FDA/White Oak Classic, by the numbers.
This morning, the Office of Operations announced that the 19th Annual FDA Classic (2026)" was a tremendous success welcoming more than 2000 participants".
Here are the reported figures for the previous 10 years, for comparison:
2025 - No Event
2024 - 18th Annual FDA Classic - 5700
2023 - 17th Annual FDA Classic - 6700
2022 - 16th Annual FDA Classic (virtual) - 5860
2021 - 15th Annual FDA Classic (virtual) - 4000+
2020 - No Event
2019 - 13th Annual FDA Classic - 1700
2018 - 12th Annual FDA Classic - 1500
2017 - 11th Annual FDA Classic - 1774
2016 - 10th Annual FDA Classic - 1600+
Notably, there was no event in 2020 and as a result, the "14th" Annual FDA Classic was skipped, and the subsequent (2021) event was named the 15th Annual Classic. However, with no event in 2025, which would have retained the title of "19th" Annual FDA Classic by the same logic, the 2026 event was named the 19th Annual FDA Classic in its place.