2024 SPEAKERS

Architect since 1998, he started to dedicate his career to specialized projects since 2003 and became a full-time laboratory designer by experience since then, never losing the focus of this specific area of Architecture, also called Lab Planning. Responsible, since 2003, for more than 70...

Kenneth Atz is an AI Scientist on the Computer-Aided Drug Design (CADD) team at the Roche Innovation Center Basel, where he works on the development of generative artificial intelligence (AI) methods and reaction prediction. Before assuming his current role, Kenneth received his doctorate from ETH...

As a laboratory automation engineer, Yousef Baioumy has developed a unique set of skills and experience that has made him a valuable asset in the world of scientific research and development. His journey began with a passion for science and technology, which led him to pursue a degree in...

Steven founded Nextnet with the vision of bringing Generative AI stack to the scientists who are at the forefront of the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry. Prior to that, he founded and led Mekonos, a fast-growing biotechnology company in Silicon Valley, pioneering cell engineering and gene ...

Moussa Barhoum is a dynamic business builder with a decade-long international career in B2B and B2C markets. Currently leading global Digital R&D ventures and sustainability platform at Covestro AG, he excels in translating market needs into sustainable strategies within large corporations. His ...

Nathan is a physicist by training and since starting at Johnson Matthey in 2010, he has strived to enable collaborators in R&D to make better decisions, sooner. His current role is to help offer a R&D-wide Lab Informatics Platform to make JM’s chemistry data FAIR.

Claudio graduated from La Sapienza in Medicinal Chemistry in 2008 and obtained his PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2012. He spent ca 7 years at the University of Cambridge working in the field of Flow Chemistry with Prof Steve Ley, in collaboration with several companies (including...

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Bauernhansl has been Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA in Stuttgart since September 2011 and at the same time Head of the Institute for Industrial Manufacturing and Management IFF at the University of Stuttgart. Bauernhansl...

Darren Bell leads the Technical Services team at the UK Data Service, one of the Trusted Digital Repositories for socio-economic data in the UK as well as a national place of deposit and archive for government surveys.  He has worked in a variety of IT and Data roles in both the private and public...

As Chief Commercial Officer at CCDC, I lead the development of the commercial team for the world's leading provider of 3D structural data and software for drug and materials discovery. With a PhD in Biochemistry, an MBA in Strategic Management, and over 30 years in technology, life and health...

As the Managing Director of the Steinbeis Consulting Center for Digital Transformation and Process Automation, I combine a solid engineering education with extensive experience as a software, automation system developer, and architect. In today's digital world, businesses are challenged to...

Deirdre Black is Head of Science and the Sustainability Strategy Lead at the Royal Society of Chemistry, a UK-headquartered publisher and scientific organisation.  She has variously led the organisation’s science policy, international engagement and scientific networks as well as prizes, grants and ...

Simon Böhm is Product Manager for OMNIS platform and member of the Competence Centre Digital Products and Services at Metrohm International Headquarters in Herisau, Switzerland. He joined Metrohm Germany in 2017 as Product Specialist for Titration. After being heavily involved in rolling out OMNIS...

Responsible for global marketing strategy at Siemens Smart Infrastructure headquarters, Ivo Boruta has been driving digitalization, sustainability and resilience at Pharma & Life Science customers for the past 5 years. With over 20 years of experience in process industry, Ivo held various roles ...

Alex Böser is the Senior Ecosystem Manager - Chemistry at 5-HT Chemistry and Health, which is part of the German Federal Digital Hub Initiative. He is responsible for managing all corporate and startup activities belonging to the chemistry part of the 5-HT ecosystem, which mainly consists of...

As project manager for need-oriented innovation projects in the field of lab automation I love to contribute to a better future for the healthcare industry. I am tasked with uniting like-minded companies and research institutes to collaborate on conceptualizing and prototyping of digital solutions...

Dominik Brem is Head of the newly established Engineering and Systems Department at ETH Zurich since 1.1.2022. The Engineering and Systems department is ETH Zurich's engineering center for building technology systems, building automation, laboratory technology, energy supply, workshop...

Marshall graduated with his PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Texas at Austin before transitioning to academic publishing. Prior to joining Cell Press as the EiC for Device, he was an editor for Nature Chemistry, founded ...

Rob Brown is Senior Director of Product Marketing at Sapio Sciences.  Prior to joining Sapio Sciences he spent eight years at Dotmatics where he held various positions including Head of Global Presales and Head of Product Marketing & Product Management. Earlier in his career he was responsible...

