Commercial Summit

Veeva Commercial Summit - Sales, Marketing, Medical

Madrid | 5–6 November, 2025

Moving the Industry Forward

Trail Map - Consumer Health

Tuesday, 4 November
15:30–19:30 CET

Registration Opens
15:30 CET

Pre-Summit Connect
17:00–18:30 CET
Network with peers. Join industry experts and local communities to discuss challenges and best practices.

Welcome Reception
18:00–19:30 CET
Wednesday, 5 November
09:00–22:30 CET

Networking
08:00–08:45 CET
Medical Affairs Networking Breakfast

Keynote
09:00–09:50 CET
Philipp Luik Veeva
Vice President, Commercial Strategy Europe
Chris Moore Veeva
President, Europe
Arno Sosna Veeva
General Manager, Commercial Cloud Products

Zone Keynotes
10:30–11:30 CET

Experience the power of agentic AI in Vault CRM and how a single customer view and embedded data connects sales, marketing, and medical. Hear from Bayer AG and Otsuka on how this drives innovation and shapes the future of customer engagement.

Alexander Alex Bayer AG
Head of Veeva Platform / Head of Pharma Decision Science & AI
Debbie Young Otsuka Europe
Multichannel Strategy & Customer Insights Director
Povilas Petkevicius Veeva
Vice President, CRM Product Management, Global
Arno Sosna Veeva
General Manager, Commercial Cloud Products

Listen in as AI industry thought-leaders, Dr. Sheuli Porkess and Dr. Nick Broughton (Pharma Ethos), go beyond the technology to address how building trust and fostering “AI literacy” among stakeholders is critical to commercial success. Discover their ethical and practical insights on how to use AI as a strategic tool to enhance, not replace, human expertise and get the latest Veeva direction for PromoMats and Medical to help guide your team’s evolution.

Nick Broughton Ethos
Founder & Managing Director
Sheuli Porkess Actaros
Director
Callum Hawes Veeva
Senior Director, Medical Strategy
Emma Hyland Veeva
Vice President, Strategy, Commercial Content, Europe

Learn how Data Cloud enables better customer engagement with HCP-level data. Hear from industry leaders how they are reinventing their global data foundation, scaling AI, and achieving better commercial outcomes.

Hari Krishna Iyer Bayer AG
Business Capability Lead
Kilian Weiss Veeva
President, Link and OpenData, SVP Data Cloud International

Lunch and Connect
11:30–12:50 CET
Networking, Innovation Theaters, Demos, and Group Discussions

Connect
11:30–11:50 CET

See how Vault CRM Suite enables synchronized sales and marketing teams, scalable account-level engagement (KAM), and improved coordination from clinical to effective commercialization.

Discover how standardizing and simplifying the Commercial and Medical content taxonomy models creates a scalable foundation for growth and future innovation like AI.

Matthew Isoo Veeva
Principal Consultant

Discover how Link Workflow streamlines congress planning for better cross-functional coordination. Uncover how to leverage Link data to optimize KOL engagement strategies and increase your impact.


Connect
12:30–12:50 CET

Discover how agentic AI in Vault CRM drives commercial efficiency and effectiveness. Learn more about AI Agents in CRM, including pre-call planning, semantic content search, compliant free-text, and voice control.

See how the Scientific Communication Platform (SCP) works as the single source of scientific truth in MedComms, enabling agility in content creation and consistent, accurate messaging across channels and interactions.

Discover key features that will help you streamline content preparation, reduce review cycles, and ensure compliance while empowering your agencies and marketing teams.

Sally Eckhart Veeva
Content Partner Manager

Don’t let valuable HCP portal engagement go to waste. This demo shows how to instantly identify portal visitors using Veeva Network and OpenData, then compliantly route them to the field for immediate follow-up, turning digital interest into meaningful conversations.

Megan Watson Veeva
Principal Solution Consultant

See how Medical Themes in Link Medical Insights uncover signals faster to improve decision-making.

