Welcome to the Abstract Submission Portal of the SCDM 2025 Annual Conference

We are thrilled to announce that the SCDM 2025 Annual Conference call for speaker abstracts is now open!

Consistently delivering fresh insights, thought-provoking ideas and new concepts, the conference drives our industry forward and #SCDM25 is ready to do the same. Will you join us in Baltimore on September 29 – 30 for the Festival of Opportunity?

The Society for Clinical Data Management (SCDM) Program Committee invites submissions from CDM experts for speaking opportunities at the SCDM 2025 Annual Conference within eight themes. For poster presentations, we invite you to carefully read the "Instructions for Posters" tab before creating your abstract submission.

The conference themes give an idea of how CDM leaders plan on addressing new opportunities and challenges.

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We invite the submssion of speaker abstracts under the following CDM competency Framework topics and sessions:

1. Risk-Based CDM

• Mitigating Risk from RBDM using Analytics, Visualization & AI/M
• Quality by design: risk management keeping end results  in mind  with seamless planning & execution
• Pareto’s Principle: Solving the RB-CDM Rubrics to Deliver Fit for Purpose Data
• Is it time to shift gears in RBQM implementation? – Arrival of RBQM 3.0
• Enhancing Data Integrity and Risk-Based CDM Strategies through Early Protocol Engagement

2. Soft Skills including Leadership & Executive Skills

• Working a 9 to 5 ain't “lit”. Just “vibing” through meetings and dreaming of the weekend “glow-up”
• Building High-Performing Teams to Drive Transformation
• Navigating and leading the next industry revolution in Clinical Data Management

3. Clinical Data Competencies & Cross-Functional Interactions

• Evolution of CDM to CDS-Need of the hour for Early Phase trials
• Establishing KPIs to Manage What Matters
• Unlocking Efficiency in Oncology Trials: Scaling eSource for Enhanced Data Management
• An AI-Dirven Era of Interconnected Data Review, Analytics and Clinical Operations

4. Technology & Data Platforms

• eCOA Landscape evolution
• Software co-development – Goldilocks get what she wants
• The role of ICH-M11 and Digital Data Flow

5. AI & Cognitive Tech

• How to prepare for the AI shift in clinical trials: insights, challenges, and next step
• Integrating Analytics at Every Step
• From LLMs to SLMs: Will Clinical Data Science redefine Clinical Trial Execution?
• Generative AI and Clinical Development: Exploring the Frontier of AI Governance
• Practical Use(s) of AI for EDC Study Design and Build

6. Regulations & Standards

• Metadata for All: Applying Standardization Across the End-to-End Data Pipeline
• Inspection Readiness
  
  

7. Clinical Trial Operations

• Driving Patient-Centric Innovation in Clinical Data Management
• 3 Keys to Achieving True Diversity in Clinical Research

8. Wild Card

• Redefining Patient Centricity in the Clinical Data Management & Science Ecosystem
• Navigating Clinical Data Management: A Comprehensive Guide with a SCDM Compass

To discover more about the conference themes and speaking at the SCDM 2025 Annual Conference we invite you to consult our abstract guidelines (available soon). 

Important Deadlines

To submit your contribution, start with “Login” to create your profile first and then choose “Submissions”. When creating your submission, please read carefully the abstract guidelines.