EMA's Quality Innovation Group (QIG) brings industry, academia and regulators back together for a follow-up roundtable on digitalisation and artificial intelligence in pharmaceutical manufacturing — a continuation of its 2023 and 2024 listen-and-learn focus group series — hybrid at EMA's Amsterdam premises and online, on .

Dates and format

  • Date: 18 November 2026 (time not confirmed; a third-party aggregator's listing gave inconsistent time fields, so none is asserted here — check EMA's own event page before planning)
  • Format: hybrid — in person at EMA's Amsterdam premises, with a live broadcast online
  • Organizer: European Medicines Agency (EMA), via its Quality Innovation Group (QIG)
  • Contact: qig@ema.europa.eu (QIG's general contact mailbox, confirmed on EMA's own group page; not independently confirmed as this event's specific registration route)

What it covers

The roundtable follows on from QIG's 2023 and 2024 listen-and-learn focus group meetings on digitalisation and pharmaceutical process models in manufacturing. EMA's own description frames it as a forum for dialogue on rapid developments in digitalisation and AI, with participants invited to present recent, related case studies illustrating how these technologies apply in manufacturing and quality control.

Who should attend

Quality, manufacturing and digital/data-science leads at pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturers, plus academic researchers and regulators working on digitalisation and AI applications in GMP manufacturing and quality control. For adjacent ground, PDA's Artificial Intelligence Workshop covers AI in pharma manufacturing from an industry-training angle, and RAPS' AI in Regulatory Conference takes the broader regulatory-affairs view; the full events directory lists everything we have verified.

Frequently asked questions

What is this roundtable, and who runs it?

A follow-up roundtable run by EMA's Quality Innovation Group (QIG), bringing together industry, academia and regulators to discuss recent advances in digitalisation and AI in pharmaceutical manufacturing. It follows QIG's 2023 and 2024 listen-and-learn focus group meetings on the same themes.

When and where is it held?

18 November 2026, hybrid — in person at EMA's premises in Amsterdam, with a live online broadcast. EMA's page does not give an exact time; confirm it on EMA's own event page before planning travel.

Can my organization present at the roundtable?

EMA's description invites participants to present recent related case studies on how digitalisation and AI apply in manufacturing and quality control. For contact on participation, EMA's Quality Innovation Group lists qig@ema.europa.eu as its general contact mailbox; this listing could not confirm whether that is also the specific registration route for this event.

Sources & further reading

  1. EMA. Digitalisation and artificial Intelligence in pharmaceutical manufacturing: Quality Innovation Group (QIG) - Follow-up roundtable meeting. ema.europa.eu
  2. euagenda.eu. Digitalisation and artificial intelligence in pharmaceutical manufacturing: Quality Innovation Group (QIG) follow-up roundtable meeting. euagenda.eu
  3. EMA. Quality Innovation Group (group page, contact mailbox). ema.europa.eu

Event details are published by the organizer and can change. The exact time and registration route for this specific session were not confirmed this session; confirm both with EMA before making plans. Verified through search corroboration only — direct fetch of ema.europa.eu was blocked this session; last checked 5 November 2026.