User Group Meetings
The DFdiscover community is comprised of researchers working on important health care problems in many disciplines in many parts of the world. We are committed to supporting them with innovative and reliable products and services and are honored to have been chosen as their software provider.
The DFdiscover User Group meets annually to review DFdiscover software development and share ideas.
Past User Group Meetings
Presented in reverse chronological order, this page is a historical resource for DFUG dates, locations and presentation materials.
DFUG 2022: November 9; Virtual
DFUG 2022 took place on November 9th virtually.
Title
Presenter
Recording
DFdiscover Database Setup Considerations for DFweb, DFcollect and DFengage
Angela Williams & Karolyn Scott, DFnet
DFUG 2021: September 15-16; Virtual
DFUG 2021 took place Wednesday, September 15 – Thursday, September 16 virtually.
Title
Presenter
Recording
Putting Patient-Centricity Into Practice
DFnet
Risk Based Monitoring and Data Management, Their Harmonious Journey to Database Lock
Everest Clinical Research
Jump Starting a Research Centre With DFnet
University of British Columbia
REDCap and DFdiscover Online vs. Offline Functionality Comparison
NIH
DFUG 2019: September 26 - 27 at the Hotel Annapolis in Annapolis, MD
DFUG 2019 took place Thursday, September 26 – Friday, September 27 at the Hotel Annapolis in Annapolis, MD.
Title
Presenter
Abigail Isaacson
DF/Net
Sandy Buchanan
Curve Tomorrow
Laura Joldersma & Brian Postle
DF/Net
Joseph Murphy & Abigail Isaacson
DF/Net
DFUG 2018: September 27 - 28 at the Hyatt Regency Lake Washington, Renton, WA
Title
Presenter
Lara Kidoguchi
International Clinical Research Center, University of Washington
Eric Bosch, Samer Chaudhary, Alice Zou, Craig MacDougald
DF/Net
Mark Lowerison
University of Calgary
| Journey to establish The DFdiscover platform at the University of Manitoba |
Sadeesh Srinathan & Andrew Morican
University of Manitoba
Jaskiran Singh
NIH/NIAID/OCICB
Nick Moodley
NETE/OCICB-NIH
John Raso
PHRI
DFUG 2017: September 27 - 29 at the JW Marriott Orlando, Grande Lakes, Orlando, FL
The 23nd annual DFUG Meeting took place Wednesday, September 27 – Friday, September 29, 2017 at the JW Marriott Orlando, Grande Lakes, Orlando, Florida.
Title
Presenter
Training: SDTM Basics: A Practical Understanding of CDISC SDTM
Training: Implementing CDASH in DFdiscover: The benefits of CDASH to SDTM
Introducing DFws: A public API for connecting to DFdiscover services
Samer Chaudhary
DF/Net Software
Extending DFdiscover using DFws: Creating real-time interfaces to DFdiscover and study databases
WTP?!? – What the Predict: How the NIAID tested and stretched the limitations of DataFax
Michael Duvenhage, NIH/NIAID
Product Inventory Program Design in iDF 2014.1.1
Angela Worley
Abbott Nutrition
Implementing targeted Source Data Verification (SDV) Strategy in iDataFax
Sadia Yousuf
PHRI
Report on our successful ISO 9001:2015 certification: What it is, why we did it, and what this means to you
Craig Dilks
DF/Net Software
Implementing Risk-Based Management (RBM) and Source Data Verification (SDV)
Darryl Pahl
DF/Net Research
All About Global Edit Checks: Development, Testing and Documentation
Clare Mengebier
DF/Net Research
Automating the flow of Clinical Data from DataFax to a Study Visuals/Warehouse environment
Jaskiran Singh
NIH/NIAID
Real-time Safety Evaluation of Lab Values in Multiple Databases
Brian Postle
DF/Net Research
DFUG 2016: October 17 – 20 at the Hotel Southern Sun Elangeni & Maharani in Durban, South Africa
The 22nd annual DFUG Meeting took place Monday, October 17 – Thursday, October 20, 2016 at the Hotel Southern Sun Elangeni & Maharani in Durban, South Africa.
Co-hosted by CAPRISA (Center for AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa), DFUG 2016 featured 2 days of trainings and 2 days of user group meetings and meeting proceedings.
Additionally, on November 29 2016, we held a two-hour “Virtual DFUG” webinar where we provided condensed versions of the DF/Net presentations and demonstrations.
Title
Presenter
Michael Holdsworth
National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)/Office of Cyber Infrastructure and Computational Biology
Michael Duvenhage
National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)/Office of Cyber Infrastructure and Computational Biology
Dan Trottier
Population Health Research Institute (PHRI)
Kevin Newell
National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)/Office of Cyber Infrastructure and Computational Biology
Joseph Makhura
Perinatal HIV Research Unit (PHRU)
Michael Holdsworth
National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)/Office of Cyber Infrastructure and Computational Biology
Michael Duvenhage
National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)/Office of Cyber Infrastructure and Computational Biology
DFUG 2015: September 30 – October 1 at the W Hotel in Seattle, WA
Title
Presenter
Lisa Ondrejcek & Darryl Pahl,
DF/Net Research, Inc
Eric Bosch & Samer Chaudhary
DF/Net Software ULC & Saloni Parikh, DF/Net Research, Inc
Michael Duvenhage & Kevin Newell
NIH/NIAID/OCICB
Jessica Andriesen
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Vicken Sagherian, Andres Busette & Joanne Thorgrimsson
VA Cooperative Studies Program
Michael Duvenhage & Cindy Lassnoff
NIH/NIAID/OCICB
Jeff LeBrun & Chuks Onwuneme
Pillsy
Mark Wessel & Camille Pahl
DF/Net Research, Inc.
