AWS Life Sciences Symposium
Built for Life Sciences: AI-powered Innovations Transforming the Pharmaceutical Value Chain
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Sheraton Times Square Hotel
811 7th Avenue, W 53rd St
New York, NY 10019
Agenda
- Registration and Check-in: 8:00 - 9:30 AM ET
- Plenary Innovation Keynote: 9:30 - 11:00 AM ET
- Coffee & Networking: 11:00 - 11:30 AM
- Breakout Tracks for Executives: 11:30 AM - 3:30 PM ET
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Track 1: Drug Discovery
- Accelerating Target Identification with Generative AI Agents and Integrated Lab Workflows
- 11:30 AM - 12:00 Noon
- Presented by: Genentech
- Dr. John Marioni, Senior Vice President and Head of Computational Sciences, Genentech Research and Early Development (gRED), Roche Genentech
- Rich Bonneau, Vice President of Machine Learning for Drug Discovery, Genentech Computational Sciences
- Molecule Drug Design Using Biological Foundation Models
- 12:00 Noon - 12:30 PM
- Presented by: AbbVie
- Jennifer VanCamp, Vice President R&D Data Analytics, AbbVie
- Abhishek Pandey, Global Lead and Principal Machine Learning Scientist, AbbVie
- Lunch
- 12:30 - 1:30 PM
- How Generative AI is Revolutionizing Biology
- 1:30 - 2:00 PM
- Presented by: Owkin and Bioptimus
- Zelda Mariet, Co-founder & Principal Research Scientist, Bioptimus
- Jean-Philippe Vert, Chief R&D Officer, Owkin
- Thea Backlar, Vice President of Product, Owkin
- Activating the Lab of the Future through an open, modular, and cloud native approach
- 2:00 - 2:30 PM
- Presented by: Deloitte
- Raveen Sharma, Managing Director, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Deloitte
- Coffee
- 2:30 - 3:00 PM
- Federated Learning: Driving Collaborative Innovation While Preserving Data Sovereignty
- 3:00 - 3:30 PM
- Panel featuring: Johnson & Johnson, Apheris, and AbbVie
- Ujjwal Ratan, Leader, ML and Data Science, Healthcare and Life Sciences, AWS
- Robin Roehm, CEO and Co-Founder, Apheris
- John Karanicolas, Head of Computational Drug Discovery, AbbVie
- Justin Scheer, Vice President, In Silico Discovery, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
- Accelerating Target Identification with Generative AI Agents and Integrated Lab Workflows
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Track 2: Clinical Trials
- Development Assistants and Generative AI Agents in Clinical Trials: Streamlining Operations and Improving Outcomes
- 11:30 - 11:55 AM
- Presented by: AstraZeneca
- Vaishali Goyal, Senior Director - Business Partner, Patient Safety, AstraZeneca
- How to be a successful early adopter of Agents
- 11:55 AM - 12:10 PM
- Presented by: Faculty
- Andy Brookes - Chief Technology Officer, Faculty
- AI-enhanced clinical trials: From site selection to patient engagement
- 12:10 - 12:30 PM
- Presented by: Novartis
- Noah Hoh, Director, Digital Innovation | Strategy, Program & Portfolio Operations, Novartis
- Lunch
- 12:30 - 1:30 PM
- Unlocking Real-World Data and Evidence for Faster, Data-Driven Clinical Trial Insight
- 1:30 - 2:30 PM
- Presented by: AWS, Datavant, Boehringer Ingelheim, Eli Lilly, Carelon
- Praveen Haridas, WorldWide Real World Data Lead, AWS
- Arnaub Chatterjee, President and GM - Life Sciences, Ecosystem, Datavant
- Greg Cunningham, Senior Director, Real World Data, Eli Lilly
- Paul Petraro, Executive Director, Global Head Real World Evidence Analytic (RWE) Center of Excellence, Boehringer Ingelheim
- Mark Cziraky, President, Carelon
- Coffee
- 2:30 - 3:00 PM
- A Modern Clinical Data Platform: Ensuring Patient Safety and Accelerating Drug Development
- 3:00 - 3:30 PM
- Presented by: Merck
- Janakiraman Gopinath, Executive Director, Merck
- Marjorie Waters, AVP, Clinical and Real World Evidence IT, Merck
- Development Assistants and Generative AI Agents in Clinical Trials: Streamlining Operations and Improving Outcomes
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Track 3: Manufacturing
- Lessons from HAQM’s Supply Chain: Digital Innovations to Meet the Delivery Promise
- 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
- Presented by: HAQM
- Douglas Bellin, Business Development Executive, Industrie 4.0 and Smart Factory, AWS
- Lunch
- 12:30 - 1:30 PM
