Data Transparency Autumn Event 2026

We're pleased to announce the Data Transparency Working Group returns with another multi-day virtual event, taking place 15–17 September 2026 at 10:00-12:30 (EDT) / 15:00-17:30 (BST) / 16:00-18:30 (CEST). The event will focus on the evolving landscape of clinical data transparency, including approaches to data sharing, anonymisation, governance and enabling responsible access to clinical data.

The Call for Speakers is now open!

Focus your submission on these central themes:

• Advanced Anonymisation Strategies:
  Navigating Techniques, Technologies and Global Expectations

• Quantifying Re-Identification Risk and Preserving Data Utility:
  Striking the Right Balance

• Global Data Sharing Platforms and Governance Models:
  Enabling Responsible Access

• Optimising Internal Data Reuse:
  Enablers, Cultural Shifts and Compliance-by-Design

• Clinical Trial Registries and Results Disclosure:
  Compliance, Automation, and Transparency Impact

• Synthetic Clinical Data:
  Innovation in Privacy-Preserving Analytics and Model Validation

• Global Regulatory Submissions for Transparency:
  Trends, Pitfalls and Best Practices

• Plain Language Summaries for Trials and Publications:
  Co-Creation, Compliance and Impact

• EU CTR and CTIS in Practice:
  Transparency, Timelines and Data Disclosure Challenges

• De-Identifying Imaging Data:
  Techniques, AI Risks, and Compliance with Evolving Standards

• AI in Data Transparency:
  Automating Anonymisation, Monitoring, and Ethical Oversight

• European Health Data Space (EHDS):
  What It Means for Clinical Trial Data Sharing and Reuse

• Patient Voices in Data Disclosure:
  Integrating Expectations into Transparency Programmes

Do you have insights that don’t fit these categories? Submit them anyway – we welcome bold, boundary-pushing ideas!

Submit your 150-word abstract by 8 May.