2025 SPEAKERS

Jagat Adhiya is the global lead for IT strategy and digital portfolio for Bayer Pharma R&D across the value chain from early discovery through regulatory submission. 

Prof. Saeed Amal is a research professor in the bioengineering department at Northeastern University. Amal is a member of The Roux Institute and The Institute for Experiential AI. Amal was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Stanford University School of Medicine, where he focused on the applications of...

Dr. Nkiru Anyagaligbo, PharmD, MBA, RPh, is an accomplished leader with nearly a decade of experience driving data-driven strategies and optimizing commercial growth top pharmaceutical companies, including Pfizer, Merck, BMS, and Bayer. Renowned for her expertise in leading global commercial...

Simeón Baker is Executive Director of External Affairs at Genomics England and sits on the Genomics England Executive Leadership Team as SRO for engagement, ethics, equity, communications, assurance and data protection. Additionally, Sim is an experienced non-executive director and board...

Partha Bhattacharjee is a Solution Architect Director at Altair. He leads customer engagements on designing and delivering knowledge graph solutions for high value use cases at global companies. He has spent over a decade driving large programs in life sciences (drug discovery, clinical data...

Philip Brown is a seasoned Senior Data Engineer with a proven track record of leveraging data to drive innovation and efficiency in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. With a strong background in data analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, Philip excels at developing...

Elena Caceres, PhD, is Senior Machine Learning Scientist at Nurix Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotech at the forefront of targeted protein degradation for cancer and autoimmune diseases. At Nurix, Dr. Caceres leads the development of DEL-FM, a state-of-the-art machine learning platform built on...

Stacie, a former pharma and biotech leader, recently joined NVIDIA to further enable AI adoption across healthcare and the life sciences. She also serves as the vice chair of the Alliance for Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare (AAIH). In her 13+ years at GSK, she led R&D initiatives and...

Dr. Emily Caporello is the Director of the Small Business Program at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NINDS Small Business Program provides $100M in annual non-dilutive funding to small U.S. companies to support the...

Janet Carlson has always been fascinated by medicine. She toyed with the idea of medical school and opted out twice. Instead, she chose a more creative path that played to her strengths: science, writing, and ideation.Janet spent eight years in Big Pharma and medical advertising on Madison Avenue...

Dr. Anastasia Christianson is a recognized senior executive in Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, and information technology, with nearly three decades of experience driving digital transformation in the pharmaceutical industry. She most recently served as Senior Vice President and Global Head...

Dr. Joseph M. Conrad III, Esq. received his Ph.D. in biochemistry from American University and his JD from George Washington University Washington College of Law.  He’s a former U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Patent Examiner and spent several years working with two Washington DC patent law...

Krystal Cruz is a visionary leader in the healthcare industry, currently serving as the Chief Strategy Officer at Parx Home Health Care. With a proven track record of driving innovation and growth, Krystal is passionate about cultivating a culture of high-quality ,value based in-home care, while...

Sabya Dasgupta is a technology and AI leader with 10+ years of experience driving data transformation across pharma, healthcare, and enterprise. He leads Sanofi’s global R&D Data Platforms, advancing AI/ML solutions that accelerate drug discovery and improve R&D outcomes. Formerly a...

Jack currently is Chief Science Officer at Velsera (formerly Seven Bridges) with responsibility across all sectors (government, advocacy, biotech, and pharmaceutical). He is part of the Strategic Priorities Group – with a focus on the data integration products for accelerating precision medicine...

Accelerating drug development through in silico crystal structure prediction.

Prevail Partners is focused on investing in clinical stage therapeutics companies, public or private, globally. As fund managers, Prevail's strategy applies expertise in the drug development and monetization process to evaluate and select investment opportunities, equip the process of value...

As the Global Head of Real-World Evidence and Epidemiology at SAS, Sherrine Eid passionately leads a team of over 40 experts in data analysis, biostatistics, and modeling to inform COVID-19 model development and implementation globally. She currently serves as a strategic advisor on 60 global and...