Sean Caffrey is the Executive Director of the Acceleration Consortium, a global research initiative led by the University of Toronto (UofT) that is transforming scientific discovery. The Acceleration Consortium joins materials science with artificial intelligence, robotics and advanced computing to ...

John is Chief Data Scientist at Monte Rosa Therapeutics. John has deep expertise in biomarkers and therapy development using computational biology, AI, biotechnology and genomics. John pioneered bioinformatics and ‘omics approaches to neoantigen identification for anti-tumor...

Laboratory manager with over 10 years of experience in the biotechnology sector. Currently, I lead the R&D, manufacturing, and QC labs at Procella Therapeutics, a company at the forefront of developing innovative stem cell therapies. My focus lies in ensuring our labs meet the highest...

James Connelly, My Green Lab’s CEO, is a visionary sustainability executive with a track record of growing organizations that have transformed industries in multiple sectors, including manufacturing, real estate, tech, and life science. Over his career, he consulted with and developed...

Dana Cortade is a Technical Project Manager at Align to Innovate, a scientific non-profit working at the interface of biology, AI, and lab automation. Born and raised in Arizona, USA, she received her Bachelors in Optical Sciences and Engineering from the University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ, USA) and ...

Dr Courtney has 20 years of experience in laboratory instrumentation R&D and marketing, as a former director at PerkinElmer, as well as at Sartorius and Cap Gemini. He is a current director at SiLA (Standards in Laboratory Automation) and leads the European working group on Laboratory Robotics...

I am a researcher active in the fileds of data science, analytical chemistry, environmental technology and biological engennering. Currently, I am part of the StreamFind (https://github.com/odea-project/StreamFind) develop team. Also, I am involved/manage projects within the mentioned research...

Luigi Da Via’ is a Scientific Leader specializing in Analytical Development at GSK. He earned his PhD in photochemistry and catalysis from the University of Liverpool (UK). In 2018, he was elected as a GSK Fellow, acknowledging him as one of the top 5% of R&D staff, celebrated for their...

As the Manager of Laboratory, Strategy, and Development at Basel Area Business & Innovation, Tebbe is responsible for coordinating the organization and development of the lab area, as well as fostering the scientific community at the Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area in Allschwil (BL). ...

Dr Benjamin J Deadman is the Program Manager and Reaction Data Evangelist for the Open Reaction Database (ORD). He works closely with the synthetic and digital chemistry communities to support and encourage the sharing of organic reaction data in a structured format that enables downstream...

Emelia DeForce, Ph.D. is a Senior Program Manager for Sustainable Science and Product Stewardship at Genentech.  Throughout her academic career, she worked on climate change related research projects as a scientist. Since then, she has realized the importance of implementing greener practices into...

Paul Denny-Gouldson (PDG) is a notable figure in scientific data management and digital science, with a career spanning over two decades. His passion is contributing to advancing life sciences and healthcare through his informatics, data management, and science and technology innovation...

Eric was the President of HORIZON before being acquired by Clinisys in 2022. He joined the HORIZON team in 2005 and has over 20 years of experience with development, implementations and consulting services. During this time, Eric gained knowledge of numerous industries, including...

Mark Doerr (Dr.) is a (bio-)chemist, software developer and staff scientist in Prof. Uwe Bornscheuer's protein engineering and biocatalysis group at the Institute for Biochemistry of the University of Greifswald. He is responsible for the institute's robotic protein high-throughput...

Daniel Domine, PhD is a Senior Consultant at wega since 2014 with more than 20 year’s experience in setting up information systems supporting R&D for Pharmas and Biotechs. He is involved in the IT strategy definition and implementation of integrated solutions for R&D in Pharmas and Biotech

Alex Domling studied Chemistry & Biology at the Technische Universitat Munchen (TUM). He performed his Ph.D. with Ivar Ugi and his postdoc - funded by a Feodor Lynen stipend from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation - with double Nobel Laureate Barry Sharpless. After his habilitation at...

Utku is a cellular biologist who works with muscle stem cells to grow them into myofibers inside juicy burgers! Currently he is working as a Junior Scientist in Mosa Meat, one of the leading cultured meat companies that aims to reshape the food system in an environmentally friendly way. There, he...

