Who governs.Who is accountable.
Who governs. Who is accountable. The leaders defining the AI Officer in life sciences — AI governance, drug discovery, clinical AI — who decide how AI is deployed.
2027 · Across the Circle · Across the Circle · Invited audience
Every board in life sciences is asked the same question: who is accountable for the AI outcome. The role most boards will appoint does not yet exist at scale.
The white space is the room that holds the conversation differently. Closed-door. By invitation. Early. A circle for the leaders preparing for the role before the queue forms.
the Conversation. AIO is that room. Senior leadership preparing for AI accountability convened across drug discovery, R&D, manufacturing and supply. Less noise. More signal.
In the Circle. Faculty drawn from the leaders preparing for the role — announced in cadence with the programme.
Technology moves faster than leadership. Boards know they will appoint the role; few yet have the candidate. Models without governance drift. Pilots without accountability stall. The line between AI ambition and AI outcome is the officer who carries both.
The AIO Circle convenes the leaders preparing for that role — across drug discovery, R&D, manufacturing and supply.
Who governs. Who decides. Who is accountable.
Harsukh Parmar
Chair · AIO Circle · Former SVP Global Head of Research · Merck KGaA
The chair opens the Circle and holds the line of the conversation on AI accountability.
The room.
By invitation. By relevance. By room.
In the room.