Dr. Ingrid Fernandez is a strategic leader in HPC, AI, and life sciences, driving technological advancements in genomics, Cryo-EM, and computational chemistry. With a PhD from Stanford University, Ingrid has held leadership roles at HPE, Microsoft, Hitachi Data Systems, and Cisco, where she built...

Alyssa Fronk, PhD is the Director of Computational Biology at Envisagenics, a biotech company in NYC using artificial intelligence and machine learning to leverage RNA sequencing data for RNA drug discovery and development. Alyssa’s team focuses on extracting meaningful insights from complex...

Angela Gill Nelms is the Director of Biolocity, where she leads initiatives aimed at accelerating the commercialization of early-stage medical technologies developed at Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology. She brings strategic business leadership to the intersection of...

Emily Gillen has over 15 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry, and is currently serving as the Head of Global Data Partnerships at UCB. A PhD Health Services Researcher by training, Emily brings a wealth of experience in leveraging data to drive innovation and precision ...

Dr Justin Guinney is the Senior Vice President of Computational Biology and Cancer Genomics at Tempus AI, where he leads research and development of precision oncology models using Tempus’ large multimodal database. Prior to Tempus, Dr. Guinney was the Vice President of Computational Oncology and...

Youzhong Guo is an accomplished Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at Virginia Commonwealth University with a strong background in Medicinal Chemistry and Structural Biology. With a Ph.D. in Medicinal Chemistry and over a decade of experience in academia, Dr. Guo is a leading expert in the...

Paul Hanson has worked at Takeda Pharmaceuticals for 17+ years. Paul started in the R&D bioprocess development group working on a couple of late-phase assets that successfully transitioned into commercial products. Paul moved with those products to lead a newly formed biologics group in...

Dr. Michael Harhay specializes in the statistical design, analysis, and interpretation of large randomized trials and cohort studies. At Penn, he oversees a broad research portfolio, including serving as the primary investigator of a PCORI cluster trial methodology award, and MPI of a NHLBI R01...

Feifang Hu is Chair and Professor of Statistics at George Washington University. He received his PhD from the University of British Columbia and previously held faculty positions at the National University of Singapore and the University of Virginia. A Fellow of both the American Statistical...

Youssef Idelcaid is the Head of the AI Research Center at Gilead Sciences, where he leads enterprise AI strategy and the deployment of transformative technologies across the drug development lifecycle. His career spans multiple industries—including biotech (Genentech), cosmetics (L’Oréal), fashion...

Dr Daniel Jamieson founded Biorelate after supporting the successful identification of drug repurposing opportunities with Pfizer in a groundbreaking project to curate the first-ever knowledge graph to represent the pain interactome. Biorelate provides the most advanced data curation in...

With 7+ years building products and helping scientists get science done through software, Samantha leads innovations that address real customer and scientific field needs. Her background includes expertise in molecular and biochemical techniques, microscopy, biomolecular...

Dr. Katz is an experienced transplant surgeon and a leader in clinical development in the pharmaceutical industry. Currently, Dr. Katz is the chief medical officer of Eledon Pharmaceutical. Before joining Eledon, Dr. Katz was CMO of eGenesis, a company in the xenotransplantation...

Dr. Anna Kondic currently heads the Pharmacometrics group at BMS; this group includes mechanistic modeling and clinical pharmacometrics, data science and noncompartmental analysis and has dedicated efforts to create workflow in ML/AI. Anna has worked as a quantitative scientist in various...

Zoran Krunic, Senior Manager of Data Science, Amgen   Since 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...

Kevin Lee is a passionate Data Scientist and respected industry leader with over two decades of experience applying cutting-edge technologies—Generative AI, Big Data, Cloud, Open-Source Programming, Data Science, and Machine Learning—across the pharmaceutical industry. His commitment to innovation...

Dr. Jin Lee is an entrepreneur, investor, board member, and neuropsychologist interested in behavioral change and social impact. Passion & expertise include women's health, youth mental health, and autoimmune conditions, with specialization in early stage software-as-a-medical...