2022-07 - now: Software Application Specialist and Support, Nikon Europe Swiss Branch 2021-07 - 2022-06: Manager of Lightmicroscopy Unit at Institute of Anatomy, University of Bern 2020-07 - 2021-06: Post Doc at Institute of Anatomy, University of Bern 2016-06 - 2020-06: PhD Student at Institute ...

Having earned degrees in Computer Science and Electronics, Alain has always been instrumental in the design of leading edge computing solutions with successive roles in applied research, engineering consulting, startup companies and now, since 2007 with JAG. During his first 16 years at JAG, Alain...

Jens is an engineer in electrical science and holds an executive master in business studies. In his professional live he has been active in building management and electrification since more than 25 years, 20 years of these related to the Life Science Industry in different roles. Next to his...

Prof. Ferraz received her veterinary medicine degree in 2010 from the University of São Paulo (Brazil), a master in animal genetics and reproduction in 2013 from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain) and a PhD in 2018 at Utrecht University (Netherlands). She worked as a postdoctoral...

​​​​​Sascha Fischer discovered his passion for automation during his work for Hamilton and Tecan as an Application Specialist for Genomics and NGS. He graduated in Molecular-Medicine at the University of Tübingen and is currently in the final phase of his PhD studies in Neuropsychiatric Genetics at ...

Julien Fizet is a mechanical engineer specialized in product design and development. After working in the automotive and sanitary industries, he is in charge at JAG of Business Developer for the Robotics department, focusing on the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors. Responsible for defining...

Dr. Owen Fraser is the Co-Founder and CEO of Gobiosis International (Pty) Ltd, a pioneering laboratory technology company headquartered in South Africa. With a background in Biological Sciences, Dr. Fraser has over 35 years of invaluable experience in laboratory design, operation, and...

Thomas has 20 years of experience in lab automation and software for life science R&D organizations while working for Xavo, Novartis, and Chemspeed Technologies. For over 10 years and in various roles, he served SiLA (Standardization in Lab Automation) and is an active member of the SLAS...

Jeremy Frey is a Professor of Physical Chemistry and the head of the Computational Systems Chemistry Group at the University of Southampton. He is also a pathfinder and work package lead on the Physical Sciences Data Infrastructure (PSDI) Initiative. Before working at Southampton, he obtained his...

After his B.S. and M.Sc. in physics and a Ph.D. in physics on multiscale modeling of organic semiconductors, Pascal Friederich received a Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship at Harvard University and the University of Toronto where he worked on machine learning methods for chemistry. In...

Dr. Martin Alexander Gershon, MD, JD, MPH is the Managing Partner and CIO of Endeavor Life Sciences Venture Funds and Venture Studio, Senior Executive Investor-in-Residence for Healthcare at Techstars, Host of the BetterHealth Webinar Series, and contributing writer for Fast Company on healthcare...

In addition to coordinating Labforward’s Marketing & Communications efforts, Jenny specializes in scientific content writing for the company’s clients, particularly evaluating the implementation efforts and success metrics for Labforward’s Lab Execution System (LES) - Laboperator. She studied...

Christiane is in charge of the laboratory workplace strategy across the Roche Diagnostics Division dedicated to support innovation, improve investment- and operational cost efficiency and environmental sustainability.She is steering the target setting and requirements definition for current and...

I am a developer for open-source robot interfaces, primarily PyLabRobot, PyHamilton, and PyLynx. I am currently a PhD student in the Chory Lab at Duke University where I study T cell expansion and differentiation using robots.

Robert Goude is Senior Director, Property Development, R&D BioPharmaceuticals and has 13 years’ experience working in AstraZeneca. In his current role he leads a team with the responsibility to lead transformation programmes on-time and on-budget, and in adherence with quality and compliance...

Robert Grass (1979, Austrian/Swiss) is Titulary Professor at the Functional Materials Laboratory at ETH Zurich. He studied Chemical Engineering at ETH with a stay at CASE Western Reserve University Cleveland in 2003 after which he pursued a PhD at ETH Zurich. In 2021 he spent half a year at the...

Lukasz is a Senior Manager at CSLs' R&D Enabling Technology, leading digital transformation and optimization initiatives across the organization's R&D. He helps the scientists optimize their processes and leverage data by implementing FAIR-data systems to enable seamless data flows...

Antima Gupta, PhD. is an Application Scientist in the technical support team at Collaborative Drug Discovery based in the UK. As a skilled data solution scientist she is dedicated to educating the CDD community with best data management practices and bettering the user experience with reliable...

