Veeva Quality Leders Executive Summit 2026 - Europe | Veeva QualityOne

QUALITY LEADERS

EXECUTIVE SUMMIT

Munich, Germany | June 9 - 10, 2026

The Next Era of Quality Leadership — AI and the Reinvention of the Quality Operating Model

We explored how leaders are redefining the role of quality across the enterprise — shifting from functional oversight to strategic leadership. As AI reshapes decision-making and operating models, leading organizations are rethinking how quality drives performance, resilience, and competitive advantage. This year’s Quality Leaders Executive Summit brought together an exceptional group of leaders who shared how they are evolving their organizations, operating models, and leadership mandates for the next era.

2 Days of Learning

100Executives

50Organizations

10-Minute Session Highlight Videos

Quality Leaders Executive Summit

Opening Keynote: Kenvue Quality – A Mindset, Not a Function

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DESCRIPTION

Kenvue's chief quality officer shared how his organization repositioned quality from a control function to a driver of business performance. At the center of this shift is a digital operating model that unifies quality assurance, quality control, and training in Veeva QualityOne. By connecting processes, data, and people end to end, Kenvue is improving its speed, consistency, and decision-making, while establishing the foundation to scale AI across quality operations.

SPEAKERS

Aldo Caceres

Chief Quality Officer
Kenvue

David Maher (Moderator)

Head of Strategy, QualityOne
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Panel Discussion: Unifying Quality – Building the
Digital Foundation for AI

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This panel of quality leaders discussed how their organizations are unifying quality operations on a single platform to standardize, reduce incidents, improve performance, and establish the foundation for AI across end-to-end quality workflows.

SPEAKERS

Ray Murray

Chief Quality Officer

Jens Uhle

Head of IT Biosolutions & Digital Lead

Berenice Vettore

Chief Quality Officer

Hugo Gutierrez

Vice President of Global Quality Assurance

Conall Burns (Moderator)

Director, QualityOne Strategy
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Panel Discussion: The Human Side of Quality
Transformation – Leading People Through the AI Era

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As AI reshapes the enterprise, the quality function must evolve not only its processes and systems, but how its teams think and work. This panel saw quality leaders share how they are preparing their teams for this shift with an emphasis on talent, culture, and change management.

SPEAKERS

Silvia Pereira

Vice President, Corporate Quality
mars

Ana Rita Debiazzi

Senior Vice President, Group Quality

Carla Serpa

Chief Quality Officer
magnum

Michael Duke

Director of Quality, EMEA

Alba Abelaira (Moderator)

Director, QualityOne Strategy
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Panel Discussion: The New Mandate of the Chief Quality
Officer – Leading Up, Down, and Across the Enterprise

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The role of the Chief Quality Officer is expanding beyond compliance into business leadership. This panel brought together four senior quality leaders to discuss how they are shaping executive agendas, aligning cross-functional priorities, and elevating quality as a strategic driver of performance.

SPEAKERS

Susanne Schauermann

Senior Vice President, Quality & Food Safety
mondelez

Zoltan Syposs

Senior Vice President, Quality & Food Safety
danone

Olivier Mignot

Vice President, Global Quality
nestle

Tiago Moreno

Vice President, Quality & Food Safety

David Maher (Moderator)

Head of Strategy, QualityOne
veeva quality one

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10-Minute Session Highlight Videos

Quality Leaders Master Class

Fireside Chat: From Vision to Investment – How Kraft Heinz Built the Business Case for Digital Quality Transformation

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Quality leaders can drive business transformation with modern digitized processes — but they often require a comprehensive business case to secure investment in the latest applications. Kraft Heinz's global head of FSQ digital and automation shared practical tips for aligning with the C-suite, presenting the value of quality, and securing funding for quality modernization.

SPEAKERS

Radosław Baran

Global Head of FSQ Digital & Automation

Conall Burns (Moderator)

Director, QualityOne Strategy
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Fireside Chat: From Investment to Impact – Lessons Learned from PMI and What Comes Next

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Three members of Philip Morris International took to the stage to share tips, recommendations, and insights from their quality journey, from rethinking and digitizing processes to adopting best-in-class ways of working and optimizing product quality.

SPEAKERS

René Bohren

Global Head Quality Culture

Leo Verrastro

Director IT Quality

Fabio Cristini

Head of Digital Product Management

Conall Burns (Moderator)

Director, QualityOne Strategy
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Interactive Workshop: Making the SMART 2.0 Business Case for Digital Quality – Building Your Value Measurement Toolkit for the C-Suite

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Participants were introduced to the QualityOne SMART 2.0 framework: a practical toolkit of 10 quality management KPIs to measure, communicate, and continuously improve the business value of quality.

SPEAKERS

Conall Burns (Moderator)

Director, QualityOne Strategy
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2026 Quality Leaders Executive Summit Speakers

Aldo Caceres

Chief Quality Officer

Veeva Quality Leders Executive Summit 2026 - Europe | Veeva QualityOne

QUALITY LEADERS

EXECUTIVE SUMMIT

The Next Era of Quality Leadership — AI and the Reinvention of the Quality Operating Model

2 Days of Learning

100Executives

50Organizations

10-Minute Session Highlight Videos

Quality Leaders Executive Summit

Opening Keynote: Kenvue Quality – A Mindset, Not a Function

Panel Discussion: Unifying Quality – Building the Digital Foundation for AI

Panel Discussion: The Human Side of Quality Transformation – Leading People Through the AI Era

Panel Discussion: The New Mandate of the Chief Quality Officer – Leading Up, Down, and Across the Enterprise

Explore a summary of the key insights from the event.

10-Minute Session Highlight Videos

Quality Leaders Master Class

Fireside Chat: From Vision to Investment – How Kraft Heinz Built the Business Case for Digital Quality Transformation

Fireside Chat: From Investment to Impact – Lessons Learned from PMI and What Comes Next

Interactive Workshop: Making the SMART 2.0 Business Case for Digital Quality – Building Your Value Measurement Toolkit for the C-Suite

2026 Quality Leaders Executive Summit Speakers

2026 Master Class Speakers

Aldo Caceres

Ana Rita Debiazzi

Zoltan Syposs

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Panel Discussion: Unifying Quality – Building the
Digital Foundation for AI

Panel Discussion: The Human Side of Quality
Transformation – Leading People Through the AI Era

Panel Discussion: The New Mandate of the Chief Quality
Officer – Leading Up, Down, and Across the Enterprise