Simulations Plus will be exhibiting at ACoP 2026 (American Conference on Pharmacometrics), taking place October 11th-14th, 2026, at Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Oxon Hill, Maryland.

ACoP is a leading global conference advancing pharmacometrics and model-informed drug development (MIDD), bringing together scientists from industry, academia, and regulatory agencies to share innovations in quantitative approaches to drug development.

Visit us at booth #3 to connect with our team and learn how modeling and simulation can support your development programs.

We hope to see you there!

Can’t Miss Presentation!

Symposium: GenAI in QSP: Agentic Orchestration, Auditable Guardrails and Adaptive Calibration
Title: Computation-in-the-Loop as a New Paradigm for Quantitative Systems Pharmacology Modeling
Speaker: Priyata Kalra, Ph.D., Senior Principal Scientific Product Manager
Date/Time: Monday, October 12th | 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Location: Maryland C

Live, in-person satellite workshops:

Title: From PK-PD Models to Simulations using MonolixSuite: Modeling in the Age of AI (In-Person at ACoP)

Description: AI agents can already handle parts of the modeling workflow that once took hours by hand: writing Mlxtran code, running PK workflows, generating diagnostics. That shift makes one skill more valuable than ever — the scientific judgment to know whether the output is right. This two-day workshop is built around that idea. You will work through a complete population PK-PD modeling and simulation workflow in MonolixSuite, combining lectures and hands-on exercises to build both fluency with the software and the deeper understanding that lets you work critically, whether you are using the interface yourself or supervising an AI agent. This workshop does not start from zero. You should be able to run a basic PK workflow in Monolix: load a dataset, set up a model, run an estimation. If you are not there yet, we offer a free preparatory course covering the essentials so you arrive ready to benefit fully from both days.

When & Where:

Date: Saturday & Sunday, October 10th-11th
Time: 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Eastern Time
Location: Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland

Cost:

• Industry: Early Bird $775, then starting September 1^st $995
• Student: Early Bird $387.50, then starting September 1^st $497.50

Registration & Additional Information

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Title: QSP Modeling with Agentic AI: Automating Workflows within the Thales QSP Software Platform (In-Person at AcoP)

Description: This workshop provides a tutorial for engagement of Thales (a cloud-based QSP modeling platform) through a new chat-based interface for S+ software packages referred to as the “S+ Composer platform”.   We will introduce new agentic AI tools that accelerate end-to-end modeling workflows for QSP through S+ Composer. The 1-day session combines lectures with practical exercises to build fluency with AI-driven QSP modeling in translational and clinical modeling contexts. The initial content of the workshop will provide a brief description of Thales but will focus primarily on its engagement via agents specially designed to facilitate QSP modeling.  We will be discussing how to prompt agents for a variety of different goals, including model interrogation and exploration, addition of biological components, virtual population simulation & optimization, and analysis of results.  Practical sessions to follow in the next part of the workshop will allow participants to engage in prompting and exploration of QSP modeling tools using agentic AI, using case-based examples relevant to current needs in model-informed drug development. Users will gain first-hand experience in developing, exploring and evaluating models supported by AI, along with other common modeling workflows. Towards the end of the workshop, we will dive deeper into practical use of the agents towards specific QSP applications.  Emphasis will be placed on engaging with the Thales platform’s native support of virtual populations, ability to simultaneously optimize data spanning numerous therapeutic interventions, and utility in supporting late-phase clinical decision-making.  There will also be a discussion on how to use multiple agents in concert to support MIDD workflows that span the drug development spectrum within S+ Composer. The workshop is designed for modelers and scientists with pharmacometrics or QSP experience who want to evaluate how agentic AI can compress the iteration cycle for virtual clinical trial simulation

When & Where:

Date: Saturday, October 10th, 2026
Time: 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Eastern Time
Location: Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland

Cost:

• Industry: Early Bird $500, then starting September 1^st $750
• Student: Early Bird $250, then starting September 1^st $375

Registration & Additional Information

Join us for some after-hours fun!

After a full day of presentations, meetings, and networking at ACoP, join us for an unforgettable evening at Bobby McKey’s Dueling Piano Bar in National Harbor.

Enjoy great food, drinks, lively entertainment, and the opportunity to connect with fellow conference attendees in a relaxed and fun atmosphere. From sing-alongs to audience-driven performances, Bobby McKey’s is known for its high-energy dueling piano show that keeps the crowd engaged all night long.

Whether you’re looking to continue conversations from the conference or simply unwind with colleagues and peers, we hope you’ll join us for this special ACoP after-hours event.

Location: Bobby McKey’s Dueling Piano Bar, Main Floor, 172 Fleet Street, National Harbor, MD 20745
Date: Tuesday, October 13^th
Dueling Piano Show 7:00-10:00 PM

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Attendees:

• Shawn O’Connor, Chief Executive Officer
• John DiBella, Chief Revenue Officer
• Amparo de la Peña, Vice President, Pharmacometric Services
• Anjali Mittal, Scientist II
• Cameron Meany, Scientist II
• Celeste Vallejo, Sr. Scientific Product Manager
• Chloe Bracis, Scientific Product Specialist
• Christina Battista, Senior Principal Scientist
• Clifton Anderson, Scientist II
• David Jaworowicz, Distinguished Scientist, Pharmacometrics
• Frano Mihaljevic, Sr. Scientific Product Specialist
• Heather Barcomb, Assistant Director, Pharmacometrics
• Heather Squire, Business Development Director
• Jill Fiedler-Kelly, President, Services Solutions
• Julie Passarell, Associate Vice President, Pharmacometrics
• Lara Clemens, Senior Scientist
• Monika Twarogowska, Sr. Principal Scientific Product Specialist
• Pauline Traynard, Director, Scientific Product
• Peter Kilford, Associate Vice President, Global Sales
• Priyata Kalra, Senior Principal Scientific Product Manager
• Ryan Suderman, Senior Principal Scientist
• Saumitra Rahatekar, Senior Business Development Director
• Scott Siler, Chief Science Officer
• Soha Friedy, Associate Director, Pharmacometrics
• Stephanie Kollman, Product Specialist
• Steven Chang, Global Head of Strategic Alliances
• Susie Zhang, Vice President, Regulatory Strategies
• Tom Sun, Vice President, Strategic Consulting Services
• Yawen Fan, Business Development Director