Rob Harkness, PhD, is the Chief Technology Officer at Biosero, a BICO company, where he previously served as Managing Director for the UK/EU business. Since joining Biosero in 2020, Rob has been actively involved in shaping the company’s technology roadmap and focused on advancing the capabilities...

Ph.D. in Neuroscience, Julien Hering developed and managed several basic research projects (ion channels, cerebellum, epilepsy, …) using various and innovative experimental approaches (electrophysiology, cellular-molecular biology, new animal models, laser vibrometry). He made his career as a...

Dr Stephen Hilton is an Associate Professor at UCL School of Pharmacy. Dr Hilton's diverse research interests range from medicinal chemistry, scale-up synthesis and new technology with an emphasis on the applications of 3D printing and Virtual Reality in Synthetic Chemistry and Pharmaceutical...

Jonathan Hirst is Professor in Computational Chemistry at the University of Nottingham. In 2020, he was awarded a Chair in Emerging Technologies by the Royal Academy of Engineering, focusing on research that will empower the development of next-generation molecules that chemical engineers and...

Endre Horváth, Ph.D. is an environmental scientist with 20+ years of experience in developing novel materials in nano, micro and macrocrystalline forms for energy, sensing and environmental applications in academia and industry. He discovered the material at the core of the Swoxid technology and...

Sasha Hugentobler, PhD Is Swiss National Contact Person (NCP) at Euresearch for Health programmes in FP6, FP7, Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe.In this role she informs and advices on the Health research and innovation programmes in Horizon Europe. She also participated and participates in several...

Josie Hughes is an Assistant Professor at EPFL where she established the CREATE Lab in the Institute of Mechanical Engineering in 2021. She undertook her undergraduate, masters and PhD studies at the University of Cambridge as part of the Sensor CDT, joining the Bio-inspired Robotics Lab (BIRL). ...

Tilo Hühn is a Geisenheim oenologist (531Riesling.de), FoodArchitect, inventor, developer and implementer of regenerative technological processes in companies. The doctor of natural sciences, organizational psychologist and digital expert has been working in Wädenswil, Switzerland, since...

For over 20 years, I have been working in finance in various roles at global and local levels. I have led different financial functions with a focus on business partnering, processes optimizations, and the implementation of digital technologies, including roll out and scaling up of global planning...

Márcia has a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Utrecht University in the Netherlands and has over 20 years’ experience R&D in the areas of computational science and bioinformatics. With extensive experience in modelling, data analysis, and data visualization, she now works as an Industrial Process...

Amruta brings nearly two decades of rich and diverse experience in a matrix business environment, a steadfast commitment to customer-centricity, and a service-oriented mindset. Amruta is a Professional Scrum® Master and a PROSCI® Certified Change Management Professional with a formidable skill set...

Stephane Jeanmart serves as the Site Operations Manager for the Syngenta Stein R&D centre and as the Continuous Improvement Lead for the company's Crop Protection Research division. In his current role, he not only oversees the optimization of research processes but also remains an integral ...

Electronic Lab Notebooks (ELNs) are essential for documenting research processes and storing data digitally, allowing for reuse. They enable planning, recording, and storage of experiments, aiding in data disclosure when combined with repositories. ELNs standardize data management and enhance it...

In 2020, Nicholas co-founded the spin-off company Accelerated Materials, with the vision of pushing"miracle materials" into reality for sustainable development. He brings a diverse skillsets from materials science, chemical engineering, automation and biology to create...

Andrew has a background in environmental science, with experience of experimental research from his PhD assessing Chemical fate in the environment.  He has previously worked in the water industry but moved to pharmaceuticals in 2018 when he joined AstraZeneca. In that time, he has held a few...

Kjell Kochale completed his Master's degree in Applied Chemistry with a focus on instrumental analysis and laboratory management at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences in 2019. He then began his doctorate at the Faculty of Chemistry at the Chair of Instrumental Analytical Chemistry...

Kevin Kölliker is a Lab Informatics Application Engineer for Agilent Technologies. He studied Chemistry and Business informatics, and he worked as a Lab Technician, and as a Field Service Engineer before joining Agilent. Combined he has more than 10 Years of Experience in the analytical...

