October 13-14, 2026
Philadelphia, PA
Build a working AI-powered Medical Affairs system that captures, synthesizes, and applies insight—at scale and in real time
Team Leaders
Carl de Luca
Senior Director, Field Medical Lead
Structure Therapeutics
John Harris
Director, Digital Innovation and Capabilities
Alexion Pharmaceuticals
Kristina Kipp
Senior Director, Field Medical — West
BridgeBio
Vijay Krishnan
Director, Generative AI Integration Lead
GSK
Anjali Mishra
Senior Director, Medical Analytics & Intelligence
Daiichi Sankyo
Vivek Mukhatyar
Senior Director - Medical AI Team Lead
Pfizer
Eddie Power
VP, Global Pharma Medical Strategy
Bausch Health
Nandini Sabharwal
Director, Internal Medicine Migraine Field Medical
Pfizer
Sanjay Singhvi
Director
VML
Pooja Smith
Project Manager, Microbiology R&D and Programs
bioMérieux
Nita Thingalaya
Executive Director, US Medical Insights & Analytics
Novartis
Angela Valadez
Director, Field Medical Ophthalmology
RegeneronAI in Action for Medical Affairs
October 13–14, 2026 · Convene, Philadelphia, PA · All times Eastern
Registration & Networking Breakfast
MC Remarks
Opening Keynote & Sandbox
- The present and future of Medical Affairs with the current AI landscape
- Moving from answers and summarization to tasks and workflows
- Learn to use the platform for the next two days: walkthrough and some examples to get us going
Speaker
Presentation by VML
Leaders Show and Tell
Each team leader will take the stage to do a short demonstration on how they are using technology to solve challenges.
Team Leaders
Networking Break
Team Creation & Function Audit
- Publications Brain Team — AI system that synthesizes scientific evidence
- Insights Engine Team — AI system that aggregates field insights
- Medical Information Responder Team — AI assistant that triages MI requests
- Congress Monitor Team — AI system for congress intelligence
- Field Intelligence Engine Team — AI system supporting MSL engagement
Hands-On Exercise — "Audit Your Own Function"
- Interactive exercise: Map core Medical Affairs workflows
- Identify repeatable inputs, outputs, and points of knowledge loss
- Group sharing to uncover common patterns
- Synthesis of 5–6 key workflow opportunities
- Outputs used to inform hackathon problem selection
Team Leaders
Networking Lunch
Build the AI Worker
Add skills, sources, rules, and routines.
- Skill lab, tool lab, evidence relay
- Routine design and red-team swap
- Hackathon kickoff, rules and guidelines
End of Day One
Networking Breakfast
MC Welcome to Day 2
Hackathon + Demo Presentations
- Team presentations (15 min each): 10-min live demo + 5-min Q&A
- Demonstrate handling of both standard and adversarial queries
- Explain key design decisions and agent behavior
- Peer and facilitator feedback on performance and approach
Interactive Demo by VML
Networking Break
Personal Deployment Commitment & Closing Panel Discussion on Responsible AI Implementation and Usage
Closing Panel Discussion
The Responsible Implementation and Usage of AI
Panelists
Personal Deployment Form
Each participant completes a structured one-pager:
- The one prompt or agent behavior I will bring into my workflow next week
- The takeaway I think my organization is most ready to pilot in 90 days
- The stakeholder I need to bring into this conversation first
Event Ends
Vivek Mukhatyar
Medical AI Team Lead
PFIZER
Neha Shah
Senior Director, Medical Affairs and Chief Patient Office Technology
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS
Explore How Human Connection is the Catalyst for Impact, Showing you How to Transform Standard MSL-HCP Interactions into Trust-Based Partnerships that Drive Meaningful Behavioural Change
Bee Pandya
Medical Excellence Consultant and Coach
NeoOptima
David Williams
Founder & CEO
KAI
Focus on Individual Upskilling, Community Building, and Enterprise AI Projects, Towards Incremental Change
Anthony Sousa
Medical AI Lead
BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM
Invest Time and Resources to Teach and Provide the Skillset so Leaders in Medical Affairs Understand and Collaborate. It Takes a Village!
