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Browse this year's RAPS Focus Areas and sessions - your gateway to unparalleled insights and resources. Explore exclusive RAPS offerings, connect with RAPS staff and experts, and more!

RAPS Focus Areas & Sessions

  • Monday, Oct 2nd
    6:30 AM – 4:00 PM EDT
    Registration Hours
  • Tuesday, Oct 3rd
    6:30 AM – 7:00 PM EDT
    Registration Hours
    Location/Room: Level 2 Registration Foyer
  • Tuesday, Oct 3rd
    3:00 PM – 11:59 PM EDT
    Wellness Challenge
    Location/Room: Level 2 Registration Foyer
    Networking Opportunity
  • Wednesday, Oct 4th
    12:00 AM – 11:59 PM EDT
    Wellness Challenge
    Location/Room: Level 2 Registration Foyer
    Networking Opportunity
  • Wednesday, Oct 4th
    6:30 AM – 6:00 PM EDT
    Registration Hours
    Location/Room: Level 2 Registration Foyer
  • Wednesday, Oct 4th
    7:30 AM – 6:00 PM EDT
    RAPS Store Hours
    Location/Room: Level 2 Registration Foyer
  • Wednesday, Oct 4th
    10:30 AM – 2:30 PM EDT
    Certification Lounge Hours
    Location/Room: Exhibit Hall: Certification Lounge (Booth 131)
  • Wednesday, Oct 4th
    10:30 AM – 2:30 PM EDT
    Headshot Lounge Hours
    Location/Room: Exhibit Hall: Headshot Lounge (Booth 839)
    Sponsored By 
  • Wednesday, Oct 4th
    10:30 AM – 2:30 PM EDT
    Regulatory Cares Community Giveback Booth Hours
    Location/Room: Exhibit Hall (Booth 115)
  • Wednesday, Oct 4th
    11:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
    RAPS BOD Roundtable: Emerging Regulatory Trends
    Location/Room: RAPS Central (Exhibit Hall: Booth #610)
    Guest Speaker: Kimberly Belsky, MS, FRAPS – Planning Committee Chair Convergence 2023
    Guest Speaker: Diana Salditt, FRAPS – Salditt Regulatory Consulting LLC
    Guest Speaker: Kimberly A. Trautman, MS – MEDIcept
    Guest Speaker: Susan Stewart, JD, LLM, RAC, FRAPS – Candel Therapeutics
  • Wednesday, Oct 4th
    11:15 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
    Chapter Meet and Greet at Career Central
    Networking Opportunity
  • Wednesday, Oct 4th
    11:45 AM – 12:15 PM EDT
    RAPS BOD Roundtable: I Am Regulatory
    Location/Room: RAPS Central (Exhibit Hall: Booth #610)
    Guest Speaker: Sabina Hoekstra-van den Bosch, PharmD FRAPS – TÜV SÜD
    Guest Speaker: Lawrence E. Liberti, MSc, PhD
    Guest Speaker: Frank Pokrop, RAC, CQE, CSQE, CPGP, CISA – QuidelOrtho
    Guest Speaker: Susan Stewart, JD, LLM, RAC, FRAPS – Candel Therapeutics
  • Wednesday, Oct 4th
    12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT
    RAPS BOD Roundtable: Volunteering
    Location/Room: RAPS Central (Exhibit Hall: Booth #610)
  • Wednesday, Oct 4th
    12:45 PM – 1:15 PM EDT
    Career Central Stage: Get your Regulatory Compliance Certification (RCC): Introducing Two New Compliance Certifications
    Location/Room: Exhibit Hall: Career Central (Booth 633)
    Career Central Stage
  • Wednesday, Oct 4th
    12:45 PM – 1:15 PM EDT
    RAPS Store Stage: Meet the Authors - Regulation of Regenerative Medicines: A Global Perspective
    Location/Room: RAPS Store Stage (Level 2 Registration Foyer)
    Speaker: Jocelyn Jennings – Mycovia Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Speaker: William Sietsema, PhD – Lisata Therapeutics
