June 28 – July 1, 2027 | San Diego, CA

Life Sciences Moves Fast. This is Where it Meets.

The DIA Global Annual Meeting is where life sciences professionals from industry, regulatory agencies, patients, and academia come together to drive breakthroughs in healthcare — advancing science, policy, and patient outcomes worldwide.

Our Purpose

The Neutral Ground the Industry Needs

No single sector can solve what's ahead alone. DIA brings together industry, regulators, academia, and patient advocates to work through the hardest problems in medical product development together. From early discovery to post-market surveillance, the full therapeutic lifecycle is in the room.

4,000+

Since 1964, DIA has grown to welcome over 4,100 attendees annually.

40+

Over 40 countries are represented by professionals at DIA events each year.

Top 50

Representatives from the Top 50 pharmaceutical and device companies choose DIA.

What to Expect

DIA 2027 Highlights

Why Attend

Where Breakthroughs Begin

The conversations that move drug development forward don't happen in silos. DIA Global Annual Meeting creates the conditions for the kind of cross-sector dialogue that actually changes things, bringing together the people who set the rules, the people who live by them, and the patients whose lives depend on getting it right.

Collaboration

Breaking Down Silos

Connect with stakeholders across industry, regulatory agencies, academia, and patient advocacy to tackle complex challenges together.

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Global Reach

A Global Conversation With Local Impact

With participants from over 40 countries, DIA 2027 is where international regulatory harmonization, global market strategy, and cross-border collaboration happen in real time, with direct implications for how you work when you get home.

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A Look Back

Global Annual Meeting Through the Years

The energy, the connections, the moments that stay with you long after you leave.

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Big Achievements

The Evolution of DIA

Sixty-three years ago, thirty people saw a problem the industry couldn't solve alone. They built the table. We're still at it.

1964 1990s 2000s Today

1964

DIA Is Founded

In the wake of the Thalidomide crisis, 30 pharmaceutical professionals, medical writers, and academics recognized that the industry needed a neutral place to work through its hardest problems together. DIA was built to be that place, and has been ever since.

1990s

Global Expansion

DIA enters a period of global growth and expansion to support ICH and the scientific evaluation of medicines efforts, establishing formal offices in the US, Switzerland, and Japan. DIA members form a Community to define global data standards used in medical research, which leads to the formation of the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC).

2000s

Global Membership Growth

DIA membership expands globally to over 80 countries, with local offerings to Latin America, Canada, Korea, China, India, the Middle East and Singapore. DIA relaunches Drug Information Journal as Therapeutic Innovation & Regulatory Science.

Today

DIA Reimagined for the Future

DIA 2027 represents the next evolution—enhanced learning formats, expanded networking, and innovative programming like the LIFT Series, while maintaining the power of in-person connection.

Your Next Step

San Diego is Waiting

Be in the room where the future of medical product development gets decided. June 28–July 1, 2027

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