As the Head of Asset Management at the ETH Immobilien, Andrei leads a team of Project Managers responsible for Campus Hönggerberg with its 50 research and educational buildings of the ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), totaling about 500’000m2 in area. Andrei’s team executes over...

Dr Zisis Kozlakidis is the Head of Laboratory Services and Biobanking at the International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization (IARC/WHO). He is responsible for one of the largest and most varied international collections of clinical samples in the world, focusing on...

Dr. Christoph Kreisbeck is co-founder and CEO of Aixelo Inc., which offers enterprise AI software for data and simulation-driven experimental planning. After earning his Ph.D. in computational physics, Christoph held research positions at Harvard University and Humboldt University of Berlin. His...

Partha started his career as a lab scientist and started to dedicate his career in occupational health and safety after a fatal lab accident at UCLA where he was a postdoctoral fellow. After holding several safety related positions of increasing responsibilities at UCLA, Yale and Harvard, he is...

After studying Informatics with a focus on AI and robotics with a minor in Electrical Engineering at the University of Kaiserslautern, Reinhard Lafrenz worked at the University of Stuttgart, where he got a PhD in Cooperative Autonomous Mobile Robots and was strongly involved in RoboCup...

Michael Langner is a trained biologist. In 2013 he completed his bachelor's degree in microbiology and genetics and in 2015 his master's degree in molecular medicine with distinction at the University of Vienna. Afterwards he spent three years at the University Hospital in Würzburg in the...

Alexei Lapkin graduated with MChem from Novosibirsk State University in 94. He then worked as Junior Research Scientist @ Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, before moving to UK in 1997 to pick up a contract @ University of Bath as a Research Assistant. He completed his PhD at University of Bath in...

Alexei Lapkin is a Professor of Sustainable Reaction Engineering at the University of Cambridge. His research is mainly on sustainable manufacture of molecules and materials, which also includes the application of machine learning and AI in process development. As part of this work, especially when ...

Rita Lencastre is the Head of Laboratory Advisory at NNIT A/S – a consultancy firm specializing in the life sciences industry and IT solutions. She has an academic background as a Biological Engineer. Throughout her diverse career in the life sciences industry, data, systems, and digital...

Ineke studied Architecture, Building and Planning at the Technical University of Eindhoven and worked for more than 10 years in real estate management and business support. She prefers complex projects with many different stakeholders and interests since connecting people and knowledge in order to...

Dr. Liepert earned his diploma in mathematics in 1990 from the University of Augsburg and his honorary doctor degree from University of Magdeburg in 2011.From February 1990 until June 2019 Dr. Liepert has worked in changing positions for KUKA. From 1990 to 1996 he worked as mathematician and...

Dr. Kourosh Malek is currently heading the research department “Artificial Materials Intelligence (AMI)” as part of the institute for energy and climate research (IEK-13) at Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH. He is also the founder and managing director at ViMi Labs, a software solution that designs...

Doctorate from AgroParisTech and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, thesis on embryonic development and stem cells (2010).+15 years of international experience in cell biology: PhD researcher (2006-2010), INRA (France) and Chinese Academy of Sciences (Beijing) Post-doctoral researcher...

current:University Medical Center Göttingen - Groupleadermyriamed GmbH - Head of AutomationSiLA Consortium - Member BoDSmartlab Network - Member BoD past:MPI-BPC Göttingen; IRBB Barcelona; TSRI LaJolla; ESBS Strasbourg; UWS Sydney

Juliane works as a Sustainability Project Manager in the School of Life Sciences at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. She has extensive international experience, having worked in France, New Zealand and the United States. She leads the development of an online greenhouse ...

Marissa Mock is Senior Director, Research at Amgen, leading the Generative Biology team within Protein Therapeutics. Her team engineers biologic therapeutic candidates in Amgen’s portfolio using machine learning-assisted methods and laboratory technologies including yeast display, NGS, and...

David Nippa is a Scientist in the Medicinal Chemistry department at the Roche Innovation Center Basel (RICB) working at the interface of automation, digitalization and artificial intelligence (AI). Before this role, David was a doctoral researcher at Roche and the LMU Munich. His PhD research...

Claudia Ortugno, a seasoned agronomist with a PhD Plant Biology and Crop productivity from University of Milano, boasts a career rich in R&D leadership across four agrochemical and seeds companies spanning four countries. With over 16 years of industry experience, she has spearheaded product...

