-14:50
Eugenie Reich
'Science and Whistleblower Law: Legal Obstacles and Opportunities to Correct the Record'
15:00
BREAK
15:15-15:45
FINAL GROUP DISCUSSION
Thank yous - and future steps
15:45-16:00
Dorothy Bishop