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CQO
Global Quality Conference 2026
On sale through December 31 · Recorded live Oct 27, 2026

Every session.
Every insight.
On demand.

FDA and MHRA regulators, Notified Body auditors, and executives from Lilly, Merck, Gilead, Takeda, J&J MedTech, Microsoft AI and Google, all on one virtual stage. Missed it live? Catch every minute. Were you there? Bring it back to your whole team.

Still from the Global Regulator Dialogue recording, with FDA and MHRA speakers
Watch: Global Regulator Dialogue · FDA + MHRA
On the virtual stage
FDA · CDER FDA · CDRH MHRA BSI TÜV Rheinland Eli Lilly Merck Gilead Takeda J&J MedTech Microsoft AI Google Otsuka Illumina Thermo Fisher Zimmer Biomet
+ two former CQOs of Baxter and Merck
8
headline sessions
18
featured speakers
6
live tech demos
2
regulators on one stage: FDA + MHRA
Why everyone's talking about it

The questions keeping quality leaders up at night, answered by the people who know.

01
How are FDA and MHRA cutting the burden of market entry?
Hear it straight from CDER, CDRH and the MHRA, and build it into your regulatory strategy.
02
Is your AI telling the truth?
Microsoft AI, Google and Otsuka on validation, data integrity and keeping AI trustworthy.
03
What are Notified Body auditors really looking at?
BSI and TÜV Rheinland walk through how a risk-based audit uses your risk management file.
04
Would your company survive a cyber breach?
The preventive steps and fast actions behind a cyber preparedness plan that protected patients.
What's inside

8 sessions. Zero filler.

A full day shaped by a coalition of Chief Quality Officers and their teams.

Watch all 8 sessions
Ashley Boam of FDA CDER presenting in the Global Regulator Dialogue
Full session · 41 min
RegulatorySession 1

Global Regulator Dialogue: Accelerating Access Without Compromising Safety

Regulators are finding ways to reduce the burden of getting your product into their market without compromising patient safety. Take this intel back as the foundation of your market access and regulatory strategy.

Martha Betz, Ph.D., FDA CDRH · Ashley Boam, FDA CDER · Stephen Maddocks, MHRA
Moderator: Marla Phillips, Pathway for Patient Health
How do top executives prove the value of quality?
Paul Foley, Gilead Sciences
Paul Foley
Gilead Sciences
Elaine Shannon, Takeda
Elaine Shannon
Takeda
Bala Sreenivasan, Merck
Bala Sreenivasan
Merck
Full session · 33 min
Executive leadershipSession 2

Executive Roundtable: The Executive Edge on Advancing Value

How senior executives measure "Proof of Value" and "Trust as an Outcome" while transforming operating models, and how you can use the economics of quality to mobilize your enterprise.

Paul Foley, Gilead Sciences · Elaine Shannon, Takeda · Bala Sreenivasan, Merck
Moderator: Peter Shearstone, J&J MedTech
Nidia Acevedo of Eli Lilly presenting One Risk Mindset
Nidia Acevedo
Eli Lilly
Full session · 34 min
Risk managementSession 3

One Risk Mindset: How to Achieve True Integration at Every Level

The "how" of aligning risk decisions across every level of your organization with your enterprise risk tolerance, so every employee is empowered to think like the CEO.

Nidia Acevedo, SVP Global Quality Compliance, Eli Lilly
Moderator: Ian Hooley, Zimmer Biomet
Nina Alli of Biohacking Village presenting in the Cyber Breach session
Nina Alli
Biohacking Village
Full session · 34 min
CybersecuritySession 4

Cyber Breach: Take Action!

With criminal sophistication on the rise, learn the preventive measures and fast actions behind a cyber preparedness plan that protected patients, and that regulators and shareholders now expect.

Nina Alli, CEO and Executive Director, Biohacking Village
Moderator: Lacey Harbour, Pathway for Patient Health
Peter Shearstone of J&J MedTech presenting QMS of the Future
Full session · 36 min
Quality systemsSession 5

QMS of the Future: Maximizing Agility

How a future-ready QMS turns dependable quality into organizational speed, making Quality the spark that mobilizes the enterprise. Practical strategies you can put to work immediately.