Marc Krueger Veeva
Director, Link Medical Insights, Global

Sessions
13:00–13:50 CET

Discover Vault CRM Suite innovations advancing unified, customer-centric engagement. Explore how actionable data and AI agents directly embedded within CRM improve field efficiency.

Povilas Petkevicius Veeva
Vice President, CRM Product Management, Global

Learn more about what’s coming in PromoMats and Veeva AI and how the latest innovations can help you achieve content personalization and improve engagement.

Learn about recent and upcoming innovations in MedComms and MedInquiry, including new use cases we’re planning with Veeva AI.

Carlos Martelo Veeva
Sr. Director, Product Management

Learn about exciting new innovations coming to the Link Suite of data applications. Discover how MSD leverages Link’s deep KOL data and flexible workflows to improve customer-centricity and productivity.

Eric Toron MSD
Executive Director & Head of Operations, MSD Medical Affairs
Manuel Moeller Veeva
Vice President, Link Strategy

Discover how a top 20 biopharma used OpenData and Network to harmonize master data globally. Learn about innovations building on the OpenData foundation to deliver a 360° view of HCPs with new insights on access and metrics.


Connect
14:00–14:50 CET
Innovation Theaters, Networking, Demos, and More

Connect
14:00–14:20 CET

See how Vault CRM Suite unifies sales, marketing, medical, and service on a single platform for personalized HCP journeys, streamlined commercial operations, and better patient outcomes.

Harvey Thandi Veeva
Principal Solution Consultant, Commercial

Learn more about deep integrations between Vault CRM Suite and Microsoft 365 to support cross-team collaboration and improve productivity.

Aleix Deu Veeva
CRM Senior Product Expert

Get a closer look at Veeva Publications, a new application for managing the end-to-end publications process from strategy to submission.

Carlos Martelo Veeva
Sr. Director, Product Management

Learn more about how the Quick Check Agent is designed to drive efficiency through upstream quality checks for seamless marketing content review.

Learn how dynamic content widgets, creative tool asset picker and asset reporting can maximize your DAM set-up.

Albert Almeyda Veeva
Senior Product Expert, Commercial Content

See how Veeva OpenData’s enhanced global data model and Direct Data API provide the foundation to move your analytics initiatives from isolated pilots to enterprise-wide production.

Michael Feldman Veeva
OpenData Product Management Lead

Explore how Link products connect to help global and local teams collaborate. This live demo will show you how to find KOLs, plan engagements, and capture insights, creating visibility across teams and functions.


Connect
14:30–14:50 CET

MedInquiry makes it easy to monitor trends and visualize performance across the case lifecycle. Learn how to maximize reports and dashboards for daily workflows and stay on top of metrics that matter.

Annalisa Cenere Veeva
Senior Solution Consultant

Sessions
15:00–15:50 CET

Learn best practices from Moonlake on unifying teams and channels for precise customer journeys and measurable impact. Get a product overview, see a live demo and roadmap.

Tino Anthamatten MoonLake Immunotherapeutics
Vice President, Marketing, Market Access & Pricing
Michael Müller-Peltzer Veeva
Director, Strategy, Campaign Manager

Learn from a top biopharma’s transformative journey to the next-generation commercial platform. Gain strategic insights for a successful transition and go-live best practices to unlock innovation.

Industry leaders share insights on today’s hottest med info topics in an interactive, rapid-fire format. You’ll hear diverse perspectives, engage in thoughtful discussion, and leave with fresh ideas to put into action.

Nick Broughton Ethos
Founder & Managing Director
Sheuli Porkess Actaros
Director
Callum Hawes Veeva
Senior Director, Medical Strategy

Explore AI-driven transformation of MLR review with Veeva AI for PromoMats. Learn how Moderna is leading the industry by implementing the Quick Check Agent and Veeva AI Chat as an early access customer.

Jason Benagh Moderna
Global Marketing Operations Director
John Oxley Veeva
Practice Manager, Content Business Consulting

A top biopharma shares how they redefine segmentation and targeting with Veeva HCP Access. Gain insights into how to find more HCPs, engage them effectively, and drive top-line growth.