Philipp combines expertise as a laboratory technician and biomedical analyst with passionate leadership as CEO of 1LIMS. His background as an environmental engineer specializing in eco-technology and ecological analysis led to the co-founding of 1LIMS. Today, the company stands internationally...

Özlem has an academic background in electrochemistry and material science. She focusses on the application of electrochemical methods for synthesis and characterisation of functional materials for corrosion protection and green electrocatalysis. Her research revolves mainly around metals and...

A Senior Operations Support Manager at a cutting-edge biotech in London developing multi-engineered Regulatory T cells for cell therapy. Recent years has involved a key role in helping to build multi-site facilities, a world class team and as a result taking a novel cell therapy product to the...

Renato is a senior quality and compliance professional with extensive experience in validation,  compliance, IT infrastructure qualification, computer systems validation and  implementation of a quality  management system within regulated environments  gained  in  the  over  15  years’  experience  ...

I grew up in Scotland and received my first degree from Edinburgh University. Then I moved to the University of Bristol, England, to gain a Ph.D. with Prof. Steve Halford, FRS, developing a novel method to monitor long range DNA/protein interactions. This work resulted in papers published in Cell...

A chemical engineer by training, Brian drifted towards physics and now focuses on a broad spectrum of activities with the aim to improve scientific reproducibility. This includes studies on holistically improving data quality, data collection efficiency and traceability, as well as concomitant...

Dr Samantha Kanza is a Senior Enterprise Fellow at the University of Southampton. She is a pathfinder lead and researcher on the Physical Sciences Data Infrastructure (PSDI) Initiative. She coordinates the AI 4 Scientific Discovery Network (AI4SD - www.ai4science.network) run out of...

Evelyne Pflugi is CEO of the Zurich-based investment advisory boutique The Singularity Group (TSG), which she founded in 2017. Her career includes positions at major asset managers in Switzerland and abroad such as Capital Research Global Investors in London, The Capital Group in Los Angeles or at...

Dr. Vincent Revol is Head of Research and Business Development, Life Science Technologies at CSEM. Responsible of the research roadmap and contacts with key partners and customers, he ensures the strategic alignment of CSEM activities with the Life Sciences market. Engineer and physicist by...

Samira is the proactive Head of Operations at Solena Materials who leverages her rich educational background and extensive experience to enhance the operational effectiveness of this innovative biotechnology company. Holding an MBA, an MRes, and Bachelor's degrees in Economics and Biology, she...

After receiving his Ph.D. in Physical-Organic Chemistry from University of California Santa Barbara with Prof. Donald Aue, and a post-doctoral fellowship at UCSB, Joachim joined BASF SE, Germany in 1990. He has been directing a variety of analytical and research units at BASF SE since. Among...

Heike is Head of Competence Center Liquid Handling & Lab Robotics at  Metrohm International Headquarters, Herisau, Switzerland. She has more than more than 23 years of work experience with titration, automation and  liquid handling. During her time with Metrohm, Heike used to work as an...

I hold a PharmD and a PhD in Medicinal Chemistry from the University of Lisbon. After postdoctoral stays at ETH Zürich (2011-2015) and iMM (2015-2017) I became a junior group leader at iMM. Since 2019 I lead the Digital Chemistry Lab (DigiChem Lab) at the University of Lisbon and became an...

Patrick Ruch is Senior Research Scientist at IBM Research Europe - Zurich and member of the team developing AI for Scientific Discovery. Dr. Ruch's main research interest lies in exploring and demonstrating concepts for the data-driven and AI-enabled lab of the future. He is also the Principal...

Ali Safavi, founder of Grenova, is on a mission to enable laboratories around the world to become sustainable and waste-free. Ali founded Grenova, which is short for Green Innovation, after working in the life sciences industry and discovering an unsustainable practice within the...

Roman, MSc in Computational Biology, brings expertise in Agile methodologies to radically simplify document management.With a track record spanning roles as a Product Owner, Scrum Master, and Release Train Engineer, Roman is dedicated to developing Knowledge Management solutions that help bring...

Andrea Sauerwein is the R&D Data Readiness Lead at Johnson Matthey (JM) and a qualified change practitioner. She is passionate aboute leading people through the change digital transformation brings to R&D. With a PhD in chemistry and more than 12 years of experience in various R&D...

Frank holds a Ph.D. in organic Chemistry from the Albert Ludwigs University in Freiburg Germany. Frank has been working in the Cheminformatics area in the field of consulting, product marketing and tech sales for over 28 years. His expertise lies in Lab Management, Inventory, Electronic Lab...

