# Fostering innovation and advancement in evidence‐based practice and guidelines within the field of pediatrics: The 2024 BRIGHT declaration

## TL;DR

A symposium in China brought together experts to discuss improving pediatric healthcare through better evidence, guidelines, and AI.

## Contribution

The symposium fostered international collaboration to advance high-quality evidence and guidelines in pediatrics.

## Key findings

- Multidisciplinary teams presented recent progress in generating evidence for children's healthcare.
- The event emphasized the role of AI applications in transforming pediatric research.
- Transnational cooperation was highlighted as key to advancing pediatric guidelines.

## Abstract

The first Better evidence and RecommendatIons for the next Generation HealTh—BRIGHT symposium was held in Chongqing, China between June 21 and 23, 2024. The symposium did not only showcase the recent progress made by multidisciplinary teams in generating and translating evidence for children's healthcare, guideline development and evaluation, and the utilization of AI applications in pediatrics but also fostered transnational and transregional cooperation to promote the advancement of high‐quality evidence and guidelines in this field. The symposium contributed significantly to the future development and transformation of research endeavors in pediatrics.