Agenda

Here’s the agenda for the 2026 edition of the PBOA Meeting & Conference!

Oct. 22, 2026
9:00-10:00am	Registration & badge pick-up
10:00-10:05	Introductory remarks	Gil Roth • PBOA
10:05-10:35	Legislative Update	Brent Del Monte • BGR Government Affairs
10:35-11:15	The State of Pharmaceutical Tariffs	John Stone • BGR Government Affairs
11:15-noon	Onshoring, Insourcing, Emerging Modalities: What’s Real? What’s Not?	Ian Tzeng and Vishesh Jain • L.E.K. Consultants
noon-1:00	LUNCH
1:00-1:35	Signals from Suppliers: Tools Topics Relevant to CDMOs	Dan Leonard • RBC
1:35-2:10	How Biopharma Companies Choose CDMO Partners	Kate Hammeke • ISR Reports
2:10-2:45	ASPR/BARDA Panel: Domestic Manufacturing Resilience & CDMOs	Arlene Joyner, Joe Hamel, and Brooke Luck • ASPR/BARDA
2:45-3:10	COFFEE BREAK
3:10-3:45	Bioprocessing Outsourcing Trends 2027: Returning to Strategic Global Growth	Eric Langer • BioPlan Associates
3:45-4:20	Wall Street Perspective on M&A & CDMO Capital Markets	Daniel Cohen • MorganStanley
4:20-5:00	FDA Keynote: Inspectional Updates & Trends	Ivy Sweeney • FDA/OHADI
5:00	Closing remarks	Gil Roth • PBOA
5:00-6:00	COCKTAIL RECEPTION
6:30-10:00	OFF-SITE NETWORKING DINNER
Oct. 23, 2026
7:00-8:00	BREAKFAST
8:00-8:05	Introductory remarks	Gil Roth • PBOA
8:05-8:35	NDC-12: The Coming Storm	John Jacey • NNIT
8:35-9:05	Don't Digitalize Chaos: The Path to AI in Contract Manufacturing Needs Connected Data Infrastructure	Jake Ure • MasterControl
9:05-9:35	Today's FDA . . . and Tomorrow's	Alec Gaffney • AgencyIQ
9:35-10:05	Industry Growth Cycle: First Inning, First Quarter?	David Windley • Jefferies
10:05-10:40	Fireside Chat: Tariffs, Reshoring, and Supply Chain Security	Marta Wosinska • Brookings Institution
10:40-11:00	COFFEE BREAK
11:00-11:40	PBOA Priorities: Setting the Agenda	Gil Roth • PBOA
11:40-11:45	Closing remarks	Gil Roth • PBOA

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Agenda subject to change