FAIR Forward 2026 Ecosystem Landscape Map

On 15 April 2026, 36 participants from across the pharmaceutical and life sciences ecosystem gathered at the Royal Society of Medicine in London for the FAIR Forward Workshop, held as part of the Pistoia Alliance Annual Conference. Working in four pre-assigned groups (BALDER, INANNA, OSIRIS, PERSEPHONE), participants independently identified the actors, constraints, and enabling assets shaping FAIR data adoption in pharma R&D, then collectively placed their outputs on a shared board. This interactive map is the primary output of that exercise, produced by the Pistoia Alliance FAIR Community of Experts.

The map organises 28 thematic clusters on two axes: time horizon (left to right, from near-term to long-term) and effort required (bottom to top, from low to high). Three zones emerged from the collective synthesis: a low-hanging fruit zone in the lower left, where resources and tools are available today at low effort; a collaborative potential zone in the centre, where progress requires coordinated community action; and a hard-to-do zone in the upper right, where change depends on regulatory, legislative, and systemic conditions that no single actor controls. Each hexagonal cluster is interactive: click to expand and explore the elements it contains. Use pinch-to-zoom or the on-screen controls to navigate.

This is not a roadmap. It is a landscape: a shared, multi-perspective snapshot of where the ecosystem stands and what it will take to move it forward. Different actors will read it differently. A pharma company assessing its FAIR programme may focus on the capability and culture clusters. A technology provider may see entry points in the low-hanging fruit zone. A standards body or regulator may find the hard-to-do zone most relevant. We invite you to explore it from your own vantage point, identify where your organisation sits today, and consider what role you might play in moving the landscape forward.