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  • A Hybrid Onsite Conference and Internet Event
  • The Leading Forum on Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Ethics and Compliance Issues
  • Sponsored by Pharmaceutical Compliance Forum
  • October 13-16, 2026
  • Washington Hilton, Washington, DC
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WASHINGTON, DC USA -- PHARMA UPDATE NEWS SERVICE™ -- JUNE 23, 2025: The Twenty-Seventh Annual Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Ethics and Compliance Congress sponsored by the Pharmaceutical Compliance Forum (PCF) will be held at the Washington Hilton, Washington, DC on October 13-16, 2026. Attendees may attend either virtually online or in person. Onsite attendees will also enjoy both live and post-conference access to the Congress audio/video archive.


THE 2026 27TH ANNUAL CONGRESS FEATURES
  • New half-day specialty summits on the afternoon of Tuesday 10/13
  • Over 50 concurrent mini summits and 15 plenary session presentations
  • The PCF-sponsored, Closed-door, invitation-only CCO Roundtable, last year attended by over 100 CCOs
  • The Industry-only Compliance Best Practices Think Tank hosted by PCF
  • A sold-out exhibit hall featuring many innovative ethics and compliance products, programs and initiatives
  • Numerous professional networking opportunities

FEATURED ETHICS & COMPLIANCE PROFESSIONALS
AND IN-HOUSE COUNSEL

Peter Agnoletto, CPA
Compliance Officer, General Medicines and Consumer Health Care, Sanofi; Former Senior Director & CCO, Par Pharma, Bridgewater, NJ

Kaoutar Afif
Manager, Ethics & Compliance, Cardinal Health, New York, NY

Peter Brensilver, JD, MPH
Senior Vice President, Chief Global Commercial Compliance & Risk Counsel, Pfizer, New York, NY

Terra Buckley, JD
Chief Compliance & Ethics Officer, Bristol Myers Squibb; Former CCO, LivaNova, Summit, NJ

Briana Cabrera, MS, CFE
Senior Director, Global Privacy & Compliance Investigations, Medtronic; Former Director, Forensic Audit, Covidien, Miami, FL

Regina Cavaliere, JD
Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer, VP Regulatory & Compliance, Henry Schein, Melville, NY

Kevin Espinoza, MBA
Chief Integrity & Compliance Officer, Indivior; Former Chief Integrity & Compliance Officer, Kaleo; Former Senior VP, Boston Scientific, Richmond, VA

Yelena Ferreira, JD
Assistant GC & Head of Compliance, Pharmacosmos; Former Senior Director, Associate General Counsel, Pacira, Morristown, NJ

Lindsey LaMoria Gavin
Senior Director, Deputy Compliance Officer, Lundbeck; Former Compliance Director, Meetings & Events International, Deerfield, IL

Kate Godfrey, JD, CCEP
Senior VP, Global Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Compliance Officer KSNA, Karl Storz North America, El Segundo, CA

Abe Kassis, MBA, PhD
Global Head Compliance & Legal Operations, Bausch + Lomb; Former Global Compliance Director, Takeda, New York, NY

Jeffrey Kawalek, MBA
Chief Compliance Officer, Zambon US; Former Deputy CCO US, Jazz; Former Co-chair, PCF, New York, NY

Cheryl Lee, MBA, CHC
Head of Compliance, Cycle; Former VP, ESG Strategy & Execution, BMS; Former VP, Head of Compliance Worldwide Markets, Celgene, New York, NY

Peter Lee, JD, LLM
Chief Compliance Officer, Kura Oncology; Former CCO, Mirati Therapeutics; Former CCO, Heron Therapeutics, San Diego, CA

Aaron Lewis, MBA
Director, Legal and Compliance Operations, Cordis; Former Director, Compliance Insights and Technologies, Cardinal Health, Miami Lakes, FL

Melissa T. Lozner, JD
Senior VP, CCO, Regeneron; Former Chief Compliance & Ethics Officer, Rafael Holdings; Former VP, Head of Ethics, Risk & Compliance, Novartis, Tarrytown, NY

Rosemary McKenna, JD
Executive Director, Regulatory Legal, Organon; Former Director, Regulatory-Legal, Merck, Philadelphia, PA

Joan Podleski, CCEP, CHPC, CHRC, CHC
VP & CPO, Children's Health System of Texas; Former Director, Institutional Ethics & Compliance Program, Duke University, Dallas, TX

Ariadna Quesada, MSJ
VP, Compliance, Global Compliance & Privacy lead, ZOLL Medical; Former Compliance Director, Europe & MEATI, Hillrom, Madrid, Spain

R. Brett Short, CHC, CHPC, CHRC
CCO & CPO, University of Kentucky; Immediate Past Chair, Health Care Compliance Association, Lexington, KY

