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RPS Technology Showcase Q2 2026 (20 May 2026)

Wed, 20 May 2026 20:00:00 GMT

⚙️ RPS Technology Showcase Q2 2026

Virtual Event — 20 May2026
Experience the latest innovations shaping the future of RTSM.

The RPS Technology Showcase brings together leading RTSM vendors, product owners, and engineers for a hands-on exploration of breakthrough capabilities in clinical trial technology.

This interactive event is designed for RTSM professionals who want to go beyond the slide deck and see the tech in action.

Event Format

Virtual Sessions — Join from anywhere
4 live demonstrations — Each 12-18 minutes
Interactive Q&A — Ask engineers and product owners directly
Neutral platform — Learn, compare, and be inspired
This is a RPS member only event

Agenda

Topic 1: Using AI as Your Personal Assistant

Speaker: Barry Moore | Company: RPS

AI assistants are everywhere — but most people are still using them as a glorified search engine. This session shows what becomes possible when you connect an AI model directly to your real systems: calendars, email, project trackers, and documents. Using Claude as a live personal executive assistant, Barry demonstrates how connectors link AI to live data sources, how reusable skills encode recurring workflows so you never solve the same problem twice, and how sub-agents handle parallel tasks autonomously in the background. The result is an assistant that doesn't just answer questions it takes action.

Topic 2: Forecasting Technologies with AI

Speaker: Cédric Druck | Company: Trail Zen

Accurate demand forecasting has always been one of the hardest problems in clinical supply chain management. This session surveys the current landscape of forecasting technologies and services — examining how traditional statistical methods are being augmented and, in some cases, replaced by machine learning models. Cédric will assess where the technology stands today, what the leading platforms and approaches currently offer, and where AI is taking the field — from more granular patient-level predictions to adaptive models that respond dynamically to protocol amendments and real-world enrolment shifts.

Topic 3: Agentic Process Execution

Speaker: Prashant Khare | Company: ZS

Clinical Supply Chain processes are often characterized by high complexity, fragmented handoffs, and critical execution dependencies across study teams, depots, CMOs, and digital systems. This session will showcase how Agentic Process Execution (APEX) applies AI to reconstruct real-world workflows using SOPs, stakeholder interviews, and system logs; uncover hidden decision pathways and operational bottlenecks; and translate them into agent-ready execution architectures. We will highlight how AI can move beyond task automation to enable process intelligence, workflow orchestration, and more responsive execution across Clinical Supply Chain operations.

Topic 4: From Sponsor Pain Point to One-Day IRT UAT: A Partnership-Driven Case Study

Speakers: Ryan Ridge, YPrime | Krisanne Flynn, Clinical Supply Consulting

As regulatory expectations for clinical trial systems continue to evolve, sponsors and IRT/ RTSM providers are under pressure to deliver faster validation without compromising quality. In this session, YPrime and Clinical Supply Consulting present a real-world case study in which a sponsor needed UAT to be completed in a single day, and how a partnership approach enabled a risk-based, audit-ready solution. Framed against global regulatory guidance, the discussion focuses on practical lessons learned, best practices, and how strategic partnerships can help organizations meet RTSM validation challenges in an efficient and defensible environment.

Digital Supply Networks: From Chain to Network — A Clinical Supply Perspective (21 May 2026)

Thu, 21 May 2026 15:00:00 GMT

For decades, the clinical trial protocol (in PDF) has been the most important artifact in our industry and yet it remains a static, narrative document that every downstream system must manually interpret and rebuild.

This session will introduce the concept of the eProtocol (digital protocol): a structured, machine readable representation of protocol usable for trial setup and execution across systems such as RTSM, EDC, eCOA, and CTMS.

We will explore:

What an eProtocol is (and what it is not)
How industry standards (ICH M11, TransCelerate, CDISC, HL7 FHIR) are converging
Why RTSM could be of the biggest beneficiaries
How eProtocols could reduce build time, amendments, and operational risk
What this means for the future operating model in Clinical Operations
Discuss around members of activity in this area

The session will include a short presentation followed by an open discussion with RPS members on real-world challenges, opportunities, and readiness.

The invite will be sent out a week before the event.

This is a members only presentation and discussion.

Digital Protocols and RTSM (18 Jun 2026)

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 15:00:00 GMT

We will explore:

What an eProtocol is (and what it is not)
How industry standards (ICH M11, TransCelerate, CDISC, HL7 FHIR) are converging
Why RTSM could be of the biggest beneficiaries
How eProtocols could reduce build time, amendments, and operational risk
What this means for the future operating model in Clinical Operations
Discuss around members of activity in this area

The session will include a short presentation followed by an open discussion with RPS members on real-world challenges, opportunities, and readiness.

The invite will be sent out a week before the event.
This is a members only presentation and discussion.