A leading group of researchers and technologists will gather in Jakarta on 20–21 May 2025 for a landmark workshop led by ALEC as part of our Monash University funded Global Living Evidence Architecture (GLEA) initiative. This workshop will be hosted by Monash University Indonesia. The workshop, Co-designing a Living Evidence Architecture: Understanding the Needs of Our Region, aims to shape the future of real-time health evidence use across the Asia-Pacific.
Living evidence and living guidelines are innovative approaches that ensure health recommendations remain up to date as new research emerges—crucial for clinicians, policy-makers and public health officials. Pioneered by ALEC, these approaches have already been adopted by the WHO, NICE (UK) and others, signalling a global shift in evidence-based care.
GLEA is now working to ensure that technology underpinning this transformation is co-designed to meet the needs of the Western Pacific and South-East Asia regions. The Jakarta workshop will convene regional experts across clinical practice, policy, consumer advocacy and digital health to develop inclusive, AI-enabled systems that reflect how people access and apply evidence in diverse settings.
This is the second workshop in a series of four for this project being held in Melbourne and Jakarta.
The multidisciplinary team—led by ALEC’s Academic Director Professor Tari Turner and Associate Professor Leah Heiss will be supported by experts in IT, design, and health policy—will use the workshop to explore barriers, test solutions, and lay the groundwork for an open grant to build a regionally appropriate evidence platform.
“This is a rare opportunity to ensure our region’s voice helps shape the global future of health knowledge translation,” said Dr Tsharni Zazryn, ALEC Operations Manager.