San Francisco Bay Area Chapter In Person Event: SF Recruitment and Networking Series - Berkeley

When:  May 7, 2026 from 18:00 to 19:30 (ET)

Are you ready to leverage your expertise to make a meaningful impact within a global nonprofit organization?

Step into an ambassador or leadership role and help shape the future of our chapter - influencing our programs, strengthening our community and driving the strategy that will define our next chapter of growth.

The RAPS San Francisco Chapter hosts a dynamic recruitment and networking series across multiple cities in the San Francisco Bay Area. This series includes 7 in-person events designed to strengthen local connections and grow the RAPS-SF volunteer community.

Each event brings together professionals from biotech, pharma, and medical devices in a relaxed, social setting. You’ll meet peers across disciplines, connect with the RAPS-SF leadership team, and learn how RAPS-SF Ambassadors and Extended Leadership Team support chapter programs and industry engagement. Attend one event or join several across the region.

This series welcomes professionals who are eager to build community, expand their network, and contribute to the Bay Area regulatory ecosystem.

This is your opportunity to lead, inspire and make a lasting difference.

Registration Fees & Deadlines

Free

Why Should You Attend?

  • Identify the major design control elements and understand their contribution to the development of safe and effective medical devices.
  • Understand how human factors fit into product development and design controls.
  • Outline and describe the costs associated with human factors studies.
  • Develop strategies for identifying device users, user environments and critical tasks.
  • Identify methodological differences between generative, formative, and validation/summative studies.
  • Be able to make decisions based on results from human factors studies and document them in the usability engineering file.

Who Should Attend?

  • Regulatory affairs and regulatory strategy professionals
  • Biotech and pharma executives and decision makers
  • Medical device executives and decision makers

Agenda

6:00 to 7:30 pm. Networking

Location

Elaichi co. cafe
2161 Allston Way
Ste C
Berkeley, CA 94704

Questions

Contact the RAPS Support Center:
Call +1 301 770 2920, ext. 200 (8:30 am–5:30 pm EST, Monday–Friday) or email support@raps.org. 

Location

2161 Allston Way Ste C
Berkeley, CA 94704-1360

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