Pharma & Life Sciences

CNS Summit 2026

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The essentials

Event details

Dates
1 November 2026 to 4 November 2026
Location
Encore Boston Harbor, Everett, United States
Organiser
CNS Summit
Expected attendance
1,323
Industry
Pharma & Life Sciences

Who attends

The audience

The Annual Summit convenes 1000+ R&D leaders to collaborate, learn from each other and create the future of drug development.

As described by the organiser

Agenda themes

Topics covered

  • IT

On stage

Speakers

  • George Yancopoulos, Co-Founder, Co-Chairman, President & Chief Scientific Officer, Regeneron
  • Costa Panagos
  • Paul Biondi, Managing Partner, Flagship Pioneering
  • Venkat Sethuraman, SVP Data Science and Analytics - Global Product Development, Roche
  • Jeremy Walsh, Chief AI Officer
  • Najat Khan, CNS Summit Host Chief R&D Officer & Chief Commercial Officer, Recursion
  • Hans Keirstead, Chairman, Immunis
  • Srinivas Rao, CEO & Co-Founder, atai Life Sciences
  • Kabir Nath, Compass Pathways
  • Robert Barrow, MindMed
  • Christopher Kroeger, MapLight Therapeutics
  • Stefan Konig, Merz Therapeutics
  • Maha Radhakrishnan, CNS Summit Host Executive Partner, Private Equity, Sofinnova Investments
  • Alistair Macdonald
  • Johannes Streffer, SVP, Head of Global Clinical Development, Lundbeck
  • Anthony Costello, Medidata
  • David Klein
  • Junaid Bajwa, CNS Summit Host Senior Partner, Flagship Pioneering
  • Christoph von der Goltz, Head of Global Clinical Development – Inflammation, Mental Health & Eye Health, Boehringer Inge
  • Hugh Marston, Prof. Dr, Boehringer Ingelheim
  • Edward Cox, CNS Summit Host Head & General Manager of Digital Health & Medicines, Pfizer
  • Sheuli Porkess
  • Spyros Papapetropoulos, President & CEO, Neuphoria Therapeutics
  • Fabrice Bocquillon, SVP, Head of Digital Patient Experience, Sanofi

On the floor

Sponsors and partners

  • AbbVie
  • AtaiBeckley
  • Boehringer-ingelheim.com
  • Compass Pathways scaled
  • Definium Therapeutics
  • Helus Pharma e1784139218645

Logistics

Where to stay

Places to stay near the venue.

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