Colm Bambury, Director of Digital Technology at Amgen, joins the speaker lineup for the Life Sciences Industry Conference 2026, bringing direct experience of advancing digital manufacturing across one of the world's leading biopharmaceutical companies. His work sits at the intersection of manufacturing systems, automation, MES, data, and analytics, making him a practitioner whose perspective is shaped by the daily realities of technology deployment in GMP-regulated production environments.

Bambury's focus is on applying technology and AI to create measurable value for manufacturing teams operating within complex, regulated networks. That framing matters. Where many discussions of AI in pharmaceutical manufacturing remain at the level of strategy or pilot project, Bambury's work is concerned with what happens when digital tools meet the manufacturing floor, how they integrate with existing systems, how they support the people who use them, and how they deliver outcomes that justify the investment.

Working across a global manufacturing network, Bambury navigates the additional complexity of scaling digital solutions across multiple sites, regulatory jurisdictions, and operational contexts. That experience gives him a grounded view of what enterprise-wide digital transformation actually requires: not just the right technology, but the right data foundations, governance frameworks, and organisational capability to make it work at scale.

At the Life Sciences Industry Conference 2026, his contribution is particularly relevant to the programme's focus on scaling AI from pilot to production, one of the four themed sessions examining how manufacturers move beyond experimentation towards consistent, compliant, enterprise-wide implementation.

The conference takes place on Thursday, 22 October 2026, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Santry, Dublin, bringing together leaders across pharmaceutical, biotechnology, MedTech, and medical device manufacturing to address the technology, governance, and workforce challenges defining the AI-ready manufacturing site.

Visit the Life Sciences Industry Conference 2026 website to book your place and receive further speaker announcements and programme updates ahead of the October event.