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23-24 September 2026

10th annual Operational Excellence in Clinical Trials | Toronto, Canada

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

CONFERENCE BENEFITS

''From Prediction to Participation: Transforming Trial Success with AI''

The OECT Summit Canada unites clinical research professionals who are continuously seeking innovative solutions and forward-thinking strategies to enhance performance and trial outcomes. Designed for leaders in Clinical Operations, Project Management, and Research Excellence, the summit focuses on today’s most pressing challenges — Study Feasibility, Site Management, Patient Recruitment & Retention, Outsourcing Clinical Trials, and Vendor Oversight. Each of these areas plays a critical role in optimizing timelines, budgets, collaborations, and maintaining the scientific integrity of clinical trials.

 

Artificial Intelligence is rapidly reshaping how clinical trials are planned, executed, and optimized—but is it delivering on its promise?

This flagship track at the OECT Summit brings together clinical leaders, technology innovators, and patient advocates to explore how AI is transforming feasibility, patient recruitment, and retention strategies across the clinical development lifecycle.

 

From predictive site selection and real-world data integration to AI-driven patient identification, personalized engagement, and retention intelligence, sessions will go beyond the hype to showcase real-world applications, lessons learned, and ongoing challenges.

Join us to examine whether AI can truly reduce delays, improve patient experience, and increase trial success rates—or whether it introduces new risks around data quality, bias, and trust.

 

Don't miss our OECT Summit editions in Germany and the USA!

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You should not miss this annual opportunity if you are - Chiefs, Directors, Heads, Senior Manager, Leaders and Executives from:
  • Clinical Operations

  • Clinical Developments/Research

  • Clinical Trials/ Program/ Clinical Project/Operations

  • Study and Feasibility Management

  • Medical Operations/Monitoring Operations

  • International Clinical Research

  • Patient Recruitment & Retention

  • Medical Affairs/ Medical Advisors/ MSL

  • Data Management

  • Compliance and Regulatory

  • Patient Enrolment/ Patient Advocacy/ Patient Executive

  • Therapeutic Lead

  • Study Lead/ Study Delivery/ Study Director/PI

  • Clinical Site Management

  • Digital/Medical Technologies

For group discounts and complete details contact us.

OVERVIEW

Opportunity to meet top expert and decision makers from Pharma, Biotech, Medical Devices, Clinical Sites and CROs industry under one Roof
  • Get engaged with the professionals from leading industries

  • 20+ Keynote Sessions

  • 5+ Workshop sessions

  • Round Table Discussions – Brain storming

  • Panel Discussions – Interact Directly with the Panellists to raise your challenges

  • More than 10 Case Studies presenting by the top experts from across the industry

  • 13+ hours Networking Opportunity

  • Benchmarking Opportunities

  • One-to-one interactions

  • Tea/Coffee Breaks, Social Events and Cocktail Reception

  • .…and much more!

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About KP-Morgan Group

KP Morgan specializes in clinical trials, SFE, commercial excellence and Healthcare innovation events, hosting events in various locations such as Canada, USA, Europe and Dubai.

KP-Morgan Conferences have provided platforms for debate across many industry sectors including: Telecommunication, banking & financial services, retail and FMCG, investments, pharmaceuticals, IT, chemical & petro chemical.

Many argue that the innovation process cannot be managed because innovation is supposed to be about creativity and cannot be predicted. We believe in KP-Morgan that Innovation is not only about being creative and inventive; innovation is a collaborative process where ideas are taken and managed through to value-adding market introduction.

The consistent high quality of our events has given rise to a reputation for excellence, ensuring that KP-Morgan conferences provide the most fertile ground for participants to gain up-to-the-minute market intelligence and invaluable opportunities to network and generate new business.

AGENDA: TOPICS AT GLANCE

Keynote Presentation, Interactive Discussions, Case Studies, Brain Storming and Round Table Discussions

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From Prediction to Participation: How AI is Reshaping Clinical Trial Success
  • Why feasibility is failing—and how to fix it?

  • AI in Feasibility – From Guess work to Prediction

  • The Future of Clinical Trials: Data, AI, and Patient-Centricity

  • Can AI Actually Predict Trial Success Before It Starts?

  • Broken Handshakes: Aligning Sponsors, CROs & Sites in Feasibility

  • From Assumptions to Algorithms: Fixing Data Bias in Feasibility

  • Complex of SOPs & eConsent

  • Risk-based monitoring best practices

  • Remote site management & metrics

  • Optimizing protocol design for global trials

  • Human Lead AI 

  • Managing Site Performance and how to motivate site staff?

  • Transparency, bias, patient data privacy, ethical frameworks

  • AI in Clinical Trials: Lessons Learned & the Road Ahead

  • Vendor Oversight & relationship in Clinical operations

  • Can AI Fix Clinical Trials—or Is It Creating New Risks?

  • How to optimizing resource allocation to maximize ROI?

  • Global Clinical Trial Innovation: AI, RWD, and Operational Excellence

  • AI-powered site selection & RWD integration

  • AI-Driven Recruitment

  • AI-Driven Patient Identification: Finding the “Right” Patients Faster

  • Patient Experience & Compliance: opposing forces?

