5th International Conference We! Are Clinical Research - agenda

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WE! Are Clinical Research 5th International Conference 8 – 10.10.2025

Conference Venue: Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego Warszawa, ul. Jagiellońska 57/59 03-301, Budynek C, Aula 

8:00 – 9:00 Registration, morning coffee and networking are available every day before sessions start. Day 1 (8 October 2025): Patient in the Center of the Research

09:00 – 09:30 Welcome speeches with special guest attendance 1.Dr Jolanta Sobierańska - Grenda – Minister of Health 2.Prof. Marcin Sobczak, MD, PhD – Vice-Rector for Science and Technology Transfer, Medical University of Warsaw 3.Representative of Kozminski University Government – TBC 4.Members of the 5th International WE! Are Clinical Research Conference Organizing Committee: Beata Chełstowska, Piotr Sawicki, Łukasz Więch 09:30 – 09:55 Dialogue and Partnership – Patient Forum Chair: Piotr Sawicki – Patient Communication & Clinical Trial Sites Expert, Luxmed Oncology 10:00 – 10:45 Special Lecture: Patient communication – how to maintain compliance in clinical trials Zbigniew Kowalski – Medical Communication Expert, Trainer, Coach, Speaker 10:50 – 11:30 Discussion Panel 1. Urszula Jaworska – President, Urszula Jaworska Foundation; Member of the Supreme Bioethics Committee, Poland 2.Monika Zamarlik, PhD – Leader of the “Active in Clinical Trials” Group ABM; Diabetes Federation 3.Jakub Jędrzejewski – Global Project Manager, Futuremeds 4.Aneta Sitarska-Haber – Associate Director, Clinical Operations, PPD 5.Klaudiusz Gajewski – ClinicalTrials.EU 11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break, networking 12:00 – 13:30 Power of real data in the real world: Real-World Data and Decentralized Clinical Trials – bringing research closer to patients 1.Bart Lagerwaard, PhD – Assistant Professor, University Medical Centre Utrecht: Reshaping the Future of Clinical Research? Key Findings from RADIAL, a Decentralized Proof-of-Concept Trial 2.Jakub Jędrzejewski – Global Project Manager, Futuremeds: Decentralised Clinical Trials in Clinical Site Setting 3.Tomasz Zemojtel, PhD – Business Development Manager EMEA, Amazon: Decentralized Clinical Trials in the Cloud 13:30 – 14:30 Networking lunch 14:30 – 15:30 Special Lecture: Leaders Who Change Perspectives When uncertainty reigns! How to take care of yourself when global changes accelerate exponentially Nikolay Kirov – Partner and Board Member, Kirov Strategic Negotiators Sp. z o.o.

15:30 – 16:00 Conducting and Monitoring of Clinical Trials – graduates awarded lecture

16:30 – 18:30 Workshop “Clinical trial start – three perspectives, one goal” - Medical University of Warsaw Chair: Elżbieta Bylina & Łukasz Pronicki (Medical Research Agency)  

Day 2 (9 October 2025): Regulations and Quality – Safe Frameworks for Modern Clinical Trials 09:00 – 09:30 Presentation of the report “Commercial Clinical Trials 2025” Ernest Szubert – President, GCPpl Association 09:30 – 10:00 Presentation of the Workshop “Clinical trial start – three perspectives, one goal” - Medical University of Warsaw  10:00 – 11:00 Regulatory issues in the European Union – update and discussion Speaker: Katarzyna Myszczyszyn,  MPharm, PMP® 11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break, networking 11:30 – 13:00 Discussion Panel: Harmonization of ethical evaluation under the CTR – is it possible? Chair: Piotr Iwanowski, MD, PhD 1.Monique Al, PhD – Special Advisor, Central Committee on Research Involving Human Subjects (CCMO), Netherlands 2.Prof. Paweł Łuków, PhD – Head of the Supreme Bioethics Committee, Poland 3.Monika Trawińska – Director, National Center for Bioethics 4.Renata Śledziewska, PhD – Global Project Leader, Parexel Phase II/III Oncology 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch, networking 14:00 – 15:00 Special Lecture: Leaders Who Change Perspectives Leading Transformation in Healthcare •Prof. Willy Kriz – Professor for Leadership and Change Management, Head of Center for Business Management Simulation, Serious Gaming and Gamification, Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences •Marcin Wardaszko, PhD – Head of Department of Quantitative Methods & Information Technology, Kozminski University 15:00 – 16:30 GCP R3: A New Approach to Compliance and Ethics – “Think strategically, act responsibly” Chair: Łukasz Więch, MD, MBA 1.Viviënne van de Walle, MD, PhD – Physician, Expert Investigator, Consultant, VivHo, PT&R 2.Wojciech Janus – Deputy Director for Clinical Operations, 1st Military Clinical Hospital with Outpatient Clinic, SPZOZ Lublin 3.Przemysław Grochowski - Assoc Director, Clinical Operations at IQVIA 4.Olga Bogaczyńska - Clinical Trials Quality & Compliance Leader at Astra Zeneca 16:30 Close out – Day 2

Day 3 (10 October 2025): Time to evolve! A new chapter of project management.  A day dedicated to successful project execution and supporting professional growth in the clinical research sector 09:30 – 10:00 Conducting and Monitoring of Clinical Trials – graduates awarded lecture 10:00 Time to evolve! A new chapter of project management Chair: Karol Szczukiewicz 10:00 – 11:00 The Quest for Efficiency: Industrialization of Project Management in Practice Grzegorz Szałajko – Project Management Expert 11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break 11:30 – 12:15 How to Stay Relevant in the CRO Industry? Building Future-Proof Competencies for Project Managers. Wioleta Kicman – Transformation Lead Consultant

12:15 – 13:00 Future-Ready Clinical Trials: Strategic Trends Shaping Project & Program Management Alina Pszczółkowska – Executive Director Clinical Operations, Board Member, AstraZeneca 13:00 – 14:00 Networking lunch 14:00 – 15:00 Special Lecture: Leaders Who Change Perspectives Agata Bloswick, PhD – Clinical Trials Expert, Global Leader, Mentor of Generations The Future of Clinical Research: Trends Shaping 2030 and Beyond; How to Navigate, Thrive, and Lead in the Next Era 15:00 – 16:00 Breakthroughs in Practice: How innovative clinical trials are transforming medicine – perspectives of a cardiologist, transplantologist and hematologist Chair: Prof. Łukasz Kołtowski, MD, PhD, FESC – Medical University of Warsaw •Prof. Michał Grąt, MD, PhD – Vice-Rector for Internationalization, Promotion and Development; Department of General, Transplant and Liver Surgery •Jarosław Biliński, MD, PhD •Prof. Łukasz Kołtowski, MD, PhD, FESC 16:00 Close out – Final remarks, farewell