CDISC Interchange:  CDISC User Networks Gather to Develop 2006-2007 Agenda

CDISC users will gather to develop the CDISC User Network agenda for 2006-2007. Hosted by CDISC during the CDISC International Interchange, September 26, 27, and 28 in Bethesda, Maryland, users will meet in three distinct forums during the Interchange. Interested users are encouraged to contact Michael Palmer at mcpalmer@....

On Tuesday, September 26, users will participate in a lunchtime roundtable session. Moderated by Susan Kenny of Inspire Pharmaceuticals, recognized thought leaders in the area of CDISC implementation will lead round table discussions with the CDISC user community with the objective of prioritizing major CDISC implementation issues.

In the September 27 morning session of the CDISC Interchange plenum, Michael Palmer of Zurich Biostatistics, will lead a discussion by the thought leaders of their CDISC war stories.

Following that discussion, breakout groups will work towards a user-wide consensus on ranking the major CDISC implementation issues faced by the CDISC user community.

The third forum will take place on Thursday morning, September 28 with Dan Godoy of AstraZeneca chairing the session. Dan's task will be to interpret the rankings and discussions of Wednesday and lead the Thursday forum to the final consensus short list of CDISC implementation issues for the CDISC Users Networks to focus on in 2006-2007.

CDISC Users Networks are a grassroots movement of CDISC users organized in local groups. Active User Networks are functioning in the San Francisco Bay Area, New Jersey-New York-Pennsylvania, the Delaware Valley, Chicago, Washington, D.C, Research Triangle Park, and Seattle.  The Users Networks cooperate with the national CDISC office but have no formal association with it. All CDISC users are invited to participate.