When you arrive in San Diego, make your way to the registration desk in the Pacific Foyer to receive your conference badge and essential materials, ensuring you're fully equipped for ACRP 2027.

If you have questions or need assistance throughout the conference, the registration desk is where you’ll find the answers you seek.

This hands-on workshop equips clinical research professionals with practical skills to use artificial intelligence (AI) effectively, responsibly, and within organizational guardrails.

Attendees will learn how to define the work product they want to improve, develop effective prompts, evaluate outputs, and apply professional judgment when using AI in clinical research settings. This workshop also addresses practical security and responsible-use considerations, including privacy, confidentiality, human oversight, and compliance requirements. Through guided practice and application activities, attendees will develop a reusable AI workflow and a set of prompts for a recurring task, leaving with a practical tool they can apply immediately in their work.

Technology Requirements: Attendees should have access to a laptop with internet access and an AI tool approved for use in their work environment, such as an enterprise-approved platform, internal AI tool, or other permitted web-based AI tool. The workshop is designed to be tool-agnostic and is not dependent on the interface or capabilities of any single model or vendor. Attendees should follow their organization's privacy, security, and AI-use policies throughout the workshop.

CEUs: 5.5 ACRP

Trainer:

• Stephen Loosli, MSc, Principal/Founder & CEO, Boeson Research, LLC

Back by popular demand, this timely topic returns with fresh, interactive workshop scenarios, updated examples, and a deeper look at what organizations are learning as the International Council for Harmonization (ICH) E6(R3) guideline for Good Clinical Practice becomes a part of day-to-day clinical trial conduct.

Designed for newcomers and returnees alike, this year’s program expands the discussion with additional focus on how emerging lessons are shaping how teams are moving beyond early E6(R3) implementation in terms of applying risk-proportionate approaches, translating Quality by Design into trial execution, defining and demonstrating oversight, strengthening data governance, evaluating protocol deviations, and making tough but defensible decisions about what matters most.

Attendees will exchange perspectives across sponsors, contract research organizations, service providers, and investigator sites, and leave with practical tools, frameworks, and concrete actions they can put to use when they return to their organizations.

CEUs: 5.5 ACRP

Trainer:

• Leslie Sam, CQIA, SSBB, President, Leslie Sam and Associates, LLC

Are you fully prepared for a U.S. Food and Drug Administration inspection? Inspections can be high-stakes events that bring stress, potential delays, and reputational risk if not managed effectively.

This comprehensive, full-day workshop is designed to help quality, regulatory, and research professionals approach inspections with confidence, clarity, and a concrete plan. Moving beyond generic advice, the session delivers a structured, actionable framework—a blueprint for achieving and sustaining inspection readiness. Attendees will learn how to build a proactive inspection strategy, master pre-inspection preparation, assemble and train an effective readiness team, reduce risk, maintain compliance, and navigate inspection day with assurance.

The workshop emphasizes practical, real-world tactics supported by examples and interactive discussions. Attendees will leave equipped with proven tools and a step-by-step approach for transforming a daunting process into a manageable, even strategic, opportunity for operational excellence.

CEUs: 5.5 ACRP

Trainers:

• Christina Brennan, MD, MBA, FACRP, Senior Vice President, Clinical Research, Northwell Health

• Annie Carter, MBA, CRA, ACRP-CP, Vice President of Research, OneOncology

This workshop provides a practical, high-impact introduction to project management within clinical research. Attendees will learn how to effectively plan, initiate, and execute clinical trials using proven project management principles tailored to real-world site, contract research organization, and sponsor environments. Key topics include study start-up and planning, stakeholder communication, timelines and milestones, risk identification and mitigation, and oversight of vendors and trial activities. Through interactive examples and applied exercises, attendees will leave with actionable tools and frameworks they can immediately use to improve efficiency, reduce delays, and support successful trial delivery.

This training can be used for maintenance of ACRP Certification with contact hours as well as for maintenance of PMP certification with Project Management Institute-approved professional development units.

CEUs: 5.5 ACRP

Trainers:

• Mitch Hilbe, CEO, DiversiTrials

• Jess Thompson, CEO, Clinical Research Pro

Join us for the First-Time Attendee Mixer and connect with fellow newcomers and experienced ACRP attendees before the conference begins. Meet new colleagues, make connections, and get a head start on your conference experience.

RSVP is required to attend—coming soon!

Kick off ACRP 2027 in style! Join us in the Expo Hall (Pacific Ballroom) for tasty bites, refreshments, lively connections (and a few surprises!) as we start charting the course together. It’s the perfect way to mix, mingle, and set the tone for an unforgettable conference.

The ACRP California Chapters will host a reception at ACRP 2026 to celebrate their members and network with local attendees. This event is invite-only. If you would like to attend, please contact chapters@acrpnet.org.