FORRT AI in Metascience Online Conference
How is AI changing the way research is done, checked and understood? The FORRT AI in Metascience Online Conference takes three days over that question, with 33 accepted submissions from people who are studying it or building with it. Registration is now open, and everyone is welcome.
- When
- 28–30 September 2026. Sessions run between 09:30 and 18:00 CEST (UTC+2) each day.
- Where
- Online, on Google Meet.
- Cost
- Free to attend.
- Programme
- 33 accepted submissions in a single track, so you can follow the whole conference if you want - or dip in and out as you like..
What each day covers
AI in the research pipeline
What AI is already doing to the literature, whether it can carry out evidence synthesis, how it can inform research science evaluation ... and what legitimate and ethical AI adoption would look like.
Replications and reproductions
Replications and reproductions are key to credible science - yet currently hard to do and hard to find. Here, we explore whether AI can help with both, and discuss some risks of handing this work over to machines.
Workshops
Three hands-on sessions of 90 minutes each, helping you to get started with AI for knowledge management, evidence synthesis or the evaluation and improvement of pre-registrations.
When can I get the detailed programme
The full programme will be available here in early September. Register now, then come back in September to plan which time slots you want to keep clear.
Joining the sessions
Everything runs on Google Meet. We will email joining details to everyone who has registered in the week before the conference, so use an email address you check.
Live captions are on in every session. If anything else would help you take part, tell us on the registration form, and we will do what we can.
Where speakers opt in, their talks are published afterwards on the FORRT YouTube channel.
Code of conduct
Everyone taking part, whether presenting or watching, follows the FORRT code of conduct.
During the conference, raise a concern with the organising committee — message a session chair or the organiser, or email l.wallrich@bbk.ac.uk. We will act on it the same day. Afterwards, or if you would rather not come to us, report it to the FORRT ethics committee, either by contacting any of its members or through the anonymous reporting form. FORRT’s confidential advisor is there if you would like to talk something through first.
Questions
Email the organiser, Lukas Wallrich, at l.wallrich@bbk.ac.uk, or message him on the FORRT Slack.