Cloud adoption is accelerating across regulated industries—but validation and compliance expectations haven’t gotten any simpler. Whether you’re moving infrastructure to the cloud, deploying ready-made SaaS platforms, building applications on PaaS, or integrating AI-driven capabilities, you’re operating in a shared-responsibility world that fundamentally affects how compliance must be approached.
This highly practical webinar demystifies XaaS (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) for regulated environments. We’ll unpack how each service model works, how responsibilities shift compared with classical on-premises software, and what that means for validation strategy, documentation, risk management, vendor oversight, and ongoing compliance.
Together, we’ll explore how to manage evolving models without trying to force AI into outdated validation molds, and participants will leave with a clear framework to make smart cloud and AI decisions confidently.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this one-hour webinar, participants will:
- Recognize how information technology (IT) systems function in regulated environments, including compliance requirements, validation expectations, and oversight challenges.
- Understand the fundamentals of cloud-based systems (XaaS): what they are, how they operate, and how they differ from traditional software models.
- Identify common risks and pitfalls when implementing or using XaaS solutions in regulated contexts and learn practical mitigation strategies, including how to tackle AI models.
Who Should Attend?
- Quality Assurance/Regulatory Affairs professionals overseeing computerized systems
- IT and digital transformation leaders in regulated companies
- Validation/CSV specialists modernizing their approach
- Product owners implementing cloud or AI tools
- Vendors supplying regulated clients
Cancellations and Refunds
RAPS reserves the right to cancel this program at its sole discretion. RAPS will not be responsible for travel or other costs incurred due to cancellation. All cancellation requests must be submitted in writing to [email protected]. Cancellations will receive a full refund minus a 20% administrative fee. RAPS is unable to accept cancellations by phone.
Substitutions
Paid registration substitutions may be accepted with written approval from RAPS for requests received before the start of the event. To transfer a registration, email [email protected] with the event title, name of the original registrant and the contact information for the new attendee.
Proof of Attendance
A certificate of attendance can be downloaded from the RAPS Learning Portal following the event.
Questions
Contact the RAPS Support Center:
Call +1 301 770 2920, ext. 200 (8:30 am–5:30 pm EST, Monday–Friday) or email [email protected]
Speaker
Frederic Landry
