
November 16-17, 2023
Empower, Enable, Excite!
Engage is a complimentary annual conference for eClinical clients and partners that brings together thought leaders, industry experts, elluminate® Clinical Data Cloud users and Biometrics Services clients to discuss topics on the cutting-edge of digital innovation. Join us to exchange ideas, share best practices, and build on lessons learned to empower the elluminate community to create new and better experiences for interacting with clinical data. We encourage the attendance of team members across roles to maximize the value of different sessions.
Plan Your Visit
Engage 2023 Venue
The Newbury Boston
1 Newbury St, Boston, MA 02116


How an AI Revolution and Digital Transformation are Redefining ‘Data Centricity’ and Disrupting Innovation in the Life Sciences Industry
Dr. Nimita Limaye, Research VP, Life Sciences R&D Strategy and Technology, IDC, is an executive business leader with close to three decades of leadership experience in the pharma/CRO/tech consulting industry. She provides advisory services on aspects such as digital transformation, drug discovery and development, digital biomarkers, digital ecosystems, RWD, metaverse, lab of the future, 5G, precision medicine, generative AI, strategic consulting, regulatory intelligence, and outsourcing strategy. She represents healthcare and life sciences on IDC’s AI Council and is passionate about the role of data, technology, and analytics in transforming the life sciences industry. Nimita was the past chair of the SCDM board, chairs DIA’s global medical writing community, and has chaired several conferences, given keynote talks, participated in fireside chats, and authored close to a 100 thought leadership papers.
Key Themes
elluminate as a foundational technology for the future proof drug development paradigm
How specialized and data-focused outsourcing models backed by technology can contribute to increased quality and cycle time reduction
The new clinical biometrics blueprint to facilitate innovation, automation and collaboration throughout the clinical trial lifecycle
Best practices for elluminate Implementation and Adoption
How AI is changing the landscape of clinical trials and reshaping the future of research
What’s new and what’s coming in the elluminate Clinical Data Cloud and with our Biometrics Services
Agenda
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
9:30-4:30 PM
Registration Open
Day 1 - Thursday, November 16, 2023
8:00-9:30 AM
Registration Open
8:30-9:00 AM
eIQ Review Demo Spotlight
Join our AI experts for an informative demonstration of elluminate’s AI-enabled data review capabilities with eIQ Review. Stop by the Ivy Room after picking up your Engage badge at the registration table to see eIQ Review in action, ask questions of our product team, and enjoy a bagel & lox buffet.

Jason Konn

Achilleas Zaras
8:30-9:30 AM
Breakfast
9:30-9:45 AM
Welcome to Day 1 of Engage 2023

Marty Roche

Bob Arnesen
9:45-10:05 AM
Unleash the Data Potential for Digital Trials
Clinical leaders today are tasked with balancing trial complexity with talent scarcity while also delivering on inclusive, innovative, patient-centric trials faster than ever. Amid these pressures of modern research, there has been a growing focus on data and AI adoption. This session will examine and offer best practices for AI adoption, benefits of relying on a data-driven approach to clinical research and building trust with new technology and processes.

Raj Indupuri
10:05-10:30 AM
Enabling a Data-driven, Technology-backed Future
Join Raj and Alex in this session to examine and review best practices for AI adoption, benefits of relying on a data-driven approach to clinical research and building trust with new technology and processes.

Alex Deyle
10:30-11:00 PM
Morning Break
11:00-11:30 AM
Beyond the Buzzword: DEI in Clinical Trials
This insightful conversation between Katrina Rice of eClinical and Del Smith of Acclinate will explore how diversifying the patient pool is crucial to the success of clinical trials, and how important it is to take the patient experience into account when designing and conducting trials.

Katrina Rice Moderator

Del Smith
11:30-12:30 PM
Keynote: How an AI Revolution and Digital Transformation are Redefining ‘Data Centricity’ and Disrupting Innovation in the Life Sciences Industry
In a world rocked by geopolitical turmoil and economic instability, digital transformation is the lifeline that is driving sustainability and fueling growth in the life sciences industry. Data has become the lifeblood of the life sciences industry. In this data-driven world, AI is powering an “Intelligence Revolution” and innovation strategy is being redefined. Generative AI has brought in the next wave of disruption and fiction is rapidly becoming reality. In this keynote presentation, Nimita Limaye share how the life sciences industry can adopt, adapt and accelerate to keep pace with the evolving world.

