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SCOPE Europe 2026 · Barcelona

The Ever Changing Order of Stories in Clinical Trials

over cocktails and mocktails

Bring your best story about a study that changed after it was designed. We'll bring the drinks. No slides, no pitches, just people who design, plan, run and price trials, swapping notes at a bar in Sant Antoni.

Walking directions

Protocol CORI-SCOPE-26

Admit one

Version 1.0 · amendments expected

Visit date
Tuesday 13 October 2026
Visit window
17:30 to 19:00ish
Site
Rosa Barcelona
Carrer de Floridablanca, 88, 08015 Barcelona
Getting there
About 15 minutes on foot from the InterContinental Barcelona (Fira Center)
Primary endpoint
Good conversation
Exclusions
Slides, pitches, anyone who says “quick question” about a budget

Take it with you

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The walk

From the conference to the cocktails, dot by dot

Walking route from InterContinental Barcelona to Rosa BarcelonaA dotted line runs from the InterContinental Barcelona (Fira Center) at the foot of Montjuïc, north across Avinguda del Paral·lel and through the Eixample blocks of Sant Antoni, to Rosa Barcelona on Carrer de Floridablanca, near the Mercat de Sant Antoni. About one kilometre, roughly 15 minutes on foot.FiraAv. del Paral·lelGran ViaPl. d'EspanyaSant AntoniMontjuïcPoble-secMercat de Sant AntoniN≈ 1 km · 15 min walkSTARTInterContinental (Fira Center)FINISHRosa BarcelonaFloridablanca, 88
  • Start: InterContinental Barcelona, Av. de Rius i Taulet, 1-3
  • Finish: Rosa Barcelona, Carrer de Floridablanca, 88
  • Cori will be there, waving

Head north from the hotel, cross Avinguda del Paral·lel, and walk up into Sant Antoni. Rosa is on Carrer de Floridablanca, a couple of blocks from the Mercat de Sant Antoni. Map not to scale, unlike our budgets.

The site

Rosa Barcelona, Sant Antoni

“Llegas por una copa, te quedas toda la noche.”

Rosa's own promise: you come for one drink, you stay all night.

  • WhatCocktail bar with signature cocktails, natural and conventional wines from Catalonia, Spain and France, and homemade tapas with vegetarian options
  • AddressCarrer de Floridablanca, 88, 08015 Barcelona
  • OpenTuesdays 17:00 to 19:00ish
  • Websiterosabarcelonabar.com
Signature cocktails, many of them pink
Toasts under the golden lamp
Patatas valientes and homemade tapas
Natural wines from Catalonia, Spain and France

Illustrations by Cori. For the real thing, see the photos on rosabarcelonabar.com.

Schedule of Assessments

The plan, subject to amendment

TimeVisitWhat happens
17:30Visit 1First guest in. Walk over from the InterContinental, follow the dots.
17:45Visit 2First round. Cocktails, mocktails or a glass of something natural.
18:15DeviationSomeone mentions change orders. We let it happen.
18:40Amendment 1“One more” is added to the schedule. Nobody files the paperwork.
19:00ishSoft lockOfficially, the end. Rosa is open until 23:00, and nobody is counting.

Icebreakers, fully sourced

Why the order of stories keeps changing

76%

of protocols needed at least one substantial amendment.

Mean of3.3

substantial amendments per amended protocol, up 60% in seven years.

260 days

on average from amendment need to the last oversight approval. Sites run mixed protocol versions for about 215 days.

Source: Tufts CSDD, 2022 data on about 950 protocols, in Getz K, “Shining a light on the inefficiencies in amendment implementation”, Applied Clinical Trials, 6 December 2023.

Coming? Tell us.

A quick reply helps us save you a seat and a glass. Tell whoever from Cori invited you, or drop the team a line. Bring a colleague who has a good amendment story.

lucy@cori-clinical.com

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