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PharmOut’s National GMP Forums are open to professionals and students in the life sciences sectors of pharmaceuticals, biotech, veterinary medicines, and medical devices. Registrations required for all courses.

These events are popular for information sharing, think tank brainstorming, networking and staying up to date about GMP in highly regulated industries.
It is best to attend both days of the Forum due to the depth of content being delivered on both days.
A must-attend event for manufacturing industry professionals facing unprecedented changes due to technological advances including automation and artificial intelligence in manufacturing and validation, new generation medicines/manufacturing, data integrity, data security, validation, TGA audits and other advances and changes impacting GMP industries.

This annual National GMP Forum is designed for attendees from Asia-Oceania-Pacific regions and includes GMP experts travelling to Australia from other countries.

Read more on the Future of Pharma and how to pitch attending conferences to your company.

Why attend the annual National GMP Forum (renamed the Pharma & Device Forum)?

Learn more about Innovative technology and the impact of technological advances and pharmaceutical industry regulations.

We live in a fast-changing environment, where adaptability and proactive responses to rapid changes are required, whether you work in manufacturing, processing, supply chain management, logistics, distribution, or exportation of pharmaceuticals or medical devices.

So what are the Pharma 4.0 innovations we can expect, including how this changes systems and GMP reporting?
What are the latest TGA inspection trends and audit findings?
How can industry professionals adapt more readily, and positively, to the rapid influx of changes that will impact our production processes and manufacturing costs?

Who should attend?

Who will benefit from attending the National GMP Forums and Future of Pharma networking events and training series?

Medical Device Manufacturers, Pharmaceutical Industry professionals; Herbal Medicine Cultivation and Manufacturing personnel, people working in Veterinary Medicine manufacturing, Pharmaceutical experts, Process and Facility Design Engineers, Medicinal Cannabis Cultivation Operators or Licence Holders and Pharma 4.0 Industry thought leaders.

Learn more about the GMP Forum..

Pharma and GMP engineering innovations

“The greatest opportunities for innovation exists in the oldest and newest industries,” notes Trevor Schoerie.

History of the GMP Forum (Life Sciences conference)

These industry-leading forums were originated to facilitate innovative practices and innovation in manufacturing and Pharma 4.0.

The 2025 event represents the 14th annual GMP Forum (since renamed the Pharma & Medical Device Forum.

The focus of these life science industry education events is to impart knowledge about the latest impacts of technological changes and other innovations, adaptations and continuous improvement topics in the fields of manufacturing, quality assurance, quality risk management, quality management systems and PIC/S GMP compliance audits.

This page was devoted to the GMP Forum held in 2019.

For other Forum summaries (2021 to 2025), read our best practice GMP Compliance News & Blogs pages.

There was no educational event in 2020 (although there were many cGMP training webinars held virtually).

The 9th Annual National GMP Forum was held in Melbourne from 22 July 2019-23 July 2019.

Details: Presentations from International Experts and Australia’s top thought leaders in GMP, including Panel Discussions and Masterclass options.
Topics included TGA inspection trends, validation life cycles, and regulatory and manufacturing innovations and changes to reporting requirements.
Venue/Location for 2019: Pullman on the Park Hotel in Melbourne.

Who presented at the National GMP Forum in 2019?

Featured presenters at the 2019 GMP Forum in Melbourne included:

Gordon Farquharson (Critical Systems, UK)
Jim Cannon (Mettler Toledo, USA)
Annette Grundy (Baxter Healthcare)
Damien Jovica (Redstack)
Trevor Schoerie (PharmOut)
Anniina Uotila (Vaisala, USA)
Experts from the TGA
Other industry experts in engineering, innovation and continuous improvement initiatives

Hot topics in manufacturing, cleanroom engineering, and GMP quality management covered at our annual National GMP Forums in Australia have included:

Next-Generation Medicines and new systems for pharmaceutical delivery
Innovation, Change Adaptation and Systems Management
Regulatory Perspectives on Pharmaceutical Water
And more

Highlights of the 2019 National GMP Forum

Past event information – 2019 National GMP Forum and Masterclasses. The 2-Day GMP Forum in 2019 was all about the future of pharma.

Speakers presented on the latest technologies and industry trends that were impacting manufacturing, engineering, facility designs, GMP training, regulatory audits, GMP compliance failure areas (PIC/S audits) and more.

The Forum featured presentations and expert panel discussions on the latest technological advances currently impacting manufacturing and pharmaceutical production businesses. Topics include validation across the life cycle, increasing supply-chain reporting demands, and the impacts of new-generation medicines and bio-medical testing and device manufacturing technologies on GMP. There were also Masterclasses covering exciting industry changes, such as critical systems decisions, new high-growth sectors in Australia (e.g., medicinal cannabis) and how to use innovative problem-solving in a heavily regulated production environment.

Past Events – 2019 Topics

The 2019 Masterclass #1 covered “Auditing engineering systems and critical utilities”

Master Class led by Gordon Farquharson, B.Sc.(Hons), C.Eng. is the Principal and Managing Director of Critical Systems Ltd (Past Event)

This popular 2019 Masterclass (held the day after the 2019 GMP Forum) provided participants with valuable information and skills for design qualification compliant with Annex 15, enhanced design review, as well as techniques and tips for B2B auditing and GMP inspection. The main areas of focus are:

Environmental control and HVAC systems for cleanrooms and critically controlled areas.
Pharma Water Systems.

Masterclass #2: “Mindset 4.0 Masterclass” Led by Jason Clarke, Minds at Work (Past Event)

This 2019 training course helped leaders and quality managers adapt to changes in the industry. The focus was on nurturing an attitude of LEADING progressive changes, rather than RESPONDING to industry demands and regulatory changes under time pressures.

Attendees learned how to nurture innovative, continuous improvement mindsets in employees, QA teams and system designers.

Details of Jason Clarke’s Mindset 4.0 Masterclasses.

Page originally published on 14 June 2019.

Page last updated on 13 March 2025.