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The Centre for Behaviour Change hosts a variety of events on issues that create opportunities for discussion and collaboration between researchers, policy makers, practitioners and the public. Previous events have included seminars, workshops and large public events, most notably the annual digital health conference hosted by the CBC.
We welcome suggestions for topics for future events. For further information on events or if you have recommendations please contact behaviourchange@ucl.ac.uk
Upcoming Events
Annual Meeting Keynote: Innovators Will Explore Artifical Intelligence - SBM Annual Meeting 2020
- Date: Friday 03 April
- Time: 17:00-18:15
- Session Title: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Hope, Hype or Harm?
- Pol Mac Aonghusa (PhD), Susan Michie (BA, MPhil, DPhil), Robert Wachter (MD)
In 2015, Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk, and dozens of the world’s top visionaries in artificial intelligence (AI) signed an open letter declaring “a broad consensus that AI research is progressing steadily, and that its impact on society is likely to increase.” Precisely because these capabilities are now expanding beyond the hypothetical, though, the letter went on to say “it is important to research how to reap its benefits while avoiding potential pitfalls.” The potential for both good and harm from these disruptive technologies is enormous. Understanding the future of these systems requires urgent, cross-disciplinary conversation. This panel will bring together three pioneering voices across the fields of computational science, behavioral medicine, and healthcare to identify the provocative questions that are urgently needed to guide the evolution of “intelligent systems” in medicine.
Information about the session is available here: https://www.sbm.org/meetings/2020/2020-keynote-speakers
To register for this event visit: https://sbm.execinc.com/edibo/AM20
6th annual CBC digital health behaviour change conference
Behaviour Change for Health: current and emerging science and technologies
06 - 07 April 2020, UCL Institute of Education - London, UK
Save the date: Harnessing digital technologies, the science of behaviour change and industry-academic collaborations to advance knowledge and practice.
Registration
Early bird ticket registration is now open via the UCL Online store. To secure your spot at the next conference, purchase here.
More information on Abstract Submissions and Event details is available via our conference webpage.
CBC Behaviour Change Clinics - Spring 2020
After the success of last years CBC Clinics, we are opening registration of interest again for Clinics scheduled in March.
UCL staff can register their interest for the CBC Clinics here.
The CBC Clinics:
- Are available for UCL staff from any discipline and faculty
- Address any issue, whilst we have particular expertise in health and environmental change
- Are led by senior members of the Centre for Behaviour Change
NIHR Policy Unit in Behavioural Science Launch Event
23 January 2020, The Shard - London
The PRU in Behavioural Science will use its expertise to explore influencing factors on demand for services, and how to successfully implement health and social care initiatives to improve the level of quality care in England.
The launch event will be held at The Shard, Warwick Business School London. The evening will begin with an opening reception followed by a series of short talks and panel session, with opportunities for networking.
For more information and to register, visit eventbrite.
EnviroHub Spring Public Meeting
Hosted by the CBC EnviroHub, this seminar will bring together key people at UCL and within sustainable industries to discuss environmental disasters and how we can take a behavioural angle to address these. More information on this event will be released soon.
- Previous events
Energise book launch
July 2019, Bedford Way UCL - London, UK
In this book Professor Robert West explores the science behind motivation, delving into the Machiavellian art of persuasion and examining the roles the incentives, praise and punishment play in our society.
You can purchase your copy from Silverback Publishing.
5th annual CBC digital health conference
07 - 08 April 2019, UCL Institute for Education - London, UK
The CBC would like to thank all delegates who attended and presented at the conference this year. The event was a huge success and one of the most exciting programmes of scientific content we have had - so thank you!
The theme of the 2019 conference was the use of digital and non-digital approaches, alone or in combination, to bring about behaviour change for health and wellbeing. Conference themes included:
Engagement with digital health interventions Digital Health interventions to promote physical activity, health eating and dietary change Advances in measurement and evaluation of digital health interventions Conceptual and ethical issues in digital health Big data approaches in the design, delivery and evaluation of digital health interventions.
Conference Programme Highlights
We hosted three world-class keynotes presentations this year from:
Dr Jennifer Turguiss - Vice President Behaviour Science & Advanced Analytics, Johnson & Johnson (USA)
Felix Greaves - BMMCh PhD FFPH, Deputy Director, Science and Strategic Information, Public Health England (UK)
Professor Sherry Pagoto - Director of UnConn Centre for mHealth & Social Media, University of Connecticut (USA)
2019 CBC conference programme
Open Science Framework (OSF)
We will be uploading all presenter abstracts to Open Science Framework as a platform of information to oversee research projects and outputs across multiple disciples that were shared at this year's conference. If you DO NOT want your submitted abstract uploaded to OSF please email behaviourchange@ucl.ac.uk.
The CBC would like to encourage presenters to upload their presentation slides and posters to OSF. To upload, please click on this link.
Whova - conference app
The conference app is still available to use and download for the next six months. Keep in contact with other conference delegates, network and share what you learnt at this year's conference by using the Whova app.
You can download the Whova conference app in the Apple Store on Google Play. You can also go to this link to download the app as well
Sponsors
Thank you to our 2019 pre-conference workshop sponsors:
