We’re excited to announce that the call for talks for Virtual R/Pharma 2024 is now open !!

Talks are short (10-20 minutes) high energy presentations that give you the chance to talk about an interesting project that you’ve tackled with R in pharma. Short talks, or demos of your R/Python code, R/Stan/Julia packages, and Shiny apps are great options.

We are particularly interested in submissions that have one or more of these qualities:

• Examples of how Shiny is used for interactive reporting for late-stage work
• Showcase the use of Open Source for drug discovery and development
• Using Open Source AI/LLMs in Pharma
• Applications from smaller Pharma companies / biotechs / clinical trials in general (including academia)
• Expand the use of R in Pharma to reach new domains and audiences
• Combining R with other languages and tools, like Python, Julia, Tensorflow etc.
• Reporting/Communication using R Markdown, Quarto, Shiny, ggplot2, or something else altogether
• Discussions on how to teach R/data science effectively in Pharma
• Talks on administering R in Pharma and tackling scaling, packages, cloud, HPC etc.

A few important tips:

• Don't be shy: We are particularly interested in talks from people who cannot usually make it to the in-person event or are newer to conference speaking. R/Pharma committee members are offering free speaker coaching: as long as you have an interesting R/Pharma idea and are willing to put in some work, we’ll help you develop a great talk. 
• We are in Asia-Pacific too!  In an effort to be more globally-inclusive, and following the successful first APAC track last year, R/Pharma will again be hosting presentations in Asia-Pacific time zones. When submitting a talk please note the checkbox related to presenting in the relevant time zone.
• There are lots of opportunities: If we have so many great submissions that we can't schedule them all in the live program we'll endeavor to include them in on-demand, pre-recorded talks.  In addition we'll be hosting an expo so you can show off your awesome open source contributions (more details to follow).
• Please reach out: If you have any questions please use the contact page on our website or email info@rinpharma.com