Steve serves as President and a Board Director of Digital Science Research Solutions Inc., alongside board roles for its international counterparts. His extensive career includes leadership positions at 52Inc and Collexis Holdings, where he drove substantial growth, fundraising, and market...

Jeff Lewis is a seasoned professional with a strong background in investigation resolution in the pharmaceutical industry. As the Head of RAPID Rapid Response at Takeda, Jeff leads a dynamic team focused on leveraging data, artificial intelligence, and precision technologies to drive innovation in...

With domestic and international experience across higher education, banking, healthcare, and venture capital (VC) & private equity (PE), J.P. embarked on his first entrepreneurial journey by acquiring and scaling a local business in Houston, Texas. Under his leadership, the company grew from...

   As a researcher and research manager at AT&T Bell Labs from 1975-1990, as a member of Penn’s faculty since 1990, and as founder and director of the Linguistic Data Consortium since 1992, I’ve participated actively in the evolution of speech and language research towards a model of...

Michael N. Liebman, Ph.D (theoretical chemistry and protein crystallography) is the Managing Director of IPQ Analytics, LLC and Strategic Medicine, Inc after serving as the Executive Director of the Windber Research Institute (now Chan Soon-Shiong Institute for Molecular Medicine) from 2003-2007.  ...

Christopher Lundy is a transformative leader and strategist with over 20 years of expertise in enterprise architecture, cloud modernization, and AI-driven solutions across biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and retail sectors. Known for aligning IT strategies with business goals, he has a proven track...

Kate Luu holds a PhD in Biomedical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. During her doctoral studies, she specialized in utilizing machine learning and deep learning models to interpret motor intentions from peripheral neural signals, showcasing her skill...

  Molly Martell brings almost 30 years of healthcare experience - half of which is in clinical diagnostics. Ms. Martell has worked on Next Generation Sequencing and PCR based assays in infectious disease, cancer and transplantation, including the successful commercialization and launch of 8...

Shamekka Marty is a visionary leader at the intersection of healthcare, technology, and patient advocacy. As a fierce advocate for chronic illness awareness and the ethical use of AI in healthcare, she serves as Chairwoman of multiple foundations and lends her expertise as a board member for the...

Rahul Mittal has over 15+ years’ experience across Consulting and Industry roles in Healthcare and Lifesciences across all the major markets. As Head of Strategy for Dr. Reddy’s in North America, he focuses on building new Business models and Levers of growth, Digital and Process Improvement...

Danielle has a technical background in analytical chemistry, mass spectrometry, and software product development, and brings experience in managing software products to the informatics industry. She leverages over 13 years of technical expertise in analytical sciences, complemented by 9+ years in...

AINGENS develops fit-for-purpose AI narrative and engagement solutions for the life sciences. Our first product, MACg (Medical Affairs Content Generator), is a complete AI medical writing and research assistant designed to enhance scientific content development workflows. It includes PubMed...

Amit Patel, CEO, Octozi, "How AI can be used in data cleaning and review to improve data quality, patient safety, and accelerate timelines"

Information Technology professional with a broad background and a strong interest in digital optimisation and innovation for sustainable growth.  Genuine and resourceful, I pass on my enthusiasm to others so we can resolve challenges together.

I am an MD/PhD physician scientist trained at Columbia University and run a research lab at the intersection of cancer biology, multi-omics, and AI at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. I am the site lead for gastrointestinal malignancies in the department of Radiation Oncology and lead the...

Dr. Maria Luisa Pineda is the CEO and co-founder of Envisagenics. Dr. Pineda embarked on her career in STEM as a high school Intel International Science Fair winner in Miami after immigrating from Colombia in 2001. She received her doctorate from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory School of Biological...

Dr. Fengbo Ren is the founder and CEO of Fovus, an AI-powered, serverless high-performance computing (HPC) platform for enterprises. Beyond entrepreneurship, Dr. Ren is a distinguished researcher and educator in computer engineering, with expertise spanning HPC, machine learning, and...

