Speakers 2025

Adama Ibrahim
Former VP R&ED Digital Transformation
Novo Nordisk
Béatrice Perron
Executive Director, R&D Strategy Portfolio Execution and Excellence
Servier
Mark Fish
VP & GM of Digital Lab Solutions
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Andy Bonner
VP, Quality Engineering & Labs for R&D Digital and Tech
GSK
Chris Phillips
Executive Director
AstraZeneca
Jesper Lau
Scientific Vice President, External & Exploratory Innovation, Research & Early Development
Novo Nordisk
Siping Wang
Co-founder and CTO
TetraScience
Bert Torfs
Sr Fellow Lab and Research platforms Engineering
J&J Innovative Medicines
Tola Olorunnisola
SVP & GM Services
Avantor
Jeremy Ward
Managing Director
Accenture
Patrick Collins
Director of Automation
Recursion
Peter Cox
Head of Translational Science
Isomorphic Labs
Stéphane Maikovsky
Deputy CEO
LifeArc
Marc Smith
Lead Product Manager, Process Development
IDBS
Anshul Agarwal
Partner
ZS Associates
Le (Muller) Mu
End to End AI ML Products, MLOPs
Roche
Tamara McKenna
Director, Global Scientific LIMS
Clinisys
Erik Vernet
VP of Scientific Data Registration
Novo Nordisk
Julie Klint
Director, Head of Molecular Discovery & Enabling Technologies
Lundbeck
Patrick Schorderet
Global Head of Digital Strategy & Execution
Novo Nordisk
Mattia Bosio
Senior Director Product Management - Data Science and AI
AstraZeneca
Aisyah Sjöholm
Associate Director, Global AI Platforms
Insilico medicine
Generoso Ianniciello
Chief Business Officer
Anima Biotech
Paul Denny Gouldson
Chief Scientist
Zifo RnD Solutions
Anne Debusscher
IT Director - Experimental Execution
J&J Innovative Medicines
Becky Upton
President
Pistoia Alliance
Maria Sedykh
AI & Automation Solutions Lead
Lonza
Andreas Steinle
Digital Integration Lead PTD Penzberg
Roche
Jelrik Masson
Account Partner
Veeva Systems
Elisabeth Dietze
Associate Principal Informatician
AstraZeneca
Sheila Elz
Senior RIM Manager
Boehringer Ingelheim
Bryn Williams-Jones
Chief Operating Officer
Connected Discovery
Teodor Leahu
SVP Strategy & Development
L7 Informatics
Thibault Géoui
Director of Transformation
Zuehlke
Sascha Fischer
Business Accounts Manager
Genedata
Craig Hewitt
Head of Scientific Services
AstraZeneca
Karl-Johan Leuchowius
Director Oligo Assay Development
AstraZeneca
Rob Brown
Global VP, Head of Scientific Office
Sapio Sciences
Irene Ferreira
Strategy Leader, Viral Vector Manufacturing
Revvity
Ulrike Richter
Manager for Data Acquisition Systems and Analytics
Lundbeck
Joe Day
Snr Business Development Executive (Data & AI)
Cancer Research Horizons
Bethan Howells
Senior Automation Scientist
AstraZeneca
Amellalih Reza
Global QA Project Manager
Bayer
Patrick Courtney
Board of Directors SiLA
SiLA
Penny Smee
Senior Director Lab Scientist Experience
GSK
Yann Abraham
Principal Scientist
Janssen
Steven Waldauer
Specialist Scientific Product Owner
Novo Nordisk
Mark Basham
Senior Director, Data Sciences & Quantitive Biology
Rosalind Franklin Institute
Tobias Baechtold
Global Lead, Digital Lab Services & Infrastructure
Roche
Laura Shemilt
Head of Research Software Engineering
Rosalind Franklin Institute
Anastasiia Gryniukova
Senior Scientist
AstraZeneca
John den Engelsman
Executive Director, Process Analytical Sciences
Novartis
Joël Poissonnier
Head of Manufacturing Intelligence
Takeda
David Dorsett
Chief Digital Officer
Astrix
Ana Zoldin
Associate Director, R&D IT Lab Systems Innovation
Teva Pharmaceuticals
Kåre Buch Petersen
Principal Scientific Product Manager
Novo Nordisk
Michael Morris
Data Transformation Lead
Argenx
Alberto Pascual
Product Portfolio Leader for Signals Workflows
Revvity Signals
Jason Hirshman
CTO & Co-Founder
Uncountable
Anke Kurt
Scientist, Small Molecule Research
Roche
Laura Williams
Research Digital Capability Lead
GSK
Martin Hornshaw
Senior Director, Scientific Collaborations
ThermoFisher Scientific
Nick Lynch
Founder
Curlew Research
Anna Codina
Senior Director of Strategy and Business Development
SciY
Adam Paton
Principal Client Partner
Zifo RnD Solutions
Claudio Battilocchio
Automation lead
Syngenta
Phil De Winne
VP, Digital Collaboration, Data and Emerging Technologies
Avantor
Martin Curtis-Emerson
Sr Director, Operations, Advanced Lab Services Europe
Avantor
Susanne Weissenborn
Team Lead Enabling Technologies
Roche
Christian Baber
Chief Portfolio Officer
Pistoia Alliance
Richard Lee
Director, Core Technology and Capabilities
ACD/Labs
Alessandro Spada
Solutions Sales Director
Scitara
Robbert van Putten
Senior Scientist in High-Throughput Experimentation
Johnson and Johnson Innovative Medicines
Martin Winter
CEO
Lab Automation Network
Chris Hoyek
Strategic Operations Lead for R&D
AstraZeneca
Darren Green
Director
DesignPlus Cheminformatics Consultants
Rouan Tulloch
Digital Specialist
Agilent
Joep Wetzels
Senior Director, Head Digital R&D Laboratory & Plant operations
Sanofi
Dominik Schneider
Senior Manager, R&D Enabling Technology
CSL Behring
Christian Pilger
Director
AbbVie
Pierre Merea
CEO
newLab
Andrew Blake
Strategic Data Platform Development Lead at the Department of Oncology
University of Oxford
Derek Marren
Principle IT Capability Business Partner, Research & Early TA IT, R&D IT
AstraZeneca
Ilka Knoke
Junior Lab Automation Expert, Pathology and Applied Safety Sciences
Roche
Bruno Fievet
Lead Consultant, Team Lead, Data & Architecture
Zifo
Rik Pepermans
Founder
Rik Pepermans Consulting