Jesse Siegel, JD
Head of Business Ethics, Americas, Ipsen; Former Senior Counsel, Neurology & Immunology, EMD Serono, Cambridge, MA

Ronald Strauss, CIPM
Vice President Compliance, MiMedx; Former Executive Sales Representative, Eli Lilly Specialty, Marietta, GA

Betsy Wade, MPH, CHC, CHPC, CAN
Chief Compliance & Ethics Officer, Signature Healthcare; Board & Treasurer, Health Care Compliance Association, Louisville, KY

Kelly Willenberg, MBA, DBA, CHC, CHRC
Chief Executive Officer, Kelly Willenberg & Assocs.; Board & Second Vice Chair, Health Care Compliance Association, Greenville, SC

Elizabeth Weiss, JD
VP, Chief Compliance & Privacy Officer, Invivyd; Former Head of Compliance for Americas & EMEA, Lupin; Former Assistant GC, Compliance Lead, Global Health & Patient Access, Pfizer, Livingston, NJ

Amy Wilson, MBA, MSJ
VP & CCO, Esperion; Former Head of US Compliance, MorphoSys; Former Director, Enterprise Compliance, Alexion, Boston, MA

Suki Wiltman
Vice President, Global Ethics & Compliance, Ipsen; Former Business Partner, Governance, Ethics & Compliance, GSK; Former Sr Corporate Compliance Manager, Allergan Canada, Toronto, Canada

Stacy E. Yeung, JD
VP & GC, SELLAS; Former Assistant General Counsel, Arena Pharmaceuticals; Former Deputy General Counsel, DBV Technologies, New York, NY

FORMER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS

Corey R. Amundson, JD
Partner, King & Spalding; Former Head, Public Integrity Section, US DOJ; Former Acting US Attorney, Middle District of Louisiana, Washington, DC

Jennifer L. Bragg, JD
Partner, Latham and Watkins; Former Associate Chief Counsel for Enforcement, Office of Chief Counsel, US FDA, Washington, DC

Hui Chen, JD
Co-Founder, Culture. Data. Ethics; Former Compliance Counsel Expert, US DOJ; Former Assistant General Counsel, Pfizer, Honolulu, HI

Deborah A. Curtis, JD
Partner, Arnold & Porter; Former Deputy GC, CIA; Former Deputy Chief, Counterespionage, US DOJ, Washington, DC

John Delacourt, JD
Deputy GC, VP Health, Regulatory & Commercial Operations, BIO; Former Chief Antitrust Counsel, FTC, Washington, DC

Greg Demske, JD
Partner, Goodwin Procter; Former Chief Counsel, Office of Inspector General, US HHS, Washington, DC

Sarah A. Franklin, JD
Partner and Vice-Chair, Life Sciences Investigations Practice, Covington & Burling; Former Attorney, US FTC, Washington, DC

Gejaa T. Gobena, JD
Partner, Hogan Lovells; Former Deputy Chief, Fraud Section, Criminal Division, US Department of Justice, Washington, DC

John Kelly, JD
Partner & Chair, Healthcare Practice, Barnes & Thornburg; Former Asst. Chief for Health Care Fraud, Criminal Division, US DOJ, Washington, DC

Barbara A. Leaf, JD
Senior International Policy Advisor, Arnold & Porter; Former Special Assistant to the President; Former US Ambassador, UAE, Washington, DC

Christine Moundas, JD, MPH
Healthcare & Data Partner & Co-Head, Digital Health Initiative, Ropes & Gray; Former Analyst, Office of Inspector General, US HHS, New York, NY

Ida Nassar, JD
Vice President, Assistant General Counsel, Ethics & Compliance, AdvaMed; Former Senior Attorney, Office of Chief Counsel, US Drug Enforcement Administration, Washington, DC


Diane Seol, JD
Of Counsel, Choate Hall & Stewart; Former Assistant United States Attorney, Affirmative Civil Enforcement Unit, US Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts, Boston, MA

Michael L. Shaw, JD
Global Head of Compliance, Privacy and Risk, ZS; Former VP & CO, GlaxoSmithKline; Former Senior Counsel, OIG US HHS, Princeton, NJ

Amanda Strachan, JD
Partner, WilmerHale; Former AUSA & Chief, Criminal Division, US Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts, US DOJ, Boston, MA

Jane H. Yoon, JD
Partner, Litigation Department, Paul Hastings; Former Assistant United States Attorney, US Attorney's Office, New Jersey, New York, NY

OTHER FEATURED FACULTY

Eliza L. Andonova, JD
Partner, Global Regulatory, Hogan Lovells, Washington, DC

Brett Barlag, MBA
Senior Managing Director, Healthcare Risk Management and Advisory, FTI Consulting, New York, NY

Samantha Barrett Badlam, JD
Partner, Litigation & Enforcement Group, Ropes & Gray, Washington, DC