Nimita Limaye
12:30-1:30 PM
Lunch Break
1:30-2:00 PM
Expert Roundtable: Data Management of the Past, Present, and Future

Diane Lacroix Moderator

Sherry Volk

Bethann Schrader-Giancarlo

Emily Pereira
2:00-3:00 PM
Breakout Groups
Workshop: Developing an AI-integrated Approach to Clinical Data
Attention all innovation enthusiasts! AI technology is rapidly changing the way we all work, and eClinical is committed to its continued development on the elluminate platform. Join the eClinical product team in a one-hour workshop to participate in brainstorming ideas for using AI technology to improve processing clinical trial data. We want to hear your perspective and hope to see you there!

Justin Boyce Moderator
RACT and Roll
Join us for a one-of-a-kind RACT (Risk Assessment and Categorization Tool) discussion like you’ve never seen before! The eClinical Solutions elluminate implementation team is ready to take risk management to a dazzling new level, swapping their usual work attire for something a little more… star-studded.
In this mock RACT assessment, our team will be stepping into the high-heels and glittering costumes of the world’s most iconic pop stars: Cher, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, and the King himself, Elvis. Picture Cher, with her legendary sense of humor, debating risk thresholds and mitigation strategies, while Taylor Swift meticulously notes potential pitfalls with the precision of a hit songwriter.

Angela Slocum

Meredith Bell

Jason Konn

Karen Skuba

Anna Hergt
I SCEeee what you did there: Integrating the Statistical Computing Environment into Your Processes

Nathan Johnson

Demi Niforos
3:00-3:30 PM
Afternoon Break
3:30-4:00 PM
Everyone Needs Validation: Navigating & Executing the Change Management Process
This session will review industry best practices for maintaining validation and enacting change management across the organization. Industry experts will discuss:
- How eClinical Solutions advises companies going through elluminate implementation and upgrade utilizing a risk-based approach
- The testing, change control process, impact and assessment implemented while identifying elements of risk.
- Best practices, Do’s and Don’ts of a SaaS platform implementation and upgrade
- How companies can validate and move forward efficiently
- Need for a comprehensive Organizational Change Management, as part of a transformative platform rollout.
- How Halloran Consulting approaches change management with organizations of various sizes and how to support teams needing more guidance
- Impact of Change Management in adoption and use of the platform leading to faster ROI.

Venu Mallarapu

Evan Grunbaum

Karen Travers
4:00-5:00 PM
The elluminate Clinical Data Cloud Roadmap
eClinical product team leaders will share what’s new and what’s coming for the elluminate Clinical Data Cloud.

Robert Musterer

Sam Anwar

Nathan Johnson
5:30-6:30 PM
Happy Hour at The Newbury
6:30-10:00 PM
Engage Party at Caveau
Join your Engage peers and the eClinical Team for a fun and casual evening at Caveau! This private party will include dinner, live music, and plenty of engaging conversation! Shuttle service to/from The Newbury hotel will be provided. Address: 1 Center Plaza, Boston, MA 02108
Day 2 - Friday, November 17, 2023
8:00-8:45 AM
Breakfast
8:45-9:00 AM
Welcome to Day 2 of Engage 2023

Nathan Johnson
9:00-9:30 AM
Transforming Biometrics Services
Katrina Rice, Chief Delivery Officer, will share how eClinical’s Biometrics Services team achieved successful outcomes over the past year, as well as show the transformation to Clinical Data Science within Biometrics Services accompanied by use cases of current Biometrics Services customers.

Katrina Rice
9:30-10:30 AM
Digital Data Platform Expansion and Adoption
In this panel discussion, industry experts will review lessons learned in technology adoption and expansion, and share use cases for implementing elluminate to other business areas beyond the initial engagement and engaging team leaders in the discussion.

Ken Getz Moderator

Igor Proscurshim

Ian Shafer

Dave Evans
10:30-11:00 AM
Morning Break
11:00-11:30 AM
The Data Table: Getting Teams Seated for Implementation
Join the team at Allovir as they share how they inspired usage of elluminate at their organization and overcame initial challenges in implementation by demonstrating time-saving processes with the platform.

