Program
The 2026 summit brings together partnering teams from top pharma companies to discuss best practices around partnering data automation, business development, alliance management, and R&D.
It’s an opportunity to meet peers, learn about advances in partnering tools and give valuable feedback to our teams to help shape the future of biopharma partnering.
Day 1 - Networking dinner
8:00 PM
Networking
Executive Dinner: The Future of Partnering Leadership
Discussions:
- What will partnering teams look like in 2030?
- What capabilities must be built today?
- How will AI reshape decision ownership?
Day 2 - Summit Day
8:45 AM
Welcome Breakfast
Coffee & Croissants
9:30 AM
Introduction
Opening Session
- Why AI is transforming partnering faster than any prior wave
- From manual workflows → intelligent decision systems
- The shift to AI-native operating model

10:00 AM
Flagship session
Demo's
Partnering Data Management: Foundations first, the right tools follow
The Modern Partnering Data Stack
- From fragmented systems to unified partnering data ecosystems
- The rise of partnering data lakes as strategic infrastructure
- Enabling AI-ready data across BD, R&D, and Alliance Management
- Security and compliance, by design
- Real-world architecture examples from leading pharma
The Right Tools in Practice
- Turning Partnering Data into Strategic Advantage
- Live Demonstration: AI in Action
Speakers


12:00 PM
Networking
Lunch
1:30 PM
Presentations
AM track
The Five Pillars of Digital AM
- From information management to risk and issue management: Actionable frameworks and proven best practices
- Building change: recommendations for rolling out programs of change across your organization

Presentations
R&D track
Translating Corporate Strategy into Partnerships
- Connecting scientific, competitive, and partnering intelligence
- AI-assisted landscape analysis
- Improving detection and prioritization
Speakers

Presentations
BD&L track
From Pipeline Tracking to Predictive Deal-Making
- Building a clear and consistent deal flow
- Maintaining a structured and actionable pipeline
- Turning process into performance
- Building change: recommendations for rolling out programs of change across your organization
Speakers

3:00 PM
AM track
R&D track
BD&L track
Networking roundtables
4:00 PM
Networking
Coffee & Cake
4:30 PM
Presentation
Executive Panel: How AI Will Redefine Pharma Collaboration By 2030
- What Tier-1 pharma leaders are investing in today
- What capabilities will define the top partnering teams

5:00 PM
Discussions
Exchange with Inpart
6:00 PM
Closing Reception: Networking Reception
Participants
Join senior leaders from global pharma to explore how AI, unified data, and intelligent platforms are reshaping business development, external innovation, and alliance management.