The Eightieth (80th) Annual Deming Conference on Applied Statistics will be held on December 8-12, 2025.
Below is the 2025 program.
2025 Program Schedule
DAY
01 - Sunday December 06, 2026
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06:00 - 19:30
REGISTRATION
Registration & Breakfast
DAY
02 - Monday December 07, 2026
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07:00 - 08:00
REGISTRATION
Registration & Breakfast
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08:00 - 09:00SESSION KEYNOTE
KEYNOTE 1: Use of AI and Advanced Analytics to Accelerate Drug Development
SPEAKERS: Pandurang M Kulkarni, Eli Lilly
MODERATOR: Ivan F. Chan -
09:00 - 12:00SESSION A
TITLE: Towards an AI-First Workflow for Clinical Development and its Analysis and Reporting
SPEAKERS: Yilong Zhang, Meta, and Pingye (Eric) Zhang, Eikon Therapeutics
MODERATOR: Bill Wang -
09:00 - 12:00SESSION B
TITLE: Posit AI Application
SPEAKER: Winston Chang, Posit
Moderator: Wenjin Wang -
14:00 - 17:00SESSION C
TITLE: Opportunities and Challenges in the AI Age: Concrete Examples from Statistics, Science, and Beyond
SPEAKERS: Mark Chang and Niya Xiong, Boston University
MODERATOR: Din Chen -
14:00 - 17:00SESSION D
TITLE: Selected Topics of Statistics in Clinical Drug Development: A Statistical and
SPEAKERS: Dacheng Liu, Boehringer Ingelheim
MODERATOR: Naitee Ting -
19:00 -
Speaker’s and Awards Dinner (Optional Added FeeEvent)
Speaker’s and Awards Dinner (Optional Added Fee Event)
DAY
03 - Tuesday December 08, 2026
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07:00 - 08:00
REGISTRATION
Registration & Breakfast
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08:00 - 09:00SESSION KEYNOTE
KEYNOTE 2 : From Real-World Data to Regulatory-Grade Evidence: What Statisticians Need to Know About External Controls in Oncology
SPEAKERS: Jonathan Kish, Flatiron
MODERATOR: Sofia Paul -
09:00 - 12:00SESSION E
TITLE: Navigating the Complexities of Platform Trials: Design and Simulation
INSTRUCTOR: Kyle Wathen, Cytel Inc
MODERATOR: Jingjing Ye -
09:00 - 12:00SESSION F
TITLE:Statistical Issues in the Development of Response Biomarkers for use in “First in Class” Clinical Development
SPEAKER: Scott Chasalow and James Rogers, Metrum Research Group
MODERATOR: Naitee Ting -
14:00 - 17:00SESSION G
TITLE: RWD/RWE
INSTRUCTOR:
MODERATOR: Kalyan Ghosh -
14:00 - 17:00SESSION H
TITLE: Evidence-Based Clinical Trial Design: When the Power of AI Meets
SPEAKERS: Will Ma, HopeAI
MODERATOR: Jerry Li
DAY
04 - Wednesday December 09, 2026
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07:00 - 08:00
REGISTRATION
Registration & Breakfast
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08:00 - 09:00SESSION KEYNOTE
KEYNOTE 3: Bayesian Adaptive Clinical Trials: From Bandit Problems to Real-World Innovation
SPEAKERS: Prof. Don Barry, MDACC
MODERATOR: Bill Wang -
09:00 - 12:00SESSION I
TITLE: Master Protocol Trials: From Strategic Consideration to Real Case Implementation
SPEAKER: Don Berry, MDACC, Ruixiao Lu, Alumis, and Cindy Lu, AZ
MODERATOR: Jingjing Ye -
09:00 - 12:00SESSION J
TITLE: Adaptive Designs in Clinical Trials
SPEAKER: Vlad Dragalin, J&J
Moderator: Ivan S. F. Chan -
14:00 - 17:00SESSION K
TITLE: Digital Pathology and AI: Building the Next Generation of Biomarker Discovery
SPEAKERS: Talia Muram, Zhaohua Lu, and Li Liu, Daiichi Sankyo Inc.
MODERATOR: Li-An Xu -
14:00 - 17:00SESSION L
TITLE: From Exploratory to Confirmatory: Designing and Executing Master Protocol for Meaningful Decision-Making
SPEAKERS: Robert Beckman, Georgetown University and Cong Chen, Merck & Co., Inc.
MODERATOR: Bill Wang
DAY
05 - Thursday December 10, 2026
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08:00 - 17:00SHORT COURSE 1 (Dec 10-Dec 11)
TITLE: Master Protocol Clinical Trials for Evidence Generation
INSTRUCTOR: Don Berry; Ruixiao Lu, Cindy Lu and Jingjing Ye
MODERATOR: Bill Wang -
08:00 - 17:00SHORT COURSE 2 (Dec 10-Dec 11)
TITLE: Clinical Trials in the Era of Real-World Evidence
INSTRUCTOR: Jie Chen, Naitee Ting and Feinan Lu
MODERATOR: Alfred Balch
DAY
06 - Friday December 11, 2026
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08:00 - 13:10
SHORT COURSE 1 – ( continued )
TITLE: Master Protocol Clinical Trials for Evidence Generation
INSTRUCTOR: Don Berry; Ruixiao Lu, Cindy Lu and Jingjing Ye
MODERATOR: Bill Wang -
08:00 - 13:10
SHORT COURSE 2 ( continued )
TITLE: Clinical Trials in the Era of Real-World Evidence
INSTRUCTOR: Jie Chen, Naitee Ting and Feinan Lu
MODERATOR: Alfred Balch
All tutorial and short course titles, presenters and moderators from 1970 onward are on www.demingconference.org
Session is based on a recently published text that is available for a discounted price. All times in the schedule refer to US EST Time *Conference information with links to participate will be sent to registrants on Nov 2025