Lorenz Events
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Converge with regulatory experts and gain practical insights in Frankfurt – the home of LORENZ
September 14 - 16, 2026
Hear from leading voices in life sciences, exchange ideas with peers, and gain practical insights through plenary sessions, table tutorials, and direct interaction with experts.
Schedule at a glance
Monday (from 12:00 PM): welcome lunch, afternoon sessions & networking dinner
Tuesday: full conference day & event dinner
Wednesday (until 02:30 PM): morning sessions & farewell lunch
Discover who is already shaping Converge 2026:
Sessions
AMA: the rise of a new regulatory power—lessons from the digitalisation pilot of the African Medicines Agency
Kent Briggs, VECTOR Life Sciences
AI in pharma: catalyst for revolution or just another gadget?
Dr. Andreas Franken, Pharma Deutschland
Next steps in the AI journey—organization, process, and data implications
Steve Gens, Gens & Associates
One transformative year of China eCTD: full implementation of v3.2.2 and release of v4.0 draft IG
Sophia Huang, Beijing BrilliantMed Pharma Tech
Release & validation improvements
Leonhard Keller, LORENZ Life Sciences Group
Menarini’s journey through the Access Consortium
Federica Pagnini, Menarini Ricerche
From blank page to green light: how AI is transforming scientific & technical authoring—& de-risking regulatory submissions
Timm Pauli, Cencora GCS
eCTD readiness & digital submission excellence: Bayer’s road to eCTD v4.0
Anna Sahl & Pablo Amaya, Bayer
ICH M16 structured data and its impact on eCTD submissions
Norman Schmuff, Former FDA Associate Director, CDER
Modernizing submission planning and enabling automation with Veeva SCPs and LORENZ docuBridge
Calyn Stanfill, Gilead & Jared Lantzy, Novavax
Automated hyperlink generation in Japanese NDA eCTD v4.0 submissions: lessons learned from our first practical experience
Yuki Terauchi, Chugai Pharmaceutical
Mastering eCTD 4.0 in LORENZ docuBridge: from pilots to global readiness
Khaled Yahiaoui, Merck
Table Tutorials
Preparing for Singapore eCTD: validation readiness, lifecycle strategy, and lessons learned from early submissions
Adriana Agiu, Lotus Pharmaceutical
eCTD 4.0 submission readiness and digital submission excellence
Kehinde Bakin, Novavax
Learn how to unlock more value from your submission management setup through benchmarking
Rune Bergendorff & Jens-Olaf Vanggaard, Implement
LORENZ docuBridge webAccess—anywhere access, everywhere impact: the next evolution of DMS and submissions
Kent Briggs, VECTOR Life Sciences
The power of LORENZ docuBridge DMS/RCM: more than submissions
Kent Briggs, VECTOR Life Sciences
Application Viewer: past, present & future
Allan Care & Philip Peters, LORENZ Life Sciences Group
Using regulatory activity data for better reporting and dashboards
Susan Clarke, Merz Therapeutics
From Excel to LORENZ drugTrack—how Weleda uses CCMs and RAs to plan and track regulatory tasks
Dr. Frank Dannel, Weleda
Managing validation errors and understanding RUPs
Kerstin Dittmann & Arvin Matic, LORENZ Life Sciences Group
A next-gen project workspace—how AI can help de-risk large data projects
Robert Egger, Synsara Consulting
Auto-Hyperlinking in LORENZ docuBridge: transforming manual pain into operational gain
Daniel Finster, LORENZ Life Sciences Group
Same change, different reality: navigating global divergence in eCTD lifecycle management
Anna Hanzlíková, A-REG Solutions
Automated AI content preparation workflows powered by DocShifter
Paul Ireland, DocShifter
Lost in xEVMPD-to-PMS migration validation? Get a clear picture with LORENZ EPIC
Dr. Andreas Jahn & Artur Titkov, LORENZ Life Sciences Group
Digital submission readiness across the CIS and Eurasian region: current status, challenges, and future direction
Konstantin Koshechkin, Inpharmatis
LORENZ docuBridge regulatory content management: how to deal with different scenarios in the review workflow?
Sonia Lepkowitz, LORENZ Life Sciences Group
ICH M4Q(R2)—the new quality guideline putting eCTD 4.0 to the test
Karl-Heinz Loebel, Cencora GCS
Embracing eCTD v4.0: practical lessons from health authority pilot programs and technology innovations
Meghan Mimini, Accenture
The current status of the EU eCTD 4.0 pilot with LORENZ docuBridge
Maximilian Muth, LORENZ Life Sciences Group
Introducing LORENZ KPI dashboard for submission productivity
Chithra Muthukrishnan & Dr. Grace Ng-Krülle, LORENZ Life Sciences Group
What’s new in LORENZ RIM 26.2?—submission management highlights (powered by LORENZ docuBridge)
Chithra Muthukrishnan & Philip Peters, LORENZ Life Sciences Group
Getting started with LORENZ submission gateways (eCTD, EU-IDMP/XEVMPD and EUDAMED)
Dr. Grace Ng-Krülle & Gideon Onuoha, LORENZ Life Sciences Group
From first tests to daily practice: enriching and maintaining EMA PMS data with LORENZ drugTrack
Dr. Andrea Pinsker, Bionorica
Simplifying cross-functional IDMP/SPOR data contribution with smart permission profiles in LORENZ drugTrack
Lukas Riedel, Biotest Pharma
What’s new in LORENZ RIM 26.2?—product information & lifecycle management highlights (powered by LORENZ drugTrack)
Anne Roth, LORENZ Life Sciences Group
What Cloud 2.0 means for your organization
Prasanna Sadashivaiah,LORENZ Life Sciences Group
The future of customer learning
Sabrina Schulze & Dimitar Karchev, LORENZ Life Sciences Group
The evolution of autonomous eCTD submissions
Tom Smith, ICON
Complex pharmaceutical products in LORENZ drugTrack: a practical guide
Mathias Spiller, LORENZ Life Sciences Group
From rolling review to reality: designing sustainable eCTD lifecycles across accelerated pathways
Lucie Svobodova, A-REG Solutions
eCTD v4.0 in practice: early insights, challenges, and adoption strategies
Calyn Stanfill, Gilead
Reimagining regulatory publishing: a scalable approach to submission-ready documents
Siddalingappa Zalaki, Accenture
Efficient medical device maintenance using LORENZ drugTrack
Dr. Müzeyyen Zeitler, Linde
Conference location:
Hilton Frankfurt City Centre, Hochstraße 4, 60313 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
To book your room at Hilton Frankfurt City Centre, please click here.
We recommend booking your accommodation before August 28, 2026, when our reserved room block will be released. After this date, availability and the conference rate cannot be guaranteed.
Alternative hotels nearby can be found here.
Conference fees (EUR):
- regular conference rate: 1,199 EUR
- customer / partner rate: 699 EUR
- speakers and tutorial presenters will have their registration fees waived! (Only one speaker/presenter per company)
Highlights
Connect via the event app
Make the most of your event experience: create your profile, connect with participants and the LORENZ team, schedule meetings, and chat directly within the app.
Networking
The program offers plenty of opportunities for networking and one-to-one discussions, all built around the latest trends in regulatory affairs.
Table tutorials
Choose from different table tutorials and benefit from more detailed discussions in smaller groups.
More details on the agenda, speakers, and session times will be shared here over the coming months.
Email contact: www.lorenz.cc/email