Venue
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, 415 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02210
The AI Drug Discovery & Development Team invites you to join us at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, November 18-20. You can find local accommodation here.
Shah Nawaz
Vice President & Chief Technology OfficerRegeneronDavid Hallett
Chief Scientific OfficerRecursionPhilip Tagari
Chief Scientific OfficerInsitroMorten Sogaard
Senior Vice President & Head, Astellas Innovation LabAstellas PharmaShane Lewin
Vice President, AI & MLGSKJustin Scheer
Vice President, In Silico DiscoveryJohnson & Johnson Innovative MedicinePetrina Kamya
President & Global Head, AI PlatformsInsilico MedicineClaire Zhao
Associate Director, AI/ML & Quantitative & Digital SciencesPFIZERZoran Krunic
Principal Product ManagerAmgenSince joining Amgen R&D in 2018, Zoran Krunic has been at the forefront of applying Machine Learning to enhance patient outcomes and streamline clinical trial enrollment processes, utilizing comprehensive Electronic Health Records and clinical datasets. His pioneering work in the Quantum Machine Learning space, in collaboration with IBM's Quantum team, has been instrumental in integrating machine learning with quantum computing through IBM’s Qiskit platform.
Prior to his tenure at Amgen, Zoran developed Machine Learning algorithms at Optum to predict hardware and software failures within complex enterprise architectures. He has a strong background in data engineering and systems development, having contributed significantly to large-scale projects at renowned organizations such as Capital Group and ARCO Petroleum.
In his current full and part-time endeavors, Zoran is leading the efforts in embracing generative AI technologies, with a particular focus on OpenAI's GPT and Anthropic's Claude-2 models. His work is focused on prompt engineering and its application to code generation, advanced document analysis, and process management, with a commitment to ethical AI practices and data privacy.
A recognized voice in quantum computing circles, Zoran is a regular presenter at industry conferences and has served on numerous panels discussing the integration of quantum computing and generative AI within the Health Sciences sector.
With a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Zoran continues to explore and contribute to the evolving relationship between quantum computing and artificial intelligence, fostering groundbreaking advancements in healthcare technology.
Chirag Sacher
Director, Portfolio InnovationNovartisAri Allyn-Feuer
Director, AI Intelligence ProductGSKMark Adams
Venture Capital PartnerTwo Bear CapitalArvind Rao
Associate Professor, Computational Medicine & BioinformaticsUniversity of MichiganZhiyong (Sean) Xie
Vice President & Head, AI & Data ScienceXellarbioAdam Root
Vice President & Head, Protein SciencesGenerate BiomedicinesEthan Pickering
Head, Data Science & ML ResearchBayerVirginia Savova
Senior Director, Head Cell-Targeted Precision MedicineAstraZenecaPeter Henstock
Senior Machine Learning EngineerIncyteNevin Gerek Ince
Director, Data & Solutions EngineeringNovo NordiskDaniyal Hussain
Executive Director, Technology Business DevelopmentGSKMichael Dandrea
Principal Data ScientistGenentechPreeya Boppana
Associate Director, Manufacturing Science & TechnologyAstraZeneca Global BiologicsYves Fomekong Nanfack
PhD, Executive Director, Head, End to End AI Foundations, Large Molecules ResearchSanofiLingling Shen
Associate Director, Discovery SciencesNovartisSatarupa Mukherjee
R&D Leader, AI/ML (Digital Pathology)RocheYorgos Psarellis
Senior Computational & Machine Learning ScientistSanofiKiran Nistala
Head, Functional GenomicsAlkermesAshwini Ghogare
Head of AI & Automation in Drug DiscoveryMilliporeSigmaJason Cross
Institute Director, Structural & Computational Drug DesignMD Anderson Cancer CenterMonica Wang
Head, Biologics & Novel Modality Discovery Capabilities & Products, Scientific InformaticsTakedaShameer Khader
Executive Director, Precision Medicine & Computational BiologySanofiDavid Kombo
Principal ScientistSanofiMichael Steinbaugh
Director, Data, AI & Genome SciencesMerckHans Bitter
Head, Computational SciencesTakedaQi Song
Principal Scientist, Predictive Biology & AIBristol Myers SquibbYue-Wang Webster
Vice President, Model Driven Drug Discovery PlatformsEli LillyPavan Choksi
PartnerArkitek VenturesRamila Pieres
Global Head, Data Management, ML/AI, MSATSanofiMaria Florez
Senior ConsultantTuftsNathan Stover
PhD Student, Chemical EngineeringMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyAlexander Horspool
Associate Director, Innovation, Biotherapeutics DiscoveryBoehringer IngelheimGregory Goldmacher
Assistant Vice President, Clinical Research, Head, ImagingMerckShruti Vij
Associate Director, Data Analytics & ModelingTakedaBenjamin Stevens
Director, CMC PolicyGSKVeera Padmanabhan
Head, Manufacturing Science & TechnologyAstraZenecaVeera is currently managing a team of 40+ scientists, establishing robotics, lab automation predictive analytics and advanced chemometrics in next generation biologics manufacturing at AstraZeneca. He has 25+ years of experience, with expertise crossing R&D, manufacturing operations and supply chain.
Irfan Ali Mohammed
Director, CMCAlexion PharmaceuticalsSreyoshi Sur
Former Scientist, Molecular Engineering & ModelingModernaXiao Li
Principal ScientistSanofiYi Hong
Senior ConsultantGileadDirk Van Hyfte
Co-FounderIPAWolfgang Colsman
Founder & CEOZontalJack Geremia
CEOMatterworksRameez Chatni
Global Director, AI Solutions, Pharmaceutical & Life SciencesCloudera