Fatima Sabar is the CEO and Founder of Bluenote, the leading Agentic AI Platform for lifesciences. Previously, Fatima was Vice President at Color Health, a healthcare technology andAI company focused on cancer care and prevention. As the second employee at Color, Fatimaled major initiatives across...

Kellen Sanger currently leads Corporate Strategy, Program Management, Investor Relations, and Corporate Communications at SOPHiA GENETICS. He has diverse work experience across various industries, having started his professional career as an Equity Research Intern at Avondale Partners in 2014 and...

Joel Schwarz is a highly skilled attorney specializing in privacy, cybersecurity, cyber intelligence and compliance oversight and intellectual property rights. Joel is currently Managing Partner of The Schwarz Group, LLC, providing privacy, data governance and cybersecurity advice to various...

Srijit Seal is a researcher specializing in chemoinformatics. His research uses machine learning techniques to predict drug bioactivity, safety, and toxicity, particularly modeling and interpretation of the Cell Painting assay. 

Anu Sharma is a Principal Scientist and Real World Evidence platforms leader at Merck. She leads Data Sciences, Platform Strategy and Health Economic Modeling Initiatives within the Biostatistics and Research Decision Sciences(BARDS) working with cross functional teams to leverage the value of real ...

Anubhav Srivastava is an accomplished professional with over 19 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry. Currently serving as the Associate Director at Novo Nordisk Inc., Anubhav is a visionary leader known for driving innovation and precision in the field. With a strong...

Accomplished Technology professional with over 17 years of experience leading global teams in life sciences consulting, digital transformation, product delivery, and technical pre-sales. Extensive experience leading strategic initiatives, driving business growth, and delivering complex solutions in ...

David Talby is the Chief Executive Officer at John Snow Labs, helping companies apply artificial intelligence to solve real-world problems in healthcare and life science. David is the creator of Spark NLP – the world’s most widely used natural language processing library in the enterprise. He has...

Sally Thompson-Iritani is an accomplished professional in the field of animal care, outreach, and the promotion of the 3Rs (Replacement, Reduction, Refinement) in research practices. Currently serving as the Assistant Vice Provost at the University of Washington, Sally brings a wealth of experience ...

Strategic data science and digital transformation leader with 14+ years of experience in biotechnology and healthcare. Proven ability to develop enterprise‑wide AI/ML strategies that align with population health priorities, integrate patient and community insights, and drive measurable improvements ...

Tianjiao Wang has more than a decade of expeience and track records of developing precision medicines to help patients. He specializes on biomarker and CDx stratgey and operation and drug-diagnostic codevelpment in suport of clinical trials. As a biomarker and CDx lead at Adaptimmune, he has...

James earned his PhD in Cell and Developmental Biology from Vanderbilt University, exploring wound healing through laser ablation and microscopy. He later led biotech programming at Phase Capital. At CDD, he crafts presentations and content that connect science and business, driving...

With more than two decades of experience across biological and pharmaceutical sciences, Tom has built a career at the intersection of science, data, and technology. As a senior consultant at SciBite, he leads technical engagements with pharmaceutical and life sciences organizations, helping them...

John Wright is a seasoned IT leader, solutions architect, and full-stack developer with more than two decades of experience driving digital transformation in life sciences. As Director of Software Engineering at Amgen, he coaches software engineers within R&D Informatics so they can deliver...

Divya Yerraguntla is a dynamic and accomplished professional with a robust background in commercialization and Strategy. She is currently an Angel investor with Life Sciences Angel(LSA) and an Advisor with a leading strategic consulting and advisory firm, where she focuses on development and...

In his role as Chief Strategy Officer, James Zanewicz, JD, LLM, RTTP serves as the principal biomedical business development strategist and connectivity officer to industry, venture capital and other external collaborators; as well as overseeing marketing & communications, working on...