Medical and commercial leaders share how they use Link to accelerate insights in new therapeutic areas and engage the right experts. Hear how Link’s deep KOL data powers their cross-functional teams as well as AI innovations.

Yann Péoc’h Servier
Head of World Operations Digital & Solutions
Lucie Williams Ipsen
Vice President, Global Head of Medical Excellence
Gill Butler Veeva
Vice President, Strategy, Link Global Strategic Accounts

What does long-term success look like? Hear from Astellas and Bayer on the evolution of their global customer master data foundation, from go-live to the significant benefits and continuous innovation they see today.

Ian Cornish Astellas
Master Data Lead
Stefan Schmidt Bayer AG
Digital Capability Lead, Field Engagement

Connect
16:00–16:50 CET
Innovation Theaters, Networking, Demos, and More

Connect
16:00–16:20 CET

Empower data-driven decision-making with tailored insights visualizations in CRM. Craft personalized user experiences with no-code customization options.

Explore how MedInquiry and Vault CRM work together to enhance capabilities and use cases to support triage and fulfillment from the field.

Understand how Link Workflow and Link Key People facilitate cross-functional collaboration to elevate KOL engagement and increase medical impact.

Give your entire organization direct data access to OpenData. This live demo shows how any team can size HCP populations and support account planning through a new web app, without needing CRM access.

Michael Feldman Veeva
OpenData Product Management Lead

Connect
16:30–16:50 CET

Transform WhatsApp into an official communication channel for field teams via Vault CRM Engage. Learn how to reach more HCPs through audit-ready chat messaging.

Learn how your MLR reviewers can be more efficient and improve their PromoMats experience with this end-to-end overview.

Tiffanj Reginato Veeva
Senior Customer Success Manager

Learn how MedInquiry’s Veeva Connections improve coordination and streamline triage and reconciliation processes shared across med info, safety, and quality teams.

Go beyond traditional metrics with a new framework for benchmarking MSL performance against the industry. Learn how to close the ‘measurement gap’ to demonstrate the true impact of scientific exchange and gain a competitive advantage.

Andrew Merron Veeva
Vice President, Link Insights

Sessions
17:00–17:50 CET

Learn Vault CRM migration key considerations for small and midsize companies and gain practical advice from Idorsia and Otsuka Europe who have successfully transitioned.

Guillaume Vorburger Idorsia Pharmaceuticals
Team Leader, Release & Operations, Commercial & Medical Systems 
Debbie Young Otsuka Europe
Multichannel Strategy & Customer Insights Director

Preview Veeva AI Agent use cases in Commercial Cloud applications. Understand how Veeva AI in the Vault Platform and embedded into Vault applications will enable broad adoption of AI and boost productivity through data insight, semantic content search, voice control, and automated content review.

LEO Pharma discuss leveraging Veeva data to understand HCP needs and experiences. Explore how connected engagement and robust measurement can align HCP expectations with their actual experience, leading to greater impact and advocacy.

Ryan Twiname LEO Pharma
Director, Head of Global Digital Engagement
Eleni Lee Veeva
Principal & Team Manager, Commercial Business Consulting

Gain insights into Service Center’s unified customer view and its impact on engagement and productivity. Hear Epikast’s inside sales implementation success. Get a product overview and explore the upcoming roadmap including agentic AI capabilities in Service Center.

Vangelis Vergetis Epikast
CEO
Franco Conte Veeva
Product Expert
Stefan Orphal Veeva
Director, Commercial Strategy, Service Center

You’ve implemented PromoMats, now what? Learn how to strategically grow and scale your compliant content ecosystem, maximizing your investment and impact.

Mara van Dorst UCB
Head of Digital Technology, Medical
Zuzana Pittnerova Sandoz
Global Director, Marketing Solutions
Boris Toet Alfasigma
Global CRM & Digital Ecosystem Lead
Joe Adams Veeva
Strategy Director, PromoMats – Europe

Discover how Astellas transformed its content planning and execution from disconnected efforts to integrated strategies and technologies. Learn how it optimized internal capabilities to deliver exceptional customer engagement.

