Welcome to the 7th Annual Scientific Computing Days symposium registration website! The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Scientific Computing Board (SCB) along with the Office of the Commissioner (OC) are hosting the 7th annual Scientific Computing Days symposium. The FDA Scientific Computing Board is a group of scientists and IT specialists at FDA who advocate for scientific computing needs, and requirements to advance FDA’s scientific and regulatory mission. As a collaborative effort, the 2019 Scientific Computing Days symposium will boast a plethora of scientists, key industry contributors and observers, gathering to help the FDA improve the application of technology, and scientific computing in support of our public health mission. The two-day symposium will include five keynote presentations, a booth session featuring42 vendors, FDA centers, offices, affiliates, eight breakout sessions and a digital poster session featuring the Top 20 scientific computing posters.

This year’s event theme is Scientific Computing and Health Data Flows: The Heart and Lifeblood of Public Health Innovation, which aligns with the SCB’s FY19 goal of improving data flows both within FDA and with external collaborators. Like the body, scientific computing needs data as the heart needs blood. This year’s Scientific Computing Days symposium recognizes FDA’s need for the easier and greater flow of information in and out of FDA. The goals of this symposium are to raise awareness about Center activities in scientific computing, help foster collaboration and improve networking, promote the use of scientific computing for regulatory decision making, and to learn from one another about different approaches to scientific computing. 

We look forward to your engagement and active participation.
Thank you for your time and contributions to scientific computing! 
2019 Scientific Computing Days Chair, Frank Weichold, MD, PhD