    RAPS Store Stage
  • Wednesday, Oct 4th
    12:45 PM – 1:45 PM EDT
    RAPS Fellows Speed Mentoring at Career Central (Sign-up Required)
    Location/Room: Exhibit Hall: Career Central (Booth 633)
    Networking Opportunity
  • Thursday, Oct 5th
    12:00 AM – 5:00 PM EDT
    Wellness Challenge
    Location/Room: Level 2 Registration Foyer
    Networking Opportunity
  • Thursday, Oct 5th
    6:30 AM – 3:00 PM EDT
    Registration Hours
    Location/Room: Level 2 Registration Foyer
  • Thursday, Oct 5th
    7:30 AM – 5:00 PM EDT
    RAPS Store Hours
    Location/Room: Level 2 Registration Foyer
  • Thursday, Oct 5th
    10:30 AM – 2:30 PM EDT
    Certification Lounge Hours
    Location/Room: Exhibit Hall: Certification Lounge (Booth 131)
  • Thursday, Oct 5th
    10:30 AM – 2:30 PM EDT
    Headshot Lounge Hours
    Location/Room: Exhibit Hall: Headshot Lounge (Booth 839)
    Sponsored By 
  • Thursday, Oct 5th
    10:30 AM – 2:30 PM EDT
    Regulatory Cares Community Giveback Booth Hours
    Location/Room: Exhibit Hall (Booth 115)
  • Thursday, Oct 5th
    11:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
    RAPS BOD Roundtable: Emerging Regulatory Trends
    Location/Room: RAPS Central (Exhibit Hall: Booth #610)
    Guest Speaker: Susan Stewart, JD, LLM, RAC, FRAPS – Candel Therapeutics
    Guest Speaker: Kimberly A. Trautman, MS – MEDIcept
  • Thursday, Oct 5th
    11:25 AM – 11:55 AM EDT
    RAPS Store Stage: Writing for RAPS - All You Need to Know About Submitting Content for RAPS Publications
    Location/Room: RAPS Store Stage (Level 2 Registration Foyer)
    RAPS Store Stage
  • Thursday, Oct 5th
    11:45 AM – 12:15 PM EDT
    Career Central Stage: The RAPS Competency Framework and Tools: What is it and what's in it for me?
    Location/Room: Exhibit Hall: Career Central (Booth 633)
    Speaker: Thomas Hutchinson, MS RAC FRAPS – QRE MedTech LLC
    Speaker: Lindsey Summers, MBA – Day One Biopharmaceuticals
    Career Central Stage
  • Thursday, Oct 5th
    11:45 AM – 12:15 PM EDT
    RAPS BOD Roundtable: The Futuristic Regulatory Professional
    Location/Room: RAPS Central (Exhibit Hall: Booth #610)
    Guest Speaker: Kimberly Belsky, MS, FRAPS – Planning Committee Chair Convergence 2023
    Guest Speaker: Daniela Drago, PhD, RAC, FRAPS – NDA Partners
    Guest Speaker: Diana Salditt, FRAPS – Salditt Regulatory Consulting LLC
    Guest Speaker: Kimberly A. Trautman, MS – MEDIcept
  • Thursday, Oct 5th
    12:30 PM – 1:00 PM EDT
    RAPS BOD Roundtable: I Am Regulatory
    Location/Room: RAPS Central (Exhibit Hall: Booth #610)
    Guest Speaker: Kimberly A. Trautman, MS – MEDIcept
    Guest Speaker: Daniela Drago, PhD, RAC, FRAPS – NDA Partners
  • Thursday, Oct 5th
    12:45 PM – 1:45 PM EDT
    RAPS Fellows Speed Mentoring at Career Central (Sign-up Required)
    Location/Room: Exhibit Hall: Career Central (Booth 633)
    Networking Opportunity
  • Thursday, Oct 5th
    1:15 PM – 1:45 PM EDT
    Career Central Stage: Get Certified in Regulatory Affairs: Get your RAC!
    Location/Room: Exhibit Hall: Career Central (Booth 633)
    Career Central Stage
  • Thursday, Oct 5th
    6:30 PM – 9:30 PM EDT
    SOLD OUT - RAPS Farewell Jazz Soirée: Toasting the Future Together
    Location/Room: Level 7
    Networking Opportunity
    Sponsored By