Yogesh Bahl, MBA
Practice Leader, Resolution Life Sciences; CFO & Head of Investor Relations, IACTA, New York, NY

Craig B. Bleifer, JD
Partner, McGuire Woods; Former Corporate VP, GC North America; Novo Nordisk, New York, NY

Eric Bolesh
Chief Operating Officer, Cutting Edge Information, Research Triangle Park, NC

Jennifer Ceglinski, JD, CFE
Manager, Forensic & Integrity Services, EY, Charlotte, NC

Michael Clarke, JD, CCEP, NACD.DC®
Principal, Jaeger-Plymouth; Retired VP, Deputy GC & Global CCO, ConvaTec; Former VP, Compliance, Indivior, Bridgewater, NJ

Chris Cobourn, MS
Managing Director, Government Programs Practice Lead, Helio Health Group, Placida, FL

Benjamin Correa, JD
Partner, Food, Drug & Medical Device, Sidley Austin, Washington, DC

Zachary Coseglia, JD
Co-Founder, Culture. Data. Ethics; Former VP & AGC, Monitoring, Analytics and Digital, Pfizer, Boston, MA

Layla Covington, JD
Senior Manager, Compliance Consulting, Cresen; Former Manager, Aggregate Spend, Genentech, Chicago, IL

Clarissa Crain
Managing Director, Deloitte, Phoenixville, PA

Meena Datta, JD
Partner and Global Co-leader, Healthcare Practice, Sidley Austin, Chicago, IL

Mahnu V. Davar, MA, JD
Partner and Co-chair, Life Sciences & Healthcare Regulatory, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC

Stefanie A. Doebler, JD
Partner and Co-Chair, Health Care Practice Group, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC

Kip Ebel, MBA
Principal, Forensic & Integrity Services, EY, New York, NY

Aurelie Ercoli, LLM, PhD
Partner, Life Sciences Practice Group, DLA Piper, US, Washington, DC

Ronnie H. Feldman
Founder & CEO, L&E: Comedians Who Improve Compliance, Chicago, IL

Alison J. Fethke, JD
Member of the Firm, Epstein Becker Green; Former Division Counsel, Legal Regulatory & Compliance, AbbVie, Chicago, IL

David Fisher, MS
President, TDI Solutions; Former VP & General Manager, Cyber Innovations, Battelle, Washington, DC

Sara K. Frank, JD
Principal, Life Science Practice, Choate Hall & Stewart, Boston, MA

Gary F. Giampetruzzi, JD
Partner & Global Chair Life Sciences, Paul Hastings; Former VP & AGC, Head of Government Investigations, Pfizer, New York, NY

John Gitas, MBA
Principal, US Advisory, Healthcare and Life Sciences, KPMG, New York, NY

Noah C. Goldstein, JD
Counsel, Porzio Bromberg & Newman; Former Compliance and Privacy Specialist, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Westborough, MA

Neeraj Gupta, MBA
President, Chief Technology Officer, Cresen Solutions, Chester Springs, PA

Kris Hall, JD, CIPP/CIPM
Managing Director, Dovetail; Former VP, Chief Privacy Officer, Celgene; Former VP, Head of Privacy, Shire, Bridgton, ME

Kristin M. Hicks, JD
Partner, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC

Emily F. Hodge, JD
Partner, Life Science Practice, Choate, Hall & Stewart, Boston, MA

Casey J. Horton, CFE
Managing Director, Epsilon Life Sciences; Former Director, Compliance Operations, AbbVie, Chicago, IL

Jeff Hyre
Vice President Sales, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Global Relay, Denver, CO

Katie Jacyna
Vice President, Product Management, Helio Health Group, Denver, CO

Mark A. Jensen, JD
Partner, Special Matters and Government Investigations, King & Spalding, Washington, DC

Erin Brown Jones, MA, JD
Partner, Latham & Watkins, Washington, DC

Marci Juneau, MBA
A Founding Partner, Helio Health Group, Atlanta, GA

Olivia Krzeminski, JD
Director of Compliance & Legal Research, G&M Health, Somerset, NJ

Jeffrey Low, RPh, MHA
Director, Ankura; Former VP, Clinical Services, Magellan Health; Former Director, Medicare Services, CVS/Caremark, Phoenix, AZ

Robert Melillo, JD
Co-founder and Managing Director, G&M Health, Cocoa Beach, FL

Brook Mishler, RN, MSN
Global Director of Compliance Solutions, Life Sciences, Case IQ; Former Compliance Officer for the Americas, Cordis, Ontario, Canada


SPONSORED BY


PRODUCED BY


PCF BOARD

Donna White, CCEP
Vice President and Compliance Officer, Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A., Americas Region (Board Chair)


Christie Camelio
Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, Insmed


Jill Dailey, JD
Vice President & Chief Compliance Officer, Oncology, Menarini Stemline


