Dr. Adam’s experience spans more than 40 years across academia, government, and industry. In academia, as a Distinguished Professor of Computer and Information Systems, Professor of Medicine, my leadership roles included serving as Vice-Chancellor for Research & Collaboration and as the...

Clotilde Aubertin is Director of External Innovation at Haleon, where she leads global open‑innovation and partnership strategies across consumer health and OTC categories. With a multidisciplinary background spanning biology, nutrition, pharmacy, and a PhD in Informationa and communication...

Mamadou Bamba is a dedicated Lecturer in Data Analytics and Researcher in AI at De Montfort University, with a passion for leveraging data-driven insights to drive innovation in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries. With a background in computer science and a specialization in data...

Dr. Selena Baset is the Founder and CEO of TraceLine Solutions GmbH, a Zurich-based life sciences data company specialising in semantic architecture, data lineage, and standards-driven automation. She holds a PhD in semantic technologies and brings extensive cross-industry experience in...

Jan Baumbach studied computer science at Bielefeld University in Germany. His research career started at Rothamsted Research in Harpenden (UK) where he worked on computational methods for the integration of molecular biology data. He returned to the Center for Biotechnology in Bielefeld for his PhD ...

Leo Betschart joined the Chemistry | Biology | Pharmacy Information Center at ETH Zurich (ETHZ) in September 2018 as an Information Consultant Chemistry. Originally from central Switzerland, he had spent his undergraduate years at ETHZ with a focus on organic and bioorganic chemistry. After a...

Gerald Birringer is a Bioinformatics IT Architect with over 20 years of experience designing, building, and operating Research IT and Scientific Computing systems at Boehringer Ingelheim. He has driven multiple waves of technological innovation in genomics, bioinformatics, and computational...

Richard Bobek is Clinical Decision Science Realization Lead at MSD, where he leads a global data science and AI engineering team focused on advancing clinical pharmaceutical development through analytics‑driven trial design, risk prediction, planning, and execution. With a background in...

Jerven has nurtured the UniProt Knowledge Graph as a member of the Swiss-Prot group at SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics for the last 17 years. He is responsible for the day to day running of the largest public, free to use and FAIR SPARQL endpoint. The UniProt RDF/KG has been in production...

Dr. Christian Bollensdorff is an experienced cardiac electrophysiologist with a PhD in Biophysics and over 20 years of expertise in scientific innovation, leadership, and project management. His key role in building a new cardiovascular research center from scratch in Qatar highlights his expertise ...

Dr Prof Bhushan Bonde is a Visiting Professor of Comp Biology, Quantum Computing and AI at University of Suffolk, UK.Pioneering the Future of Drug Discovery Through AI, Quantum Computation & Scientific Rigor with over two decades at the intersection of biology, mathematics, and...

Olivier Bouchard is an Industry Advisor based in France, Paris and is part of the Health and Life Sciences Practice at SAS. He has been at SAS for several years with over 20+ years in the pharmaceutical industry, supporting various software solutions. Olivier is a strong believer in the power of AI ...

Guillaume Breton is the Head of Clinical & Statistical Programming for Oncology at Johnson & Johnson, where he leads global teams supporting late stage development and regulatory submissions across a broad oncology portfolio. He joined J&J in 2024 and brings more than 25 years of...

Catherine Brownstein is an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital with a passion for leveraging data, AI, and precision medicine to drive innovation in the fields of pharma and healthcare. With a background in genetics and computational biology, she is...

As Global Head of Patient Safety and Medical Affairs at Roche Digital & Technology, I lead an Organization that is focused on building the digital foundations for proactive patient safety and accelerated science. My focus is on responsible AI, including Agentic AI workflows, to transform...

Pascal Carpentier holds overall responsibility for DNDi’s Information Systems management. With over 20 years of experience in both the private and public sectors, Pascal had the opportunity to develop disruptive e-Health solutions for cardiac diseases therapies at Medtronic. He also has extensive...

Maurizio is a senior biotech executive with deep expertise in oncology R&D, currently serving as Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) at Transgene (Euronext:TNG). He oversees scientific strategy, portfolio leadership, and the development of individualized cancer vaccines leveraging AI-enabled design...

Aline is currently the Science Strategy and Innovation Lead at the Wellcome Genome Campus and was previously Head of Innovation at Bruntwood SciTech, where she played a pivotal role in fostering vibrant TechBio and life sciences ecosystems across the UK. She brings extensive experience in...

Thibaut Charrier is a Digital Innovation Lead at Novo Nordisk, where he drives the identification, development, and adoption of AI and data-driven solutions across clinical development. Working at the intersection of science, business, and technology, he helps translate complex clinical and medical ...

