The AI in Research Conference for Pharma, Healthcare and Medtech
Hands-on, with no theoretical fluff: practitioners from leading pharma and medtech companies tell you the challenge they faced, the choices they made and the learnings they got from it.
Join research, data and innovation leaders in life science who want to be prepared for what comes next and make the right decisions. Whether you work in clinical trials, real-world data, discovery or preclinical research, you take home examples your team can use.
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Learn. Meet. Build.
Day one gives you real cases. Day two gives you the tool.
Day one: 20-minute talks by practitioners from leading pharma and medtech companies. Every talk follows one arc: Challenge. Choices. Consequences. Real problems, real decisions, including the mistakes.
The first day ends where industry networking meets art: an exclusive evening at Museum “Hamburger Bahnhof”, included in every ticket.
Day two: an interactive working day where you and your peers turn defined questions from CLAIR 2026 into a framework for the industry. You go home with concrete ideas from day one, a tool for your team and, if you like, your name on it as co-author.
Speakers 2027
More speakers will follow soon. The call for speakers is open until 1 February 2027.
Speakers 2026
Four Reasons to Be There
Steering Committee
The CLAIR Steering Committee brings together a distinctive combination of senior R&D leadership, academic excellence, and cross-industry experience to guide the strategic direction and intellectual integrity of the conference.
Scientific Program Committee
The CLAIR Scientific & Program Committee safeguards the academic quality and conceptual coherence of the conference. The committee reviews the programme and the cases presented, and supports the Research Framework Day with scientific guidance, ensuring methodological rigor and continuity with the CLAIR Research Agenda.
The Conference Days
Day 1
Cases and talks from leaders in pharma, healthcare and medtech on what AI changes in research, with interactive sessions throughout the day.
Day 2
All participants build the CLAIR Research Framework together, starting from the 16 open questions of CLAIR 2026, and leave with it for their teams.
Museum “Hamburger Bahnhof” in Berlin
Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Berlin
Networking & Art
After closing time, Museum “Hamburger Bahnhof” opens for CLAIR guests only. Arrive from 18:00, then enjoy a standing networking dinner at Restaurant Konstantin and explore part of the gallery at your own pace from 18:30, with art historians on hand for questions. All included in your ticket.
What the Two Days Cover
CLAIR is built on four pillars. Each one comes with a question you can take back to your own team.
Method
What happens to study design, validation and reproducibility when AI does part of the work?
Accountability
Who answers when an AI-supported decision turns out wrong? Governance that lets your teams move fast and stay answerable.
Critical Thinking
How do your teams keep questioning AI output instead of trusting it? The habits and checks that keep human judgement active.
Transformation
How does AI change the way your R&D organisation is structured, staffed and led, and how do you bring people along?
In partnership with
The Institute of Management of Innovation and Technology (IMIT) advances industrial renewal by bridging academic research and real-world practice, integrating technology and engineering expertise with strategic management and economic insight to ensure that technological development delivers tangible business and societal value.
IMIT is anchored in close collaboration with leading Swedish universities, including KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Chalmers University of Technology, Lund University of Technology, Linköping University, and the Stockholm School of Economics, and in recent years has strengthened its research in artificial intelligence and its implications for leadership and organizational design, ensuring strong academic depth and practical relevance.
CityCube Berlin
Messe Berlin, 14055 Berlin
The Venue
CLAIR 2027 takes place at CityCube Berlin, together with Future Product Days. The conference programme runs from 22 to 23 September 2027 at CityCube on the Messe Berlin grounds. The evening of 22 September takes place at Museum Hamburger Bahnhof.