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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.

Speakers From the Following Companies

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

4/5

Average Satisfaction Score

“Excellent seminar, definitely worth my time!"

– Medical Devices Industry Session, Carl Zeiss

“Exceptional panel discussion on Medical Devices."

– Medical Devices Industry Session, Stryker

“Insightful and crisp session. Thank you for an amazing hour."

– Keynote Day Two, Orcimed

“Great Notified Body Webinar."

– NB Partner Session, Microport

“It was a really interesting topic. I am interested to learn more about Evidence Diversity and Integrity (EDI)"

– Keynote Day One, Integra LifeSciences