Marc Cikes is a healthcare investment professional and board director with a medical and financial background. He has 14+ years of experience as an entrepreneur and senior executive with major healthcare companies. Marc has worked as an advisor for M&A transactions (buy & sell-side) as well ...

Pascal Clisson leads Strategic Partnerships at DayOne (www.dayone.swiss), the healthtech innovation initiative of Basel Area Business & Innovation. Based in Basel, one of Europe’s leading life sciences hubs, he works at the intersection of pharma, startups, investors, and innovation partners to ...

Frederik is a Data Scientist working at Boehringer Ingelheim developing advanced analytics solutions leveraging data in the GCP space. He has co-developed several statistical open-source tools and published scientific articles on quality statistics.

Joe is a Senior Business Development Executive at Cancer Research Horizons, leading its Data & AI team to facilitate access to high-quality cancer research data for academic and commercial use. With extensive experience in research Data Partnerships, he has led data-focused initiatives at...

Ary is a Sr Principal Healthtech Product Manager with 15+ years of biopharmaceutical and digital health experience. After executing strategic assessments for business development deals and co-developing marketing strategies and investment decisions for major oncology brands, he has spent the past 6 ...

Dave Drodge has been passionately co-creating the future for the last 25 years using digital technology and most recently AI.  He’s worked in 7 industries at organizations like Sony, Amadeus, Novartis, Roche and the WWF (the Panda not the wrestlers) in varied functions (like marketing, product...

André is the CTO of ALLOX, a Barcelona biotech mapping protein function at scale to make drug discovery smarter. As an engineer turned computational biologist, he became fascinated by deep mutational scanning, which lets you measure the functional effects of thousands of mutations in a single...

Matthias Glatz is a digital transformation and product management leader specializing in regulated biopharma environments, with deep experience across Regulatory Affairs, Pharmacovigilance, Clinical Safety, GxP systems, data platforms, and applied AI. As Product Management Lead for...

Dr Sarang Hashemi is a digital health researcher specialising in clinical decision support, behavioural decision theory, and human decision-making. His doctoral research developed and evaluated a multidimensional model for desining CDS alerts, which defines and sequences the key building blocks of...

Hana Hassanin is a distinguished Professor in Translational and Experimental Medicine at the University of Surrey, where she also serves as the Medical Director of the Surrey Clinical Research Facility (CRF) and Founding Director of NIHR Royal Surrey CRF. With a strong background in both academia...

Lars Hulstaert is a Director of Data Science at Johnson & Johnson R&D, where he leads the development of AI-driven solutions for clinical study planning and execution. With a background spanning machine learning, software engineering, and pharmaceutical development, he previously worked at...

I am a Biomedical Engineer (sitting then in the intersection between Math, Computer Science, Data Science and Life Sciences) with an extensive background in Software Engineering, Data Science and ML/DL applied to different contexts, such as Biotech Manufacturing, Healthcare and DevOps, just to...

Dr. Steven Jerome completed his PhD at Columbia University in the Chemistry Department under the supervision of Richard Friesner. While at Columbia, he contributed to tools for molecular docking and protein structure refinement. After Columbia, he joined Schrödinger as a scientific developer...

Jane, a recognised national leader in health and care data and analytics, is Co-CEO for AphA (Association of Professional Healthcare Analysts) and an independent health & care data and analytics consultant with 30+ years in the NHS in Senior management.  She has extensive experience managing...

Issa Kildani is the Managing Partner and Founder of Ambrosia Ventures, a boutique strategic consulting and M&A advisory firm operating at the intersection of life sciences, compliance, and capital efficiency. His firm partners with biotech, pharma, medtech, and digital health leaders to de-risk ...

Achim Kless, PhD has over 25 years of experience in research & development within pharmaceutical industry. He was working on several indications like diabetic polyneuropathy, Osteoarthritis, chronic low back pain and Complex regional pain syndrome. Starting in early target and drug discovery he ...

Anees brings a decade of expertise in life sciences, with a specialization in research and development services. His deep knowledge of pre-clinical and early clinical research, combined with his strengths in strategic consulting, solutions management, service delivery, and program leadership, has...

Björn is a neurobiologist PhD with an acquired passion for data science and data analytics. After a detour into the financial industry he started his career in the healthcare sector in 2018 at Roche where he is now working as a Principal Quality Data Scientist. Apart from delivering advanced...

Agata Krason is a Clinical AI Scientist and Senior Medical Imaging Data Scientist at F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, where she works at the intersection of artificial intelligence, medical imaging, and clinical data science to accelerate precision oncology. Her work focuses on building clinically...

Dr Rohit Kumar spearheads the development of cutting-edge Data and AI platforms for Drug Development, with a specific focus on early phases of CMC. With over 18 years of experience in software development, research, innovation, and technical leadership, he leads with a results-oriented mindset to...

