
February 20 2025 • San Diego
Building on the success of Evidence Matters 2024, a virtual Summit that attracted over 1,000 registrants from all corners of the world, DistillerSR’s Evidence Matters Summit goes On the Road in 2025. The first in-person event of the series is in San Diego and will bring together experts and pioneers in MedTech, AI, regulatory and copyright compliance, and evidence management.
This year, we spotlight the transformative power of AI enablement combined with human-in-the-loop validation, showcasing how technology and expert oversight work together to drive efficiency, innovation, and faster time to market. Since 2021, DistillerSR’s Evidence Matters Summits have brought together global leaders in the literature review and evidence-based research community to learn, engage, and address the ever-growing challenges of synthesizing trusted evidence.
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Agenda
8:30 AM – 9:15 AM PST
Networking Coffee & Registration
9:20 AM – 9:50 AM PST
Opening Remarks: The Future of AI for Evidence Management is Here
Peter O’Blenis – CEO at DistillerSR
9:55 AM – 10:40 AM PST
Fireside Chat: Getting Organizations Ready for AI-enabled Evidence Management
Brian Fouts – Chief Engineer, AI at Stryker
Mark Priatel – CTO at DistillerSR
10:45 AM – 11:30 AM PST
Industry Best Practices Panel: Leveraging AI to Drive MedTech Innovation and Regulatory Compliance
Dr. Shaili Dayal – Director, Corporate Clinical & Medical Affairs at Stryker
Keri Leone – Senior Director, Global Medical Affairs at Dexcom
Peter O’Blenis – CEO at DistillerSR
11:35 AM – 12:20 PM PST
Networking Lunch
12:25 PM – 1:25 PM PST
Enriching Data with SciBite (Elsevier) and Insight Meme (IQVIA) Integration
Yan Barshay – Senior Director of Innovation, Medical Affairs at IQVIA
Tom Woodcock, PhD – Technical Sales Manager at SciBite
Chris Wright – EVP of Operations at DistillerSR
1:30 PM – 2:15 PM PST
AI and Copyright Compliance Q&A: What You Need to Know Now
Keri Mattaliano, MLIS – Senior Director, Corporate Product Solutions at Copyright Clearance Center (CCC)
Chris Wright – EVP of Operations at DistillerSR
2:20 PM – 3:05 PM PST
MedTech Peer Exchange Workshop – Literature Reviews – Best Practices for Search Strategy and Automation
Tine Walczyk – Corporate Librarian at Edwards Lifesciences
Michael Klopfer – Clinical Development Scientist at Philips IGTD
Alissa Epworth – Lead Customer Success Manager at DistillerSR
3:10 PM – 4:10 PM PST
MedTech Peer Exchange Workshop – Best Practices for Achieving EU MDR/IVDR Compliance
Lucy Stone – Principal Clinical Evaluation Specialist at BSI
Dr. Julien Senac – Senior Director – Medical and Health Services Americas at TÜV SÜD
Dr. Matthias Fink – Senior Clinical Consultant, Medical Devices at AKRA Team
4:15 pm – 5:15 PM PST
Breakout Sessions
4:15 PM – 5:15 PM PST
DistillerSR Lab Certification Sessions
Getting Started with DistillerSR for Medical Devices and In-Vitro Diagnostics
- Building Workflows in DistillerSR
- Managing Permission Levels
- Leveraging AI Tools in your Workflow
Alissa Epworth
Lead – Customer Success Manager at DistillerSR
DistillerSR Lab Certification Sessions
Leveraging AI for Screening and Data Extraction
- Setting AI Classifiers
- Extracting Data with Smart Evidence Extraction (SEE)
- Question Design Best Practices
Romney Adams, MLIS Learning Specialist at DistillerSR
5:15 PM – 5:30 PM PST
Closing Remarks
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM PST
Networking Cocktail Hour
EM’24 in Review
1117
registrants
580
attendees across Medical Devices/IVD, Pharmaceuticals, Public Sector, and Academia
34
Speakers from Philips, Adelphi Group, AbbVie, Stryker, PHAC, EPA, ISPOR, QuidelOrtho, OPEN Health, and CDC
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