Brian Postle & Pete McDonnell
DF/Net Research, Inc.
Emily Hemminger & David Coblentz
DF/Net Research, Inc.
Corey Miller & Don Masterson
DF/Net Research, Inc.
DFUG 2014: September 30 - October 3 at the Edgewater Hotel in Seattle, WA
Title
Presenter
Phil Kirsch, DF/Net Research, Inc. &
Craig Dilks, DF/Net Software ULC
DataFax 2014: What’s Coming?
Jeanine Hammar & Martin Renters
DF/Net Software ULC
David Coblentz
DF/Net Research, Inc.
Jae Chong
DF/Net Research, Inc.
Training: Edit Check Setup
Taylor Marshall
DF/Net Research, Inc.
Emily Hemminger & Brian Postle
DF/Net Research, Inc.
Daniel CherBr />SI-BONE, Inc.
Contact Daniel Cher at dcher@si-bone.com
Brian Moyer & Christopher Whalen
NIH/NIAID/OCICB
Mark Lowerison
University of Calgary
Vaishali Krishnan
VA Palo Alto CSPCC
Valerie Warburton
RPXP
Nidhi Jethoo & Dan Trottier
PHRI
Amy Morrow & Meredith Miller
VA Palo Alto CSPCC
Sandra Oyola
Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Michael Duvenhage
NIH/NIAID/OCICB
DFUG 2012: March 25-28; Palm Coast, FL
Title
Presenter
Wayne Taylor
Clinical DataFax Systems Inc.
Phil Kirsch
DF/Net Research, Inc.
Sandra Oyola
Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Jeanine Hammar
Clinical DataFax Systems Inc.
Emily Dai, Cissy Tang, Dan Trottier & Janice Pogue
Population Health Research Institute
Seegar Swanson & Lu Lu
Emory University
Manisha Thakur
Population Health Research Institute
Craig Dilks
Clinical DataFax Systems Inc.
Lisa Ondrejcek & Darryl Pahl
DF/Net Research, Inc.
Martin Renters
Clinical DataFax Systems Inc.
DFUG 2011: February 27-March 2; Whistler, BC
The 18th annual DFUG Meeting took place February 27 – March 2 at the Fairmount Chateau Whistler in Whistler, BC.
Title
Presenter
Pascal Groenen, Factory CRO
Sjouke Huisman, Thorin
Mark Lowerison, Christina Ma
Clinical Research Unit, University of Calgary
Robert DeForest, Don Masterson, Mija Lee
SCHARP, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Phil Kirsch
DF/Net Research Inc.
Nidhi Jethoo
Population Health Research Institute
Valerie L. Warburton, RPXP
Brittini Callies, DFNet Research Inc.
Dan Trottier
Population Health Research Institute
Pongthep Miankaew
Center of Excellence for Biomedical and Public Health Informatics, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, MAHIDOL University
DFUG 2009: February 15-19; Vail, CO
Title
Presenter
Tessa Tensen, Pascal Groenen
Factory CRO, Clinical Research for Medical Devices
Zekai Otles, David Gaston; Frontier Science & Technology Research Foundation (FSTRF)-Madison
Pascal Groenen, Joris Bannenberg; Factory CRO, Clinical Research for Medical Devices
Steven Berkey, Christina Carty, and Elizabeth Spence
Perry Point Cooperative Studies Program
Don L. Masterson
SCHARP
Xiumei Yang, Janice Pogue
Population Health Research Institute
Phil Kirsch
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (SCHARP)
DFUG 2008: February 24-27; Mont Tremblant, PQ
DFUG 2007: March 11-14; Lake Tahoe, CA
The Fifteenth Annual DFUG Meeting took place March 11 – 14 at The Resort at Squaw Creek in Lake Tahoe, CA.
DFUG 2006: February 5-8; Lake Louise, AB
The Fourteenth Annual DFUG Meeting took place February 5-8 at The Chateau Lake Louise in Lake Louise, Alberta.
DFUG 2005: March 20-23; Sun Valley, ID
The Thirteenth Annual DFUG Meeting took place March 20-23 at The Sun Valley Lodge in Sun Valley, Idaho.
DFUG 2004: February 29-March 3; Lake Louise, AB
The Twelfth Annual DFUG Meeting took place February 29-March 3 at The Chateau Lake Louise in Lake Louise, Alberta.
DFUG 2003: March 9-12; Duck Key, FL
The Eleventh Annual DFUG Meeting took place March 9-12 at Hawk’s Cay Resort in Duck Key, FL.
DFUG 2002: February 3-6; Mont Tremblant, PQ
The Tenth Annual DFUG Meeting took place February 3-6 at The Fairmont Tremblant Hotel in Mont Tremblant, Quebec.
DFUG 2001: February 4-7; Lake Louise, AB
The Ninth Annual DFUG Meeting took place February 4-7 at The Chateau Lake Louise in Lake Louise, Alberta.
DFUG 1999: February 7-10; Lake Louise, AB
DFUG 1998: March 28-April 1; Mont Tremblant, PQ
DFUG 1997: February 2-5; Snowbird, UT
DFUG 1996: February 4-6; Vancouver, BC
DFUG 1995: April 27-28; Toronto, ON
DFUG 1994: March 24-25; Mont Ste. Anne, PQ
DFUG 1993: January; Sunshine Village, AB
The First Annual DFUG Meeting took place in January at The Sunshine Village Lodge in Sunshine Village, Alberta.
