SCDM Annual Conference Draws Increased Attendance; International Attendance Doubles

Oct. 22, 2009 - PRLog -- MILWAUKEE – International attendance at the Society for Clinical Data Management Annual Conference doubled in 2009 to represent 12 percent of total conference delegates.

The SCDM Annual Conference, the largest educational event in the clinical data management industry, was held Oct. 4-6 in Seattle and featured 60 presentations. More than 640 clinical data management professionals attended – a slight overall increase over last year.

“My co-chair, Brenda Hoeper, and I are extremely pleased that the breadth and depth of the program created for the conference attracted attendees from around the world,” said Paul Clarkson, CCDM, conference co-chair. “Further, we believe that the high attendance achieved, in this time of economic uncertainty, speaks to the value CDM professionals worldwide find in attending the SCDM Annual Conference.”

The highest numbers of international attendees came from Canada, India, Mexico, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

International members are a growing segment of SCDM's overall membership and currently represent approximately 17 percent.

SCDM wishes to thank its conference sponsors for their support: BioClinica, Nextrials, Arrowhead Electronic Healthcare, Cognizant Technology, CRF Health, i3 Statprobe, Medidata, Parexel International, StudyManager, Cmed Research, MedNet Solutions, Merge Healthcare, PharmaNet, Rho, Inc., RPS, SAS Institute, Axiom Real-Time Metrics, The Cambridge Group, Chiltern, DSG, Formedix, Quintiles, Applied Clinical Trials and PharmaVoice.

The Society for Clinical Data Management is a nonprofit professional organization dedicated to promoting excellence in clinical data management through professional development, education and certification. Established in 1994, SCDM has more than 2,600 members with an interest in advancing data management practices. For additional information, please visit www.scdm.org.

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The Society for Clinical Data Management is a non-profit professional organization dedicated to promoting excellence in clinical data management through professional development, education and certification.