Dr. Sherman Leung is the Head of Research Operations at Wesley Research Institute - the research partner of UnitingCare. UnitingCare is the largest private employer in Queensland, Australia encompassing four hospitals (The Wesley Hospital, St. Andrew's War Memorial Hospital, Buderim Private...

Oleksandr Levenets is Program Director of Medicinal Chemistry and AI at Oncodesign, where he leads the integration of AI and machine learning into small molecule drug discovery within the Nanocyclix® platform. His work focuses on macrocyclic compounds, kinase selectivity, and data-driven approaches ...

Thomas is a computational scientist specializing in cheminformatics, computational chemistry, and data-driven drug discovery. He studied Computer Science at ETH Zürich, focusing on Theoretical Computer Science in his Master’s, before completing a PhD in Computational Statistics and Metabolomics at...

Andrea Lucarelli is a seasoned Senior Innovation Manager at Roche, with a strong background in driving cutting-edge solutions in the diagnostics and healthcare industries. With a proven track record of leveraging data, AI, and precision technologies to fuel innovation, Andrea is at the forefront of ...

As a highly strategic, visionary and result-driven data scientist and digital health thought leader, I am dedicated to orchestrating and delivering innovative digital health solutions, from early scientific exploration through to regulatory approval and on-market product insights.

Manuela Maronati is a seasoned leader in the pharmaceutical industry, currently serving as the Senior Vice President and Global Asset Head for Neuroinflammation and Rare Diseases at UCB. With a strong background in drug development and strategic planning, Manuela has a proven track record of...

Andreas leads the team responsible for consulting, implementation, delivery services, and project management for Elsevier’s Life Sciences customers. He has more than 20 years’ experience at the intersection of technology and life sciences, with deep expertise in AI/ML integration, digital...

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Dr Alireza Moayyeri is Senior Director in Global RWE at UCB, where he leads the AI and digital transformation strategy across real-world evidence and market access. A physician-epidemiologist with an MD and a Cambridge PhD, and author of 80+ peer-reviewed papers, he works at the intersection of...

I’m a Senior Biostatistician at Boehringer Ingelheim with experience across multiple sectors, united by a deep passion for healthcare innovation. Over the years, I’ve contributed to both human pharmaceutical and animal health domains, bringing statistical rigor and strategic insight to diverse...

Jonas Münch is a seasoned digital leader with a proven track record of driving innovation and transformation within the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. Currently serving as the Digital Lead at Bayer AG, Jonas is at the forefront of leveraging data, AI, and precision technologies to...

Nikolina is a senior scientific leader in pharma R&D, currently leading the global Digital Biology organisation within AI & Data Innovation at Novo Nordisk. Her work spans early target discovery, translational evidence generation and clinical genomics, with a focus on applying biology-led...

Stefan Nickels is Director of Global Internal Audit at Daiichi Sankyo, where he works at the intersection of governance, digital transformation, and regulated life sciences operations. With 15+ years of experience across Internal Audit, investigations, and risk, he is known for translating...

Michael Oellerich, MD, HonMD, FADLM, FAMM, FFPath (RCPI), FRCPath, is a chemical pathologist and currently a Distinguished Research Professor at the Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical Faculty (UMG) of the George-August University, Göttingen, Germany. He was Chairman of the Department of ...

As a Principal AI Engineer at Bayer, Matthias has contributed to various projects, focusing on Natural Language Processing (NLP) in Pharmacovigilance and medical image processing in Radiology and Early Drug Discovery. Matthias' background is in computational political science and sociology. He...

With over 30 years of combined experience working with various pharmaceutical laboratories in the field of biometrics, I currently holds a biostatistics and data science position at Roche France within the real-world data unit. Since 2019, I am also responsible for data sharing with researchers...

David Pejoski is Co-CEO of Adoram Therapeutics, a Swiss-based university spin-off company developing breakthrough therapies for cancer and inflammation. With a research background in vaccines and immunology, David has led the preclinical development of novel allosteric modulators that aim to be...

Uli leads the product marketing function for HPE Cray Supercomputing at HPE. One of the key use cases of HPE Cray Supercomputers that are deployed globally is to drive new breakthroughs in bio- and cheminformatics. He joined HPE in January 2020 as part of the Cray acquisition. Prior to Cray, Uli...

Sid Prabhu is a seasoned professional with over 8 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Currently serving as the Senior Director at Novo Nordisk, Sid is a visionary leader known for his strategic thinking and innovative approach to driving business growth. With a strong background in...

With a PhD in biology, what's special about living systems is my scientific focus, even in the age of AI and learning systems. To understand how scientific progress can translate into health-related impact. How science in our labs can progress into patients. With paradigm shifts as a topic that ...

Dr. Alessandro Riccombeni is Founder and CEO of Axia Medicine, a governed cohort generation platform for pharmaceutical R&D. Axia takes a pharma research question and delivers the multimodal, longitudinal patient dataset required to answer it, end to end, under a single contract, with an...

