Human + Machine: The Enduring Value of Information Professionals in the Age of AI 

Tuesday, 10 November – Wednesday, 11 November, 2026
Sofitel Philadelphia at Rittenhouse Square

Registration now open!

Confirmed Presentations:

• What Your AI Tool Doesn't Know — And Why That Matters in Pharma: A Practical Guide to Grounding Enterprise AI in Verified Evidence - Chris Bendall, Research Solutions
• Speed to Draft: How One Consulting Firm uses AI to Strengthen and Not Replace Humans - Tara Breton, Health Advances
• A Very Particular Set of Skills or, This is Why We Must Have Niche Things - Matt Eberle, BizInt Smart Charts

Share Your Perspective: Call for Papers

What We're Looking For

We welcome proposals from across the PhMTI community. Strong submissions tend to be grounded in real experience — a project you ran, a tool you evaluated, a workflow you changed, a lesson you learned the hard way. We are equally interested in candid accounts of what did not work.

• Staying Valuable — The Enduring Role of the Information Professional
• Looking Back — AI's Impact So Far (the good and the bad)
• Looking Ahead — What Comes Next

Session Formats

We welcome proposals in any of the following formats.

• Presentation (≈30-45 minutes): an individual or co-presented talk
• Panel or Fireside Chat (≈45-60 minutes): a moderated conversation among multiple perspectives
• Lightning Talk (≈10-15 minutes): a focused take on a single idea, tool, or lesson
• Case Study or Workshop (≈30-60 minutes): a hands-on or deep-dive session

Submit proposals or questions to sam.intriligator@regeneron.com with chair@phmti.org on Cc

Full Call for Papers (deadline 11 August 2026)

Program Committee:

• Samantha Intriligator (Chair)
• Tara Breton
• Lisa Kane

Planning Committee:

• Karen Mirabile (Chair)
• Diana Gowe
• Diane Webb

More Information

Venue:

Sofitel Philadelphia at Rittenhouse Square
120 S 17th St
Philadelphia, PA

Registration: 

Registration 

Members: $200
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Hotel:

Hotel Reservations

Please use this link to receive the conference rate. If you run into any issues while booking a room, please reach out to Karen.Mirabile@springernature.com

Sponsors & Exhibitors: 
Contact: Dwayne Bowie dwayne.bowie@firstwordgroup.com

Gold Sponsors:

Copyright Clearance Center (CCC)
EBSCO
FirstWord
Research Solutions
Springer Nature
Wolters Kluwer

Silver Sponsors:

BizInt Smart Charts
GlobalData Healthcare
OpenAthens
PharmaCircle
Taylor & Francis
TDNet

Third Iron

Bronze Sponsors:

Annual Reviews
JoVE

Questions?

Email: chair@phmti.org