From 09:30: Registration/Coffee

10:30:

Introduction (Dr. Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief, The Lancet)

10:45:

The Sudbø-case (Prof. Anders Ekbom, Chairman, The Sudbø-commission). Discussion

11:30:

Lessons to learn for journals (Dr. Harvey Marcovitch, Chairman COPE, Committee of publication ethics, London, UK). Discussion

12:10:

Darsee to Sudbø: MEDLINE’s role in the retraction process (Mr. Sheldon Kotzin, Associate director for library operations, Executive editor of Medline, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, USA). Discussion

13:00:

Lunch

14:00:

Researchers’ responsibilities (Dr. Camilla Stoltenberg, Division Director,The Norwegian Institute of Public Health). Discussion

14:35:

Can research institutions live up to expectations? (Prof. Stein A Evensen, Dean, University of Oslo, Medical School). Discussion

15:10:

Coffee

15:30:

Will anything really change? Panel discussion Dr. Erlend Hem, Medical editor, The Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association

Mr. Sigmund Simonsen, Lawyer, Research fellow, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Dr. Hans Petter Aarseth, The Norwegian Directorate for Health and Social Affairs

16:15:

Summing up (Richard Horton, Magne Nylenna)