Eugen brings 22+ years of experience in software engineering, solution architecture, and digital transformation. At Nagarro, he leads the Life Sciences & Healthcare technology agenda, helping global pharma, biotech, and medtech clients accelerate time-to-market, reduce operational...

Khalil Roy is Innovation Officer at the Swiss Biobanking Platform and founder of Vennes Data Systems, where he builds deterministic, auditable semantic infrastructure for clinical research. He holds a PhD in Human-Computer Interaction from Aalto University, awarded for his dissertation on...

Dr. Daya Shankar Tiwari is Dean of the School of Sciences at Woxsen University, where he leads five academic departments—Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biotechnology, and Computer Sciences & AI—serving over 5,000 students. Simultaneously, he is the founder and driving force behind VaidyaAI, a ...

Dr Ben Sidders, Chief Scientific Officer at Biorelate, has been working at the forefront of pharma data science for the last two decades. Formerly Executive Director and Head of Early Data Science within Oncology R&D at AstraZeneca, responsible for advancing the company’s understanding of...

Yentl Spiteri is Founder & Creative at Von Peach GmbH, a Zug-based creative agency that helps life-science, pharma and biotech teams turn complex science into stories people remember — from investor pitches and conference talks to brand, change and internal communications. She co-founded Von...

David Talby is CEO of John Snow Labs and Pacific AI, helping companies apply regulatory-grade AI to solve real-world problems in healthcare and life sciences. John Snow Labs' medical language models are used by many of the world's largest medical centers, pharmaceutical companies, and...

Dr. Connor Taylor is an Assistant Professor and Research Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering at the University of Nottingham, where he works at the intersection between chemistry, chemical engineering, and computer science. He aims to lead a research group contributing towards major step...

Mitja Tizaj is a Data Governance Associate Director at Novartis with more than 20 years of experience in data governance, master data management, analytics, and digital transformation. He has led global programs involving data quality, data architecture, AI-enabled solutions, and enterprise data...

Simon is a Partner in the Sofinnova Digital Medicine Strategy. He joined us in 2021 after consulting for corporates seeking to develop partnerships with digital health companies. He worked closely with business development functions to identify, assess, and structure strategic investments. Prior...

Mart Vain is the Head of Access & Value at Roche Baltics, where he leads the development of pricing, reimbursement, market access & governmental affairs strategies. His work focuses on the intersection of healthcare innovation and patient delivery, specifically regarding the...

Prof. Dr. Geert van den Bogaart is a Full Professor at the University of Groningen and the University Medical Center Groningen, where he leads the Department of Molecular Immunology. His research bridges fundamental biology and pharmaceutical innovation, with a strong focus on translating insights...

Arnout Van Hyfte joined BioStrand in 2019 as a member of the founding team and has played an important role in its evolution into what is now MindWalk. He has contributed to shaping product direction and establishing the product development foundation behind MindWalk’s LensAI platform, powered by...

Martin van Middelkoop is Senior Sales Engineer at Progress Software and Chair of IHE Netherlands. He has more than 20 years of experience in healthcare IT focusing on data management, interoperability, analytics and reusability. During the past eight years he worked at Roche, where he contributed...

Professor Katarzyna Wac, Ph.D., is a Full Professor of Information Systems at the University of Geneva in Switzerland, where she leads the Quality of Life Technologies lab and mQoL Living Lab. She is also an Invited Professor of Health Informatics at the Department of Computer Science (DIKU) at the ...

Data Scientist with 4 years of experience specializing in Generative AI for healthcare and drug discovery, focusing on applying large language models (LLMs), diffusion models and deep learning techniques to biomedical challenges. Experienced in working with protein sequences, molecular structures...

Jim Wu, M.D., MBA, is the Founder & CEO of SaniMed Science Group, a U.S.-based life science investment and commercialization firm focused on Biotech, MedTech, TechBio, and AI-enabled healthcare.  With more than 30 years of professional experience across China and the United States, Jim brings...

Tim Robert Zander is a business coach, trainer, consultaht as well as lecturer at the Erasmus University Basel (EHS) and author. His work focuses on the intersection of agility, resilience and AI strategy for life-science organisations. With a background in applied R&D and fast growing...

Bolek Zapiec is Head of Digital & Data Science in Discovery Development Technologies, R&D, at Merck Healthcare, where he builds the data and AI architecture connecting discovery science to clinical decision-making. His portfolio spans FAIR data foundations from instrument to warehouse;...

Experienced Project Manager and Innovator with a strong track record in research and the development of medical technology and sensor solutions. Passionate about entrepreneurship, business development, bio- and nanotechnology, process analytics systems, and AI. Brings a leadership mindset with team ...