Today’s values and tomorrow’s challenges for the LPS research community
Schedule
Wed Nov 04 2026 at 10:00 am to 05:00 pm
UTC+00:00Location
Woburn House Conference Centre | London, EN
About this Event
About the conference
How can we tackle inequalities and underrepresentation among study participants? What do developments in AI and machine learning mean for the future of LPS? What lessons can we learn from our international peers? How can we work collaboratively to address future challenges facing the sector? What are the values that guide the longitudinal research community?
Join us on Wednesday 4 November 2026, for a one-day collaborative conference bringing together the longitudinal research community to explore these questions and how today’s values can guide our responses to tomorrow’s challenges.
This interactive event will provide a platform for discussion, reflection and knowledge exchange, with a strong focus on sharing best practice and problem-solving.
The programme has been shaped in consultation with the longitudinal research community to reflect shared values, challenges and priorities.
The conference will focus on following themes:
- Inequalities and underrepresentation
- People, values and organisations
- Ethics and AI
- Global values
Each parallel session will showcase current work within the conference themes, followed by facilitated group discussions and the chance for attendees to share their own experiences.
Attendees will also have the opportunity to hear from our keynote speaker, Daisy Fancourt on ‘Embracing theoretical and methodological developments in cohort analysis: insights from research on arts engagement’.
The day will conclude with a plenary panel discussion exploring how today’s values can influence and inform solutions to address the challenges facing the longitudinal research community.
Who should attend?
This conference is designed for people who work for a longitudinal population study team, including Principal Investigators, research staff, data managers, fieldwork staff, study managers, laboratory technicians, tracing experts and communications professionals. It is not best suited to students or data users with no study management responsibilities.
Programme overview
The day will run from 10:00 – 17:00 GMT with the welcome session starting promptly at 10:30am.
The full programme with confirmed timings and speakers will be made available shortly.
In the meantime, here’s an overview of the day’s agenda:
- Welcome from our conference chair
- Keynote talk from Daisy Fancourt (abstract below)
- Panel discussion on ‘Today’s values and tomorrow’s challenges for the LPS community’
- Parallel sessions on (see below)
Parallele sessions: themes and confirmed contributor organisations
- Inequalities and underrepresentation (Growing Up in Scotland, National Centre for Social Research)
- People, values and organisations (Gemini Study, Generation Scotland, UKRI Economic and Social Research Council, Administrative Data Research UK)
- Ethics and AI (Understanding Society)
- Global lessons and values (TBC)
Additional speakers/organisations will be confirmed shortly.
Our keynote talk
Embracing theoretical and methodological developments in cohort analyses: insights from research on arts engagement
As epidemiologists look ahead, the question of where our community is heading—and what we must protect, rethink, or strengthen feels increasingly urgent. Drawing on her research in arts engagement and social prescribing, Professor Daisy Fancourt will reflect on the shifts her research group have taken to adapt to new research approaches and consider how we adapt our approaches for an increasingly complex research landscape.
Keynote speaker bio
Daisy Fancourt is Professor of Psychobiology and Epidemiology at University College London where she heads the Social Biobehavioural Research Group, Director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Arts and Health and UNESCO Chair in Arts & Global Health.
She has published 300 scientific papers, received over £37m in research funding, and won over two dozen academic prizes. She is a multi-award-winning science communicator and has been named a World Economic Forum Global Shaper and BBC New Generation Thinker.
She is author of the Sunday Times bestseller Art Cure: The Science of How the Arts Transform Our Health, which is short-listed for the Women’s Prize for non-fiction. Daisy is listed as one of the most highly cited scientists in the world.
Registration
The conference is free to attend but all delegates must register.
Book your place via the 'reserve your spot' button above.
Registration will close on Wednesday 28 October 2026.
Venue information
The event will take place at Woburn House (20-24 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9HQ)
Getting to Woburn House:
- 5 minutes' walk from Euston Station
- 8 minutes' walk from St Pancras International and Eurostar terminals
- 10 minutes' walk from Kings Cross Station
- 5 minutes' walk from Russell Square and Euston Square Underground
- Several buses stop on Tavistock Square including the 59, 68, 168 and 91.
Plan your journey via the Transport for London website.
Further information
If you have any questions or require further information about this conference, please contact Becky England: [email protected].
Where is it happening?
Woburn House Conference Centre, Tavistock Square, London, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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