The choice of 2024’s theme, “Innovation and Technology in Peer Review”, is timely: artificial intelligence tools are being adopted by authors and publishers, bringing both benefits and challenges for peer review and research integrity. In this position, Alice Hall, Head of Journals Editorial and Research Integrity, works closely with internal and external teams to prevent and tackle issues arising from publishing misconduct. Research integrity was a dominant theme at the meeting, including the proliferation of paper mills and bad actors in scientific publishing, and the opportunities and challenges of AI for securing research integrity.