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Innovation Network Gathering: emergING 2026

Oct 5–8

Oct 5–8, 2026 Ended

Knauer Performing Arts Center · West Chester, PA · In person

The Innovation Network Gathering is a by-invitation gathering of clinical research senior leaders, innovators, and decision-makers focused on how we anticipate, shape, and operationalize the future of human-centric clinical trials. The event features a curated main stage speaker series, small work groups called Dive Teams, Navigate professional development workshops, and the WhaleTank innovators showcase.

Venue
Knauer Performing Arts Center
Program
5 tracks · 34 sessions
26 speakers
Organizer
Innovation Network

Agenda

Times in West Chester (EDT)
Tue, Oct 6 Wed, Oct 7 Thu, Oct 8 Time to be announced

  1. 8:15 AM

    45 min

    Networking · Knauer Performing Arts Center

    Registration Check In

  2. 9:00 AM

    75 min

    Talk · Main Stage · Knauer Performing Arts Center

    Main Stage Session #1

  3. 10:15 AM

    30 min

    Break · Knauer Performing Arts Center

    Coffee Break

  4. 10:45 AM

    60 min

    Talk · Main Stage · Knauer Performing Arts Center

    Main Stage Session #2

  5. 11:45 AM

    120 min

    Networking · Various locations

    Conversation Lunches

  6. 1:45 PM

    75 min

    Talk · Main Stage · Knauer Performing Arts Center

    Main Stage Session #3

  7. 3:00 PM

    Roundtable · Dive Teams · Various locations

    Small Group Breakouts - Session 1

  8. 3:15 PM

    Roundtable · Knauer Performing Arts Center

    CEO Roundtable

  9. 4:30 PM

    60 min

    Workshop · WhaleTank · Navigate Workshops · Knauer Performing Arts Center

    The Best Presentation Advice I Ever Got

    Jeff Smith, Innovation Network

  10. 5:30 PM

    Networking · Turks Head Wines

    Innovators Reception at Turks Head Wines

  1. 8:15 AM

    45 min

    Networking · Univest Room at Knauer (2nd Floor)

    Good Morning Day 2 - Late Check In, Coffee, and Tea

  2. 9:00 AM

    90 min

    Talk · Main Stage · Knauer Performing Arts Center

    Main Stage Session #4

  3. 10:30 AM

    90 min

    Roundtable · Dive Teams · Various locations

    Small Group Breakouts - Session 2

  4. 10:30 AM

    90 min

    Workshop · Navigate Workshops · Hotel Warner Lounge & Bar (1st floor)

    After AI, It'll Be Something Else: Building a Career with Room to Move

    Rahlyn Gossen, Revise

  5. 12:00 PM

    105 min

    Networking · Various locations

    Working Lunch (at Small Group Breakouts)

  6. 1:45 PM

    120 min

    Talk · Main Stage · Dive Teams · Knauer Performing Arts Center

    Final Main Stage Session: Dive Team Presentations + Honors Ceremony

  7. 3:45 PM

    Networking · Más Mexicali Cantina

    Closing + 2027 Launch Party at Más Mexicali Cantina

  1. 8:00 AM

    Networking · Meetups · Mayday Coffee & Shop

    MEETUP: FUN LAB Open (Coffee) House with Lindsey Wahlstrom

    Lindsey Wahlstrom, Rona's Fun Lab

  2. 9:30 AM

    Networking · Meetups · Hotel Warner Lounge & Bar (1st floor)

    MEETUP: Getting Results Back to Participants: An Informal Network Kickoff

    Sylvia Baedorf Kassis, MRCT Center

  1. Demo · WhaleTank

    WhaleTank: Day 1 Pitches

    Peter Schaeffer, GSK Sean Lynch, Novartis Sarah Tremethick, Roche Bryan Hansen, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine Joe Dustin, Sanofi Ligia Cevasco Kilinski, Revolution Medicines Tony Fantana, Eli Lilly Max Kanevsky, Excelerate Health Ventures Philip Johnston, Excelerate Health Ventures Justin Kirkpatrick, Questa Capital Management Adam Besvinick, Looking Glass Capital Dan Snyder, The Playbook Deirdre BeVard, CSL Ian Greenfield, Siftr Jeff Lee, MedStar Health Joan Severson, HumanTrue Chintan Desai, Stryde Research Aneesh Vaze, Clinical Research Philadelphia George Kramb, PatientPartner Ralph Lanza, RealTime eClinical Solutions

  2. Demo · WhaleTank · Main Stage

    WhaleTank Finals: Main Stage Pitches

  3. Workshop · Navigate Workshops

    Disruptive by Design: Reimagining the Clinical Trial Ecosystem

    Chelsea Osterman, Tempus AI

  4. Workshop · Navigate Workshops

    Why Your Ideas Aren't Landing—and How to Fix It

    Christine Senn, Advarra

  5. Roundtable · Dive Teams

    Operation TrialBlazer: Making the Vision Real

  6. Roundtable · Dive Teams

    Patient Trust as Strategy: Moving Patient-Centricity from Intention to Impact

  7. Roundtable · Dive Teams

    The Patient Journey, Reimagined: Where Can Technology and AI Transform Clinical Trial Engagement

  8. Roundtable · Dive Teams

    The Reality Map of Agentic AI in Clinical Operations: From Pilot to Scale

  9. Roundtable · Dive Teams

    Trust Infrastructure for AI in Life Sciences

  10. Roundtable · Dive Teams

    Two New Industry Standards to Measure Clinical Research Quality

  11. Roundtable · Dive Teams

    Evidence Over Anecdote: Experiments in Trial Recruitment

  12. Roundtable · Dive Teams

    Good HCP Practice: Standardizing Care Coordination in Clinical Trials

  13. Roundtable · Dive Teams

    Investigator Meetings: Did We All Fly Here to Watch Slides?

  14. Roundtable · Dive Teams

    Last Mile Trial Recruitment: Reimagining Upstream Patient Qualification

  15. Roundtable · Dive Teams

    Leading Through the AI Revolution: Human Leadership for the Future of Clinical Research

Speakers

Sponsors

Supporting

  • Medidata
  • YPrime
  • Florence Healthcare
  • Evinova
  • GSK
  • Clinigen
  • Association of Multisite Research Corporations (AMRC)
  • Clinical Enrollment
  • i-Cubed (Duke Clinical Research Institute)
  • myTomorrows
  • OmniScience
  • Closing + 2027 Launch Party at Más Mexicali Cantina presented by Evinova

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