Speakers 2025

Steve Rees
SVP, Discovery Sciences
AstraZeneca
Adama Ibrahim
VP R&ED Digital Transformation
Novo Nordisk
Anthony Rowe
VP, Head of Technology - Research Systems
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
Béatrice Perron
Executive Director, R&D Strategy Portfolio Execution and Excellence
Servier
David Michalovich
VP Translational Research
GSK
Jesper Lau
Scientific Vice President, External & Exploratory Innovation, Research & Early Development
Novo Nordisk
Roman Affentranger
Executive Director, Head of Product Management, Research Informatics
Novartis
Tola Olorunnisola
SVP & GM Services
Avantor
Peter Cox
Head of Translational Science
Isomorphic Labs
Andy Bonner
VP, Quality Engineering & Labs for R&D Digital and Tech
GSK
Nicola Richmond
Chief Scientist, AI
Recursion
Stéphane Maikovsky
Deputy CEO
LifeArc
Le (Muller) Mu
End to End AI ML Products, MLOPs
Roche
Patrick Schorderet
Global Head of Digital Strategy & Execution
Novo Nordisk
Anne Debusscher
IT Director - Experimental Execution
J&J Innovative Medicines
Julie Klint
Director, Head of Molecular Discovery & Enabling Technologies
Lundbeck
Tamara McKenna
Director – Global Scientific LIMS
Clinisys
Sona Chandra
President of AI
Pangea Bio
Becky Upton
President
Pistoia Alliance
Maria Sedykh
AI & Automation Solutions lead
Lonza
Anshul Agarwal
Partner
ZS Associates
Andreas Steinle
Digital Integration Lead PTD Penzberg
Roche
Franziska Vogel
Principal Scientist
Amgen
Thrasyvoulos (Thras) Karydis
CTO and Co-Founder
DeepCure
Elisabeth Dietze
Associate Principal Informatician
AstraZeneca
Rob Brown
Global VP, Head of Scientific Office
Sapio Sciences
Bryn Williams-Jones
Chief Operating Officer
Connected Discovery
Penny Smee
Senior Director Lab Scientist Experience
GSK
Amellalih Reza
Global QA Project Manager
Bayer
Petrina Kamya
Global Head of AI Platforms, VP
Insilico Medicine
Joe Day
Senior Data & AI Executive
Cancer Research Horizons
Bethan Howells
Senior Automation Scientist
AstraZeneca
Sheila Elz
Master Data Manager
Bayer
Yann Abraham
Principal Scientist
Janssen
Kristine Deibler
Head of Molecular AI
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
Jason Hirshman
CTO & Co-Founder
Uncountable
John den Engelsman
Executive Director, Process Analytical Sciences
Novartis
David Dorsett
Chief Digital Officer
Astrix
Ana Zoldin
Associate Director, R&D IT Lab Systems Innovation
Teva Pharmaceuticals
Alberto Pascual
Product Portfolio Leader for Signals Workflows
Revvity Signals
Michael Morris
Scientific Data Environment Platform Solution Lead
Argenx
Joël Poissonnier
Head of Manufacturing Intelligence
Takeda
Kåre Buch Petersen
Principal Scientific Product Manager
Novo Nordisk
Anke Kurt
Principal Associate, Small Molecule Research
Roche
Jamie Clifton
Matrix Leader Lab Automation
Roche
Laura Williams
Research Digital Capability Lead
GSK
Frederike Zumsande
Scientist and Project Manager
Amgen
Mohammad Hassan Khalid
Director, Senior Engineer, ML and Data Science
AstraZeneca
Nick Lynch
Founder
Curlew Research
Sascha Fischer
Business Accounts Manager,
Genedata
Christian Baber
Chief Portfolio Officer
Pistoia Alliance
Claudio Battilocchio
Automation lead
Syngenta
Richard Lee
Director, Core Technology and Capabilities
ACD/Labs
Robbert van Putten
Senior Scientist in High-Throughput Experimentation
Johnson and Johnson Innovative Medicines
Alessandro Spada
Solutions Sales Director
Scitara
Chris Hoyek
Strategic Operations Lead for R&D
AstraZeneca
Bert Torfs
Sr. Fellow Lab and Research platforms Engineering
J&J Innovative Medicines
Martin Winter
CEO
Lab Automation Network
Darren Green
Director
DesignPlus Cheminformatics Consultants
Joep Wetzels
Senior Director, Head Digital R&D Laboratory & Plant operations
Sanofi
Dominik Schneider
Senior Manager, R&D Enabling Technology
CSL Behring
Pierre Merea
CEO
newLab
Christian Pilger
Director
AbbVie
Derek Marren
Principle IT Capability Business Partner, Research & Early TA IT, R&D IT
AstraZeneca
Ilka Knoke
Automation Scientist, Organoid Culture Workflows
Roche
Ana Medina
Senior Global Operations Center
Roche