Evidence has taken centre stage around the globe over this past year. Practitioners, patients, policy makers, politicians, the media and the public continue to grapple with how to use and communicate evidence in a time of uncertainty.

This focus on evidence has shone a spotlight on both research synthesis and implementation, exposing shortcomings and prompting shifts in our thinking. The uptake of living evidence approaches to reviews and guidelines has accelerated, and other key aspects of research synthesis continue to evolve—automation, bias, synthesis methods, reporting, reproducibility and integrity. Equally, we have witnessed an unprecedented focus on implementation strategy and the use of global campaigns that focus on engaging both the health community and general public.

Join us at Engaging Evidence 2021 from 9-11 November to explore these recent developments through a national and regional lens.

Jointly hosted by the local networks of Cochrane, JBI, GRADE and G-I-N, EE21 offers a chance to exchange knowledge and ideas, and hear what others are up to in the worlds of evidence and research synthesis.