3rd Annual Cleaning Validation Summit 2026

From Fundamentals to Lifecycle Control in a High-Scrutiny Environment

Join us for the 3rd Annual Cleaning Validation Summit, a two-day virtual event dedicated to the latest regulatory
expectations, best practices and real-world challenges in pharmaceutical cleaning validation. Building on the success
of the 2025 edition, the 2026 summit reflects how the industry has evolved in response to increased regulatory scrutiny,
Annex 1 implementation, digital transformation and more complex product portfolios.

Day 1 reinforces core principles and regulatory alignment, incorporating inspection trends observed in 2025.

Day 2 focuses on advanced lifecycle management, risk-based decision-making, automation and complex case studies,
supporting sustainable, inspection-ready cleaning validation programs.

We Will Talk About

• Regulatory Expectations & Inspection Trends.
• Equipment Design & Cleanability Studies.
• Cleaning Validation Protocols & Documentation: Inspection-Ready in 2026.
• Analytical & Microbiological Methods for Cleaning Validation.
• Cleaning Validation Lifecycle Approach.
• Visual Inspection as a Contamination Control Tool.
• Cleaning process development and cleaning agent selection.
• Limit setting and visual clean – how does this fit together?
• Risk-Based Cleaning Validation in Complex Facilities.
• Cleaning Validation Failures & Troubleshooting.
• Continuous Process Verification, Automation & Digitalisation.
• Case Studies & Industry Best Practices.

Who Is It For?

The event covers key areas of product quality, regulatory compliance and manufacturing processes. The following departments would benefit from the insights shared at the conference:

Agenda 3rd Annual Cleaning Validation Summit 2026

Download the full summit program to find speaker biographies, case studies, key takeaways, the day's schedule, and details of each session.