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2025 Bennett Institute Medicines Symposium
Speakers will be drawn from the Bennett Institute and the wider UK medicines community
We are excited to host the 2025 Bennett Institute Medicines Symposium, two days of talks and workshops on medicines, NHS data, and open research.
Day 1 will feature keynotes, lightning talks, and panel discussions.
Day 2 will be dedicated to hands-on workshops.
Whether you’re working in healthcare research, policy, or practice, this is a chance to connect and learn from those generating and using medicines data in the UK.
Registration and abstract submissions are now open
Note: symposium registration and abstract submissions are handled separately (see links below). If you wish to propose a talk or workshop, don’t forget to also register!
Register for the symposium using the Eventbrite link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2025-bennett-institute-medicines-symposium-tickets-1570683509659
Propose a talk or workshop using the abstract submission form: airtable.com/appYkEJ7pQey5ic4F/pagolpfwNJg1oRSrS/form
What you’ll learn
This year’s symposium is focused on medicines, NHS data, and open research methods. You’ll learn about:
Ongoing work and recent findings from the Bennett Institute and our collaborators
Tools like OpenSAFELY, OpenCodelists, and OpenPrescribing, and how others are using them
Approaches to high-quality, reproducible analytics in the NHS
Real-life examples of how data is being used to improve care, safety, and access
Hands-on workshops to explore methods, tools, and workflows
Who you’ll meet
We’re bringing together people who often use the same data but don’t always get to work together. You’ll meet:
Clinicians, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals who generate and use medicines data in everyday care
Medicines optimisation teams
Researchers, epidemiologists, and data scientists
Policy makers and experts
Data infrastructure experts and platform developers
Date:
10 December 2025, 9:00
Venue:
Jesus College, Turl Street OX1 3DW
Venue Details:
Cheng Kar Shun Digital Hub, Jesus College, Market Street, Oxford OX1 3DW
Speaker: Various Speakers
Organising department:
Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences
Organiser contact email address:
events.bennett@phc.ox.ac.uk
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2025-bennett-institute-medicines-symposium-tickets-1570683509659
Booking email:
events.bennett@phc.ox.ac.uk
Cost:
Free
Audience:
Open to any researchers and professionals with interest in medicines, open research, NHS data. Healthcare professionals, optimisation teams, researchers, policy makers, and data infrastructure experts all play key roles in analysing, using and supporting medicines data to improve care, safety, access, or efficiency. Whether you’re working in research, policy, or something else, this is a chance to connect and learn from those generating and using UK medicines data.
Editor:
Jade Womersley
