Get hands-on before the Conference begins
Before the Festival of Opportunity officially begins, join our pre-conference workshops and take a deeper dive into the topics shaping the future of clinical research. These interactive, expert-led sessions are designed to help you turn ideas into action, with practical tools and fresh perspectives you can immediately bring back to your work. Whether you’re looking to expand your expertise, learn from peers, or explore the connections that drive our industry, this is where your conference experience begins.
September 14, 2026.
Raleigh. North Carolina.
Pre-conference workshops are available as an optional add-on to conference registration at a fee of 460 USD per workshop.
Before the Festival of Opportunity officially begins, join our pre-conference workshops and take a deeper dive into the topics shaping the future of clinical research. These interactive, expert-led sessions are designed to help you turn ideas into action, with practical tools and fresh perspectives you can immediately bring back to your work. Whether you’re looking to expand your expertise, learn from peers, or explore the connections that drive our industry, this is where your conference experience begins.

Yatesh Midha, Saama
Building the Agentic Data Manager: A Hands-On Build Lab
8:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Clinical Data Management is evolving from static data curation to a dynamic landscape where Agentic AI can anticipate needs, execute complex workflows, and collaborate with humans. This workshop introduces clinical data professionals to the practical foundations of agentic AI and explores how these emerging capabilities can be applied within regulated clinical research environments.

Sujata Aiyangar, Accenture & Jayasmita Dutta, Zensar
Your Project Plan Is Already Your Brand. Nobody Told You.
8:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Most clinical data professionals believe their work should speak for itself. But what happens when brilliant work goes unnoticed?
This workshop explores an uncomfortable truth about visibility, influence, and the role your everyday project work already plays in shaping your reputation. You may discover that the story defining your career is already being written - whether you're telling it intentionally or not.

Joanna Florek-Marwitz, UCB & Sas Maheswaran, CluePoints
RBQM in Clinical Data Management
1:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Risk-Based Quality Management is no longer optional.
With ICH GCP E6(R3) reinforcing a risk-proportionate, quality-by-design approach, this hands-on workshop explores the full RBQM lifecycle - from identifying Critical to Quality Factors and assessing study-specific risks to setting meaningful KRIs and QTLs. Through interactive case studies, discover how risk-based approaches and Centralized Statistical Monitoring help teams focus on what matters most and uncover signals traditional monitoring can miss.

Dawn Kaminski, eClinical Solutions & Dan Crawford, Veeva Systems