We are excited to announce that the 2024 OHDSI APAC Symposium will be held in Singapore at the Marina Bay Sands and the National University of Singapore (NUS). This year’s event will be co-hosted with Singapore’s International Medical AGI Network Event (IMAGINE) and will feature a 1-day tutorial, a 2-day main conference and a 2-day datathon.

IMPORTANT DATES

Collaborator Showcase

• Submissions deadline: September 15
• Submissions review: September 16 – October 20
• Notification of acceptance: October 31

Symposium

• Tutorial: December 4 at NUS
• Main conference: December 5-6 at Marina Bay Sands
• Datathon: December 7-8 at NUS 

2024 OHDSI APAC Symposium Agenda (Tentative)

Below is a tentative agenda of the symposium and is subject to change. Please stay tuned for updates as the agenda is finalized over the next coming months. For non-OHDSI-related information, please visit the IMAGINE website at https://sg-ai.org/.

Day 1 (December 4) – Tutorial at NUS

• Introduction of OHDSI/OMOP CDM
• ETL Process
• OHDSI Analytical Tools

Day 2-3 (December 5-6) – Main conference at Marina Bay Sands

• OHDSI APAC and Regional Chapter Updates
• Natural Language Processing (NLP) Workgroup Updates
• 2024 APAC Community-wide ETL Project: Recap and Lessons Learnt
• Journey from Data to Evidence: A Case Study in APAC
• Panel Discussion
• Collaborator Showcase: Poster Presentations and Lightning Talks

Day 4-5 (December 7-8) – Datathon at NUS

• Participants of the datathon will split into teams to conduct studies using datasets contributed by data partners and present their results

2024 OHDSI APAC Symposium Registration

• Registrations will be announced soon so please stay tuned
• The registration fee will be a fixed price of 488 SGD

2024 OHDSI APAC Collaborator Showcase

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Due to venue constraints, posters should be prepared and printed in portrait (vertical) orientation and no larger than A0 (84.1 cm x 118.9 cm / 33.1 in x 46.8 in) size. If your work has been selected to be showcased, this notice will also be included in the acceptance emails for emphasis.

OHDSI’s mission is to improve health by empowering a community to collaboratively generate evidence that promotes better health decisions and better care. We envision a world in which observational research produces a comprehensive understanding of health and disease. To achieve this goal, OHDSI has formed a multi-stakeholder, interdisciplinary collaboration that aims to bring out the value of health data through large-scale analytics and open-source software tools. OHDSI has established a global community of observational health researchers and a research network covering over 810 million patients.

OHDSI’s achievements to date would not be possible if not for the hard work of our growing community members. Our annual APAC Collaborator Showcase provides the APAC community the opportunity to share their tremendous work.

Showcase Structure

The showcase will be structured to highlight posters and lightning talks. You may apply to present your work as a poster or a lightning talk (or both). Although we strive to accommodate your requested presentation format, it is not guaranteed and will be confirmed at time of acceptance.

1. POSTER: A poster-board to present a static display summary of your latest research; poster measurements are to be a vertical-orientation and A0 (84.1 cm x 118.9 cm / 33.1 in x 46.8 in) size. Please create a thin fabric or paper-type poster as the poster boards at the symposium will be cork; please do not use foam core. As always you may use the traditional poster template or the Mike Morrison poster template which was introduced a few years ago.
2. LIGHTNING TALK: A 6-minute podium presentation to verbally share your story with the community.

Topics should align with at least one of OHDSI’s strategic areas of focus:

• Observational data standards and management
• Methodological research
• Open-source analytics development
• Clinical applications
• Community development

Submission Instructions

Please submit your work using this submission form. You will be triggered to upload a brief report in the second section of the submission form. The brief report template can be found here. The document can be downloaded as a Microsoft Word document by clicking on the link and selecting File -> Download -> Microsoft Word (.docx).

Each presenting author should upload their document as a PDF. The submission should meet the following guidelines:

• Maximum 1,000 words (exclusive of references/authors/affiliations/tables/figures)
• Maximum 10 MB
• Clearly state the names of all co-authors and affiliations at the top (list them in the order that will appear on the presentation)
• Have the following sections: Background, Methods, Results, Conclusion
• References/citations are recommended (maximum 15; suggested style is Vancouver, DOI, or PMID)
• Unpublished in the peer-review literature at the time of submission; preprints are acceptable
• [Optional] Up to 3 additional figures or tables can be added to support description of the methods or results

By submitting your work, the presenting author agrees to present at the 2024 OHDSI APAC Symposium in person if their work is selected. This agreement includes being present at the scheduled time or sending someone to represent in your absence.

Your document should be saved as a PDF using the following naming convention, where the “lastname” and “firstname” correspond to the name of the presenting author, and “title” should include keywords that summarize the title: lastname-firstname_title_2024apacsymposium.

Important Dates

• All submissions are due no later than September 15.
• All submissions will be peer-reviewed by the OHDSI APAC Scientific Review Committee between September 16 – October 20.
• If you have been selected to present your work, you will be notified via email by October 31.

Should you need to change your responses to any of the questions on the submission form, please click on the “Edit reponse” button in the confirmation email you received. Should you need to revise your brief report, please email apacsymposium@ohdsi.org. Your submission will be removed, and you will need to submit again with the revised PDF. If you have any questions or need help with the submission process, please contact apacsymposium@ohdsi.org.