Pharma CI USA Conference 2026: Full Schedule

2:00pm EDT

Masterclass with Lifescience Dynamics

Tuesday September 15, 2026 2:00pm - 4:00pm EDT

7:30am EDT

Networking Breakfast

Wednesday September 16, 2026 7:30am - 8:30am EDT

Networking

7:30am EDT

Registration

Wednesday September 16, 2026 7:30am - 9:00am EDT

8:35am EDT

Opening Remarks

Wednesday September 16, 2026 8:35am - 8:45am EDT

Speakers

Diana Gowe

Director, Global Strategic Analytics, Johnson & Johson

Wednesday September 16, 2026 8:35am - 8:45am EDT

General Session

8:45am EDT

Keynote: Building the Next Generation of Intelligence Organizations

Wednesday September 16, 2026 8:45am - 9:15am EDT

Preparing for the Next Era of Business Decision-MakingCompetitive intelligence is entering a new era. AI is transforming how information is gathered and analyzed, but the bigger shift is how organizations expect intelligence teams to create value. Increasingly, success is measured not by the information delivered, but by the strategic decisions intelligence helps shape.Potential discussion topics...
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Moderators

Diana Gowe

Director, Global Strategic Analytics, Johnson & Johson

Speakers

Evelyn Greene, MPH

Global Head of Market Research and Competitive Insights, Sanofi

Evelyn Greene, MPH, is Global Head of Market Research and Competitive Insights at Sanofi and a recognized leader in the application of strategic intelligence to biopharmaceutical decision-making. She oversees a global organization responsible for delivering integrated market research... Read More →

Frank Sama, MBA

Competitive Intelligence Excellence and Cross-Functional Lead, Sanofi

Frank Sama, MBA, is the Competitive Intelligence Excellence and Cross-Functional Lead at Sanofi, where he leads initiatives to strengthen CI capabilities and advance strategic decision-making across the organization. With more than 30 years of experience spanning biopharmaceuticals... Read More →

Wednesday September 16, 2026 8:45am - 9:15am EDT

General Session

9:15am EDT

Keynote from Lifescience Dynamics

Wednesday September 16, 2026 9:15am - 9:45am EDT

General Session

9:45am EDT

Networking Break

Wednesday September 16, 2026 9:45am - 10:30am EDT

Networking

10:30am EDT

Presentation

Wednesday September 16, 2026 10:30am - 11:00am EDT

General Session

11:00am EDT

Advisory Board Discussion: How Competitive Intelligence Influences Portfolio, Commercial, and Business Development Decisions

Wednesday September 16, 2026 11:00am - 11:30am EDT

General Session

11:30am EDT

Roundtables

Wednesday September 16, 2026 11:30am - 12:00pm EDT

The Future CI Leader: Skills, Capabilities & Career Path
Portfolio Decisions Before Competitors Make Them
Track China’s Growing Influence On Global Competition
Use AI Where It Actually Improves Intelligence
Building a Competitive Intelligence Function Leadership Can't Ignore
Expand Competitive Intelligence Beyond The Core Team

Wednesday September 16, 2026 11:30am - 12:00pm EDT

Roundtables

12:00pm EDT

Networking Lunch

Wednesday September 16, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT

Networking

1:00pm EDT

Presentation

Wednesday September 16, 2026 1:00pm - 1:30pm EDT

Track A

1:00pm EDT

Winning in the Dark: Why China Demands a Different Competitive Intelligence Playbook

Wednesday September 16, 2026 1:00pm - 1:30pm EDT

In recent years, China has become a global leader in oncology and immunology innovation and a key player in the commercial market for multinational pharma, yet it remains a persistent CI blind spot. Early clinical signals are often buried in only the China-based platforms and investigator-led trials, leaving Western CI teams exposed to delayed insights and reactive...
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Wednesday September 16, 2026 1:00pm - 1:30pm EDT

Track B

1:00pm EDT

Presentation from ZoomRX

Wednesday September 16, 2026 1:00pm - 1:30pm EDT

Track C

1:35pm EDT

Decision Intelligence: What Integrated Insights Actually Looks Like

Wednesday September 16, 2026 1:35pm - 2:10pm EDT

Explore the convergence of CI, analytics, forecasting, market research, and strategy

