Why join us
When quality is visible, it drives real impact. From improving efficiency to communicating value across teams, you’ll learn how to position quality as visible, influential, and at the heart of decision-making.
Interactive panels
and keynotes
Honest conversations. Real stories. Hear from people who’ve faced the same quality challenges and risen above them.
Insightful
workshops
Get live guidance from experts as you tackle real-world quality challenges and walk away with practical solutions you can apply the very next day.
Own the quality
stage
This summit isn’t about slides, it’s about stories, strategy, and empowering quality professionals. Your stage awaits!
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Agenda
Let’s share perspectives
- 12:00 CET
- 6:00 EST
Training beyond the checkboxes: ten training tools to reach quality excellence
A confident, forward-thinking QA team is essential for achieving strategic quality excellence. But that means moving beyond box-ticking training. In this session, Chris Martin shares ten practical tools to help you spot real skill gaps, build team confidence, and drive lasting capability. Perfect for RPs, QA leads, and training managers ready to make compliance training truly impactful.
Chris Martin, Director RP and RPi at Christa GDP Pharma Ltd
- 13:00 CET
- 7:00 EST
Stop the blame game in Life Sciences: end “human error” excuses now
'The human element in any system is always prone to error. But in QA, not all nonconformities can be blamed on human error.
In this talk, you’ll learn how to write clear problem statements, involve management to define clear rules for when corrective action is necessary, engage the right stakeholders early, and use project management skills to keep CAPAs on track… all without finger-pointing.
Georg Digel, Founder at elevate CAPA
- 14:00 CET
- 8:00 EST
Proactive quality management: Building a QMS that actually works
Let’s challenge the checkbox mindset and explore how MedTech teams can embed quality into their organization’s DNA. Drawing from real-world consulting experience, we’ll outline the shift from reactive to proactive quality management, including tools, structures and mindset changes to drive real impact. You’ll get a practical framework for a lean, scalable QMS and know how to link quality outcomes to commercial success.
Karandeep Badwal, Founder & Principal Consultant at QRA Medical
- 15:00 CET
- 9:00 EST
The new era of quality risk management: modern tools for modern risks
Are you a QA/QC professional looking for fresh strategies to navigate risk in today’s fast-paced landscape? In this session, we’ll draw on ICH Q9 and real-world, cross-sector scenarios to show how QRM principles can be applied with clarity, intention, and measurable impact. Join us to gain actionable insights into strengthening your risk assessments, decision-making and communication to drive better outcomes across GxP environments.
Amy Wotawa, Associate Head of Practice (GCP US, GMP, CSV, GLP) at ZigZag QA
- 16:00 CET
- 10:00 EST
Creating competitive advantage with quality culture, and how to measure it
In an industry where transparency is rising, embedding and measuring quality culture is becoming essential. It begins with a shared understanding of what “quality” really means, distinguishing between big-C Culture and small-c culture: the daily habits that turn strategy into action. To align both, organizations can use practical KPIs to assess maturity, track progress, and unlock long-term growth.
Sandra Lopes, Global Head of Safety, Quality & Environment at Esteve
Roundtable agenda coming soon!
Great things take time, and we know you’re excited. Our team is working hard to make this Roundtable session with our experts truly memorable. Stay tuned!
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Who should attend?
Join and earn Certifications!
- Life Sciences Executives
- Quality Assurance Management
- Regulatory Affairs Professionals
- Clinical Affairs Specialist and Management
- R&D Engineers and Management
Meet our speakers
Meet the brightest minds in quality at the Scilife Smart Quality Summit 2025. Lineup incoming–Stay tuned!
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