Reflections from DIA Global 2026 and the Future of Research Collaboration

COREX was proud to attend DIA Global 2026 in Philadelphia, where the life sciences community came together to discuss the future of clinical development, regulatory science, evidence generation, and research collaboration. COREX CEO Yanling Piacenti, MBA, CTO Josh Piacenti, and Chief Research Officer Dr. Lana Wahid, MD, MBA, MHSc represented the company at the conference, joining thousands of researchers, sponsors, regulators, and institutional leaders from across the clinical research ecosystem. Across sessions, conversations, and introductions, one theme stood out: progress in clinical research depends on making the right people, places, and capabilities easier to find.

For COREX, DIA was an opportunity to listen closely, learn from industry leaders, and validate the need for a more connected research layer. We heard consistent interest in smarter ways to identify investigators, surface institutional capabilities, and expand visibility beyond the usual shortlist of sites and collaborators. As research teams become increasingly distributed across institutions, disciplines, and geographies, the challenge is no longer a lack of expertise. The challenge is discovery. That feedback reinforced COREX's mission to shorten the distance between a research question and the people, places, and capabilities that can answer it through verified profiles, institutional visibility, and explainable matching.

As we launch the COREX blog, we look forward to sharing what we're learning from researchers, institutions, and sponsors across the field, along with the trends shaping the future of research collaboration. We left Philadelphia encouraged by the conversations, energized by the opportunities ahead, and more convinced than ever that advancing science begins with helping the right people find each other.