Debate where intelligence organizations should sit in the future

Examine emerging operating models across pharma

Wednesday September 16, 2026 1:35pm - 2:10pm EDT

Track A

1:35pm EDT

AI-Enabled Regulatory Intelligence as an Early Warning System

Wednesday September 16, 2026 1:35pm - 2:10pm EDT

Using Competitive Signals to Anticipate Approval Timelines, Clinical Strategy, and Market Direction Discover how regulatory intelligence can serve as an early warning system by analyzing patient populations, clinical trial design, endpoints, and regulatory activity to anticipate competitor strategy before major development and regulatory milestones. Learn how AI...
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Speakers

Yvette Lawal

Senior Regulatory Intelligence Director, AstraZeneca

Wednesday September 16, 2026 1:35pm - 2:10pm EDT

Track B

1:35pm EDT

What Pharma Needs From External Intelligence Partners in the AI Era

Wednesday September 16, 2026 1:35pm - 2:10pm EDT

Track C

2:10pm EDT

How to Deliver Intelligence that Motivates Action: The 5 Key Elements of a Compelling CI Narrative

Wednesday September 16, 2026 2:10pm - 2:45pm EDT

Track A

2:10pm EDT

Presentation from Anervea

Wednesday September 16, 2026 2:10pm - 2:45pm EDT

Track B

2:10pm EDT

Presentation from Trinity Life Sciences

Wednesday September 16, 2026 2:10pm - 2:45pm EDT

Track C

2:45pm EDT

Networking Break

Wednesday September 16, 2026 2:45pm - 3:30pm EDT

Networking

3:30pm EDT

Partner Presentation

Wednesday September 16, 2026 3:30pm - 4:00pm EDT

Track A

3:30pm EDT

Partner Presentation from Evaluate

Wednesday September 16, 2026 3:30pm - 4:00pm EDT

Track B

3:30pm EDT

Partner Presentation from Pharosyn

Wednesday September 16, 2026 3:30pm - 4:00pm EDT

Track C

4:05pm EDT

Partner Presentation from LARVOL

Wednesday September 16, 2026 4:05pm - 4:35pm EDT

Track A

4:05pm EDT

Partner Presentation from Northern Light

Wednesday September 16, 2026 4:05pm - 4:35pm EDT

Track B

4:05pm EDT

Partner Presentation from AdamNext LLC

Wednesday September 16, 2026 4:05pm - 4:35pm EDT

Track C

4:40pm EDT

Panel: How AI Is Impacting Drug Development—and What It Means for Competitive Intelligence

Wednesday September 16, 2026 4:40pm - 5:20pm EDT

AI-driven target identification and molecule discovery

Faster clinical trial design and patient recruitment

Predicting competitor pipeline moves

Changes to portfolio strategy and licensing decisions

New competitive signals CI teams should monitor

How AI could alter timelines, success rates, and investment priorities

Wednesday September 16, 2026 4:40pm - 5:20pm EDT

Track A

4:40pm EDT

Panel: How Macro Trends, Technology and Cross-Portfolio Intelligence Shape Strategic Decisions

