06-07 June 2023
Tues-Wed
Hyatt Regency San Francisco Embarcadero Waterfront Hotel, CA

USA Drug Discovery Innovation
& Outsourcing programme

Event Schedule

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8:00

Welcome Coffee, Registration & Itinerary Collection

08:45

Opening Remarks

Prabhnihal Josan

Senior Key Accounts Manager

World BI
08:55

Chair Welcome Address

Leo Kirkovsky

Director, Clinical Assay Group (CAG)

09:00

Presentation 1: Some Challenges with ADC Development with Bio-analysis and Clinical Pharmacology As Examples

Leo Kirkovsky

Director, Clinical Assay Group (CAG)

09:30

Presentation 2: Bench-to-bedside Translational Research: Examples of Resources and Basic and Translational Research

Attila Seyhan

Director of Translational Oncology Operations | Associate Research Professor

Brown University
10:00

Coffee Break & Networking Session

10:50

Presentation 3: Generative AI for small molecule drug discovery

Ho Leung

Founder, Computational/AI Drug Discovery Chemistry

Rise Bio
11:20

Presentation 4: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) in drug development

Marsha Samson

Senior Regulatory Analyst

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) – USPHS
11:50

Give and Take Chat: Tapping into the drug discovery potential of AI/ML

Moderator

Ho Leung

Founder, Computational/AI Drug Discovery Chemistry

Rise Bio

Panelist:

Dr. Abhishek Jha

Co-Founder & CEO

Elucidata
12:30

Lunch Break

13:30

Presentation 5: Integration of Physics and Machine Learning for Challenging Drug Discovery Targets

Rafal Wiewiora

Principal, Computational Biophysics

Psivant Therapeutics
14:00

Presentation 6: Recent results from massively multitask Profile-QSAR models as accurate as 4-point IC50s for 9000 assays.

Eric Martin

Director, Computational Chemistry

Novartis
14:30

Presentation 7: A Comparison of Drug Target Deconvolution Techniques for a CDK9

Eric Miele

Associate Director of Proteomics

AstraZeneca
15:00

Presentation 8: Novel Insights Into Therapeutic Targeting of KRAS:Conventional Wisdom is Not Always Right

Imran Khan

Senior Scientist

Bristol Myers Squibb
15:30

Presentation 9: Quantitative Systems Pharmacology Modeling and its Application for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Limei Cheng, PhD

Director | QSP Cardiovascular Lead

Bristol Myers Squibb
16:00

Coffee Break & Networking Session

16:50

Pitch Session: Jubilant Biosys

17:00

Fire Side Chat: What comes "next" for drug research and development

Moderator

Limei Cheng, PhD

Director | QSP Cardiovascular Lead

Bristol Myers Squibb

Panelist:

Attila Seyhan

Director of Translational Oncology Operations | Associate Research Professor

Brown University
17:20

Chair Closing Remarks

Leo Kirkovsky

Director, Clinical Assay Group (CAG)

17:30

End of Day 1

08:00

Welcome Coffee, Registration & Itinerary Collection

08:45

Opening Remarks

Prabhnihal Josan

Senior Key Accounts Manager

World BI
08:55

Chair Welcome Address

Leo Kirkovsky

Director, Clinical Assay Group (CAG)

09:00

Presentation 10: Role of AI ML in Advancing Drug Discovery and Development

Prasun Mishra, PhD

Founder and CEO

American Association for Precision Medicine and Agility Pharmaceuticals
09:30

Presentation 11: Advancement of microneedle

Harshil Parikh

Principal Product Development Scientist

Teva Pharmaceuticals
10:00

Coffee Break & Networking Session

10:50

Presentation 12: Developing Strategic Operational Excellence Roadmap for R&D

Vatsala Sadasivan

Global Operational Excellence Lead, R&D

Sanofi
11:35

Presentation 13: Pharmacovigilance in crisis: drug safety at a crossroads

Ram Vempati

Former Head of Pharmacovigilance

Arcellx
12:05

Chair Closing Remarks

Leo Kirkovsky

Director, Clinical Assay Group (CAG)

12:20

End of Conference with Lunch