GCP-RMA

The GCP Records Managers Association (GCP-RMA) is holding its Spring meeting on 14th and 15th March in Weesp, Netherlands. The theme of the meeting will be “Challenges and Opportunities of e-Records Management” and the agenda is looking great. Includes:

• Quality checks on trial master files: sponsor perspective; CRO perspective; and report back from DIA QC special interest group
• Long-term digital preservation: introduction to OAIS; EDC data and TMF
• Going paperless
• From document management to content management
• Technology interoperability
• TMF migration strategies
• Special topics of interest, including: paper destruction; eTMF case study; commercial archive vendors

As usual, there is no charge for attendance at this meeting but attendance is limited to GCP-RMA members only. See our website for membership details, including membership criteria.

The next meeting for GCP-RMA members will be held on 20th and 21st September in Nottingham, UK. Once again, this promises to be an agenda-packed meeting with a wide variety of interesting topics. The agenda has not quite been finalised but currently includes:

• management of pharmacovigilance (PV) records; what is the impact for management of clinical trial master files?
• destruction of original trial documents – what guidance does the DIA TMF Reference Model SIAC have?
• centralised versus decentralised management of sponsor trial records; which approach is best suited to your circumstances?
• third-party document storage vendor selection – a checklist
• third-party document storage vendor selection – what should be in your contract?
• archive tracking systems – a case study
• electronic trial master files (eTMF) – a case study
• member feedback/discussion
• member annual general meeting

This conference is free to attend for GCP-RMA members.