Pharma Manufacturing IT Congress, Ahmedabad 2026

India's pharma factory floor,
finally digital.

Ahmedabad · India24 June 2026Le MeridienInvitation-only
A GPACTS 2026 Series Event

Gujarat makes the world's medicine.Paper still makes the batch.

This Congress is built to change that — in one day.
An honest, working agenda on validation, paper batch records and IT-OT silos — measured against GAMP 5 Ed. 2, FDA CSA, EU Annex 11 & 22, and India's DPDPA.

Twelve of India's top-20 manufacturers run at least one Gujarat plant. By 2026, none of them can validate the way they did in 2018.

FDA CSAEU Annex 11 & 22GAMP 5 Ed.2India’s DPDPA
FDA CSAEU Annex 11 & 22GAMP 5 Ed.2India’s DPDPA
130+Senior pharma manufacturing IT leaders, one room
70%End-users — vendors a deliberate minority
12+of India's top-20 pharma manufacturers in the room
9AM–7PMOne day — no filler, no fluff
02 · The Regulatory RealityFROM THE BRIEF

Seven frameworks.
One factory.

The industry has never faced this much regulatory pressure on the shop floor — simultaneously.

GxP manufacturing floor
ML models in regulated environments

GAMP 5 Ed.2. FDA CSA. EU Annex 11 & 22. ISPE GAMP AI Guide. DSCSA. India's DPDPA. These are no longer “future” discussions—they are live frameworks with direct implications for how Gujarat's plants build, validate, and defend their digital systems.

Every Head of Manufacturing IT in India is now being asked the same question by their board: “Can we go paperless without breaking the inspection?”

This Congress is built to answer that question—not with consultants, but with the practitioners who are currently migrating India's largest plants from paper to digital.

2022
GAMP 5 Ed.2
Risk-based, critical-thinking validation
2023
DSCSA Enforcement
US unit-level traceability mandate
2025
FDA CSA Final
Computer Software Assurance replaces CSV
2025
EU Annex 22
AI and Machine Learning in GMP environments
2026
India DPDPA
Digital Personal Data Protection on the floor
03 · The Room

Curated.
Not crowded.

Heads of Manufacturing IT
42%
CSV & Quality Digital
22%
Lab Informatics & LIMS
16%
Plant IT & Industry 4.0
12%
Vendors & Patrons
8%

Invitation-only composition

80–130+ senior pharma IT leaders present.
Min. 70% end-users.
The CXO Roundtable is closed, nomination-only, and worth the journey by itself.

25%
C-Suite · VP
15+
Top-20 Pharma
70%+
End-users
04 · The ProgrammeFULL AGENDA →

One day.
Three acts.

ACT I · MORNING

The Reset.

09:00 — 13:00
ACT II · Lunch

The Floor.

13:00 — 14:00
ACT III · AFTERNOON

The Build.

14:00 — 19:00
05 · What You Leave WithTHE PROMISE

What you take
home.

01

A Paperless Roadmap

Not just a vision, but a practical transition plan. You’ll leave with the logic required to move from Paper Batch Records (PBR) to Electronic Batch Records (EBR) while staying inspection-ready.

02

IT-OT Security Protocol

Candid intelligence from peer CISO and Plant IT heads on securing the factory floor when legacy OT vendors won't patch. Real-world defense, not theory.

03

GAMP 5 Ed.2 & CSA Checklist

A practical readiness guide for Computer Software Assurance. Before your next audit, you’ll know exactly how to apply critical thinking to reduce validation waste.

04

The 'What Paid Back' Report

Honest feedback on Industry 4.0 investments. Find out which technologies (Digital Twin, IoT, LIMS consolidation) actually delivered ROI for Gujarat-based groups and which remained "slideware."

05

Manufacturing Peer Network

With a room capped at 100 leaders, you aren't just a face in the crowd. You leave with direct lines to the Heads of IT and Quality from 12 of India’s top-20 pharma manufacturers.

06

12-Month Intelligence Access

All session summaries, the GPACTS Manufacturing Insights Report, and a full year of subscriber access to the Pharma Now Manufacturing IT feed.

06 · The VenueVENUE DETAILS →

Le Meridien, Ahmedabad
Thirty minutes from every Gujarat plant.

Le Meridia · Ahmedabad

Why Le Meridien

The venue is deliberate, not incidental.
Zydus, Torrent, Cadila, Intas, Sun Pharma's Gujarat sites, Alembic and Claris are each within an hour.

We take the full conference floor — the keynote theatre, the closed Roundtable room, the patron lounge, and the evening terrace.

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07 · The RoomON THE DAY

Not a vendor expo.
A room of peers.

08 · Media PresenceABOUT PHARMA NOW →

Backed by India's
largest pharma media voice.

Reach · Pharma Now + Partners

The Congress is produced by Pharma Now— India's most-read pharma intelligence platform — in partnership with Yellow Hive, the boutique B2B congress house behind 40+ CXO events.

Every registered delegate receives 12 months of subscriber access to the Pharma Now AI & Data Intelligence feed — the industry's most trusted source for pharma technology insight.

95K+Newsletter subscribers
2M+LinkedIn monthly reach
65KSite visits / month
12K+Mobile app users
Pharma NowHost · Media
Yellow HiveCongress Producer
GPACTS 2026Series Umbrella
09 · Reserve Your SeatFULL REGISTRATION →

Early bird closes
10 June 2026.

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Executive Pass
For pharma CXOs, VPs and senior leaders
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  • Networking lunch
  • Workshop access
  • Summit materials
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For solution providers & vendors
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