- From Reactive to Predictive: AI-Enabled Quality Control in Pharmaceutical Production
- 1:30 - 1:50 PM
- Presented by: PwC
- Vatsal Shah, Director, Engineering and AI, PwC
- Redefining autonomous pharmaceutical manufacturing with cutting-edge digital technologies
- 1:50 - 2:10 PM
- Presented by: Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre, UK-CPI
- Dave Tudor, Managing Director, Biologics & Quality, Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre
- Unlocking pharmaceutical manufacturing quality control with AI
- 2:10 - 2:40 PM
- Presented by: Pfizer
- Michael Morelli, Vice President, Platforms & Products - AI/ML, Data & Analytics, Pfizer
- Coffee
- 2:40 - 3:10 PM
- Visual Factory for Metrics and KPI Tracking in Pharma Manufacturing
- 3:10 - 3:30 PM
- Presented by: Merck
- Wincy Fung, AVP, Digital Services, Digital MMD, Merck
- Wincy Fung, AVP, Digital Services, Digital MMD, Merck
- Lessons from HAQM’s Supply Chain: Digital Innovations to Meet the Delivery Promise
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Track 4: Commercialization
- Insight-driven sales excellence: Optimizing sales productivity with the sales concierge
- 11:30 AM - 12:00 Noon
- Presented by: ZS and Gilead
- Faiz Merchant, Principal, ZS
- Pradeep Yathira, Global Head of G&A, Commercial Analytics, and Cloud, Gilead
- Revolutionizing patient engagement with an AI-powered omnichannel approach
- 12:00 Noon - 12:30 PM
- Presented by: Salesforce
- Tara Helm, VP, Life Sciences Cloud Strategy, Salesforce
- Presented by: Salesforce
- Lunch
- 12:30 - 1:30 PM
- Pharmatizing AI: Accelerating the Content Lifecycle for Better Patient Outcomes
- 1:30 - 2:00 PM
- Presented by: EVERSANA
- Abid Rahman, Senior Vice President, Innovation & Products, EVERSANA
- Faruk Capan, Chief Innovation Officer, EVERSANA
- Transforming patient journey management with AI
- 2:00 - 2:30 PM
- Presented by: Eli Lilly
- Steve Rommeney, VP, Business Insights & Analytics, Data Strategy and Democratization, Eli Lilly
- Coffee
- 2:30 - 3:00 PM
- From Static Plans to to Personalized Interactions - Real-Time Insights to Transform Customer Engagement
- 3:00 - 3:30 PM
- Presented by: Johnson & Johnson
- Dharmesh Thakkar, Head of Technology & Product Group Leader - Commercial Operations, Data & Analytics, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
- Shyam Mohapatra, IT Director, Data & Insights, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
- Insight-driven sales excellence: Optimizing sales productivity with the sales concierge
- Breakout track for Builders: 11:30 AM - 3:30 PM
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Track 5: Technical Building
- Building Agentic Frameworks for Life Sciences: Intelligent Systems to Power Innovation
- 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
- Presented by: AWS
- Data and AI platform for Life Sciences: Key Considerations for HAQM SageMaker Unified Studio and HyperPod
- 12:00 - 12:30 PM
- Presented by: AWS
- Lunch
- 12:30 - 1:30 PM
- AWS Generative AI stack for Life Sciences: How to use Bedrock, Q and the Nova models for Industry Use Cases
- 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
- Presented by: AWS
- Coffee
- 2:30 - 3:00 PM
- The next gen of AI SaaS agentic solutions for Clinical Development
- 3:00 - 3:30 PM
- Presented by: Concert AI (Sponsored by NVIDIA)
- Stephen S.F. Yip, VP of Gen AI Architecture, Concert AI
- Stephen S.F. Yip, VP of Gen AI Architecture, Concert AI
- Building Agentic Frameworks for Life Sciences: Intelligent Systems to Power Innovation
- Life Sciences Breakthrough Awards Celebration and Closing address: 3:30 - 4:15 PM ET
- Evening Reception: 4:15 - 6:30 PM
Networking Reception & Next-Gen Tech Expo
Connect with fellow industry leaders from across the life sciences industry during our networking reception. Interact with business and product leaders from across AWS, explore new technology demos by AWS and our sponsoring partners, and catch the latest offerings showcasing the art-of-the-possible.
New this year: Discover cutting-edge innovators at the TechBio Showcase Lounge and AI Startup Pavilion, where emerging startups and AI-driven breakthroughs in life sciences take center stage.
