# Event Details - **Event Name**: Where AI is (and isn't) changing commercial work - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 13 Oct, 2026 at 03:00 pm – Tue, 13 Oct, 2026 at 05:00 pm (-05:00) - **Event Description**: Hear how pharma leaders are putting AI to work, learn what’s driving adoption, investment and real-world value.About this EventMATTER, with the support of EVERSANA INTOUCH, is producing AI in Commercial Pharma, a four-part series exploring how commercial pharma teams are prioritizing AI use cases, evaluating solutions and moving from pilots to production.The second event in the series will feature a panel discussion with pharma brand, commercial, market access and analytics leaders to discuss their approaches to AI: where they are finding value, how they are evaluating solutions, what they are building versus buying and what they see as the most significant barriers to adoption.Speakers include:Faruk Capan, founder, EVERSANA INTOUCH and chief innovation officer, EVERSANAThomas Gibbs, EVP and president, Lundbeck U.S.Jared Josleyn, senior vice president, global head of digital health and emerging disruptive growth exploration, SanofiAgenda:3:00pm CT | Doors open3:30pm CT | Panel discussion begins4:30pm CT | Networking reception5:00pm CT | Event concludesPart of the AI in Commercial Pharma event seriesExplore all four events and choose the one that’s right for you. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/49555e40-a908-11f1-a4a1-eb59356bc08b-rimg-w1200-h47-dcf8f8f8-gmir.jpg About Faruk CapanFaruk Capan is the founder of EVERSANA INTOUCH and chief innovation officer of EVERSANA. A lifelong entrepreneur, Faruk founded Intouch in 1999 after creating MSWatch.com, the first and largest online community for people living with multiple sclerosis. Today, he is a leading voice on the intersection of artificial intelligence, commercialization and healthcare innovation, shaping the future of life sciences through strategic platforms and partnerships with organizations including Google Cloud, AWS and Adobe. Under his leadership, EVERSANA has developed industry-leading AI-powered commercialization solutions designed to transform how therapies reach patients. He leads global teams focused on accelerating innovation while maintaining a people-first culture.About Thomas GibbsTom Gibbs joined Lundbeck in February 2023 with more than 25 years of diverse corporate, general management and commercial leadership experience, including roles in executive management, marketing, sales, commercial operations, customer insights and analytics and finance at small, mid-size and large pharmaceutical companies.Prior to Lundbeck, Tom served as chief executive officer and global business leader of Vectura Inc. Prior to his role at Vectura Inc., Tom held several chief commercial officer roles, developing commercial strategy and overseeing execution for U.S., Canadian and European markets at pharmaceutical companies with strong central nervous system (CNS) franchises, including a role as chief commercial officer at Sunovion. He has also served as head of general medicines in the U.S. for Takeda.Tom holds a BS in economics with a dual concentration in finance and marketing and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.About Jared JosleynJared Josleyn is Sanofi's senior vice president and global head of E.D.G.E. (Emerging Disruptive Growth Exploration), where he leads Project Saturn — a federated health data infrastructure platform that activates the full support network around people through relationship-powered care coordination while enabling privacy-preserving AI.At Sanofi, he is responsible for developing and delivering breakthrough technologies and care solutions that improve the lives of people and their loved ones through both internal creation and external partnership, with current focus on federated machine learning for early disease detection, AI-enabled screening and building the infrastructure for a new health economy where people and communities benefit from — rather than lose control of — their health data.Prior to joining Sanofi, Jared served as vice president of innovation and chief product and experience officer for Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), where he founded and launched Walgreens Health. Before joining WBA, he held leadership positions at Alphabet across Google Health, Google Life Sciences and Verily. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/499eea60-a908-11f1-a4a1-eb59356bc08b-rimg-w1200-h47-dcf8f8f8-gmir.jpg About MATTERAt MATTER, we believe collaboration is the best way to improve healthcare. The MATTER collaborative includes more than 1,000 current and alumni startups from around the world, working together with hospitals, health systems, universities and industry-leading companies to build the future of healthcare. Together we are accelerating innovation, advancing care and improving lives.About EVERSANA INTOUCHEVERSANA INTOUCH helps life sciences organizations accelerate commercial success by unifying strategy, creative, execution, data with AI and human expertise to deliver measurable business impact at enterprise scale. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/chicago/where-ai-is-and-isnt-changing-commercial-work/100001996235208245 - **Event Categories**: business, health-wellness, science-fair, it, artificial-intelligence - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 2 hours - Location: 222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Chicago - **state**: IL - **country**: United States - **location**: 222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza - **lat**: 41.8884096 - **long**: -87.6354498 - **full address**: 222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza, 222 West Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Where AI is (and isn't) changing commercial work - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/6fdc7bac3d12fd3a7011bed4d04ca17a4f18bf8736dc60d14f6edb52dc42d481-rimg-w1200-h600-dc282838-gmir.jpg?v=1786642077 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Where AI is (and isn't) changing commercial work being held? - **A:** Where AI is (and isn't) changing commercial work takes place on Tue, 13 Oct, 2026 at 03:00 pm to Tue, 13 Oct, 2026 at 05:00 pm at 222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza, 222 West Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Where AI is (and isn't) changing commercial work? - **A:** Where AI is (and isn't) changing commercial work is organized by MATTER. - **Q**: Who is this event for? 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