Jamie Clark Moderator

Angela Slocum Moderator

Lynn Sadowski Mason

Teresa Kilgallen
11:30-12:00 PM
Making Data Meaningful: Innovation in elluminate Insights
Experts from Tango Therapeutics and Cerevel will share how they use elluminate for different outcomes outside of data review and safety – including measurement against diversity plans and sample management tracking.

Dawn Kaminski Moderator

Lorenzo Balsamo

Adam Howard

Elyse Skenderian
12:00-12:30 PM
ENGAGING Cross-Functional Stakeholders In elluminate – An SAE Reconciliation Process Expanded Use-Case Study
Join team leaders from Biogen to learn about how they engaged cross-functional stakeholders to develop an SAE reconciliation process by leveraging elluminate.
12:30-1:30 PM
Lunch Break
1:30-2:00 PM
Working from a Blank Slate: Implementing Core Technology
David Roberts and Dominik Haury will share the BioNTech story of how they integrated elluminate into their existing architecture and their plans to further integrate elluminate into others systems.

Dave Roberts

Dominik Haury
2:00-3:00 PM
Breakout Groups
elluminate Capabilities Showcase
As a follow up to the elluminate Roadmap presentation, this breakout session will cover some of the newly released and soon-to-be released capabilities within the elluminate platform in greater detail. elluminate capabilities highlighted during this session will include Data Cuts, Data Variance, Color Highlighting, and Automated Data Classification.

Robert Musterer
Supporting the Evolution of Clinical Data Management to Clinical Data Science with AI-enabled Data Review
Driving the need to take an innovative approach to data management practices is the evolution of Clinical Data Management into Clinical Data Science, which expands the scope of clinical data management and requires different expertise, approaches, and technologies. This session will showcase the AI-enabled data review capabilities within eIQ Review and highlight several of the use cases that support the evolution of clinical data management to clinical data science while improving data quality, increasing productivity, and reducing cycle times.

Jason Konn

Dan McGann
Configuration Q&A
Calling all system owners and integrators to join us on a journey to trace your data from ingestion to insights, and picking up few best practices and tips we can share based on our implementation experience.

Sreekanth Gudapati Moderator

Sashank Kakulavarapu Moderator
3:00-3:30 PM
Scotch with Sam: Our CTO's Insight
Learn more about our CTO’s journey and his love for scotch, and how it relates to data, technology and his vision for shaping elluminate into a disruptive platform.

Sam Anwar
3:30-3:45 PM
Wrap-up

Vidhi Goel
Speakers
Industry Leaders
Customer Speakers
eClinical Experts
Registration Open!
November 16-17, 2023 in Boston, MA
elluminate Engage is a complimentary annual conference for eClinical clients and partners that brings together thought leaders, industry experts, and elluminate Clinical Data Cloud users to discuss topics on the cutting-edge of digital innovation.
Join us in-person in Boston to exchange ideas, share best practices, and build on lessons learned to empower the elluminate community to create new and better experiences for interacting with clinical data. We encourage the attendance of team members across roles to maximize the value of different sessions.
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November 16-17, 2023 in Boston, MA
elluminate Engage is a complimentary annual conference for eClinical clients and partners that brings together thought leaders, industry experts, and elluminate Clinical Data Cloud users to discuss topics on the cutting-edge of digital innovation.
Join us in-person in Boston to exchange ideas, share best practices, and build on lessons learned to empower the elluminate community to create new and better experiences for interacting with clinical data. We encourage the attendance of team members across roles to maximize the value of different sessions.
November 16-17, 2023
Join industry leaders & experts from eClinical Solutions in Boston, MA for key insights and best practices for elluminate users.
Highlights from Engage 2022
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Digital Clinical 2025: Blueprint for Success
Raj Indupuri, CEO, eClinical Solutions
Doug Barta, CIO, Cerevel Therapeutics
Moving Beyond the Core Platform
Megan Dunham, Associate Director, Clinical Data Innovation, Jazz Therapeutics
Building Better End-User Experiences
Michelle Keller, Director, Clinical Data Management - Medical Coding, Takeda