Here are the events we are taking part in this year.
UK-IS Pre-Conference Event
4th June 2025
The Assembly Rooms, Newcastle
The title one theme of the pre-conference event is: ‘Overcoming the implementation science to practice gap: research and practice insights from across the four nations of the UK’.
This pre-conference event will bring UK wide practice and research examples from social care and health. We expect a diverse set of presentations followed by a panel discussion which will address the main theme. Lunch is included.
Whilst focussed on UK research and practice the event is open to all registrants for the European Implementation Event and the event will be richer with wide participation.
Pre-Conference Programme
12:00 – 12:40 Arrival and lunch
12:40 – 12:45 Welcome and introductions
12:50 Northern Ireland
Presentations kick-off with Northern Ireland.
‘Wanted: critical friends for hypothesis testing… Is implementation science the key to closing the research to impact gap?’ Melanie Stone, Project Specialist and Lead for the Evaluating impact programme, Centre for Effective Services Belfast.
13:35 Scotland
‘Delivering The Promise in Scotland: Using implementation science to support the scale up of Intensive Family Support across a multi-agency partnership’ Claire Burns, Director of CELCIS, Dr Emma Hanley, Head of Complex Change CELCIS, Karen Dyball, Assistant Chief Officer, Children & Families & North East Operations, Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership and Peter Orr, Head of Children’s Services, Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership.
14:10 Tea break
14:30 Wales
‘From legislation to implementation 10 years on: Perspectives and learning of implementing the Well being of Future Generations Act (2015) Wales across the North Wales region’
Nina Ruddle Head of Public Policy, Wrexham University & Paula Wood Researcher, Wrexham University.
15:15 England
‘Implementing and evaluating complex interventions: through the lens of a wound care transformation programme’ Dr Sarah Robinson, Director of Delivery, Health Innovation East, Implementation Lead – NIHR ARC East of England.
16:00 Interactive discussion
How to overcome the implementation science to practice gap?
16:30 Close
After Event
The Science Slam starts at 5 pm at the Brink burn Brewery followed by a drinks reception at 6.30. This is in the Ouseburn district https://brinkburnbrewery.co.uk/ It is 2.2 km walk between the two venues, so approximately a 20 minute walk.
To register for your place at the pre-conference event and at EIE2025 click here – https://implementation.eu/eie2025-registration/.
Membership of the Society
We exist to serve as a bridge between implementation, improvement and innovation science and their application in practice and in policy, and we encourage a wide and inclusive membership across disciplines and sectors. Membership is by application, open to any bona fide individual working in implementation or improvement science or research, policy, or practice in services for people or communities who subscribes to the Society’s Principles.
Members have access to curated resources, receive a regular member bulletin, benefit from reduced fees for events, selected conferences and meetings, and can choose to be included in our Directory of Members.