Conference in Banff: 14-16 May 2025

Looking at the Pandemic in the Rearview Mirror: Successes, Failures and Unintended Consequences

Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, Canada

14-16 May 2025

The Pandemic Evidence Collaboration 2025 conference aims to identify, develop and implement strategies to generate high-quality evidence for non-pharmacological interventions (NPIs) during public health emergencies to inform policy and care decisions by:

• Supporting the generation of high-quality evidence (including, but not solely limited to, randomized controlled trials) for non-pharmacological interventions (NPIs) during a global public health emergency.
• Fostering effective and efficient knowledge exchange so scientists and public health officials can address the most relevant policy and care questions during a global public health emergency.
• Inspiring policymakers and health system leaders to incorporate high-quality evidence into decision-making.
• Understanding how we study the short- and long-term consequences of NPI policies, including inequities, on health (e.g. length and quality of life), economic (e.g. income, housing and food security), psychosocial (e.g. community cohesion) and environmental (i.e., natural and built environment – e.g. biosafety and waste management).
• Increasing public understanding of the benefits and harms of the use of NPIs during global health care emergencies in different environments.