Peter Shearstone, VP and Chief Quality Officer, J&J MedTech
Moderator: Marcelo Trevino, Illumina
When does AI need validating, and how much?
Charlene Cho, Microsoft AI
Charlene Cho
Microsoft AI
Teginder Singh, Google
Teginder Singh
Google
Taha Jilani, Otsuka
Taha Jilani
Otsuka
Hari Subramanian, Otsuka
Hari Subramanian
Otsuka
Full session · 34 min
AI & data integritySession 6

Is Your AI Telling the Truth? Validation, Data Integrity and Control

AI is outpacing the standards meant to govern it. Standards gaps, a practical decision flow, how to validate, why AI's drive to be "right" can rewrite your data, and the management system that keeps it trustworthy.

Charlene Cho, Microsoft AI · Teginder Singh, Google · Taha Jilani and Hari Subramanian, Otsuka
Co-moderators: Lacey Harbour and Marla Phillips
What are Notified Body auditors really looking for?
Melissa Di Buono-Russo, TÜV Rheinland
Melissa Di Buono-Russo
TÜV Rheinland North America
Laura Handy, BSI
Laura Handy
BSI
Full session · 37 min
Audit & inspectionSession 7

Inside the Risk-Based Audit: A Notified Body's Approach

Experienced Notified Body auditors show how they use your risk management file as the roadmap, decide what to examine and how deeply, and connect findings across the lifecycle.

Melissa Di Buono-Russo, TÜV Rheinland North America · Laura Handy, BSI
Moderator: Colleen Watson, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Still from the Global Perspective recording
Full session · 32 min
Global strategySession 8

Global Perspective: The Forces Reshaping Our Industry

Supply decisions, pricing pressure, humanitarian access and where innovation capital flows. None are set inside your quality system, but all of them determine what it must deliver.

Gerard (Jerry) Greco, Former CQO, Baxter · Anil Sawant, Former CQO, Merck
Moderator: Marla Phillips, Pathway for Patient Health
Bonus: Tech Demo Rounds

6 fast-paced, 15-minute demos of the tools changing how quality works.

Aizon
Intelligent GxP Manufacturing
Basil Systems
Post Market Signaling
Redica Systems
AI Workflows for QA Leaders
ComplianceQuest
Turning Quality Signals into Business Outcomes
Modicus Prime
AI Management System
Phanero
AI Adoption Pathway
The lineup

18 speakers you'd never get in one room.

Regulators, Notified Bodies, C-suite executives and AI leaders, all on one virtual stage.

MB
Martha Betz, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Postmarket Programs, CDRH
FDA
AB
Ashley Boam
Director, Office of Policy for Pharmaceutical Quality, CDER
FDA
SM
Stephen Maddocks
National Licensing Strategy Team
MHRA
ES
Elaine Shannon
President, Global Supply and Quality
Takeda
PF
Paul Foley
SVP, Head of Manufacturing
Gilead Sciences
BS
Bala Sreenivasan
SVP, Global Supply and Value Chain Management
Merck
NA
Nidia Acevedo
SVP, Global Quality Compliance
Eli Lilly
PS
Peter Shearstone
VP and Chief Quality Officer
Johnson & Johnson MedTech
MT
Marcelo Trevino
VP, Global Quality
Illumina
CC
Charlene Cho
Senior Corporate Counsel
Microsoft AI
TS
Teginder Singh
AI panelist
Google
TJ
Taha Jilani
Associate Director, IT Compliance and AI Assurance
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Companies
HS
Hari Subramanian
Director, IT Compliance and Testing Services
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Companies
NA
Nina Alli
CEO and Executive Director
Biohacking Village
MD
Melissa Di Buono-Russo
Director, Medical Audit
TÜV Rheinland North America
LH
Laura Handy
Service Delivery Manager
BSI
JG
Gerard (Jerry) Greco
Former Chief Quality Officer
Baxter
AS
Anil Sawant
Former Chief Quality Officer
Merck
Built for your whole team

One purchase. A year's worth of team conversations.

Run a lunch-and-learn per session, assign the AI panel to your IT compliance group, or send the regulator dialogue to your RA team before the next strategy review.

Quality and compliance leaders
Regulatory affairs teams
IT compliance and AI owners
Site and operations leaders
Audit and inspection readiness
Rising quality professionals
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