2026 CORE Symposium

CORE Symposium Fenway Park

CORE Symposium Fenway Park

CORE Symposium Fenway Park

CORE Symposium Fenway Park

CORE Symposium Fenway Park

CORE Symposium Fenway Park

CORE Symposium Fenway Park

CORE Symposium Fenway Park

CORE Symposium Fenway Park

CORE Symposium Fenway Park

CORE Symposium Fenway Park

CORE Symposium Fenway Park

What we're talking about in Philadelphia

The September 2026 program zeroes in on the limitations, pain points, and downstream impacts of the models we use to forecast and track enrollment.

Philadelphia agenda highlights:

Hear from your peers on why forecasts break and what interventions actually work
Work alongside peers in a hands-on forecasting workshop to empower real progress for your own study team
Explore the tools improving forecasting accuracy and optimizing enrollment
Celebrate real change during the Change Agent Awards

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12:00 • Doors open + networking lunch

Join us for a casual networking lunch before we dive into the deep stuff. Also head outside for a photo in front of the field and to see your name on the Citizens Bank Park scoreboard.

1:15 • Planning and forecasting panel discussion

From Algebra to Actionable: Rethinking Clinical Trial Enrollment Forecasting

Hear from leaders at Boehringer Ingelheim, Acadia Pharmaceuticals, and Veristat about why the traditional approach to enrollment forecasting—target divided by sites and months—is a naive formula that sets trials up to fail before FPI. This panel unpacks cycle times versus enrollment curves, where benchmarks help versus mislead, and how to diagnose risk early enough to know which interventions actually move the needle. Walk away with a sharper framework for evaluating your own forecasting practice and a clearer eye for what separates trials that hit their targets from those that don't.

2:00 • Hands-on forecasting and diagnostics workshop

Workshop: The Cost of Getting it Wrong (Exercises 1 & 2)

The first two exercises of CORE's hands-on enrollment forecasting and diagnostics workshop will focus on identifying the downstream effects of enrollment forecasting failures, and constructing a forecast from benchmark data.

Attendees will break out into teams and draw on real-world experience to collaborate and problem-solve during both exercises.

3:00 • Networking & refreshment break

Grab some refreshments, stretch your legs, and chat with your peers as you digest the insights from the first half of the event.

3:30 • Hands-on workshop cont'd

Workshop: The Cost of Getting it Wrong (Exercise 3)

In the final exercise, teams will diagnose an off-track enrollment scenario and recommend a corrective action plan.

4:15 • Workshop debrief + open discussion

Discuss insights, questions, and aha moments from the workshop exercises with the full room of attendees. Simply listen and observe, or share your own thoughts and questions with the room.

4:45 • Change Agent Award presentation

We'll reveal our Change Agent Award recipient and celebrate one special person from the industry who has driven real, positive change in their organization.

5:00 • Reception, tour, and batting cages

CORE isn't all work and no play. Stick around for appetizers and drinks, a quick stadium tour, and—yes, you read that right—a stop at the batting cages!

THIS IS HOW WE ROLL

Clinical trials test grit. We bring the fun.

At industry events, we’ve left our mark with fun panels like The Dating Game and Pharma Feud, unexpected friends like T-rexes and enormous robots, and we’ve even broken a world record right on the conference floor!