The conference will take place 10–11 December in Berlin, Germany, and virtually.

The conference will feature three technical tracks covering digital enablement, compliant operations, and practical biopharma manufacturing transformation through Pharma 4.0™ principles.

NORTH BETHESDA, Md., Sept. 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) has announced its keynote speakers for the 2026 ISPE Pharma 4.0™ and Biopharma Conference, set for Thursday, 10 December, through Friday, 11 December, in Berlin, Germany, and virtually.

The conference is ISPE’s first international event to integrate Pharma 4.0™ and biopharma topics into a single program. Sessions will address digital transformation and advanced manufacturing across traditional pharmaceutical operations as well as biologics, cell and gene therapies, ATMPs, and mRNA technologies.

“This year’s keynote speakers represent a unique cross-section of expertise spanning pharmaceutical engineering, bioprocess innovation, digital manufacturing, and product development. Their perspectives will help attendees better understand the technologies, strategies, and leadership approaches shaping the future of Pharma 4.0™ and biopharma,” said Lineke Pelleboer, International Program Committee Conference Co-Chair, Senior Business Developer at Bilthoven Biologicals.

ISPE has announced the following keynote speakers:

Chris Grail, Senior Vice President, Global Pharma Engineering and Maintenance Excellence Lead, Bayer AGJochen Maas, PhD, Former Managing Director, Research and Development, SanofiPeter Neubauer, PhD, Professor of Bioprocess Engineering, Technische Universität BerlinKerstin Seemann, Senior Vice President, Head of Global CMC Development, Merck KGaAAdrian Widmer, Global Head of Digital, AI, and Operational Excellence (Interim), RocheJan Wokittel, Director and Cluster Lead, Smart Manufacturing, Roche

“Across the conference tracks, attendees will explore practical approaches to digital transformation, from data readiness and AI enablement to smart manufacturing, compliance, and scalable biopharma operations, with real-world lessons from industry leaders,” said Markus Zeitz, International Program Committee Conference Co-Chair and Head of Digital Quality with Takeda.

The conference comprises three technical tracks:

Pharma 4.0™ Enabling Digital FoundationsPharma 4.0™ Compliant by DesignPharma 4.0™ in Action: Biopharma Manufacturing Transformation

Learn more and register for the conference today: ISPE.org/26Pharma.

About ISPE
The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) is a global nonprofit association serving its members through leading scientific, technical, and regulatory advancement across the entire pharmaceutical lifecycle. The 25,000+ members of ISPE provide solutions to complex pharmaceutical industry challenges through innovation, member and workforce development, and technical, regulatory, and compliance collaborations in more than 120 countries worldwide. Founded in 1980, ISPE has its worldwide headquarters and training center in North Bethesda, Maryland, USA, and its operations center in Tampa, Florida, USA. For more information, visit ISPE.org.

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Echo is among the first few providers admitted into U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s CTPAT program, adding a new layer of supply chain security to its brokerage model

CHICAGO, Sept. 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Echo Global Logistics, Inc. (“Echo”), a leading provider of technology-enabled transportation and supply chain management services, has achieved Validated status in U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT) program, one of only 10 non-asset-based 3PLs selected nationwide. Authorized by the CTPAT Pilot Program Act of 2023, the pilot marks the first time CBP has opened CTPAT — previously reserved for asset-based carriers, importers, and customs brokers — to non-asset-based freight brokers. Following a comprehensive review, CBP confirmed that Echo’s supply chain security program meets CTPAT’s security criteria.

“CTPAT has historically focused on asset-based transportation providers, so Echo’s selection as one of the first non-asset-based 3PLs represents an important milestone for our company and our industry,” said Troy Ryley, President of Echo’s Mexico division. “In addition to our extensive network of CTPAT-certified carriers, Validation adds another layer of security to Echo’s truck brokerage model, giving our clients added confidence that security is embedded throughout their supply chain — even though Echo, like most freight brokers, has traditionally operated a non-asset-based model.”

For shippers, CTPAT-validated partners are recognized by CBP as lower-risk, which can translate to fewer cargo exams and more predictable transit times across the border. Echo maintains an extensive network of carrier partners, including CTPAT-certified carriers, while applying its own validated security processes to the management and protection of freight — creating a layered security approach that now extends from the carrier to the broker itself.

Echo provides clients with cross-border, customs brokerage, and intra-Mexico solutions, creating a comprehensive Mexico offering for all supply chain needs. Operating within an intricate cross-border trade environment, additional security protocols support the protection of freight. Echo’s security strategy and tools are aligned with CTPAT criteria, supporting a more secure and seamless transportation process across the region. Learn more about Echo’s Mexico operations: Mexico Cross-Border Shipping Solutions | Echo Global Logistics.

“For our clients and business partners, this achievement provides added confidence that freight is supported by a logistics provider whose security program has been independently validated by CBP,” said Gabriel Guajardo, Director, Southern Border at Echo. “Combined with our extensive network of CTPAT carriers, Validation status strengthens our layered approach to cargo security and supply chain risk management, helping us deliver secure and reliable transportation solutions across North America.”

