Below is a list of the conference streams, descriptions, Chairs and Co-Chairs.
Stream
| Description
| Stream Chair
| Stream Co-Chair
|
Application & Software Development (AD)
| Application and Software Development papers typically cover the development process of applications and software designed to assist us, directly or indirectly, in our daily job. However, the remit of the Application and Software Development paper could also cover a migration project or specific application and software development methodologies and techniques.
| Raymond Ebben, OCS Consulting
| Stephen Griffiths, GSK
|
Coders Corner (CC)
| Is dedicated to brief presentations on real-life code, programming tips, efficiency techniques, undocumented features, useful algorithms and macros and other creative uses of software.
| Jules van der Zalm, OCS Consulting
| Gary Hearfield, Amgen
|
CDISC & Industry Standards (CD)
| The CDISC organisation has established standards to support the acquisition, exchange, analysis, submission and archival of clinical data an metadata. The stream focuses on:
- Explanation and interpretation of the standards
- Processes and development of how to implement these data standards
- The use of the CDISC standards in e-Submissions.
| Frans Wald, Boehringer Ingelheim | Michael Knoessl, Boehringer Ingelheim |
Coding Solutions (CS)
| CS papers concentrate on validated or documented single scripts or macros that are not coding language specific. Solutions presented will cover different programming needs; complex algorithms, standardisation and/or solving recurrent issues.
| Alistair Dootson, Dootsonic
| Edwin van Stein, Chiltern International
|
Data Handling
(DH) | The DH stream is dedicated to many aspects of data handling and database management done by Programmers in the pharmaceutical industry. The aspects include: management of data and data flow, metadata definition and handling, extraction of raw data from various sources, data validation, data acceptance and data quality issues, data processing from raw to analysis data, data transformation as well as different interfaces to clinical data management systems.
| Chris Price, Roche | Dimitri Kutsenko, Entimo
|
Industry Starters (IS)
| IS offers a great opportunity for either new colleagues to the industry to gain experience presenting at conferences or the more experienced to present papers that would be of interest to colleagues with 3 years or less experience. The focus is to provide a warm welcome to the industry and to ask questions in a more informal atmosphere, whilst offering a diverse range of presentations that would be of interest to all.
| John Moone, ICON
| Dave Barrett, Amgen
|
Health Outcomes Research & Epidemiology (HE)
| This stream is dedicated to programming in the field of epidemiology, health economics and health outcomes research. Issues such as handling very large data-sets, data selection issues, epidemiological methods assessing patient reported outcomes like compliance, quality of life and more will be covered.
| Berber Snoeijer, Pharmo Institute
| Knut Mueller, UCB BioSciences GmbH
|
Management (MA)
| The MA stream focuses on discussing current challenges and opportunities that are faced by Programming Managers within our industry. The session will be interactive with experienced managers introducing a topic and inviting the audience to participate in a discussion to share the collective experience and knowledge. Contribution is by invitation only.
| James McDermotts, Ab Tartarus
| Beate Heintzsch, Accovion |
Non-Specific (NS)
| This stream is in place for those papers that do not fit directly with any of the established Conference Stream, so that the Conference Chair and Co-Chair can take the decision on where they would be best presented. The focus is to provide a storage point for the the paper until an actual stream has been determined and agrees with the author(s).
| Sascha Ahrweller, UCB BioSciences GmbH | Pierre Mayeur, IDDI
|
Professional Development & Training (PD)
| The Professional Development and Training stream showcases a diverse range of presentations. New challenges in our daily working life need us to react to changing skill sets, working practices, areas of research and technology. This stream delves into the range of soft skills required by a programmer to thrive in this changing environment.
| Lynn Clipstone, ICON
| Asa Carlsheimer, Ferring Pharmaceuticals A/S
|
Poster Presentations (PP)
| Posters cover a wide variety of topics in a poster board rather than a formal lecture. Posters are ideal for presentations that include graphics, source code, statistical concepts or thought-provoking concepts that invite participants to review at their own pace.
| Jennie McGuirk, ICON
| Jinesh Patel, Quanticate |
Regulatory (RG)
| The healthcare industry is surrounded by rules, standards and regulations such as GxP,ICH,21 CRF Part 11 compliance, validation, version control, process management and continuous improvement processes. We are also regulated on all aspects of submission related activities including interactions with health authorities, site inspections and audits. The stream invites you to share your experiences and have open discussion on how best to work in such a highly regulated industry.
| Stephen Harrison, Independent | Michael Harris, Amgen
|
Software Demonstrations (SD)
| SD focuses on the demonstration of the new or recently released software and tools. It may include new programming platforms, reporting systems or data management tools and new innovative applications utilising a variety of new and established technologies. Each demonstration has the goal of highlighting potential for enhanced optimisation, increased efficiency or user friendliness in the day to day undertaking of biometrics processes and tasks.
| Rob Horton, Quanticate
| Heinrich von Lips, Boehringer Ingelheim
|
| Statistics & Pharmacokinetics (SP) | The SP section is designed to allow members to share ideas on the interface between statistics and computing. This can be software related, for example, how statistical or computing packages can be used to resolve statistical issues within the clinical trial field. It can also be statistical in nature, such as improving programmers' understanding of statistical methods.
| Martin Gregory, Merck Serono | Corinna Miede, Accovion |
Technical Solutions (TS)
| The Technical and Solutions stream focuses on innovation solutions that enable us to solve problems and increase productivity. These papers are not limited to SAS and can cover a wide range of technologies, interfaces and systems.
| Ian Amaranayake, Amadeus Software
| Vincent Buchheit, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd
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