About the Conference

2024 Conference

PSI 2024 Conference

The PSI 2024 Conference will be held from Sunday 16th to Wednesday 19th June 2024 as a face to face conference at Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 

PSI was founded in 1977 and members now span statisticians and other quantitative scientists with an interest in statistics working in all areas of drug development and healthcare, including research, pre-clinical, production, quality control, health technology, marketing, market research, academic statisticians and consultants. The annual PSI Conference attracts 350 to 450 quantitative scientists from industry, academia and regulatory/HTA agencies from the UK, Europe and beyond. 

The Conference program extends over 3 days and from Monday to Wednesday includes a variety of plenary and parallel sessions, as well as breakout discussion sessions, workshops, and a poster session. On the Sunday prior to the conference there are pre-conference course(s). Registration includes multiple social events, including a welcome reception on Sunday evening, a networking event on Monday and, last but not least, the conference gala dinner on the Tuesday night. In addition, there are plenty of opportunities to interact with other delegates and sponsors at breaks. 

The PSI annual general meeting takes place during the conference.

Who should attend?

As with previous PSI annual conferences, there will be talks on a wide range of statistical topics such as master protocols, HTA, and estimands as well as opportunities to support professional development via non-technical topics. The scientific program promises to be of interest to anyone interested in applying statistics and data science in drug development and healthcare whether they are from industry, academia or regulatory/HTA agencies.

For career young statisticians (approximately less than 5 years working in the pharmaceutical industry) there are dedicated events to allow you to get to know your peers. In addition, you have the option to present in a dedicated contributed session. This is a great opportunity to gain experience in presenting in a friendly environment and to network with those of similar experience.

 

The 2023 Conference was a huge success. You can view some of our conference photo highlights in the gallery below. The Video On Demand page will be updated by the end of July with all session recordings for you to watch any sessions you missed or that you want to revisit. Thank you to all our delegates, sponsors, poster presenters and speakers for their attendance, and a huge thank you to the Scientific Committee for their hard work in designing such a wonderful programme. 

Upcoming Events

PSI Webinar(s): Causal inference in Clinical Trials

Over the course of two sessions, a panel of 8 esteemed speakers will give an introduction to the topic, followed by a presentation of case studies & interactive panel discussion.

PSI Careers Lunch & Learn: Is it AI? Can you spot the fake?

In a world buzzing with artificial intelligence, can you distinguish between what's AI-generated and what's not? The session promises to showcase machine-generated content, challenging your perceptions, and luring you into the fascinating world of AI technology.

PSI VisSIG Wonderful Wednesday Webinar Series (2023)

Our monthly webinar explores examples of innovative data visualisations relevant to our day to day work. Each month a new dataset is provided from a clinical trial or other relevant example, and participants are invited to submit a graphic that communicates interesting and relevant characteristics of the data.

PSI Training Course: R for Clinical Trial Statisticians

This course consists of 5 x 2 hour training sessions run over 5 weeks. For those who cannot attend the date and time provided, there will be a recording provided and a follow-up 1 hour Q and A session. Participation will provide access to extensive course materials in the form of a “bookdown” site. However, this is designed as a hands-on, interactive course. Both you and the trainers will work entirely within the RStudio Cloud development environment, which will remain accessible between virtual sessions in order to further explore and cement your understanding.

PSI Pre-Clinical SIG Workshop

The Pre-Clinical SIG Workshop returns for 2024, bringing you a two half-days event, starting with a course on pre-clinical design of experiments. We will also have speakers on topics such as statistics and genetic toxicology, the new and promising OMARS DOE and ANOVA-type.

PSI Mentoring 2024

Are you a member of PSI looking to further your career or help develop others - why not sign up to the PSI Mentoring scheme? You can expand your network, improve your leadership skills and learn from more senior colleagues in the industry.

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