{"id":69471,"date":"2021-11-02T17:28:15","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T17:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imperialcrs.com\/blog\/?p=69471"},"modified":"2023-12-08T11:00:37","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T11:00:37","slug":"oect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imperialcrs.com\/blog\/events\/oect\/","title":{"rendered":"OECT-Canada Virtual Conference Not as Remote as Expected"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently had the opportunity to chair Day 1 of the Operational Excellence in Clinical Trials Summit<\/a> (OECT- Canada), as well as speak at one of the sessions. I have had the pleasure to attend, chair, and speak at OECT conferences previously in Montreal, Toronto, Berlin, and Munich. These conferences put on by producer KP Morgan are always smaller, more intimate gatherings, designed to foster discussion and collaboration across attendees and speakers.<\/p>\n

I have come to cherish the opportunity to gather with a select group of industry experts across geographic borders and company types to discuss the pressing issues of the day impacting clinical research. Being smaller events, with many panel sessions and working groups, it\u2019s hard for anyone attending to not be pulled into the discussion. That\u2019s where the real value happens. We often went into these events as industry colleagues and strangers and came out with contacts and friends.<\/p>\n

The OECT-Canada conference would be no different, albeit one glaring change \u2013 instead of gathering in person, the conference was held virtually. COVID rearing its ugly head again to disrupt the normal way of gathering. Honestly, I went into the event with great skepticism and some disappointment.<\/p>\n

My Biases Are Like Our Industry\u2019s Biases<\/strong><\/h5>\n

I see similarities with my mindset and biases to the chains our industry has worn historically and as we move toward new ways of doing things. I could see parallels in the questions I was asking with those that our industry has been asking:<\/p>\n