Welcome to the Abstract Submission Portal of the SCDM 2026 Annual Conference

We are thrilled to announce that the SCDM 2026 Annual Conference call for abstracts is now open!

SCDM’s Festival of Opportunity is coming to Raleigh, North Carolina in 2026, promising another opportunity for the global clinical data community to learn, connect and discover at the Annual Conference. Will you join us for #SCDM26 from September 14 to 17 in Raleigh?

Join us in leading impactful change, promoting best practices, and driving progress across the global clinical data science community

The SCDM Annual 2026 Conference co-chairs invite submissions from CDM professionals to be considered for speaking slots within the following sessions.  

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Read the full session descriptions and details here

Risk-Based CDM

• Predictive RBCDM: Integrating AI-Driven Signal Detection into Centralized Monitoring for Proactive Quality Management
• How Clinical Data Can Lead the Risk-Based Evolution

Soft Skills including Leadership & Executive Skills

• Humanity-in-the-Loop:  Being the Right Person in an AI World
• From Resistance to Readiness: Operationalizing Change Management in Clinical Data Sciences
• Leader as a Coach

Clinical Data Competencies & Cross-Functional Interactions

• Beyond CRFs: Preparing Data Management for the Biomarker Era
• A Day in the Life of a CDS: One Title, Four Ways

Technology & Data Platforms

• The AI-Augmented Data Manager: From "Garbage In" to Intelligent Oversight
• Staying Validated in Constant Change: Strategies for SaaS and AI‑Driven Clinical Platforms
• Digital Transformation 2.0...3.0...What.0? Rapid Data Ecosystem Evolution and What it Means for Clinical Data Management
• From Raw to Ready: Automating SDTM  Using Metadata-Driven Pipelines

AI & Cognitive Tech

• The Rise of the "Data Pilot": Navigating Clinical Trials via AI-Powered Control Towers
• Mission: Agentic AI - The Secret Agents Reshaping Clinical Trials and Our Ways of Working
• Clean Data, Broken Stories: What Oncology Trials Taught Us About Rethinking Data Quality

Regulations & Standards

• Establishing Scalable Data Standards for Event-Driven Outcomes Trials
• Standardizing Innovation: Decoding the New Era of Device and IVD Standards
• Shadow AI in Clinical Trials: What You Can and Cannot Put in ChatGPT
• The ICH E6(R3) "Stop List": Practical Proportionality
• From Guidance to Practice: How ICH E6(R3) Has Transformed Clinical Data Management Since Its 2025 Adoption

Clinical Trial Operations

• AI in the Drafting of Modern Clinical Protocols

Wild Cards

• The Career We Didn't Plan: How Transferrable Skills Shape Great Clinical Data Managers
• What is the Single Biggest Opportunity Ahead of Us in the Next 5 Years?
• If Labs Were Built for CDM: A Provocative Debate on the Future of Lab Data
• From Data Management to Data Engineering: The Technical Evolution of the AI‑Era CDM

To discover more about the conference themes and speaking at the SCDM 2026 Annual Conference we invite you to consult the abstract guidelines.

Important Deadlines

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