Emma Barnett Astellas
Omnichannel Content Activation Lead
Huw Jenkins Astellas
Content Strategy Lead
Ryan Muirhead Veeva
Team Manager; Content Strategy, Veeva Business Consulting

Gain best practices from industry leaders on how to advance new outcome metrics to measure medical impact. Learn about three key enablers: valuable relationships, targeted education, and actionable insights.

Andreas Gerloff Daiichi Sankyo Europe
Director, Medical Excellence Operations
Michael Hamann MSD
Executive Director, EMEAC Medical & Value Capabilities
Anja Linnemann Independent Medical Affairs Professional
Global Field Medical Excellence Expert
Christoph Bug Veeva
Vice President, Global Medical

Bayer AG and MSD share ‘the art of the possible’ for integrating Link data to uncover new customer insights, transform analytics, and drive business processes.

Jaz Gill Bayer AG
Data Science Lead
Sonja Rivera MSD
Senior Director, Global Medical & Value Capabilities
Wayne Roberts Veeva
Director, Product Management, Data Integration

Learn how a top biopharma drives business impact with higher data quality. This session details their model of combining AI-powered automation and human expertise in Veeva OpenData to deliver more accurate and reliable results.


Networking
17:50–18:30 CET

Join us after the medical keynote for a special networking reception. This is a chance to unwind, connect with your medical peers, and share insights with others who understand the unique challenges and triumphs of medical affairs.


Evening Event
19:30–22:30 CET
Thursday, 6 November
09:00–15:00 CET

Sessions
09:00–09:50 CET

Learn from Bayer AG and other industry leaders redefining customer engagement and go-to-market strategies with Vault CRM. An end-to-end approach driving productivity, innovation, and customer impact.

Kristin Ihns Bayer AG
Global Business Capability Lead, Field Engagement
Aaron Bean Veeva
Vice President, Commercial Business Consulting Leader, Europe & Asia

Explore Vault CRM’s AI capabilities and tools. Learn to set up a zero-copy architecture with Snowflake and Databricks using Vault CRM Iceberg Data Lakehouse. Plan your integration strategy for channel orchestration.

Join us for a discussion on optimizing medical engagement by exploring new data on what Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) and medical teams truly need. We’ll show you how the latest Vault CRM and MedComms innovations are designed to meet these challenges, helping you move beyond traditional methods to build more meaningful and effective relationships.

Explore how a top biopharma accelerates end-to-end event management and deliver high-impact engagements. Learn best practices from its success story, followed by product roadmap and Q&A.

Explore how a Teva scaled field alignment in various countries while tailoring territory management for local needs. Learn best practices from its success story, followed by product roadmap and Q&A.

Aditya Kumar Teva
Senior Manager, Digital Commercial Technologies
Tobi Schürrle Teva
Senior Manager, Commercial Excellence
Alex Hryhorowych Veeva
Director, Commercial Strategy, Align
Neal Mundy Veeva
Principal Product Manager, Align

Listen in as the PMCPA and Astra Zeneca share their perspectives on ever-evolving regulations, how companies can best navigate changes and discover what is required to build trust and agility within your organization in an increasingly AI-enabled future.

Natalie Whittle Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority
Director, Code Development
Rob Best Veeva
Director, Commercial Content Strategy

Wondering how content will work in Vault CRM? Learn from top biopharmas who have recently migrated to Vault CRM and look to the future as the Veeva Product team share how the new content supply chain will help the industry to drive significantly better customer engagement.

Explore how the industry’s leading solution for KOL insights is driving the conversation forward with recent and upcoming innovations to power sales, marketing, and medical teams.

Sebastian Lindemann Veeva
Product Lead, Link Key People

Discover Veeva OpenData innovations, including a new data model, data delivery channels, and global expansion.

