Agenda & Venue | Clinical Trials Symposium

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14^th of November, 2025 – 1 day hybrid event Bucharest Onsite & Online

Navigating the Labyrinth: Overcoming Complexity in Clinical Trials to Boost Site and Patient Involvement.

Registration and welcome coffee

09:30 10:00
Welcome speeches

Dr. Cristina Florescu Moraid, Organizer, President of Clinical Trials Symposium (Romania); CEO Avantyo Institute of Clinical Research

10:00 10:30
Panel 1: From Complexity to Clarity - Designing Trials That Actually Work

Topics:
• Multi-country regulatory burdens
• Protocol overdesign – how much is too much?
• The hidden cost of complexity: time, staff, retention

10:30 11:30
Panel 2: Sites on the Edge - What They Really Need to Stay in the Game

Topics:
• Site feedback loops: Are sponsors listening?
• Tools that help (or hurt) site engagement

11:30 12:30
Coffee Break

12:30 12:45
Panel 3: The Patient Lens: Making Patient-Centricity Real

Topics:
• Balancing complexity with empathy
• Informed consent in the digital era
• Decentralised trials: patient empowerment or burden?

12:45 13:45
Lunch

13:45 14:45
Panel 4: The Strategic Role of the Study Coordinator - Enhancing Study Conduct and Data Quality

14:45 15:45
Panel 5: Sponsor–Site–Patient Triangle: Bridging the Gap

Topics:
• Building trust between stakeholders
• Feedback loops and shared KPIs
• Is co-designing trials with sites and patients the future?

15:45 16:45
Coffee Break

16:45 17:00
Panel 6: The Patient’s Voice Matters: From Barriers to Breakthroughs in Clinical Trials

Topics:
• Overcoming obstacles to participation
• Creating transparency and clarity in trial communication
• Empowering patients and sites through collaboration
• Patient associations as partners for progress

17:00 17:30
Conclusions

Dr. Cristina Florescu Moraid, Organizer, President of Clinical Trials Symposium (Romania) ; CEO Avantyo Institute of Clinical Research

17:30 17:45
Networking & Tombola Event

17:45 18:30

SPEAKERS

Alexandre Malouvier Senior Director Scientific Affairs & Digital Innovation, Clinical Development & Commercial Solutions, ICON Commercialisation & Outcomes Services, France

Alina Georgiana Axinte Senior Manager Clinical Operations, Regional Clinical Operations (RCO) Division Bristol Myers Squibb

Claudia Hesselmann Founder & CEO | ARENSIA Exploratory Medicine GmbH

Constantin Volovat “Grigore T Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iasi, Romania

Cristina Florescu Moraid President of Clinical Trials Symposium
CEO AVANTYO Institute of Clinical Research

Doina Draganescu President of the Ethics Commission, National Bioethics Commission of Medicines and Medical Devices, Romania, Dean Faculty of Pharmacy, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania

Emmanuel Walckenaer CEO Yseop

Florin M. Petrutiu CIO/CISOCIO/CISO, CNS Healthcare, USA

George Regio Tanaseanu President of the Romanian Association of CROs (ACCSCR) Romania
Country Manager PSI CRO AG Romania

Martine Dehlinger Kremer President of European CRO Federation (EUCROF);
VP Scientific Affairs, Pediatric SME, ICON Plc

Michael Schenker President of Oncology Comission, Ministry of Health, The founder and manager of “Saint Nectarie” Oncology Center, Romania

Razvan Mihai Prisada President of the National Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices of Romania (NAMMDR)

Rozalina Lapadatu President of Autoimmune Disease Patients Association, Romania

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