May
Drug Discovery Biology
Drug Discovery Biology&
Bioinformatics
BioinformaticsStrategy Meeting West Coast USA 2024
Assessing, Choosing And Optimizing The Right Set Of Data And Methodologies To Help With Finding Effective Modalities And Techniques For Biology
Hard Rock Hotel San DiegoWhat 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 the West Coast, 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 Drug Discovery Biology & Bioinformatics strategy meeting.
Adam Marko
Life Sciences Field CTO Hammerspace
Adam Mullick
Vice President, Cardiovascular Drug Discovery Ionis Pharma
Anastasia Velentza
Former Senior Director, Head of Discovery Technology Plexium
Angela Huang
Founder and President Tempo Bioscience
Amish Patel
Senior Vice President Technical Operations Calidi Biotherapeutics
Bishnu Nayak
Senior Director/Site Head Neologics Bio
Dimitra Chalkia
Vice President, Computational Biology Athos Therapeutics
Frederick Chang
CEO Kekulai
Geza Ambrus-Aikelin
Head of Immunology & Inflammation Genesis Therapeutics
Igor Nasonkin
Co-founder & CEO Phythera Therapeutics
Joan Chen, PhD
Senior Director of Bioinformatics, Precision Medicine and Translational Research Boundless Bio
John Leonard
Chief Executive Officer Aeona Pharmaceuticals
Molly Presley
SVP Global Marketing Hammerspace
Philip Cheung
Founder and Chief Executive Officer Refactor Biosciences
Sanjeev Thohan
Scientific Advisory Board Member Cogentis Therapeutics/ Phoenix Molecular Designs
Salah Mahmoudi
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer ReneuBio
Stephanie Truhlar
Associate Vice President Eli Lilly
Zev Wisotsky
Director, Drug Discovery New Modality Solutions Revvity SignalsOUR AGENDA
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Roundtable Tracks
1Navigating the Complexities of Target Identification and Hit Validation in Drug Discovery
-Bishnu Nayak
Senior Director/Site Head
Neologics Bio
DMPK / ADME & Toxicology & In Vivo and In Vitro Pharmacology
Optimizing Drug Development From PK Profiles To Novel Therapeutic Interventions
-Sanjeev Thohan
Scientific Advisory Board Member
Cogentis Therapeutics/ Phoenix Molecular Designs
In Silico Biology / AI & ML
Discussing empirical methods in instituting a data-driven drug discovery
-Salah Mahmoudi
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
ReneuBio
Bioinformatics / Data Integration & Data Mining
Leveraging AI protein folding models for drug discovery
-Frederick Chang
CEO
Kekulai
Strategic Partnerships, Investment & Collaborations
Considering Contemporary Techniques In Adapting Go To Market Approach
-John Leonard
Chief Executive Officer
Aeona Pharmaceuticals
Roundtable Tracks
2From Selection to Validation: Exploring Strategies for Target Identification and Validation
-Anastasia Velentza
Former Senior Director, Head of Discovery Technology
Plexium
DMPK / ADME & Toxicology & In Vivo and In Vitro Pharmacology
Integrating Breakthroughs In In Silico, In Vivo And In Vitro Pharmacology To Enhance ADMET Modeling
SPONSOR
In Silico Biology / AI & MLLeveraging AI, Target Selection Technologies / Strategies And Infrastructure Tools To Support Computational Biology
SPONSOR
Bioinformatics / Data Integration & Data MiningUnifying data access and high-performance data platforms
-Adam Marko
Life Sciences Field CTO
Hammerspace
HAMMERSPACE
Strategic Partnerships, Investment & CollaborationsHarnessing the Power of Data: Integrating Bioinformatics, Chemistry Informatics, and AI for Next-Generation Solutions
-Zev Wisotsky
Director, Drug Discovery New Modality Solutions
Revvity Signals
Revvity Signals
Roundtable Tracks
3Challenges of disease modeling and target discovery: how best to equip our drug hunters with the tools to be successful?
-Adam Mullick
Vice President, Cardiovascular Drug Discovery
Ionis Pharma
DMPK / ADME & Toxicology & In Vivo and In Vitro Pharmacology
Drug target validation during discovery and preclinical development stages: What, Why and How
-Yuhua Ji
Vice President, Drug Discovery
Grace Science, LLC
In Silico Biology / AI & ML
Evaluating Practical Uses Of Latest AI/ML Tools To Expedite And Increase Efficiency In Drug Discovery Process
-Stephanie Truhlar
Associate Vice President
Eli Lilly
Bioinformatics / Data Integration & Data Mining
Setting fundamentals in data democratization and the factors to consider in making it happen
-Philip Cheung
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Refactor Biosciences
Strategic Partnerships, Investment & Collaborations
Leveraging On Academic Partnerships To Further Drug Discovery And Development Operations
-Amish Patel
Senior Vice President Technical Operations
Calidi Biotherapeutics
Architecting for the Future: Cutting Edge Best Practices for Optimizing Data Pipelines
Roundtable Tracks
4Target Validation And Small Molecule Hit Identification In The Era Of Modern Drug Discovery
-Geza Ambrus-Aikelin
Head of Immunology & Inflammation
Genesis Therapeutics
DMPK / ADME & Toxicology & In Vivo and In Vitro Pharmacology
Latest Approaches and Trends For Improving Nonclinical Studies
-Angela Huang
Founder and President
Tempo Bioscience
In Silico Biology / AI & ML
Navigating The Latest Machine Learning Tools For In Silico Drug Discovery And Its Contribution In Accelerating Drug Discovery Process
-Dimitra Chalkia
Vice President, Computational Biology
Athos Therapeutics
Bioinformatics / Data Integration & Data Mining
Introducing Cutting-Edge Bioinformatics Applications In Novel Therapeutic Areas
-Joan Chen, PhD
Senior Director of Bioinformatics, Precision Medicine and Translational Research
Boundless Bio
Strategic Partnerships, Investment & Collaborations
How to effectively leverage collaboration with academics in drug discovery programs
-Yuhua Ji
Vice President, Drug Discovery
Grace Science, LLC
Tackling The Pros And Cons Of Different Financing Blueprint Go-To-Clinic Vs Go-To-Market Vs Go-To-Fundraising Strategies And The Criteria To Determine Which Program An Organization Can Adapt
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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