This year’s Vivli Annual Meeting was the most well-attended to date—more than 80 people attended in person and more than 150 people attended online to discuss the impact of data sharing via the Vivli platform. Watch the meeting on YouTube.

Over seven sessions, data contributors and researchers offered their perspectives on how clinical data sharing is advancing progress in cancer diagnosis and treatment, the global response to anti-microbial resistance (AMR), and more.

Sarah Greer and Adrian Peryer created a visual representation of the meeting. They produced 9 illustrated boards that highlighted the insights from each panel. During interactive breaks between panels, participants were also invited to share what conversations had captured their interest by marking the boards with red dots.

 

The highlights of the afternoon were two sessions on sharing imaging data. Dan Boisvert (Biogen) discussed how a Vivli partnership with Boehringer Ingelheim, Biogen, Pfizer, and Sanofi is taking on the challenges of anonymizing images, such as MRI and x-ray imaging, and linking that with tabular data, and making those available through the platform.

After that, Tim Kinkead (Preva Group) shared how the Gates Foundation is supporting the development of an AI-enabled low-cost ultrasound device, so that pregnant women in low-resource settings can have improved care for the mother and baby. Sharing ultrasound imaging data has been integral to training the device as part of the development process. This will ensure that nearly anyone can use the device to generate an accurate ultrasound.

Vivli will also be sharing additional footage from a fireside chat with the Vivli AMR Data Challenge panelists and insights from our Vivli Ambassadors. Stay tuned for those updates to learn more about how insights from data sharing are shaping clinical practice and changing global responses to AMR.

Thank you to everyone who joined virtually and in person for the 2025 Vivli Annual Meeting.

The 2025 Vivli Annual Meeting was held at Loeb House at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, and virtually on Thursday, October 23.

During this meeting, we:

• Explored how researchers, data contributors, and funders are transforming clinical trial data into real-world health impact.
• Heard how platforms like Vivli are enabling responsible data sharing and fostering a cycle of data re-use.
• Learned about success stories of groundbreaking data challenges and how they are shaping new developments in various fields of medicine.

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Agenda

Welcome and Introductions	Rebecca Li, Vivli
Researcher and Data Contributor Panel – From Contribution to Impact in Oncology Moderator: Murray Stewart, Vivli	Paula Boyles, Pfizer Jennifer O’Callaghan, Roche Ben Rotz, Lilly Jonas Saal, University Hospital Bonn Youssef Zeidan, Baptist Health South Florida
Data Challenge – Lessons Learned from the Helmsley Type 1 Diabetes Challenge Moderator: Deniz Dalton, The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust	Robin Gal, Jaeb Center for Health Research Dana Lewis, OpenAPS
Data Challenge – Lessons Learned from AMR Data Challenges Moderator: Rebecca Li, Vivli	Harry Akligoh, Northeastern University and Duplex Bioscience Kasim Allel Henriquez, University of Oxford Katherine Perez, Pfizer Amanda Skarlupka, Vivli
Researcher and Data Contributor Panel – From Contribution to Impact in Clinical Trial Applicability to Routine Care Moderator: Ida Sim, University of California, San Francisco, and Vivli	Jessica Lim, GSK David McAllister, University of Glasgow Ben Rotz, Lilly Cris Woolston, Sanofi
DOJ Countries of Concern – Final Ruling and Practical Implementation for Data Sharing	David Peloquin, Ropes & Gray Julie Wood, Vivli
Unlocking Imaging Data Sharing – A Collaboration on Imaging Anonymization	Dan Boisvert, Biogen
Gates Foundation Initiative to Improve Maternal and Infant Health by Sharing Ultrasound Image Data	Tim Kinkead, Preva Group
A Way Forward	Rebecca Li, Vivli Mike Stebbins, Science Advisors and Vivli

 

In this webinar, we will discuss the new Declaration of Helsinki and how institutions can take practical steps to institute an ethical and effective data sharing program.

Join us on Thursday, January 23 at 8am PST/11am EST/4pm GMT, for a discussion with Vivli’s CEO Rebecca Li and COO Julie Wood about the top five questions companies or non-profit foundations should ask when they are considering embarking on a data sharing program.

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Topics include:

• Why should we share clinical trial data?
• When should we begin a data sharing program?
• How do we start to build a data sharing program?
• How can we manage a data sharing program?
• What can a partner like Vivli do for us?

Speakers:

• Rebecca Li, CEO, Vivli
• Julie Wood, COO, Vivli

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This event was held at Harvard Faculty Club in Cambridge, MA, on Friday, November 15, for the 2024 Vivli Annual Meeting, co-hosted with the MRCT Center of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard. The meeting focuses on Innovations in Data Sharing and features a keynote address from Steffen Thirstrup, CMO of the EMA. He speaks on the European Health Data Space.

 

RECORDINGS SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES

Session topics focus on the following areas:

• Keynote address: Steffen Thirstrup, EMA on European Health Data Space
• Panel discussion on European Health Data Space
• Health Information Exchanges
• Risks and Opportunities in AI and data sharing

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Keynote: Steffen Thirstrup, CMO, European Medicines Agency (EMA)

Looking to the future: The opportunities for data sharing and the European Health Data Space

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Panel Discussion: The Opportunities for data sharing and the European Health Data Space (EHDS)

Following on from the keynote address, panelists discuss the potential of the EHDS.

Moderator: Rebecca Li, CEO and Co-founder, Vivli

• David Leventhal, Data Sharing & Disclosure Lead, Pfizer
• David McAllister, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Informatics, University of Glasgow
• Steffen Thirstrup, CMO, EMA
• Aneta Tyszkiewicz, Director, Digital & Data, EFPIA

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Panel Discussion: Use of Health Information Exchange (HIE) data for research: legal and ethical challenges

The panel discusses challenges related to the use of HIEs and other U.S. data sharing frameworks for research purposes, including research recruitment, retrospective studies, and more.

Moderator: Barbara Bierer, Faculty Director, MRCT and Vivli co-founder

• Jill De Graff, VP of Regulatory, b.well Connected Health
• Irene Koch, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City
• David Peloquin, Partner, Ropes & Gray

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Panel Discussion: Risks and Opportunities in AI and data sharing

Panelists discuss AI’s risks and opportunities for sharing and re-using data today and in the coming years.

Moderator: Ida Sim, Professor of Medicine and Computational Precision Health, University of California San Francisco; Vivli co-founder

• Karla Childers, Head, Bioethics-based Science & Technology Policy, Johson & Johnson
• Dawei Lin, Associate Director for Bioinformatics & Senior Advisor to the Director at DAIT, NIAID, NIH
• Subha Madhavan, Vice President & Head of AI/ML, Quantitative & Digital Sciences, Research and Development, Pfizer and Vivli Board member
• David Peloquin, Partner, Ropes & Gray

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