October 2025 SMART Talk: The Indemnification Dilemma & Single IRB: What? Why? And Why Not? Have you ever wondered what in the heck indemnification is and what it has to do with single IRB review? You are not alone. The SMART IRB Agreement does not require institutions to indemnify one another. However, you may find that your institution requires an indemnification agreement, or a collaborating institution or Reviewing IRB might ask you to sign one when entering a reliance arrangement. Join us for the next SMART Talk to learn more about: • What it means to indemnify another institution • Why institutions request indemnification agreements • Why public and government organizations usually cannot enter into indemnification agreements • Whether and how to join the optional SMART IRB Indemnification Addendum, developed to harmonize approaches and reduce the need to negotiate individual indemnification agreements Moderator: • Nichelle Cobb, Senior Advisor, SMART IRB; Senior Advisor for Strategic Initiatives, Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP) Presenters: • Kindra Cooper, Director, IRBMED, University of Michigan • Emily Chi Fogler, Epstein Becker Green • Ann Johnson, Associate Vice Provost, Research Compliance, Stanford University Wednesday, October 15, 2025 2:00 PM ET | 1:00 PM CT | 12:00 PM MT | 11:00 AM PT