About Echo Global Logistics
Echo Global Logistics, Inc. is a leading provider of technology-enabled transportation and full-service supply chain solutions. Headquartered in Chicago with 65 locations across North America, Echo helps organizations simplify complex supply chains through one integrated network of transportation, warehousing, distribution and fulfillment services. Echo’s capabilities span Truckload, Partial Truckload, LTL, Intermodal, Cross-Border & Intra-Mexico, Managed Transportation, Drop-Trailer and Trailer Pool, Container Management and Drayage, Food-Grade and Temperature-Controlled shipping, warehousing, warehousing services, parcel, and distribution and fulfillment. Powered by Echo’s proprietary technology platform—including automation, machine learning, and AI-enabled decision support—customers gain greater visibility, optimize transportation performance, and improve efficiency across every stage of the supply chain. For more information, visit www.echo.com.

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News Summary

RelativityOne is now Relativity aiR, a name that reflects AI’s central role in how legal teams perform their most complex, high-stakes work.Relativity aiR has delivered more than 620 million high-value legal results in 2026 alone.Relativity is evolving its platform name as it deepens its embedded AI-native capabilities, expands to serve a broader group of users and solve more legal data intelligence use cases, and meets legal professionals where and how they work. 

CHICAGO, Sept. 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Relativity, a legal data intelligence company, today announced that RelativityOne is now Relativity aiR. This unifies the platform and its AI capabilities under one name, reflecting the company’s continued commitment to making AI foundational to the platform where legal teams already do their most consequential work. Relativity aiR was previously the name for the company’s suite of agentic AI capabilities integrated into its extensible cloud platform, RelativityOne.

“In our 25 years, Relativity has led this community through every major shift in the industry, from paper to digital evidence, from on-premises to the cloud, and now to AI. That’s our history—it’s our DNA,” said Phil Saunders, CEO of Relativity. “We’ve been adapting and building AI into our platform for over a decade. This name confirms what our community already knows: AI is as transformative a shift as the cloud was years ago, and Relativity has the trusted platform and the experience to lead through it responsibly.” 

AI built on trust, proven in practice
Relativity aiR is a new name for the same platform the world’s largest law firms and corporations, government agencies, and a robust network of channel partners rely on today. AI now handles more of the high-volume legal work that used to consume thousands of hours, empowering legal teams to uncover insights faster and make smarter, more strategic decisions.

Relativity aiR has delivered more than 620 million high-value legal results—professional work that a qualified human confirmed and used on real matters—across customer matters in 2026, as of Sept. 9. Questions beyond the abilities of a keyword or metadata search to answer, requiring an agent to read across the record and reason about what it says, have grown 44 percent month over month. More than 40 published customer and partner stories document what Relativity aiR delivers in practice: multimillion-dollar litigations completed with a fraction of the review hours, data subject access and regulatory productions completed in as little as 48 hours with precision rates as high as 99.8 percent, and internal investigations that once took a full team months have been resolved by a single reviewer in under an hour.

“Today we’re celebrating what customers are achieving with Relativity aiR, the platform we’ve built and the future it empowers: the system of record for the industry’s most sensitive data and the system of action that reads it, reasons over it and turns it into work product with transparency, defensibility and governance,” said Chris Brown, President of Relativity. “That combination of trust and verified results is what we have been building on as we bring aiR to lawyers, into Word and other surfaces where legal work happens.”

Relativity aiR’s AI capabilities are included in the platform’s current pricing, so customers can have access to every agentic tool as part of their platform, with the value flowing through the work itself rather than a separate line item. The shift from RelativityOne to Relativity aiR reinforces where Relativity is focused: AI embedded natively throughout the platform, AI agents supporting the work already performed and opening up new kinds of work, simpler experiences built around AI agents, and extensibility that empowers Relativity’s community of partners and practitioners to solve new and unique legal challenges.

Expanding who the platform serves and what it solves
Relativity has expanded who the platform serves and how. In recent months, the company has advanced Relativity aiR to support a broader group of users, including lawyers and the legal data and technology teams working alongside them. Currently in Advanced Access, Relativity claiR gives lawyers conversational command of their legal data. Relativity aiR has also been tackling more legal data intelligence use cases, from litigation and internal investigations to data breach responses and Freedom of Information Act requests. Fifty-seven percent of new workspaces created in Relativity aiR this year serve matters beyond litigation. And, the platform’s intelligence begins the moment data arrives, giving legal teams early case intelligence, including document insights and matter scoping.

Relativity has been working to meet legal professionals where they work. It acquired Gavel to bring Relativity aiR directly into Microsoft Word, so the intelligence that lives in the platform can follow lawyers into the documents they are drafting. And through Model Context Protocol integrations, external enterprise AI agents can now orchestrate matters and workflows within Relativity aiR.

Read Relativity’s blog for more from Brown on the platform’s next chapter. Attend RelFest Chicago, Sept. 29–Oct. 1, to connect with thousands from the legal intelligence community.

About Relativity
Relativity is a leading legal data intelligence company that builds technology to help users organize data, discover the truth, and act on it. Its AI platform, Relativity aiR, transforms complex data into actionable insights at massive scale for litigation, investigations, regulatory inquiries, data breach responses, and other legal use cases. The world’s largest law firms and corporations, government agencies, and a robust network of channel partners rely on Relativity’s legal AI to securely surface and manage the most relevant and impactful information in their matters. The company also expands access to technology by providing its platform at no cost to academic institutions through its Relativity Academic program and to organizations supporting pro bono legal work through its Justice for Change initiative. 

CONTACT: PR@relativity.com

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