Overview
Explore AI, automation & green chemistry transforming pharma. Free event with expert talks, exhibition & exclusive facility tours.
The pharmaceutical and life sciences sector is changing fast. AI is accelerating drug discovery. Automation is reshaping the lab. Sustainability is no longer optional. This event puts you at the centre of it all.
Join industry leaders, researchers and technology innovators at Discovery Park — one of the UK’s premier science and innovation campuses — for a focused half-day exploring what the future of pharma and life sciences looks like in practice.
What to expect:
Expert-led sessions on digital laboratories, AI in drug discovery, green chemistry and sustainable manufacturing
An exhibition showcasing cutting-edge laboratory technologies and sustainable solutions
Exclusive guided tours — including the laboratories and pilot plant at Asymchem’s advanced facility, a hub for clinical small molecule development and GMP manufacturing, equipped with sustainability-focused flow chemistry and biotransformation screening. Guests can also tour Discovery Park’s laboratory and innovation spaces, showcasing the facilities behind the site’s life sciences and biotech community
Focused networking with peers across pharma, biotech, research and manufacturing

Whether you’re working at the bench, leading an R&D function or driving operational change, this is a rare opportunity to see tomorrow’s lab today — and to connect with the people building it.
Sponsored by Asymchem, Particology,Venner Shipley and the IChemE Pharma Group.
This is a free event. Places are limited — reserve your free place now.