DAY 1 ✦ 3 Nov 2025 - CET (Central European Time, GMT+01:00)
This exclusive summit is designed for senior corporate meeting management professionals within the life sciences industry. It’s the starting point to collaborate and interact in an agile learning format, share experiences, brainstorm solutions to common challenges and benchmark on key issues facing the industry. Eligible attendees must have at least 10 years of meeting management experience and at least 10 years within the pharmaceutical/biotech and/or medical device/life sciences industry. Please submit any questions for consideration to lily.nagy@informa.com *Final eligibility approval is at the discretion of Informa.
Key discussion topics may include:
- Investigate optimal strategies for managing risk, safety, and security
- Efficiently handle travel expectations and schedules
- Determine best practices for overseeing supplier relationships
- Explore ways to showcase ROI and convert metrics into actionable insights
- Exchange creative experiences with diverse event technologies
- Tackle supply chain issues
- Marina Biola - Global Oncology Congress & Event Director, Servier
- Misha Berger - Director, International Lead, Global Meetings & Events, Global Medical Strategic Operations (GMSO), Gilead
This summit is designed for senior meeting management professionals who are currently employed by a third-party/events management agency, or independently employed. Eligible attendees must have at least 10 years of meeting management experience and at least 5 years working with clients from the pharma/biotech, life sciences or medical device industry. Please submit any questions for consideration to lily.nagy@informa.com *Final eligibility approval is at the discretion of Informa.
Key topics of discussion include:
- Communicating budget challenges to leadership teams internally and with clients, including higher costs from external partners and client-side budget cuts
- Creating a successful partnership model
- Client management strategies: managing challenging client practices, building partnerships, and demonstrating ROI
- Navigating resource management
- Achieving and maintaining preferred provider status
- Liz Johnson Parris - Managing Director, IMPACCT
- Nicky Ratcliffe - Vice President, Business Development, Etherio
If this is your first Pharma Forum experience, you haven’t joined us in a few years, or you’re interested in some much-needed peer networking - this orientation is a must-attend! Gain tips on how to make the most out of your Pharma Forum experience, network and meet plenty of your peers across the industry!
- What to expect
- Navigate the agenda – How to choose the best sessions for you
- Understand the appointment set up process
- Exhibit hall and layout guide
- Learn about our CSR activities and Sustainability Efforts Onsite
- Review of the conference app
- Ella Darby, MMP - Head, Global Event Experience, Meetings & Incentives Worldwide, Inc.
- Paulomi Debnath, HMCC - Team Lead, Global Event Sourcing, Meetings & Incentives Worldwide, Inc.
- Amy Quigley, MBA - Regional Vice President, Unbridled
- Jen Kamins - Vice President, Account Development, Unbridled
- May Sollinger - Team Manager Corporate, Vienna Convention Bureau
Discover the transformative power of artificial intelligence in medical meeting planning.
This session will highlight cutting-edge AI tools and techniques that can streamline workflows, enhance participant engagement, and provide valuable insights to demonstrate the impact of your meetings.
Roundtable Discussions:
- Building Dashboards to Verify Congress ROI and Prove Impact to Your Leadership: Explore how AI-driven dashboards can provide real-time insights and metrics to measure the success of medical congresses and effectively communicate their impact to leadership
- HCP Meetings: Discover AI applications that can optimize healthcare professional (HCP) meetings, ensuring efficient scheduling, personalized content delivery, and enhanced engagement
- Ad Boards: Learn how AI can facilitate advisory board meetings by automating administrative tasks, analyzing feedback, and generating actionable insights
- Patient Meetings: Understand the role of AI in organizing patient meetings, from improving communication and support to tailoring sessions to meet patient needs and preferences
- Pierre Metrailler - CEO, Onomi by SpotMe