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This is a free event, fully virtual. For the first time, R/Pharma will be including a dedicated Asia-Pacific (APAC) track which better aligns with Asian time zones." +author: "R Consortium" +image: "rpharma-apac-main-image.png" +date: "10/14/2024" +--- + +![](rpharma-apac-main-image.png) + +R/Pharma 2024 is coming up Oct 29-Nov 1, 2024. This is a free event, fully virtual. R users in Pharma +around the world are encouraged to attend, ask questions, and contribute their opinions! + +## [Register now for free!](https://events.zoom.us/ev/AvobJEOTVwkUnH6_TgLZDZJauk4dxfm5jCG8JFNN9zukOcsVLvTN~AmO5XY5HRBcxkKG6Hga1aXZaYtpBSER6jHms1seP-NNOA0dhcQZUGJ2NWg) + +For the first time, R/Pharma will be including a dedicated Asia-Pacific (APAC) track which better +aligns with Asian time zones and includes 2 pre-conference workshops, 3 keynotes that will be recorded +from the global track and then streamed with live discussion sessions thereafter, and 2 live panels, +one focusing on Japan, and one on China. In addition, there are 20 contributed talks. + +![](rpharma-china-panel.png) + +![](rpharma-japan-panel.png) + +The R Consortium talked with Daniel Sabanés Bové, R/Pharma organizer, co-chair of openstatsware.org, +co-founder of RCONIS, a biostatistics consulting and software engineering firm, (co-)author of multiple +R packages published on CRAN and Bioconductor, and author of the book “Likelihood and Bayesian Inference: +With Applications in Biology and Medicine.” Daniel is giving a 3-hour workshop on October 27 with Joe +Zhu (Roche) on “Good Software Engineering Practice for R Packages,” and introducing openstatsware in +a talk on 31 October. + +We talked to Daniel to find out more about the new APAC track. + +![](daniel.png) + + +### Why is R/Pharma adding an APAC track now? + +Last year, I was on an extended business trip for Roche for 6 weeks in Shanghai. I was fortunate to +attend the first China Pharma R User Group (RUG) Meeting in March 2023, so I have seen how active the +community is. I also found out how tough it can be to be based in Asia - you just don't get enough +sleep working with colleagues in Europe and North America! + +So when the R/Pharma program committee reported that they have been approached by colleagues in Asia +about organizing events in their time zone or region, I used the opportunity of my upcoming move to +Taipei mid 2024 to propose organizing a dedicated track in the Asia-Pacific timezones. + +The R/Pharma APAC track is designed specifically to help avoid time zone burnout, as well as to +foster the APAC regional community. + +### How does adoption of R in Pharma in APAC differ from other parts of the world? + +This is not based on robust data, but from a personal perspective I have noticed one key feature is +that biotech and Pharma companies in Asia are concentrated in a few hubs, there is Shanghai, Tokyo, +and not too many more. Having said that, I have noticed the rise of Contract Research Organizations +(CROs) e.g. in India that are starting to use R - the CROs are catching up. Compare that to Europe +and the United States, with a wide range of Pharma companies and organizations spread around many +different locations. This also influences the adoption of R and open source technologies in general. + + + +### What are some of the key topics being covered in the APAC track? + +I was pleasantly surprised at the amount and variety of proposals submitted. We have organized +the APAC track’s topics into 6 types of sessions: + +* Change management (moving from proprietary software to R) +* Sessional clinical reporting (producing tables and reports) +* Shiny +* Best practices +* AI/ML +* High dimensional data + +We have quite an exciting APAC Track program that includes: + +* 2 pre conference workshops +* 3 keynote streams, which are recorded keynotes that are slightly delayed to stream during convenient APAC times, plus we have added some discussion after +* 2 live panel discussion (China, Japan) +* 20 contributed talks in total + +### Full Agenda + +A full list of workshops, keynotes, talks and panels is available +[here](https://events.zoom.us/ev/AvobJEOTVwkUnH6_TgLZDZJauk4dxfm5jCG8JFNN9zukOcsVLvTN~AmO5XY5HRBcxkKG6Hga1aXZaYtpBSER6jHms1seP-NNOA0dhcQZUGJ2NWg). + +If you use the filter button you can get just the APAC Track information. + +![](filter.png) + +![](filter-apac.png) + + + +## [Register now for free!](https://events.zoom.us/ev/AvobJEOTVwkUnH6_TgLZDZJauk4dxfm5jCG8JFNN9zukOcsVLvTN~AmO5XY5HRBcxkKG6Hga1aXZaYtpBSER6jHms1seP-NNOA0dhcQZUGJ2NWg) + +If you, or your organization, would like to support R/Pharma you can do so following +[this link](https://www.pledge.to/r-pharma). 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