Conference Welcome
The Marker Suite
Eddie Ryan, CEO and Co-Founder of Kneat, opens Validate 2026 — welcoming attendees from across the global validation community and setting the stage for two days of insight, connection, and innovation.
VALIDATE 2026 REVISITED
Relive the Experience. Leverage the Insight.
Access presentations from VALIDATE 2026 and revisit the ideas, innovations, and expert perspectives shared throughout the event. Explore key takeaways from validation leaders and turn fresh insights into practical action.
Customer Only: Product Vision and Roadmap
The Marker Suite
Donal O’Sullivan outlines Kneat’s strategic vision for AI in validation — from intelligent authoring and automated test execution to predictive compliance insights — and shares what’s on the product roadmap for 2026 and beyond.
Customer Only: Cleaning Validation
The Marker Suite
Customer Only: AI Vision and Roadmap
The Marker Suite
Conference Keynote
The Marker Suite
A thought-provoking keynote exploring the intersection of mental performance, resilience, and high-stakes decision-making — and what the world of elite sport can teach the life sciences industry about sustaining excellence under pressure.
How Digital Validation was a key enabler to MSD ONECQV (Combining C&Q - CSV)
The Marker Suite
A practical case study on how MSD unified their Commissioning & Qualification and Computer System Validation programs into a single digital workflow using Kneat — reducing duplication, improving traceability, and accelerating site readiness.
Kneat Product Session - eLogbooks
The Shannon
A deep-dive into Kneat’s eLogbooks module — covering configuration options, GxP compliance considerations, and real-world examples of how teams are replacing paper-based logbooks with a fully digital, audit-ready alternative.
Transforming Pharma Manufacturing: Sanofi's Journey Towards Digital Excellence in the Pharma 4.0 Era
The Marker Suite
Sanofi’s VP of Engineering shares how the organisation is navigating the shift to Pharma 4.0 — connecting intelligent automation, digital validation, and data-driven quality systems to drive efficiency across global manufacturing sites.
Kneat Product Session: Entities & CSV
The Shannon
An overview of how Kneat’s Entities framework and CSV capabilities support structured, risk-based validation of computerized systems — with practical guidance on template design, lifecycle management, and audit trail integrity.
Kneat Innovative Customer Award Sessions
The Marker Suite
Three Kneat customers — from Alcon, Colgate-Palmolive, and Pfizer — share how they have pushed the boundaries of digital validation, each recognized for exceptional innovation, adoption, and impact in their organizations.
Kneat Innovative Customer Award Sessions
The Marker Suite
Three Kneat customers — from Alcon, Colgate-Palmolive, and Pfizer — share how they have pushed the boundaries of digital validation, each recognized for exceptional innovation, adoption, and impact in their organizations.
Kneat Innovative Customer Award Sessions
The Marker Suite
Three Kneat customers — from Alcon, Colgate-Palmolive, and Pfizer — share how they have pushed the boundaries of digital validation, each recognized for exceptional innovation, adoption, and impact in their organizations.
Practical use of Kneat to standardize and simplify validation across global MODA-ES deployments at Lonza
The Marker Suite
A practical walkthrough of how Lonza leveraged Kneat to bring consistency and simplicity to their global MODA-ES validation programme — covering template standardization, cross-site alignment, and lessons learned from multi-site roll out.
Kneat AI Vision and Road Map
The Shannon
Pfizer’s Kneat Global Deployment Journey
The Marker Suite
Gisele Fahmi and Vasilios Tsatsaias share how Pfizer approached the global rollout of Kneat across their manufacturing network — covering governance, change management, and the measurable impact on validation cycle times.
Kneat Integrations
The Shannon
A technical session exploring how Kneat connects with enterprise systems including ERP, LIMS, and document management platforms — with real examples of integration architectures built by Kneat customers and partners.
AI in Validation & Quality: What’s Real, What’s Next
The Marker Suite
A panel of industry leaders cuts through the hype to examine where AI is genuinely delivering value in regulated validation today — and what organisations need to do now to prepare for the next wave of intelligent automation.
Main Challenges Slowing Your Digital Validation (and How Top Teams Are Solving Them)
The Shannon
An interactive panel drawing on insights from Kneat’s global customer base — identifying the most common blockers to digital validation adoption and sharing the practical strategies that high-performing teams are using to overcome them.
Driving Cost Reduction for C&Q Capital Projects with Digital Validation
The Marker Suite
Patrick Mullin from Sanofi presents a data-driven analysis of how digital validation has reduced cost and schedule overruns on capital commissioning and qualification projects — with specific metrics on efficiency gains and audit performance.
How Alcon Uses Kneat as Catalyst for for Harmonization
The Shannon
Nathan Raschke and Daniel Weingand explain how Alcon used Kneat not just as a validation tool but as a strategic lever for harmonizing analytical science and technology practices across their global manufacturing and R&D sites.
Digital Validation at Eli Lilly
The Marker Suite
Jeff Denault shares Eli Lilly’s digital validation journey — from initial pilot through enterprise-wide adoption — including the organizational model, technical architecture, and cultural shifts that underpinned their success.
Expert Panel: Implementation and Adoption: Strategies and Tactics
The Shannon
A practitioner-led panel exploring what separates successful digital validation implementations from stalled ones — covering stakeholder engagement, training approaches, change resistance, and the metrics that matter most.
Audit Readiness in a Digital Environment
The Marker Suite
A panel discussion on how digital validation fundamentally changes audit preparation — examining how teams are using Kneat to maintain a constant state of inspection readiness, respond faster to queries, and demonstrate robust data integrity.
Data Integration Platform - implementation and validation challenges
The Shannon
Grzegorz Janczewski presents a detailed case study on implementing and validating a data integration platform — addressing the unique CSV challenges posed by middleware systems and sharing a practical framework for managing integration risk.
Smart Commissioning in a Pharma 4.0 Smart Factory: A Digital CQV/CSV Ecosystem
The Marker Suite
Darren Crowe from AstraZeneca outlines how digital CQV and CSV are being woven into the fabric of a Pharma 4.0 smart factory — enabling real-time commissioning data capture, automated test execution, and seamless handover to operations.
Digital Validation Mastery: Enabling Validation 4.0
The Shannon
No deviation and ProcellaRX present a framework for achieving Validation 4.0 maturity — combining risk-based thinking, digital execution, and continuous improvement to move beyond compliance and into genuine operational excellence.
The State of Validation 2026: Accelerating Digital Maturity in the Age of AI
The Marker Suite
A comprehensive cross-industry panel assessing where the validation profession stands in 2026 — benchmarking digital maturity, examining the impact of AI, and identifying the actions organisations must take to accelerate their transformation.
Resilience Is a Validation Activity: We Rebuild, We Validate, We Protect
The Marker Suite
Elba Madouar delivers a powerful closing address on organizational resilience — drawing on her experience leading digital transformation through disruption and making the case that validation is not just a compliance function, but a cornerstone of business continuity.