Pharma & Device Forum 2026
For the Industry by the Industry.
16-17 March, 2026
25 Collins Street, Melbourne 3000, VIC Australia
Who should attend the
2026 Pharma & Medical Device Forum?
The 2026 Pharma and Device Forum (GMP Forum) is being held in Melbourne on the 16th March & 17th March 2026.
The Pharma & Medical Device Forum is designed for professionals across the pharmaceutical, medical device, and broader life sciences sectors. Ideal attendees include those working in manufacturing, quality control, regulatory compliance, sterile production, validation, engineering, laboratory science, compounding pharmacy, supply chain, packaging, logistics, and product innovation. It’s also valuable for researchers, post-graduate/PhD supervisors, architects, and professionals involved in audits, pharmacovigilance, or computerised systems. This conference offers two days of professional development, regulatory updates, and opportunities to network with peers and industry experts.
Each year, we cover the latest advances in pharmaceutical, medical devices, and complementary medicines, with topics such as laboratory testing, technological disruptions and new tech opportunities, validation, regulatory compliance, pharmaceutical quality (management) systems (PQS) and Medical Device Quality Management Systems (QMS), offering the latest regulatory compliance updates to keep you up-to-date, including contamination controls, validation compliance, using AI and machine learning to improve quality systems, and enhancing Australia’s export capabilities for medicines and medical devices.
Agenda: Next year’s Pharma & Medical Device/GMP Forum conference topics are being finalised and this webpage will be updated regularly. Featuring top industry speakers, last year’s life science conference topics covered the latest innovations & sustainable manufacturing trends for pharmaceuticals, radiopharmaceuticals, biological medicines, medical devices including wearable health tech and diagnostics, risk and benefits and common uses of artificial intelligence (AI) in life science manufacturing, packaging sustainability and waste reduction, supply chain security/pharmacovigilance, and pandemic prevention upscaling requirements for sterile medicinal products including mRNA technologies, new delivery systems for medicines, and other topical life science industry discussions.
Learn from Industry Experts
Our speaker lineup each year is packed with top industry professionals who are at the forefront of manufacturing advancements and regulatory compliance. Our presenters will share their knowledge and insights on the latest developments in the field, from quality assurance to regulatory compliance to AI trends in life sciences, from radiopharmaceuticals to large-scale validation projects, from supply chain security to efficient, sustainable manufacturing and industry waste reduction.
Network with Peers
Expand your professional circle and collaboration opportunities. Meet and connect with like-minded individuals and thought-leaders from the pharmaceutical and medical device industries and expand your professional network.
Stay Up-to-Date
Stay ahead of the curve with the latest pharmaceutical industry, medical device industry and plant-based medicines, including GMP information, computer system validation (CSV) challenges and solutions, Annex 11 updates, sterile manufacturing requirements, packaging reforms, radiopharmaceuticals, operations best practices, and cutting-edge advancements in the field.
Opportunity
Don’t miss this opportunity to be a part of the leading GMP & life science event for the pharmaceutical & medical device industry.
Register your interest now and join us at Pharma and Device Forum 2025, where knowledge meets opportunity.
The 3 Education Tracks for the GMP Forum 2026 (TBC):
Focus on advancements in drug development, biotech, drug delivery devices, medical device innovations, and cutting-edge technologies like mRNA and AI-driven diagnostics/wearable health tech regulatory requirements.
Dedicated to sustainable production, contamination control, regulatory compliance, minimising consumable waste and manufacturing pollution, sterile manufacturing, and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) relevant to pharmaceutical, biotech, plant-based medicines and medical device industries.
Targeting cleanroom engineers, process validation professionals, laboratory scientists, radiopharmaceutical manufacturers, validation professionals and equipment advances; covering facility design/architecture trends for scalable manufacturing scenarios and pandemic-prevention/pandemic responses, contamination prevention, and best practices in laboratory testing.
Sponsors of the 2026 Pharma & Medical Device Forum
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25 Collins Street, Melbourne 3000, VIC Australia
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Past GMP Forum Topics
The PharmOut GMP Forum has a proud history of being run for over a decade, and the range of topics covered has been vast. Below are just a few of the highlights, many of which have been made available for the industry to access after the event. Next year’s forum has had a name change to the ‘Pharma and Device Forum’ and the venue has been moved to the Melbourne Convention Center to cater for additional sponsors and attendees.
Looking Forward to Seeing you there!
Register today and catch up in person with your colleagues and other pharmaceutical manufacturing and cleanroom architect experts! Share ideas, learn what’s happening across the world in terms of pharmaceutical manufacturing, and share a coffee and a laugh!