Wednesday September 16, 2026 4:40pm - 5:20pm EDT

Commercial Strategy

Brand Strategy

Market Access

Competitive Intelligence

Wednesday September 16, 2026 4:40pm - 5:20pm EDT

Track B

4:40pm EDT

Panel: Design AI Workflows Intelligence Teams Actually Trust

Wednesday September 16, 2026 4:40pm - 5:20pm EDT

Track C

5:20pm EDT

Cocktail Reception

Wednesday September 16, 2026 5:20pm - 6:30pm EDT

Networking

8:30am EDT

Panel: Why Launch Teams Still Miss Critical Competitive Signals

Thursday September 17, 2026 8:30am - 9:20am EDT

Identify competitive signals that matter before launch

Build scenario plans for evolving markets

Improve organizational readiness through intelligence

Identify pre-launch signals that actually matter

Build dynamic scenarios for evolving markets

Align org readiness with real competitive risk

Thursday September 17, 2026 8:30am - 9:20am EDT

Track A

8:30am EDT

Panel: Global Competitive Strategy In A Multipolar Pharma Market

Thursday September 17, 2026 8:30am - 9:20am EDT

Examine China's growing role alongside emerging innovation hubs

Monitor changing global competitive dynamics

Prepare for shifting policy, regulatory, and investment environments

China + emerging hubs reshaping competition

Regulatory, policy, and investment shifts

What this means for pipeline and partnerships

Thursday September 17, 2026 8:30am - 9:20am EDT

Track B

8:30am EDT

Panel: Redesigning the Competitive Intelligence Operating Model

Thursday September 17, 2026 8:30am - 9:20am EDT

Team structures

Outsourcing

Vendor management

Budget constraints

New capabilities

Skills

What stays

What disappears

Thursday September 17, 2026 8:30am - 9:20am EDT

Track C

9:20am EDT

Presentation from Lifescience Dynamics

Thursday September 17, 2026 9:20am - 9:55am EDT

Track A

9:20am EDT

Presentation from Global Data

Thursday September 17, 2026 9:20am - 9:55am EDT

Track B

9:20am EDT

Presentation

Thursday September 17, 2026 9:20am - 9:55am EDT

Track C

9:55am EDT

Beyond AI: The Human Advantage in Pharma Competitive Intelligence

Thursday September 17, 2026 9:55am - 10:30am EDT

AI is transforming CI workflows through monitoring, search, data organization, and rapid analysis. However, it cannot answer critical strategic questions such as "Why does this matter?" or "What should we do next?" Human expertise remains essential for turning intelligence to actionable insights Competitive intelligence goes beyond collecting facts. Experienced CI...
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Thursday September 17, 2026 9:55am - 10:30am EDT

Track A

9:55am EDT

Presentation

Thursday September 17, 2026 9:55am - 10:30am EDT

Track B

9:55am EDT

Presentation

Thursday September 17, 2026 9:55am - 10:30am EDT

Track C

10:30am EDT

Networking Break

Thursday September 17, 2026 10:30am - 11:15am EDT

Networking

11:50am EDT

Roundtables

Thursday September 17, 2026 11:50am - 12:20pm EDT

The Future CI Leader: Skills, Capabilities & Career Path
Portfolio Decisions Before Competitors Make Them
Track China’s Growing Influence On Global Competition
Use AI Where It Actually Improves Intelligence
Building a Competitive Intelligence Function Leadership Can't Ignore
Expand Competitive Intelligence Beyond The Core Team

Thursday September 17, 2026 11:50am - 12:20pm EDT

Roundtables

12:20pm EDT

Networking Lunch

Thursday September 17, 2026 12:20pm - 1:20pm EDT

Networking

1:20pm EDT

Announcement of Prize Winners

Thursday September 17, 2026 1:20pm - 1:30pm EDT

Networking

1:30pm EDT

Presentation

Thursday September 17, 2026 1:30pm - 2:00pm EDT

General Session

2:00pm EDT

Presentation

Thursday September 17, 2026 2:00pm - 2:30pm EDT

General Session

2:30pm EDT

Presentation

Thursday September 17, 2026 2:30pm - 3:00pm EDT

General Session

3:00pm EDT

Keynote

Thursday September 17, 2026 3:00pm - 3:30pm EDT

General Session

3:30pm EDT

Conference Conlcudes

Thursday September 17, 2026 3:30pm - 3:45pm EDT

General Session

Pharma CI USA Conference 2026

2:00pm EDT

7:30am EDT

7:30am EDT

8:35am EDT

Diana Gowe

8:45am EDT

Diana Gowe

Evelyn Greene, MPH

Frank Sama, MBA

9:15am EDT

9:45am EDT

10:30am EDT

11:00am EDT

11:30am EDT

12:00pm EDT

1:00pm EDT

1:00pm EDT

1:00pm EDT

1:35pm EDT

1:35pm EDT

Yvette Lawal

1:35pm EDT

2:10pm EDT

2:10pm EDT

2:10pm EDT

2:45pm EDT

3:30pm EDT

3:30pm EDT

3:30pm EDT

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5:20pm EDT

8:30am EDT

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9:20am EDT

9:55am EDT

9:55am EDT

9:55am EDT

10:30am EDT

11:50am EDT

12:20pm EDT

1:20pm EDT

1:30pm EDT

2:00pm EDT

2:30pm EDT

3:00pm EDT

3:30pm EDT

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