Pharma CI USA Conference 2026: Full Schedule

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8:30am EDT

Panel: Redesigning the Competitive Intelligence Operating Model

Thursday September 17, 2026 8:30am - 9:15am EDT

Junior Ballroom F

Move beyond collecting information to generating actionable business insights

Redefine the role of CI in an AI-enabled environment

Determine which activities AI should own—and where human expertise creates the greatest value

Build operating models that prioritize interpretation, context, and strategic recommendations

Equip CI teams with the capabilities needed for the next generation of intelligenc

Moderators

Maureen Nail, PhD, MBA

Director, Oncology Competitive Intelligence, AbbVie

Speakers

Akshay Krishnamachari

President - Competitive Intelligence and Benchmarking, SAI MedPartners

Akshay Krishnamachari oversees SAI MedPartners’ global CI and Benchmarking Business Unit, with direct responsibility for talent development, operational metrics, and the implementation of strategic initiatives across business units.

With over 13 years at SAI, Akshay has played a

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Maria Movafegh

Senior Director, Oncology Competitive Intelligence, GSK

As the Head of Oncology Competitive Intelligence at GSK, Maria Movafegh draws on more than a decade of experience spanning industry and consulting to lead the global function that informs portfolio strategy and guides key decisions across the oncology business by delivering competitive... Read More →

Thursday September 17, 2026 8:30am - 9:15am EDT
Junior Ballroom F

Track C

9:20am EDT

What Didn't Work: Two Failed Attempts at Building AI for CI

Thursday September 17, 2026 9:20am - 9:50am EDT

Junior Ballroom F

Why monitoring thousands of sources simultaneously is the most straightforward part of CI monitoring.

Why picking the dozen events from a day's output that are insightful to a single asset is hard, and combining them into a continuous strategic analysis almost impossible.

The engineering approaches Pharosyn tried and abandoned, and the final system now in use by CI teams at pharma companies

Speakers

Lauren Ryan, Ph.D.

Product Engineer, Pharosyn

Stephen Cowley

Co-Founder and CEO, Pharosyn

Stephen Cowley is co-founder and CEO of Pharosyn. With his co-founder Josh Hampson, he has taken his AI research at Cambridge and assembled a team of former CI and strategy consultants and AI engineers to ship AI for pharma competitive intelligence teams.

Thursday September 17, 2026 9:20am - 9:50am EDT
Junior Ballroom F

Track C

9:55am EDT

Reimagining Conference Coverage - What happens when AI meets the CI Expert

Thursday September 17, 2026 9:55am - 10:25am EDT

Junior Ballroom F

Join us as we share our journey—from experimenting with AI at a single conference to scaling an AI + Human model across 20+ conferences for a leading global biopharma company. Discover what we learned, what changed, and how AI + human expertise can transform conference intelligence at scale.

Key Takeaways:

Automate the work that never required a CI expert
Bring AI, Automation & Therapy-area intelligence into every step of the workflow
Turn reclaimed hours into deeper analysis, sharper judgment & better decisions

Speakers

Siddharth Subramaniam

Co-Founder, Pharma Edge

Thursday September 17, 2026 9:55am - 10:25am EDT
Junior Ballroom F

Track C

11:15am EDT

Agentic Competitive Intelligence: A Case Study Lens in Multiple Myeloma & Digital Doctor Twins

Thursday September 17, 2026 11:15am - 11:45am EDT

Junior Ballroom F

The voice of the doctor is central to every pharma commercial workflow, including competitive intelligence. This need is especially apparent in Multiple Myeloma, arguably an indication with one of the most complex lines of therapy. Capturing this currently requires running a study, going through MLR and waiting months for a static PDF that hides the depth in this doctor's voice behind a statistic. But what if, you could get your competitive insight instantly, from this doctor's digital twin? Medisights enables pharma commercial teams by building this layer of agentic intelligence, backed by real, deep HCP conversations.

Speakers

Frank Seo

Chief Executive Officer, Medisights

Frank Seo is a commercial leader in life sciences AI and the founder of Medisights, where he is pioneering the use of compliant AI moderators to help pharmaceutical companies generate deeper qualitative insights from physician conversations. He is a veteran in the pharma technology... Read More →

Thursday September 17, 2026 11:15am - 11:45am EDT
Junior Ballroom F

Track C

8:30am EDT

9:20am EDT

9:55am EDT

11:15am EDT

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