Age of AI Canada

Healthcare’s AI Marketing & Communications Reality
May 28, Toronto
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Age of AI returns for its third year. 2026 is all about ROI. This year’s speakers will reveal what scaled, what delivered measurable impact, and how companies are using AI workflows to get more from their teams.

Designed for non-technical leaders in pharma marketing, medical, and communications, the event will help attendees improve HCP and patient engagement, simplify everyday workflows, and thrive in 2026 by putting AI to work.

Event Themes

Faster Customer Insights, Quicker Business
Decisions


AI Workflows That Save Time & Money
Agents Across the Workforce
AI in Everyday Marketing & Comms Campaigns

Inspiring Speakers!
More Announced Each Week

AGENDA

9:00

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9:30

Opening keynote: Agents, Robots, Humans: The Next Wave of Work

Explore the near-term trends shaping the AI landscape right now: the rise of world models and synthetic data, the acceleration of robotics, the emergence of agents and agentic workflows, the evolution of the agentic organisation, and the transformation of commerce, content and user interfaces through generative systems.

9:30

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9:50

Case Study: AI-Powered Market Intelligence: How Agentic AI Transforms Script and Sales Data into Reliable Insights

  • Insights that drive the next best action rely on one critical element: trusted data. This session will share IQVIA’s journey into agentic AI. From product iteration to market impact, get a first-hand look at what it takes to ensure your insights can be trusted.
  • See how complex market questions are broken into sub-tasks to retrieve the exact data needed for rapid, accurate market insights, helping leaders make decisions at the speed of change.
  • Exclusive case study: Hear how a leading life sciences company accelerated its time to insight, improved operational efficiency, and scaled AI-enabled analytics across the organisation, resulting in faster decision-making and greater business impact

Chris Tristram
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Product Strategist, Strategy & Corporate Development, Technology Solutions
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IQVIA

9:50

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10:10

Exclusive: AI-Powered Customer Mapping For Modern HCP Engagement

  • See how brands can create personalised interactions by understanding individual needs in real time.
  • Show up relevant on the first interaction with a defensible, auditable “why this HCP, why now” reducing wasted calls and increasing credibility.
  • Differentiate your brand by ensuring your insights drive actions, resulting in smarter targeting & not more noise.

10:10

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10:30

The End of KOL Intelligence: Welcome to the Era of AI Enabled Community Intelligence

  • Learn how to spot real influence early, so launches and message adoption spread through peer networks.
  • Create a compliance-safe model to capture and curate frontline clinical signals (MSL insights, RWE, peer consults) into usable learning.
  • Leave with a shared operating language (KOL to COL) that enhances cross functional opportunity, turning uncertainty into action
Dr. Daniel Rasic
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Co-Founder & COO
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Virtual Hallway

10:30

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11:00

Coffee & Networking

11:00

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11:35

A live teardown of the client–agency workflow: where AI saves time, where it adds risk, and how to restructure approvals.

  • This panel will cut through the noise and show what’s working, what isn’t and what work needs to be done in order for agencies and clients to benefit from AI. 
  • From marketing, to compliance, the panelists will show practical applications of AI tools that enhance the client agency model, value and output, not erode it.
  • Panelists will also share how colleagues from legal, compliance & ethics are critical partners for long-term AI success.
Niousha Ghazni
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Senior Director, Global Strategic Marketing, Lifecycle Management, US Marketing & Innovation
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Emergent Biosolutions
Dave Makerewich
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President and Founder
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Maven
Expert Speaker Coming Soon
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11:35

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12:00

Case Study: The ROI of an AI Agent Trained Fieldforce

  • Exclusive adoption and outcome data on rollout of AI coaching across multiple life science companies.
  • See what “good” looks like in a scaled rollout: how trust was built and maintained. And how product updates are needed to meet end users' needs.
  • Advance your personal and team's potential with instant, personalized coaching.
Tiana DiMichele
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Vice President, Business Development
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Impres

12:00

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12:30

Follow-on Case Study: Democratizing Healthcare with Agentic AI - The Results!

  • Follow-up case study on the real-world deployment of an agentic AI clinical advisor across CABG patients pre- and post-surgery: what worked, what surprised us, and where challenges remain.
  • Insights from over 50 patient experiences, including early findings from post-pilot surveys and anonymized excerpts from patient–AI interactions
  • What these findings mean for the future of patient support and life sciences engagement.

Dr. Bobby Yanagawa
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Program Director and Associate Professor
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Division of Cardiac Surgery at the University of Toronto
Murray Forrestall
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Partner
,
RXCHAINGE AI

12:30

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13:30

Lunch in Ariebella Restaurant

13:30

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15:00

Agent Design Studio + Live Build: From Workflow Map to Working Prototype

In this 90mins hands-on workshop, attendees will be guided through a 3 stage rapid prototyping and training on Agent creation. By the end of the session, all modelled agents will be shared with some being built in real time for review.

  • Map: Define where “AI-first” Agentic workflows add the most value: new roles & new goals.
  • Model: Where to build first: PSP, Marketing ops automation, content/version control, insight-to-brief.
  • Deploy: Guardrails that make it safe at scale: build on escalation control, with the correct humans remaining in the loop.
Daanyaal Bandukwala
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Founder & Managing Director
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NK Global™ and INK Americas
Nicole Serena
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Founder & Managing Director
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INK Global™ and INK Americas | CEO, PSP Solutions Inc.

15:00

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15:30

Coffee & Networking

15:30

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15:50

Case Study: GEO Why Brands Must Build AI Ready Content

  • As agents reshape content discovery, your future campaigns must become AI & agent-readable.
  • Develop an internal content production roadmap that is designed for future AI acceptance.
  • How to get found when search becomes a conversation. And how to remain compliant at scale. 

16:10

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16:40

Closing Discussion - AI and the workforce, where is it all going?

Denisse Irrgang
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AI Sr. Product Manager
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AstraZeneca
Paul Costea
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Systems Process Analyst
,
Roche

16:40

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18:00

Networking Drinks

18:00

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0:00

OPMA Summer Soirèe

Stunning venue

  • Sutton Place Hotel: Experience one of Toronto’s most luxurious venues. Dine and network in Abrielle restaurant, and enjoy a setting that blends timeless charm with vibrant energy.
  • Address: 355 King St W, Toronto, ON M5V 2E7, Canada
  • Parking & Access: There are paid parking lots at the hotel and within a short walking distance.

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