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Pistoia Alliance 2026 London Conference

Pistoia Alliance 2026 London Conference

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Royal Society of Medicine
1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE

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Collaboration sits at the heart of our European Annual Conference, where new ideas are sparked and initiatives take shape. This year’s event will be hosted at the Royal Society of Medicine, an organisation dedicated to continuous education and innovation. Over two days, the conference will bring together the global biopharmaceutical community for learning, networking, and meaningful collaboration.

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For sponsorship and attendance opportunities contact catherine.maskell@pistoiaalliance.org

 

Agenda

Day 1: Monday April 13
Time Event Details
9.30 Conference Opens Badge Collection
10.30 Opening comments Becky Upton, President, Pistoia Alliance
10.40 Keynote Speaker Amrik Mahal and Sophie Bailes, AstraZeneca
11.10 Keynote Speaker Elsevier
11.30 Portfolio update &. new Project Ideas Christian Baber & Thierry Escudier, Pistoia Alliance
12.30 Lunch & Poster session Poster Viewing
14.30 Keynote Speaker
15.00 Live Survey Sponsored by Thoughtworks
15.20 Keynote Speaker Anna Craig, Roche
15.40 Coffee Break
16.20 Keynote Speaker Ivana Poparic, Head of Life Sciences Cluster Development, London & Partners / MedCity
16.40 Keynote Speaker Colin P Doherty, Head of School, Trinity College School of Medicine
17.00 Keynote Speaker James McCafferty, Chief Information Officer, Wellcome Sanger Institute
17.20 Keynote Speaker
17.40 Closing Remarks Becky Upton, President, Pistoia Alliance
17.45 Drinks & Networking

 

Day 2: Tuesday April 14
Time Event Details
09:00 Morning Stream Sessions
data iconStream 1: Semantic Data in Pharma

Data is the lifeblood of R&D, but it only has value when it is converted into insight and used to drive decisions. To do that data must be organized and governed in a manner that facilitates use. In this session we will cover all aspects of data management in pharma including ontologies, governance, making your AI ready and the business value of FAIR data projects
Hosts: Christian Baber & Giovanni Nisato, Pistoia Alliance

data iconStream 2: Accelerating Late Stage R&D

In this session we will explore the transformative role of digital technologies in accelerating the late-stage R&D process including work in Real World Data and Pharmacovigilance. It will highlight how AI and digital innovation enable more efficient, scalable, safe and patient-centric research.

Hosts: Thierry Escudier, Aditya Tyagi & Marc Gaber, Pistoia Alliance
12:30 Networking Lunch
13:45 Afternoon Stream Sessions
Red icon of the outline of a brainStream 3: Practical AI and Machine Learning

Machine Learning has had an impact in discovery for many years, and the recent hype around generative AI is now starting to yield measurable benefits. In this session we will cover all aspects of getting the most from your use of AI including best practices, use cases, benchmarking and agents

Hosts: Christian Baber, Rob Gill & Vladimir Makarov, Pistoia Alliance

data iconStream 4 – Exchange of Data and Regulatory Submissions

In this session we will explore how we could improve data exchange and regulatory submission by using best principles of FAIR and implementing new standards in early development to keep up with advances in science and changes in policy. We will focus on some of the latest innovative approaches.

Hosts: Thierry Escudier, Veronique Francois, and Birthe Nielsen Pistoia Alliance
17:00 Data Science Talent Awards
18:00 Networking Drinks Reception

 

Post Conference Workshops

Following the main conference, join us for one of our interactive post-conference workshops taking place on the morning of 15 April (08:30–12:30). Designed to turn ideas into action, these collaborative sessions explore key life sciences priorities including digital transformation in pharma laboratories, FAIR data implementation, CMC process ontologies, and IDMP adoption and governance. Places are limited and cannot be guaranteed, so attendees are asked to indicate their interest in attending a workshop via the conference registration form below.

To view details of the workshops please click here.
 

Registration

Please note registration is open to members only, non-members are welcome to complete the form below in order to receive more information.