Michael Feldman Veeva
OpenData Product Management Lead

Connect
10:00–10:50 CET
Innovation Theaters, Networking, Demos, and More

Connect
10:00–10:20 CET

See how Service Center, built directly into CRM, enables a unified customer view to deliver prompt, personalized, and coordinated customer support. See practical applications from general inquiries to pharmacy sales, optimizing service delivery.

See how Vault CRM Suite unifies sales, marketing, medical, and service on a single platform for personalized HCP journeys, streamlined commercial operations, and better patient outcomes.

Harvey Thandi Veeva
Principal Solution Consultant, Commercial

See how new capabilities in Vault CRM help MSLs better prepare for and summarize deep medical discussions.

See how to integrate content from Vault PromoMats directly into Events Management. This demo will showcase key Vault CRM content capabilities to enhance engagement for your events.

The right content operating model is essential to ensuring the effective execution of your content strategy. Join your peers for a discussion on different approaches to refining and optimizing this model.​

Are you ready for the 2030 launch challenge? Learn how to automate label updates with the RIM connection and get ahead with pre-launch claims.

Robin Stewart Veeva
Senior Product Expert, Commercial Content

Empower field teams to maintain high-quality data from day one in Vault CRM. See how user-friendly tools in Veeva Network, like ‘search before create’ and streamlined data requests ensures a trusted customer master.

Megan Watson Veeva
Principal Solution Consultant

Discover how AI and Next Best Action (NBA) become a reality with accurate, timely, real-world HCP access data through Veeva HCP Access.

Jeroen Vanderstukken Veeva
Director, HCP Access Strategy

Join a peer discussion on translating global product strategy into impactful local execution. Share best practices on aligning teams, adapting to local market dynamics, and avoiding the common pitfalls that can derail a successful launch.

Arturo Madrid Veeva
Principal & Team Manager, Business Consulting

Connect
10:30–10:50 CET

Discover how agentic AI in Vault CRM drives commercial efficiency and effectiveness. Learn more about AI Agents in CRM, including pre-call planning, semantic content search, compliant free-text, and voice control.

Discover how Service Center enables inside sales teams to run efficient inside sales campaigns with attempt tracking, call reporting, target list management, and performance management.

Explore how to streamline your review and approval process by automatically identifying how similar new assets are to existing content and how it is helping reviewers quickly assess changes.

Amee Patel Veeva
Solution Consultant

Take your KOL prioritization strategy to the next level. Learn how to optimize segmentation and targeting using Link with advanced analytics.


Sessions
11:00–11:50 CET

Discover how Astellas redefined Key Account Management by breaking silos and aligning cross-functional teams. Learn how deeply embedding local insights delivers shared value, accelerating impact through an end-to-end engagement approach.

Pieter van der Meulen Astellas
Global Head, Field & Launch Excellence
Nick MacLeod Veeva
Principal

Learn how Bayer AG connected software and data to accelerate actionable insights directly embedded in end-user workflows.

Stefan Schmidt Bayer AG
Digital Capability Lead, Field Engagement
Sebastian Wurst Veeva
Director Strategy, OpenData

Explore upcoming innovations in Vault CRM. Get a preview of AI-powered CRM, reimagined medical interactions, and enhanced KAM capabilities, all built on the power of the Vault platform.

Explore how agentic AI the Veeva way brings greater productivity and the fastest path to high-quality, compliant content. Deep dive into the first industry-specific agents, including Veeva AI chat and PromoMats Quick Check, and how the open architecture enables deeper innovation for commercial and medical teams.

Boehringer Ingelheim, Bayer, and another top biopharma share how they drive local market value by building a reliable customer master data foundation with Veeva OpenData. Gain insights into how they enable their field force, boost efficiency, and address data management challenges.

Andreas Hackl Boehringer Ingelheim
Head of Customer Platform and Governance
Damien Caldy Veeva
Director, Strategy OpenData

Discover how to transform raw insights into actionable intelligence with Link Medical Insights. Hear how industry leaders use it to drive faster decisions, achieve enterprise-wide impact, and gain a competitive edge.