Nicolas, Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics , has more than 30 years of experience in pharmaceutical R&D working for pharmaceutical and contract research organizations.   His focus is managing complex global projects in the strategy definition and implementation that require the integration of...

Matt Shaughnessy is Head of Operations Sustainability, AstraZeneca and has over 30 years’ experience in the Pharmaceutical Industry. Matt has a degree in Pharmacy and started his career in the hospital setting before moving to the Pharmaceutical Industry. Matt initially worked in R&D on...

Larisa is an internationally recognized expert in AI, particularly in discovery science, reasoning, knowledge representation and semantic technologies. Larisa is working on the Robot Scientists project, which investigates what processes of scientific discovery can be automated and how robotic and...

Davide Spoldi, part of Givaudan Corporate IT organisations, since 5 years leading the Science and Technology IT product line.

Andreas Steinbacher is a trained mechatronic engineer and holds a PhD in Physics. He joined Roche pRED to progress the digitalization in research labs and introduced a global digital lab automation platform. Currently, he is focusing on preclinical data management challenges by advancing or even...

Etzard leads the global Information / Knowledge Management effort in Pharma Manufacturing for F. Hoffmann-La Roche, with a focus on processes and tools for effective knowledge utilisation. An active customer base of 20k colleagues utilises a range of AI/NLP capabilities that improve knowledge flow...

Molly directs the Specialty Databases and Services Operations unit at CAS, overseeing and supporting consulting agreements and offering all special substance services offered by CAS. She leads several cross-functional teams to support CAS product and service offerings, including the formulations...

Emrah has been working in a newly created role as Sr. Market Solutions Manager R&D since August 2021 to connect external innovation with Roche problem statements in the pre clinical space.Emrah holds a Bachelor in Business Administration and also an Advanced Federal Diploma of Higher Education...

Kerstin Thurow is Director of the Center for Life Science Automation at the University of Rostock, Germany. She obtained her Ph.D. in organometallic chemistry from the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich and the habilitation in measurement and control in 1999 from the University of Rostock. In...

Rouan joined Agilent at the start of 2022 as Digital Services Specialist at Agilent Technologies. In the 20 years leading up to this, Rouan had specialised in customising gas chromatography instrumentation, mainly in the alternative energy, oil, gas and chemical sectors. Outside work, Rouan is an...

Miquel Vidal is Head of Extended Reality Solutions for CBRE’s Global Workplace Solutions, Digital and Technology Team. He has been an evangelist and a leader on XR (Extended Reality) within CBRE for the past six years, working transversely across the business as an ambassador for the value and...

An internationally experienced crystallographer, analytical chemist and passionate scientist with more than 20 years of experience in pharmaceutical research. Has led a diverse Analytics group for 13 years, integrated physicochemical properties and separation technologies and built up an automation ...

Kevin Walsh is the CEO and Founder of Chemishield. At the beginning of his career, Kevin started out as an Analytical Scientist with MSD before moving into the world of validation. Having witnessed a serious incident many years ago whilst working in a lab, where a colleague incorrectly disposed of...

​​​​​​​Toby Winchester joined Titian Software in 2011 and is a product manager focusing on integration with valued laboratory automation partners and product strategy for Mosaic SampleBank. Previously, he spent 17 years at Pfizer, first as a senior scientist and then as a sample logistics manager...

Ádám has an academic background in Mechatronics and Robotics. After gaining experience in industrial R&D (specialty equipment prototyping) and in academic R&D (agromechatronics), he joined Takeda in 2019. His focus is on laboratory automation robotics and corresponding integration...

Ádám has an academic background in Mechatronics and Robotics. After gaining experience in industrial R&D (specialty equipment prototyping) and in academic R&D (agromechatronics), he joined Takeda in 2019. His focus is on laboratory automation robotics and corresponding integration...

David has a substantial background in Biologics operations. He has worked on a diverse range of projects that have honed his expertise in various aspects of biologics manufacturing including facility design, OPEX reduction, preapproval inspections and troubleshooting.  His experience in biologics...

Thole Züchner studied biochemistry and received his PhD in protein and neurochemistry in Germany and the USA in 2005. After a two-year research stay at Lund University, Sweden, he habilitated in 2013 in Germany in the field of bioanalytics as part of a start-up project. After 4 years in different...