Print Agenda: 2026 Avoca Quality Consortium Summit

Tuesday, September 29, 2026
10:00 AM - 10:05 AM (EDT)																Welcome and Opening Remarks - Michelle Webb • Michelle Webb - Vice President, Avoca Quality Consortium - Avoca, A WCG Company (Moderator)
10:05 AM - 10:20 AM (EDT)																Keynote Speaker - Jonathan Rowe • Jonathan Rowe, PhD, MS, MA - Senior Consultant - AQC
10:20 AM - 10:35 AM (EDT)																Patient Keynote
10:35 AM - 11:20 AM (EDT)																Panel Discussion 1 - Designing Risk-Based Quality: Embedding Patient-Centric Thinking from the Start
11:20 AM - 11:25 AM (EDT)																Break
11:25 AM - 12:10 PM (EDT)																Panel Discussion 2 - Strengthening Oversight Through QA–Operations Partnership
12:10 PM - 12:40 PM (EDT)																Networking / Refresh Break
12:40 PM - 12:55 PM (EDT)																AQC Industry Survey Findings and Perspectives
12:55 PM - 1:40 PM (EDT)																Panel Discussion 3 - Intelligent Quality: Leveraging AI to Drive Better Trial Outcomes
1:40 PM - 1:45 PM (EDT)																Break
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM (EDT)																Panel Discussion 4 - The Inspection Readiness Challenge: E6(R3), AI, Decentralization, and Beyond
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM (EDT)																AQC Members Only - Applied Sessions