Upcoming meetings


NorPEN 2025

Start date: 19/11/2025
End date: 21/11/2025
Location: Uppsala, Sweden

Preliminary program: HERE

The scientific committee consist of:

Björn Wettermark, Professor, Uppsala University (chair)
Carolyn Cesta, Assistant Professor, Karolinska Institutet
Björn Pasternak, Assistant Professor, Karolinska Institutet
Fredrik Nyberg, Professor, University of Gothenburg
Huiqi Li, PhD, University of Gothenburg
Rickard Ljung, Professor, The Swedish Medical Products Agency
Niklas Norén, PhD, Uppsala Monitoring Centre
Elin Dahlén, PhD, The NEPI Foundation- Network for Pharmacoepidemiology

Pre-conference course Wednesday November 19th, 13-17:00

The Nordic Region to Champion Transparency and Reproducibility in Pharmacoepidemiology

Professor Anton Pottegård, University of Southern Denmark

Associate Professor Shirley V. Wang, Harvard Medical School

Brief Description: An overview of recent development, tips, and tools to enhance reproducibility and transparency throughout the lifecycle of pharmacoepidemiology studies – from assessing data fitness, developing protocols, code lists, and design diagrams, to transparency statements and reporting guidelines. Nordic-specific tools, such as the EpiCore common data model, will be highlighted. This pre-conference course will include interactive discussion and hands-on exercises.

Format: Hybrid

Target audience: All pharmacoepidemiologists who wish to improve the transparency and reproducibility of their own science and contribute to advancing the field of pharmacoepidemiology towards a more transparent future.

NordicEpi-NorPEN

Start date: 03/06/2026
End date: 05/06/2026
Location: Tromsø, Norway
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Past meetings


Artificial Intelligence in Pharmacoepidemiology for the Nordic Countries

Start date: 18/11/2024
End date: 20/11/2024
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
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The 16th NorPEN meeting.

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Strengthening our Nordic network for preparedness and impact

Start date: 22/11/2023
End date: 24/11/2023
Location: Oslo, Norway
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The 15th NorPEN meeting.

Data-driven decision making in healthcare and health promotion

Start date: 16/11/2022
End date: 18/11/2022
Location: Tampere, Finland
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The 14th NorPEN meeting.

Sustainability of Nordic Collaboration

Start date: 11/11/2021
End date: 12/11/2021
Location: Virtual meeting

The 13th NorPEN meeting.

Hosted by researchers in Stockholm.

Phase IV studies and beyond

Start date: 14/11/2019
End date: 15/11/2019
Location: Aarhus, Denmark
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The 12th NorPEN meeting.

Abstract booklet [PDF]

Life course Pharmacoepidemiology

Start date: 07/11/2018
End date: 09/11/2018
Location: Oslo, Norway
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The 11th NorPEN meeting.

Safety, drugs and vaccines – methodological considerations

Start date: 01/11/2017
End date: 03/11/2017
Location: Helsinki, Finland
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The 10th NorPEN meeting.

The 9th NorPEN meeting

Start date: 16/11/2016
End date: 18/11/2016
Location: Stockholm, Sweden

The 8th NorPEN meeting

Start date: 12/11/2015
End date: 13/11/2015
Location: Odense, Denmark
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The 7th NorPEN meeting and pre-meeting course on causal graphs (DAGs)

Start date: 17/11/2014
End date: 19/11/2014
Location: Oslo, Norway

The 6th NorPEN meeting

Start date: 25/10/2012
End date: 26/10/2012
Location: Stockholm, Sweden

Drug exposure and prescribing quality in a Nordic context

Start date: 13/10/2011
End date: 14/10/2011
Location: Odense, Denmark

The 5th NorPEN meeting.

Medicine use in Children

Start date: 14/10/2010
End date: 15/10/2010
Location: Reykjavík, Iceland

Research into psychotropic drugs and drug use among older people

Start date: 16/03/2010
End date: 18/03/2010
Location: Kuopio, Finland

Reproductive health: Focus on drug use in pregnancy

Start date: 20/10/2009
End date: 21/10/2009
Location: Oslo, Norway

Research using prescription medicine registers

Start date: 04/03/2009
End date: 05/03/2009
Location: Göteborg, Sweden