Arta Subagiarta
Associate Medical Director, Hemophilia
SANOFI
Pooja Smith
Senior Project Manager
BIOMERIEUX
Udith Vaidyanathan
Co-Founder
LogicFloAI
Jackie Armani
Medical Affairs Leader
Former TOPCON HEALTHCARE
This Interactive Session Will Give You the Tools to Maximize Your AI Efforts by showing the Power of Prompting The Right Way
Vivek Mukhatyar
Medical AI Team Lead
PFIZER
Patrina Pellett
Co-CEO
MSL MASTERY
Examine why AI initiatives often stall and present a practical framework for scaling solutions into production-ready systems. Drawing on case studies in fit-for-purpose congress intelligence, document automation, and medical writing tools, it demonstrates a strategic human-in-the-loop approach that mitigates hallucination risk while delivering measurable efficiency gains and value creation beyond cost savings
Sourav Dutta
Chief Growth Officer
CACTUS LIFE SCIENCES
Understanding How these Models Work is Essential in Setting Realistic Expectations Around Results and Outcomes
Tony Lan
Global Scientific Content Team Lead, General Medicine
MERCK
AI brings transformation, but it also raises new challenges that many in Medical Affairs are not always prepared for. Unpack the double-edged nature of AI adoption — the efficiencies it delivers and the unexpected consequences that it creates
Sanjay Singhvi
Director
VML
A Game-Themed Session Where our "Sharks" will Evaluate the Competing Teams by Examining Real-Life Examples of How AI Tools and Processes Can be Implemented with Quality and Rigor. The Perfect Team Building Session to Close Day 1!
Neha Shah
Senior Director, Medical Affairs and Chief Patient Office Technology
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS
Paige Nelson
Senior Principal, Strategic Consulting
TwoLabs
Prashant Thakkar
Associate Director, Medical Intelligence, Global Oncology Medical Affairs
DAICHII SANKYO
Srinivasan Krishnan
Digital Transformation – Preclinical R&D Solutions
REGENERON
Nita Thingalaya
ED, US Medical Insights and Analytics
NOVARTIS
Vivek Mukhatyar
Medical AI Team Lead
PFIZER
Neha Shah
Senior Director, Medical Affairs and Chief Patient Office Technology
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS
Discover the Power of Organizational Scaling and Adoption to Impact Patient Outcomes
Apeksha Patel
Medical Director, Solid Tumors, Oncology
NOVARTIS
Explore How Vibe-Coding, Rapid Prototyping, and Building AI Fluency across teams Help Transform Ideas into Working Solutions in Weeks Instead of Years. Through Fast-Paced, Real-World Examples Spanning MSL Training, Call Prep, Scientific Platforms, and more.
Tim O'Sullivan
EVP, Transformation, Innovation & Product
WOVEN HEALTH COLLECTIVE
Bart Zoni
Head, Digital & Technology
WOVEN HEALTH COLLECTIVE
In This Team-Oriented Session, Each Team will Compete for Bragging Rights for Which One Created the Most Complete and Original Agent
Nandini Sabharwal
Director, Migraine Therapeutic Area
PFIZER
Patrina Pellett
Co-CEO
MSL MASTERY
Scientific Acumen and Strategic Thinking Remain as the Foundational Skills Needed for Impactful Scientific Exchange with Healthcare Professionals. However, There is a Need to Identify Evolutionary Drivers Transforming Medical Affairs and Upskill by Acquiring Related New Competencies to Thrive in this Changing Environment
Renu Juneja
President
ADPAL
Using AI to Synthesize Diverse Medical Data Streams and Guide Decision-Making.
Carl de Luca
Director, Insights and Data Analytics- Oncology Field Medical Affairs
REGENERON
Show How Medical Science Liaisons and Scientific Communications Teams can Go from Chemical Structure to Compliant, Ready-to-Use Video in a Single Working Day
Adam Baker
VP of Revenue
POWTOON
Nita Thingalaya
ED, US Medical Insights and Analytics
NOVARTIS
Discuss the Importance and the Impact of having HCPs Using AI Tools and How it Affects the Role of Medical Affairs
Ian McKinnon
Managing Director, Global Head of Consulting
WITHIN3
Vivek Mukhatyar
Medical AI Team Lead
PFIZER
Vivek Mukhatyar
Medical AI Team Lead
PFIZER
Neha Shah
Senior Director, Medical Affairs and Chief Patient Office Technology
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS
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