Thursday, April 9, 2026
| Session | Time | Room | Title | Organizers |
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| OpportuNet: Networking Fair | 7:30 – 5:15pm | Gallery #1017 | Open during duration of symposium | Taylor Krajewski (Duke) |
| Poster Session 1 Presentations | 8:00 – 8:30am | EBC Networking Hall | Roland Matsouaka (Duke) Lisa Wruck (Duke) |
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| Opening Remarks | 8:30 – 9:00am | Auditorium EBC250 | Welcome Opening Remarks | Yuan Wu (Duke) David Page (Duke) |
| Keynote I | 9:00 – 10:00am | Auditorium EBC250 | Dr. Mark Levenson, Deputy Director, Office of Biostatistics/CDER, FDA | Wanjie Sun (FDA) |
| Poster Session 2 Presentations | 10:00 – 10:30am | EBC Networking Hall | Roland Matsouaka (Duke) Lisa Wruck (Duke) |
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| S1A | 10:30 – 12:00pm | EBC-150 | Recent Advances in AI Health | Anru Zhang (Duke) |
| S1B | 10:30 – 12:00pm | EBC-7 | Advancing Comparative Effectiveness Research for Informed Healthcare Decisions | Shibing Deng (Pfizer) |
| S1C | 10:30 – 12:00pm | EBC-8 | Advanced Bayesian Clinical Trial Designs in Early Phase Oncology | Kentaro Takeda (Astellas) |
| S1D | 10:30 – 12:00pm | EBC-9 | S1D – Innovative Statistical Approaches in Generic Drug Development and Equivalence Studies | Wanjie Sun (FDA) |
| Lunch | 12:00 – 1:15pm | SAS Cafe (Lower Level) Reserved Seating Area: MarketPlace Sections C, D & E | ||
| OpportuNet: Networking Fair | 12:45 – 1:15pm | Gallery #1017 | Designated time for networking with sponsor representatives | Taylor Krajewski (Duke) |
| S2A | 1:15 – 2:45pm | EBC-150 | Digital Twins in Biomedicine: Methods, Models, and Applications | Ruitao Lin (MD Anderson, University of Texas) Ying Yuan (MD Anderson, University of Texas) |
| S2B | 1:15 – 2:45pm | EBC-7 | Establishing Logic-respecting Causal Ratio Estimands for Binary and Time-to-Event Outcomes, A Principled Approach | Hong Tian (BeOne Medicines) |
| S2C | 1:15 – 2:45pm | EBC-8 | Bayesian Innovations in Clinical Trials | Taylor Krajewski (Duke) |
| S2D | 1:15 – 2:45pm | EBC-9 | How PoS Shapes Portfolio Strategy | Wenqiong Xue (Boehringer Ingelheim) |
| Poster Session 3 Presentations | 2:45 – 3:15pm | EBC Networking Hall | Roland Matsouaka (Duke) Lisa Wruck (Duke) |
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| S3A | 3:15 – 5:00pm | EBC-7 | Utilizing AI for Real-World Data Analysis in Clinical Trials: Lessons Learned and Regulatory Insights | Anastasia Ivanova (UNC) |
| S3B | 3:15 – 5:00pm | EBC-8 | Poster Lightning Talks | Roland Matsouaka (Duke) Lisa Wruck (Duke) |
| S3C | 3:15 – 5:00pm | EBC-150 | New Developments in the Analysis of Hierarchical Endpoints | Roland Matsouaka (Duke) |
| S3D | 3:15 – 5:00pm | EBC-9 | Multistate Models for Enhancing Clinical Drug Development: Bridging Disease Processes, Biomarkers, and Treatment Outcomes | Szu-Yu Tang (Pfizer) |
| Social Mixer – Registration Required | 5:15 – 7:00pm | SAS Patio (Lower Level) |
