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The Next Era of Life Sciences Manufacturing

4 February 2026, USA and Canada 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm BST
Data-driven.
People first.
Executive Engagement.

Dinner Location: Jazz Kitchen

Leaders across life sciences manufacturing are facing a fundamental shift in expectations. You are expected to deliver safe, compliant products. At the same time, executive teams are being asked to improve throughput, accelerate release cycles, and prepare their organizations for AI, often without additional headcount or tolerance for risk. As pressure builds from customers, regulators, and the market, the status quo is becoming increasingly difficult to sustain. AI cannot be effectively leveraged when you are stuck in paper-based or digitally disconnected systems. What does modernization look like when failure is not an option?

The reality is that AI readiness depends on more than adopting new tools, it requires a strong digital foundation. Clean, structured, and connected data, standardized processes, and end-to-end visibility are becoming essential to modern manufacturing operations. Leaders are beginning to rethink how they sequence digitization, strengthen data integrity, and replace manual or siloed workflows with systems that support traceability, validation, and scale. The focus is moving toward practical, implementable changes that improve execution today while creating the conditions for AI-enabled capabilities tomorrow.

Join fellow life sciences manufacturing executives and thought leaders from MasterControl for an intimate, peer-led discussion focused on the realities of transformation in regulated environments. This evening will provide space to compare perspectives, share lessons learned, and explore the decisions that will shape operational excellence, competitiveness, and AI readiness over the next decade.

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Discussion topics

Identifying where legacy systems, manual processes, and disconnected data create the greatest barriers to visibility, speed, and confidence across life sciences manufacturing operations.

Sequencing digitization and modernization efforts in regulated life sciences environments in a way that improves execution while maintaining compliance and minimizing disruption.

Defining the capabilities, data integrity, execution discipline, and organizational agility that will separate leading life sciences manufacturers as AI-enabled tools become more prevalent.

Speakers

Sara Bresee

Sara Bresee

SVP, Global Enterprise Sales
As managing director of APAC, Sara Bresee is charged with increasing market share in China, India, and the find out more
Matthew M. Lowe

Matthew M. Lowe

Chief Strategy Officer
Matt Lowe has served MasterControl for nearly two decades across several different executive leadership roles find out more

Event Agenda

6:30pm - 7:00pm

6:30pm - 7:00pm

Arrivals, welcome drinks, and networking

7:00pm - 7:30pm

7:00pm - 7:30pm

Evening Event

Event welcome, introductions & thought leader remarks

7:30pm - 9:15pm

7:30pm - 9:15pm

Table discussions and three-course dinner

9:15pm - 9:30pm

9:15pm - 9:30pm

Event Wrap Up

Why Attend

Closed door, tailored conversations to benchmark, share and get better equipped to solve complex transformation projects.

Experience shared learning

Meet industry leading like-minded executives tackling similar initiatives.

Benchmark with your industry peers

Discover and network to gain expertise and experience on how to best act and succeed.

Accelerate your projects

Accelerate In-depth face time with the world’s leading organizations pushing the boundaries to solve your challenges.

An engaged experience

An expert host facilitates conversations, with live polling, Q&As, and gamification to ensure focused conversation.

Discover next-level ideas

Ensure project success with access to industry experts and cutting edge thought leadership.

De-risk new projects

Gain a range of insights from peers and technical experts who are current with emerging business trends.

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Art DuRivage, VP Sales
"It's not a business of selling, it's a business of sharing. And so GDS helps create the environment to share with trust."
David Kidder, CEO & Co-Founder, Bionic
"It's all about exposure and visibility, right? Getting us in front of the right CEOs or the practitioners or whatever, bringing people together to share new techniques, new processes, and new technologies. "
Jason Mical, Cyber Security Evangelist, Devo
"It was a very qualified audience. It was exactly the level and the type of people we want to talk to. The dialogue, the nature of those one on ones gives you the ability to really understand what the client is seeking."
Hamp Hampton, Chief Revenue Officer, Cadalys

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