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IPDLN Conference – Tickets are now available!

Ticket registration is now open for the 2022 IPDLN Conference. There are a variety of ticket packages available – find out more on the 2022 Conference page. To purchase a ticket, please sign up to Crowd.

Message from the IPDLN Co-Directors

We are pleased to announce you can now buy tickets for this year’s IPDLN conference.

This event is an excellent opportunity to network and collaborate with your colleagues from across the world, sharing research, ideas, and experiences. It is also a chance to hear from leading researchers, learn new methods and skills, and find out about the latest developments in the field.

We are using the new Crowd platform to support conference registrations, giving you access to the conference materials, networking opportunities and dynamic conversations.

We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible in Edinburgh later this year for what will undoubtedly be a joyous and productive conference. This will be a great opportunity to initiate and strengthen engagement among peers in the network.

Dr Emma Gordon and Professor Chris Dibben

IPDLN Co-Directors

16 February 2022

Call for Candidates for the 2023-2024 Conference Director

The International Population Data Linkage Network (IPDLN) is now seeking nominations for individuals interested in running for election as the new Director of the IPDLN for calendar years 2023 and 2024. The Director must be a member of the IPDLN and their home institution should preferably also be an institutional member of the IPDLN.

The Director and their host institution will be responsible for the planning and execution of the 2024 IPDLN Conference, and they will additionally Chair the IPDLN Executive Committee. On completion of their term as Director they will continue their membership of the Executive Committee for a further two-year term.

More information about the role of Director can be found here. The election of the new Director will take place virtually and the winner will be announced during the September 2022 Conference in Edinburgh.

Application Guidelines:

Each applicant must provide a description of their institution including biographies of key staff that will be part of the IPDLN team including the proposed Director.
An outline and plan, including venue location, for the 2024 Conference.
An outline of the proposed two-year plan for the IPDLN with key deliverables.
Applications should be no longer than two pages, size 12 font and submitted in PDF format.

All expressions of interest must be sent to hub@adruk.org by 4 July 2022

About the International Population Data Linkage Network

What is data linkage?

Secondary use of linked administrative data is often referred to as ‘data linkage,’ ‘record linkage,’ or ‘linked data.’ This is typically population based longitudinal data that has originally been collected for another purpose. Linkage may take place across data sets in a single domain (i.e. health) or across domains (i.e. health, education, environment, early childhood, etc.).

Why is it important?

Data linkage is an invaluable tool for research across and between many different disciplines. It provides an inclusive and detailed picture of the population, is cost-effective relative to other data collection mechanisms, and enables studies to be done that could not otherwise be performed.

What is the Network's role?

The International Population Data Linkage Network (IPDLN) facilitates communication between centres that specialise in data linkage and users of the linked data. The Network provides a space for discussion, exchange of ideas, and learning within the common interest of data linkage for the betterment of population data linkage research.

Over 30 participants from Canada, the UK, Australia and New Zealand attended the 2008 inaugural meeting of the IPDLN (then known as the IHDLN), held in London, UK and hosted by the Research and Development Directorate of the National Health Service. Since then, the IPDLN has grown to over 1,000 members from all over the world.

Every two years, directorship of the Network moves sites. ADR UK (Administrative Data Research UK) has taken over the Directorship of the IPDLN for 2021-22. The Network is Co-Directed by Dr Emma Gordon, Director of the ADR UK Strategic Hub, and Professor Chris Dibben, Co-Director of ADR Scotland.

Executive Committee for the 2021-22 IPDLN Conference

Emma Gordon – IPDLN Co-Director, Committee Co-Chair & Director, ADR UK
Chris Dibben - IPDLN Co-Director, Committee Co-Chair & Co-Director, ADR Scotland
Dennis Culhane – Member & Professor of Social Policy, University of Pennsylvania (USA)
Ruth Gilbert –Member & Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, University College London (UK)
Kerina Jones – IJPDS Editor, Ex-Officio & Professor of Population Data Science, Swansea University (UK)
Kim McGrail – Member & Professor of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia (Canada)
Rachael Moorin –Member & Professor of Population Health, Curtin University (Australia)
Rainer Schnell –Member & Chair for Empirical Social Research, University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany)
Merran Smith – immediate past Director , Chief Executive, Population Health Research Network (Australia)

Find out more about the IPDLN Executive Committee and Terms of Reference.