Learn from Astellas and other industry leaders how they use Link Workflow to coordinate a unified KOL engagement strategy across functions and geographies—from local teams to the global C-Suite—ensuring a consistent, high-value experience for every expert.

James Richards
Gill Butler Veeva
Vice President, Strategy, Link Global Strategic Accounts

Explore how Astellas, Orion Pharma and other commercial leaders drive field productivity and enhance analytics by leveraging customer master data. Discover their strategies for demonstrating data’s value and fostering a data-driven culture.

Ian Cornish Astellas
Master Data Lead
Raffaele Torti Orion Pharma
Customer Engagement Lead

Lunch and Connect
12:00–13:00 CET
Networking, Innovation Theaters, Demos, and Group Discussions

Connect
12:00–12:20 CET

There’s more to MedComms than meets the eye. Explore the deeper capabilities and best practices helping medical content teams work smarter and scale faster.

Discover how Veeva OpenData provides the foundational data for HCP exploration across Data Cloud and Commercial Cloud. This live demo shows how a trusted data foundation accelerates insights and drives richer, faster engagement.


Connect
12:30–12:50 CET

Discover ‘Market Insights’ – a new service powered by Data Cloud and Analytics Business Consulting that delivers precise market intelligence to support your medical and commercial strategies. Learn how to move from raw data to actionable recommendations, with crucial market implications for decisive “so what” and “now what” insights.

Andrew Merron Veeva
Vice President, Link Insights

Sessions
13:00–13:50 CET

Discover how the Veeva Vault Platform combines data, content, and AI agents for rapid AI adoption. Learn practical insights to achieve a successful agentic AI go-live and drive organizational transformation.

Explore Vault CRM complete and tailored solution for engagement, content, and analytics built for consumer health organizations. See Vault CRM pharmacy sales capabilities in action, followed by roadmap and Q&A.

Learn how Astellas, and Otsuka Europe are using Vault CRM Engage as a scalable, compliant, and unified inbound channel for HCPs across Europe. Streamline digital engagement, giving HCPs a single, easy way to connect with the industry.

Johan Brus Astellas
Global CRM Activation Lead
Sarah Feck Otsuka Europe
EU Digital Content & CRM Business Partner

Understand the key differences between Vault CRM and commonly used Salesforce platform components for a seamless transition.

Understand how to set up and customize reports and dashboards for full visibility into content performance and extracting key insights to optimize content workflows.

Learn how to enable and scale claims management to strengthen compliance, improve efficiency, and bring content to market faster.

Joe Kopyta Veeva
Practice Director, Commercial Content
Robin Stewart Veeva
Senior Product Expert, Commercial Content

Veeva experts outline a pathway for MedInquiry feature adoption, from foundational capabilities to advanced innovation and AI. Learn how to align your roadmap with near- and long-term business goals.

Learn more about Link’s next-generation approach to delivering insights faster across a global enterprise and get a preview of upcoming product innovations.

Johannes Hoenscheid Veeva
Product Lead, Link Medical Insights

Discover how custom workflows on Link data connect sales, marketing, medical, and clinical teams for more effective KOL engagement. Hear key use cases and upcoming product innovations.

Move from reactive to proactive launch planning. Hear how Veeva Data Cloud provides the early, connected insights needed to optimize AstraZeneca’s engagement strategy. Learn how they harmonize execution, and drive launch success from the start.

Micheál o´Toole AstraZeneca
Senior Director, Global Sales Force Excellence
Arturo Madrid Veeva
Principal & Team Manager, Business Consulting

Closing Keynote
14:15–15:00 CET

How do you maximize the impact on patients with operational improvements across your medical and commercial teams? Hear from a panel of experts on connecting process efficiency to tangible patient outcomes. Leave with a clear mandate for how the industry can better serve patients.

Christoph Bug Veeva
Vice President, Global Medical
Chris Moore Veeva
President, Europe