Speakers 2027

Susie Stephens
Head of R&D Technology
Amgen
Morten Sogaard
Senior Vice President, Head of Astellas Innovation Lab
Astellas
Leah O’Brien
VP, Global Head Digital Lab and Plant Operations
Sanofi
Oliver Hesse
VP & CMC Digital Transformation & Data Science Lead
Bayer Pharmaceuticals
Christopher Arendt
CSO, Head of Research
Takeda
Jiye Shi
SVP, Lilly Small Molecule Discovery
Eli Lilly and Company
Shruti Viji
Director, Innovation and AI Strategy at RDU IT
Alexion Pharmaceuticals
Jeremy Jenkins
US Head Discovery Sciences
Novartis
Cenk Ündey
Global iCMC Digital Transformation Program Lead
Sanofi
Cathy Kuang
Executive Director, Unified Lab & Experimental Platforms within Research BI&T
Bristol Myers Squibb
Christian Airiau
Global Head Data Sciences for CMC
Sanofi
Sam Michael
VP, Data, Automation and Predictive Sciences
GSK
Hal Stern
Distinguished Engineer
Applecart
Arturo (Art) Morales
VP, Technology Enabled Science
CSL
Dana Filoti
Associate Director- EBE PDS&T Analytical Development & Digital Strategy
AbbVie
Scott Busby
Executive Director, Discovery Sciences
Novartis
Uli Stilz
Senior Partner
Pioneering Medicines Partnerships
Denise Teotico
Digital R&D Product Line Owner (Senior Director), In Silico CMC
Sanofi
Yu Qiu
Executive Director, Biologics Design and Technology
AstraZeneca
Michael Reilly
Senior Director of World Wide Discovery DMPK and Sample Management
GSK
Steve Winig
Executive Director
Novartis
Nevin Gerek Ince
Director, Digital Labs, Research Digital Products
Novo Nordisk
Jagat Adhiya
VP, Head of IT & Digital for Pharma R&D & CGT
Bayer
David Smithson
Director - Automation/Instrumentation
Pfizer
Pat Pijanowski
Founder & Managing Director
Scientia Advisory Services
Christopher Wassif
Senior Director - Senior Director-Emerging Technologies & High-Throughput Platforms
AstraZeneca
Shekhar Viswanath
Associate Vice President
Eli Lilly and Company
Aridaman Pandit
Head of Target Identification and Validation at Discovery Immunology
AbbVie
Timin Hadi
Director, R&D Informatics
Amgen
Asif Jain
Executive Director, Computational Sciences
Genentech
Mohit Goel
Head of Systems Integration & Chair, TD AI Champions Council
Moderna
Cindy Novak
Director, IT R&D Business Partner
Avidity Biosciences, Inc
Joshua Bishop
Senior Director Laboratory Solutions
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Sarah Tao
Search & Evaluation, Immunoglobulin (Ig) Therapeutic Area and Technologies Lead
CSL
Sara Seepo
Digital Research Strategy Lead
Sanofi
Janelle Steves
Senior Director - Data Governance (DSCS Digital)
Merck
Thrasyvoulos Karydis
Co-Founder & CTO
DeepCure
Michail Vlysidis
Senior Engineer, Technology II
AbbVie
Abbey Weith
Associate Director, Cell and Gene Therapy - Digital Lead
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine