New York City | October 7 - 8, 2026
SPEAKERS

Conall Burns (Moderator)
Director, QualityOne Strategy 
DESCRIPTION
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 
DESCRIPTION
ADM's global manager of digital quality & food safety will 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

Alex Mikesell
Global Manager - Digital Quality & Food Safety 

Conall Burns (Moderator)
Director, QualityOne Strategy 
DESCRIPTION
Participants will leave with a practical toolkit of 10+ KPIs to measure, communicate, and continuously improve the business value of quality using a Digital Quality Platform.
SPEAKERS

Conall Burns (Moderator)
Director, QualityOne Strategy 
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.Read More

Aldo Caceres
Chief Quality Officer,
Kenvue

David Maher (Moderator)
Head of Strategy, QualityOne,
Veeva
SPEAKERS
DESCRIPTION
This panel of quality leaders will discuss 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

Mahir Bhagia
Chief Food Safety & Quality Assurance Officer 
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Suzy Sawyer
Food Safety and Quality Analytics Lead 

Derek Henderson
Vice President, Quality 
DESCRIPTION
As AI reshapes the enterprise, the quality function must evolve not only its processes and systems, but how its teams think and work. In this panel, quality leaders will share how they are preparing their teams for this shift with an emphasis on talent, culture, and change management.
SPEAKERS

Pierre Decrion
Vice President, Quality & Food Safety 
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Thalya Hairston
Vice President, Quality 

Heather Bramble
Vice President of Global Product Safety 

Allison Milewski
Senior Director, External Quality 
DESCRIPTION
The role of the Chief Quality Officer is expanding beyond compliance into business leadership. This panel will bring together 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

Hugo Gutierrez
Vice President of Global Quality Assurance 

Kam Jaghra
Vice President,
Global Quality 

Steve Downes
Chief Quality Officer 

Gilberto Quintero
Global Chief Quality Officer 
Veeva QualityOne helps manufacturers deliver high-quality products that consumers trust. The cloud-based platform unifies applications, processes, and partners across content management, Quality Management System (QMS), food safety management, and training.
