11/21/08-11/22/08 – Glenn Veit, CGIRB Chairperson, will participate on an IRB panel for the local ACRP chapter during its annual Fall Conference at the NC Biotech Center.

11/17/08-11/19/08 – The Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R) 2008 Annual Human Research Protection Programs (HRPP) Conference will be held in Orlando, FL at The Swan and Dolphin Resort. CGIRB will be exhibiting. Contact Rebecca Sipes, Manager, Business Development and Marketing.

11/05/08-11/07/08 – The 6th Annual HBA Leadership Conference will be held in Chicago, IL. CGIRB will be exhibiting. Contact Rebecca Sipes, Manager, Business Development and Marketing.

10/12/08-10/15/08 – The 2nd Annual MAGI's 2008 Clinical Trial Agreements, Budgets & Regulatory Conference - West will be held at the Palazzo/Venetian Congress Center in Las Vegas, NV. Lysa Triantafillou, CGIRB Director, Quality Assurance and Regulatory Compliance will be speaking in a session with Suzanne Coleman of Kettering Medical Center and Barry Mangum of Duke University Medical Center. The session entitled "IRB Outsourcing: Faster, Better, Cheaper? Can a central IRB really do the job of a local IRB?" will be Monday, October 13, 2008 5 – 5:45pm. CGIRB will be exhibiting. Contact Rebecca Sipes, Manager, Business Development and Marketing.

09/26/08-09/28/08 – The 11th Registries and Post Approval Studies Congress will be held in Washington, DC. CGIRB will be exhibiting. Contact Rebecca Sipes, Manager, Business Development and Marketing.

09/23/08-09/25/08 – 2008 SoCRA Conference will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. CGIRB will be exhibiting. Contact Rebecca Sipes, Manager, Business Development and Marketing.

09/16/08 – An OHRP Research Community Forum "Informed Consent and More: Improving Human Research Protections," Co-sponsored by Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, and The Office for Human Research Protection (OHRP). The conference will be held at the Sheraton Richmond West Hotel. See conference brochure at http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/education/pubnotices08/2008RCFVCU.rtf.

07/15/08-07/16/08 – A SACHRP meeting is scheduled at the Sheraton National Hotel in Arlington, VA. The Secretary's Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections (formerly known as the National Human Research Protections Advisory Committee) provides expert advice and recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Assistant Secretary for Health on issues and topics pertaining to or associated with the protection of human research subjects. For more information on SACHRP, visit http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/sachrp/.

06/22/08-06/26/08 – The DIA (Drug Information Association) Annual Conference will be held in Boston, MA. See http://www.diahome.org/DIAHome/FlagshipMeetings/home.aspx?meetingid=14235 for conference details. CGIRB will be in Booth 854. Contact Rebecca Sipes, Manager, Business Development and Marketing.

04/25/08-04/29/08 – The ACRP (Association of Clinical Research Professionals) Annual Conference will be held in Boston, MA. See http://www.acrp2008.org/acrp2008/public/enter.aspx for conference details. CGIRB will be in Booth 1210.
Presentations:

• Lysa Triantafillou, Director, Quality Assurance & Regulatory Compliance: "The Clinical Monitor's Role in Human Subject Protection"

04/20/08-04/25/08 – Society for Quality Assurance (SQA) will be held in Memphis, TN.
Presentations:

• Tabitha Westbrook, Senior Quality Assurance Auditor: "Building Bridges While Maintaining Objectivity - Learning to Do the Quality Two Step"
• Lysa Triantafillou, Director, Quality Assurance & Regulatory Compliance: "Auditing for Human Subject Protection"

04/14/08-04/16/08 – Partnerships with CROs will be held in Las Vegas, NV. CGIRB will be in Booth 400. Contact Rebecca Sipes, Manager, Business Development and Marketing.

04/04/08 – An OHRP Research Community Forum "Protecting Research Subjects as Times Change," is co-sponsored by Ochsner Health System and The Office for Human Research Protection (OHRP). The conference will be held at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel. See conference brochure at http://academics.ochsner.org/uploadedFiles/Education/CME/Events/CME-%20OHRP%20program%201-14.pdf

04/03/08 – CCGIRB will host the April meeting of NCCSQA at their RTP training room. Our own Tabitha Westbrook, program chair, will introduce the speakers discussing GCP issues such as translations, indemnifications and ethics and compliance in research and development.

03/27/08-03/28/08 – A SACHRP meeting is scheduled at the Sheraton National Hotel in Arlington, VA. The Secretary's Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections (formerly known as the National Human Research Protections Advisory Committee) provides expert advice and recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Assistant Secretary for Health on issues and topics pertaining to or associated with the protection of human research subjects. For more information on SACHRP, visit http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/sachrp/.