  • Hyper-Personalized Patient Engagement & Recruitment Campaigns

  • Synthetic Patient Populations & Digital Twins

  • Data Management: Integrating diverse data sources efficiently in quality and time manner

  • From NCR to iPADs: CRA of the Future

  • Engaging Sites and investigators: Optimizing Study Design

  • How to improve site relationship

  • Beyond Recruitment: AI-Driven Patient Experience in Decentralized Trials

  • Patient Experience:Trust, transparency, and human touch vs automation

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Patient Recruitment & Retention 

  • AI in Patient Experience & Decentralized Trials

  • Invisible Trials: AI, Automation, and the Future Patient Experience

  • Drivers and Barriers for Patient Engagement  

  • Patient Recruitment Reality vs. Feasibility Assumptions

  • From Millions to Matches: AI-Powered Patient Identification at Scale

  • One-size-fits-all recruitment strategies are failing

  • The Right Message to the Right Patient: AI in Precision Recruitment

  • Stop the Drop: Using AI to Predict and Prevent Patient Attrition

  • Are We Over-Automating the Patient?

  • “Garbage In, Garbage Out” – Data Reliability & Predictive Feasibility

  • Despite digital acceleration, how to remain Patient centric

  • Bridging the two worlds, Clinical and Medical: key to enabling stakeholders at all levels

  • Does AI risk making trials feel impersonal?

  • Trends in Medical Devices industry: Driving growth

  • Holistic approach to patient recruitment: Case Study

  • Retention Strategies in Long-Run Clinical Trials 

Two Days Layout

Networking

​22 September at 7:30PM: Speakers Meet up Drinks

23 & 24 September: 

- 8:50AM: Introduction Session & Opening Remarks

- 10:30AM: Attendees Tea/Coffee

- 1:00PM Attendees Business Lunches

- 3:30PM Attendees Tea/Coffee

- 5:30PM Closing Remarks & Cocktail Reception​

Extended Dinner Networking:

23 September at 7:00PM - 9:00PM

- Enjoy the Three Course Dinner with nice Selection of Wine & Beers.

Unwind and connect with fellow industry leaders in a relaxed, elegant setting at our exclusive Networking Dinner. 

 

OPEN TO ALL-Attendees & Non-Conference Attendees!

Are you non-delegates, Click here to register for the Networking Dinner.

Keynote sessions, Best Practices, Demos, Workshop & Case Studies:

23 September

AM Sessions(6 sessions)

PM Session (5 Sessions)

24 Spetember

AM Sessions(5 sessions)

PM Sessions(4 sessions)

Discussions, Role Play & Gamification:

23 & 24 September

- AM: Interactive Panel Discussion between the Panelists

- PM Workshop Sessions & Role Plays

- PM: Open Round Table Discussions between all attendees

- Fire Prompt Cross Table Discussions and Flagship Sessions

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Mimi Fenton

Chief Executive Officer

Cedar Health Research

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Marlise Benz 

Senior Director, Study Management, Late Development Oncology Clinical Operations

AstraZeneca

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Kevin Lin

Innovative Patient Recruitment Director

Evinova

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Debra Mitchell 

Consultant

Beofor Research Consulting

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 Vatche Bartekian

President and Founder

Vantage BioTrials

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Meghana Sunny

Senior Manager, Subject Recruitment and Retention

BioPharma 

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Dawn Weagle

Clinical Research Consultant

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Evan Stableforth

Director, Portfolio Delivery & Feasibility

AstraZeneca

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Aneta Woroniecka-Osio

DCT Strategy Development Lead

Bayer

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Stephanie Vakaljan

Director, Clinical Operations Planning & Feasibility 

GSK

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Melissa Thomas

Central Monitor Consultant | CluePoints

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Tania Azad

Global Program Director - Late Phase Clinical Operations | Alexion Pharmaceuticals

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Sabrina Ramkellawan

President and Board of Directors/ CRAC

Chief Operating Officer/Co-Founder

AxialBridge

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Tina Karunaratne

Founder and Chief Executive Officer | Karuna Integrated Clinical Services

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Mary Tzortzis

Head, Regional Clinical Operations Canada

Bristol Myers Squibb(BMS)

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Shelley Campos

Clinical Operations Lead | Roche

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Funlayo Buraimoh

Founder | Nigerians in Clinical Research/Pharmaceuticals in Canada(NiCRPCa_ 

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Naty Diaz

Director of Research/CEO

Prestige Clinical Research

Prestigious Research for Future Treatment

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Andrea Bastek

Vice President of Market Strategy

Florence Healthcare

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Alex Karabanow 

Senior Manager of Operations, Clinical Research Services Research Solutions & Services,

University Health Network(UHN)

SPEAKERS AND PARTNERS

Well known industry leader and emerging talents

OECT Summit 2025 Speakers

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REGISTER

Basic
  • One Entry Pass to in-person Two days conference

  • Certificate of Attendance

  • Conference Material

  • Business Lunch

  • Tea/Coffee and Snacks

  • Cocktail Reception

Premium
  • Two Basic Pass Passes to Two days conference 

  • Certificate of Attendance

  • Conference Material

  • Business Lunch

  • Tea/Coffee and Snacks

  • Cocktail Reception

  • Networking Dinner Pass*

Gold
  • One Basic Pass to Two days conference

  • Two-night Accommodation

  • Certificate of Attendance

  • Conference Material

  • Business Lunch

  • Tea/Coffee and snacks

  • Cocktail Reception

  • Networking Dinner Pass*

VENUE - To Be Confirmed

Courtyard Toronto Downtown

475 Yonge St, Toronto, ON M4Y 1X7, Canada

Phone: +1 416-924-0611

Toronto Canada

CONTACT US

Got a question?

STEPHEN PATEL

Tel/WhatsApp: 00421951112663

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