For years, the pharmaceutical industry has invested significantly in automation, digitalisation and smart manufacturing technologies. However, despite these advances, pharmaceutical manufacturers continue to face persistent challenges, including production delays, technology transfer gaps, disconnected functions, rising operating costs, workforce shortages and implementation failures. At the same time, organisations face growing pressure to increase productivity, improve quality and deliver more with fewer resources. The 8th Annual Pharma Manufacturing & Automation Convention (PM&AC) 2026 to be held on October 27th and 28th at Novotel Hyderabad Airport is designed to address these challenges from a business and leadership perspective. Instead of simply asking, “What technology should we adopt next?”, PM&AC 2026 focuses on a more strategic question: “How can better business decisions create sustainable manufacturing excellence?”
Moving Beyond Automation
Under the theme “Beyond Automation: Building Faster, Smarter & More Adaptive Pharma Enterprises,” PM&AC 2026 goes beyond discussions about machines, software and individual technologies. Instead, the convention examines the leadership, decision-making, collaboration and enterprise-wide strategies required to achieve meaningful and sustainable transformation. Across a focused two-day programme, delegates will explore how smarter production planning, effective technology transfer, practical AI adoption, workforce development and cross-functional collaboration can work together to improve manufacturing performance and business outcomes.
Practical Insights for Real Manufacturing Challenges
The programme has been developed through extensive discussions with senior pharmaceutical leaders across manufacturing, quality and operational excellence. As a result, PM&AC 2026 combines strategic perspectives with practical learning.
The two-day programme will feature:
Visionary keynote presentations
Real-world industry case studies
Interactive workshops
Boardroom simulations
Expert panel discussions
Technology and solution showcases
Consequently, delegates will gain practical insights and actionable ideas that they can apply within their own organisations.
PM&AC Boardroom War Room
One of the key highlights of PM&AC 2026 will be the PM&AC Boardroom War Room—an immersive business simulation designed to challenge participants with real-world manufacturing investment decisions. Participants will evaluate scenarios involving predictive maintenance, artificial intelligence, digital batch records and automation projects from the perspectives of CEOs, CFOs and plant leaders. The interactive experience will help participants strengthen strategic decision-making, financial thinking and technology evaluation, while demonstrating how organisations can connect technology investments with measurable business value.
Pharma Manufacturing Excellence Awards 2026
PM&AC 2026 will take place alongside the Pharma Manufacturing & Automation Excellence Awards (PM&AE Awards) 2026, creating a comprehensive platform for knowledge exchange and industry recognition. The convention will bring together pharmaceutical manufacturing leaders, quality professionals, technology experts, solution providers and business decision-makers at Hotel Novotel Hyderabad Convention Centre (HICC), Hyderabad. While PM&AC 2026 focuses on learning, collaboration and future-ready manufacturing strategies, the PM&AE Awards will recognise organisations and individuals who demonstrate outstanding excellence, innovation and leadership in pharmaceutical manufacturing and automation. Together, the convention and awards will create an integrated platform for learning, benchmarking, networking and celebrating manufacturing excellence.
Why Attend PM&AC 2026?
Gain Strategic Insights
Discover how leading pharmaceutical companies are moving beyond automation to strengthen decision-making, enterprise agility and manufacturing performance.
Experience Practical Learning
Engage with case studies, workshops, boardroom simulations and interactive discussions that address real-world pharmaceutical manufacturing challenges, rather than focusing solely on theoretical concepts.
Explore Future-Ready Technologies
Understand practical applications of AI, digital manufacturing, production planning, automation and workforce transformation through industry case studies and technology showcases.
Network with Industry Leaders
Connect with manufacturing heads, quality leaders, digital transformation experts, technology partners and senior decision-makers from across the pharmaceutical ecosystem.
Who Should Attend?
PM&AC 2026 is designed for professionals and decision-makers involved in pharmaceutical manufacturing, technology, operations and business transformation, including:
Manufacturing, Production and Plant Heads
Digital Transformation, Automation, IT and OT Leaders
Operations, Engineering and Maintenance Leaders
Continuous Improvement, Operational Excellence and Lean Practitioners
Quality Assurance, Quality Control and Technology Transfer Professionals
Supply Chain, Planning and Warehouse Professionals
Shaping the Future of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
As pharmaceutical manufacturing becomes increasingly connected, intelligent and data-driven, technology alone will not determine future success. Better decisions, stronger collaboration, skilled workforces and adaptive operating models will be equally important. PM&AC 2026 provides a platform for industry leaders to explore these priorities, exchange practical experiences and identify strategies that can deliver faster, smarter and more adaptive pharmaceutical enterprises.
