October
Drug Discovery Biology
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Bioinformatics
Strategy Meeting Europe 2024
Pushing our understanding of the physiological context and quality of drug target characterisation, validation, and safety profiling throughout the preclinical space
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What makes our strategy meetings unique?
Roundtable Discussions
Intimate discussions led by renowned industry experts. Have your voice heard and debate alongside like-minded life science executives.
Unrivalled Networking
With senior delegation from big pharma and innovative biotech from across Europe, you can network with peers from different locations, all in one place.
Personalised Agenda
Choose the topics that matter to you. Reserve your place at the roundtable discussions and ensure your whole day delivers the insights you need to hear.
Solutions to your Problems
We've partnered with the best solution providers to solve your biggest challenges. Engage in pre-arranged, private meetings to address your specific needs and find a tangible solution.
Industry Researched Topics
We guarantee our agenda is up-to-date and mission critical because its designed by you. We speak to our extended network of senior decision makers to ensure the most important topics are discussed.
Senior Decision Makers
The entire strategy meeting is specifically tailored to the needs and challenges of senior life science professionals. Discover how your peers are dealing with the same challenges as you.
Meet Our Facilitators
Our panel of facilitators play a key role in shaping the agenda for the day. See who will be bringing their expertise to the table at our upcoming strategy meeting.
Andy Yates
Chief Scientific Officer Artelo BiosciencesChandan Seth Nanda
Vice President of Target & Drug Discovery Pear BioDawid Walas
Director (Head) of Functional Genomics and Proteomics ServierGeorge Okafo
Program Director and Global Head of Healthcare Data and Analytics Unit Boehringer IngelheimLassina Badolo
Executive Director - Head of DMPK, Early Respiratory & Immunology AstraZenecaLaura Towart
Founder & CEO Vivan TherapeuticsMary Spanou
Regional Sales Manager Pelago BiosciencesMatthew Beard
Senior Director External Innovation IpsenMax Salm
Director, Bioinformatics Achilles TherapeuticsStephen Harrison
Chief Scientific Officer Nucleome TherapeuticsStina Lundgren
Head of Business Development Pelago BiosciencesSee Which Topics Are Discussed at the Strategy Meeting
Using Human Genetic Data to Inform Drug Discovery
Roundtable Tracks
1Target validation and small molecule hit identification in the era of modern drug discovery
-Chandan Seth Nanda
Vice President of Target & Drug Discovery
Pear Bio
DMPK / ADME & TOXICOLOGY
Predicting toxicology with higher accuracy through AI empowerment and Clinical Data support for future drug discovery
IN SILICO BIOLOGY / AI & ML
Decoding Omics Data Interpretation, Integration, and Application in Drug Discovery through the lense of In Silico Biology
BIOINFORMATICS / DATA INTEGRATION & DATA MINING
Discussing empirical methods in instituting a data-driven drug discovery
-Dawid Walas
Director (Head) of Functional Genomics and Proteomics
Servier
STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS, INVESTMENT & BST COLLABORATIONS
Win-win partnerships between Biotech and Pharma: Creating value in drug discovery
-Matthew Beard
Senior Director External Innovation
Ipsen
Roundtable Tracks
2Challenges of Target Validation for Genetically Identified Disease Targets
-Stephen Harrison
Chief Scientific Officer
Nucleome Therapeutics
DMPK / ADME & TOXICOLOGY
New Modalities in Modern Drug Discovery: Challenges and Opportunities in DMPK to understand drug disposition and predict human therapeutic doses
-Lassina Badolo
Executive Director - Head of DMPK, Early Respiratory & Immunology
AstraZeneca
IN SILICO BIOLOGY / AI & ML
Evaluating practical uses of latest AI/ML tools to expedite and increase efficiency in drug discovery process
-Dawid Walas
Director (Head) of Functional Genomics and Proteomics
Servier
BIOINFORMATICS / DATA INTEGRATION & DATA MINING
Challenges in sharing, ingestion and integrating healthcare data compliantly, at scale and in a harmonized manner
-George Okafo
Program Director and Global Head of Healthcare Data and Analytics Unit
Boehringer Ingelheim
STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS, INVESTMENT & BST COLLABORATIONS
Strategic Partnerships in Drug Discovery: Navigating Pharma-Biotech Ecosystems and Industry-Academia Alliances
-Laura Towart
Founder & CEO
Vivan Therapeutics
The Cellular Thermal Shift Assay: How Assessment of Target Engagement Accelerates Drug Discovery
Roundtable Tracks
3Navigating the Complexities of Target Identification and Hit Validation in Drug Discovery
-Matthew Beard
Senior Director External Innovation
Ipsen
DMPK / ADME & TOXICOLOGY
From Bench to Bedside: Overcoming Hurdlesin Translating In Vitro Findings
IN SILICO BIOLOGY / AI & ML
Data Deluge: Managing and Mining Big Data in In Silico Biology with AI & ML
-Andy Yates
Chief Scientific Officer
Artelo Biosciences
BIOINFORMATICS / DATA INTEGRATION & DATA MINING
Beyond the Genome: Challenges in Integrating Multi-Omics Data for Comprehensive Analysis
-Max Salm
Director, Bioinformatics
Achilles Therapeutics
STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS, INVESTMENT & BST COLLABORATIONS
Adapting to Market and Regulatory Challenges in Strategic Drug Discovery Partnerships
Partnering Drug Development Programs between Biotech and Pharmaceutical Companies
Reasons To Attend Our Strategy Meetings
Fully Interactive Format
There's only so much you can learn from presentations and lectures. Instead our interactive Roundtable Discussions let you debate the topics that really matter
Senior Decision Makers
All our Strategy Meetings are aimed at director level and above. Discover how your peers are tackling the industries biggest challenges and have your thoughts heard
Personalised Agendas
Pick the roundtable discussions that you want to be part of. Simply choose your sessions and we'll create a personalised agenda just for you
Private and Intimate Networking
Small group discussions, private meetings, networking drinks - however you choose to make those important connections our Strategy Meetings have the solution
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Hotel & Venue
Crowne Plaza London Docklands
Our hotel is a haven from the hustle & bustle of London life - you’ll find peace & tranquility in modern surroundings. We’re close to The O2 Arena, ExCeL Exhibition Centre & Canary Wharf.
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