Welcome to the Annual Members Conference, 2026
This event brings together our members from across the biopharmaceutical ecosystem for two days of learning, networking, and collaboration.
Important information to remember: please bring with you government registered i-d, failure to do so can lead to you not being admitted into the conference venue.
Tuesday November 10, 2026
08.30 – 12.30 Workshops
| 1:00 PM | 1:10 PM | Welcome Message | Becky Upton Pistoia Alliance President |
| 1:10 PM | 1:30 PM | Title | Justin L Gazard Pfizer Senior Director, Molecules & Assay Solutions |
| 1:30 PM | 1:50 PM | Go to market semantic data for generative AI in research | Lisa McFarrin AWS Worldwide Lead, Research, Discovery & Translational Medicine at Amazon |
| 1:50 PM | 2:05 PM | What It Takes to Scale AI in Drug Development | Tala Fakhouri Parexel Chief AI & Regulatory Strategy Officer |
| 2:05 PM | 2:25 PM | Title | Janet Cheetham Amgen Executive Director, Process Development, Attribute Sciences |
| 2:25 PM | 2:40 PM | Title | Alok Pendse VP, Elsevier Advanced Data Solutions |
Coffee break
| 3:20 PM | 3:40 PM | Title | Nicole Glazier Takeda Senior Vice President, R&D Data, Digital & Technology |
| 3:40 PM | 3:55 PM | Title | Amrik Mahal Amino Data COO For Life Sciences |
| 3:55 PM | 4:10 PM | Beyond the Black Box: Operationalizing Joint FDA-EMA AI Principles Through Traceable Knowledge Graphs | Donna Situ, Digital Science VP of Enterprise |
| 4:10 PM | 4:30 PM | Title | Lauren Drowley UCB Head of US Research |
| 4:30 PM | 4:45 PM | The Semantic Layer Journey: From Ontology to AI-Ready | Jane Lomax Rancho Head of Terminology Services |
| 4:45 PM | 5:05 PM | From Question to Cohort: A Knowledge Graph-Powered Research Agent for Biobank Data | Balvinder Dang DataVid Chief Executive Officer |
| 5:05 PM | 5:30 PM | Closing Keynote | Derek Lowe In the Pipeline Blog Author |
Sponsors
Thank you to today’s sponsors.