Anisa Dhalla
Vice President, Global Head, Ethics and Business Integrity, UCB


Daryl Kreml, JD
Head of Ethics & Compliance, Global Oncology, Takeda


Melissa T. Lozner, JD
Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, Regeneron

MEDICAL DEVICE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Sujata Dayal, JD
Independent Board Director, Emergent BioSolutions; Senior Advisor


JJ Kuhn, JD
Senior Vice President and Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer, Solventum


Mona Peterson Rosow, JD, MPH
Vice President, Global Risk, Ethics & Compliance Officer, Mozarc Medical


Tara Shewchuk, JD, LLM
Senior Vice President, Chief Privacy, Integrity & Compliance Officer, Medtronic


Daniel Spicehandler, JD
Vice President Compliance, Commercial Divisions, Stryker

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EXHIBITOR



Katherine C. Norris, MPA
Senior Managing Director, Life Sciences Compliance, Disputes & Economics, Ankura, Honolulu, HI

Daniel O'Connor
Senior Vice President, NXLevel Compliance; Angel Investor, Angel Investor Forum, Lambertville, NJ

John Poulin
Chief Technology Officer and Partner, Helio Health Group, Boston, MA

Saraswatha Lalitha Putcha, MA
Director, Product & Client Delivery, Cresen Solutions, Philadelphia, PA

Nikki Reeves, JD
Partner and Co-chair, Life Sciences and Healthcare Industry Group, King & Spalding, Washington, DC

Russell Rose, JD
Managing Director, Life Sciences Advisory, Deloitte, Dallas, TX

Jeffrey Scott, JD
Of Counsel, Life Sciences, DLA Piper; Former Lead Compliance Counsel, Digital, Reporting, and Analytics, Pfizer, Philadelphia, PA

Paul Silver
Principal, Life Sciences Regulatory, Legal & Compliance Leader, Deloitte, Atlanta, GA

Laura A. Skinner, MBA
Managing Director, Life Sciences & Healthcare Consulting Group, Paul Hastings; Managing Director, Rare Disease Compliance Consortium, New York, NY

Ravneet Talwar, MBA
Senior Manager, Life Sciences & Healthcare Consulting Group, Paul Hastings, New York, NY

L. Stephan Vincze, JD, LLM, MBA
President & CEO, TRESTLE Compliance; Former SVP & CCO, Warner Chilcot; Former VP & CCO, TAP, Boston, MA

Erin Wagenberg, CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPT, FIP
Director, Dovetail Consulting Group; Former Deputy Privacy Officer, Deloitte Global, Atlanta, GA

Shannon Walker
Executive Vice President, Thought Leadership & Strategy, Case IQ; Founder and President, Whistleblower Security, Ontario, Canada

Robert A. Wells, JD
Shareholder, Baker Donelson, Baltimore, MD

Kelly Willenberg, MBA, DBA, CHC
Chief Executive Officer, Kelly Willenberg and Associates, Greenville, SC


Jacob Wolf, MBA
Chief Commercial Officer, Cresen Solutions, Orlando, FL

Cobun Zweifel-Keegan, JD, CIPP/US
Managing Director, IAPP; Former Deputy Director, Privacy Initiatives, Better Business Bureau, Washington, DC

THE PHARMA CONGRESS ANNOUNCES AN EXTRA AFTERNOON OR HALF-DAY SPECIALTY FOCUSED SESSIONS ON HIT ISSUES IN PHARMA & DEVICE COMPLIANCE!

Kick off 27th Pharma/Device Ethics & Compliance Congress with an added half-day of high-impact Specialty Sessions on Tuesday afternoon, October 13, featuring timely, expert-led deep dives on the hottest issues facing pharma and device companies today. These will include sessions on Advanced Strategies Coordinating Compliance between Medial Affairs and Commercial & Practical Case Studies in the Use of AI by Pharma and Device Company Ethics and Compliance Departments. Included with your registration, this is a valuable opportunity to gain practical insights, benchmark with peers, and arrive fully prepared for the main three-day event.


AN OVERVIEW OF THE 27TH CONGRESS SCHEDULE
Day 1: Tuesday, October 13,2026
  • Afternoon Half-day Specialty Focused Sessions
Day 2: Wednesday, October 14,2026
  • Networking Breakfast
  • Morning Concurrent Mini Summits
  • Networking Luncheon
  • Afternoon Opening Plenary Session
  • Networking Reception
Day 3: Thursday, October 15,2026
  • Networking Breakfast
  • Morning PCF CCO Roundtable (Invitation-only)
  • Morning Concurrent Mini Summits
  • Networking Luncheon
  • Afternoon Closing Plenary Session
Day 4: Friday, October 16,2026
  • Networking Breakfast
  • Morning PCF Industry-only Plenary Session
  • Noon: Congress Adjournment

CONGRESS REGISTRATION

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