Computational Drug Discovery: Tools Across the Translational Pipeline (K8)
February 22-25, 2027
| Fairmont Banff Springs, Banff, AB, Canada
Aicha BenTaieb and Jakob Kather
Monday, February 22, 2027
| 4:00–8:00 PM |
Registration |
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| 6:00–8:00 PM |
Welcome Mixer |
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Tuesday, February 23, 2027
| 8:00–9:00 AM |
Welcome and Keynote Address (Joint) |
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James Zou, Stanford University
The Virtual Lab |
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| 9:00–11:15 AM |
Drug Design and Preclinical Development: Simulating Therapeutics and Translation (Joint) |
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Dean Ho, National University of Singapore
Simulating First in Human Dosing Studies in Oncology |
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Philip Kim, University of Toronto
Computation and Artificial Intelligence-Based Methods for Better Antibody Development |
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Mohamed Shahin †, Pfizer
Modeling and Simulations Meet AI for Clinical Pharmacology |
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Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
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| 9:30–9:50 AM |
Coffee Break |
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| 11:15–12:15 PM |
Panel Discussion 1: The Future of Antibody and Drug Design |
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| 12:15–1:00 PM |
Poster Setup |
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| 12:15–5:00 PM |
On Own for Lunch |
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| 1:00–10:00 PM |
Poster Viewing |
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| 2:30–4:30 PM |
Symposia Spotlight 1: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions |
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Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
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| 4:30–5:00 PM |
Coffee Available |
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| 5:00–7:00 PM |
Modeling Efficacy and Safety Before the First Dose |
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Cesar de la Fuente, University of Pennsylvania
Talk Title to be Announced |
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Caroline Chung †, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
How to Unlock EHRs for Real-World Evidence |
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Jorge S. Reis-Filho †, AstraZeneca
Agentization of Pharma R&D in 2030 - Where are we Headed |
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Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
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| 7:00–8:00 PM |
Social Hour with Dinner |
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Wednesday, February 24, 2027
| 8:00–11:00 AM |
Decoding Biology to Build Target Hypotheses |
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Debora Marks †, Harvard Medical School
Generative Approaches to Uncover Gene-Gene Dependencies |
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Sara Mostafavi †, Genentech
Sequence to Function Models and Agents for Target Discovery |
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Iya G. Khalil †, GNS Healthcare
Foundation Models for Biology and their Impact on Target Discovery |
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Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
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| 9:00–9:20 AM |
Coffee Break |
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| 11:00–12:00 PM |
Panel Discussion 2: Can AI-Driven Simulations Replace or refine Preclinical Studies |
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| 11:00–1:00 PM |
Poster Setup |
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| 11:00–5:00 PM |
On Own for Lunch |
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| 1:00–10:00 PM |
Poster Viewing |
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| 1:45–2:45 PM |
Panel Discussion 3: From Perturbation to Validation - How do we Define Confidence in New Targets? |
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| 3:00–4:30 PM |
Career Roundtable |
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| 4:30–5:00 PM |
Coffee Available |
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| 5:00–7:00 PM |
Modeling Perturbations to Validate Targets |
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Patrick Schwab †, GSK
Machine Learning for Causal Biology |
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Mingyao Li, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
AI-Powered Tissue Maps: Uniting Spatial Omics with Pathology Imaging |
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Shekoofeh Azizi, Google DeepMind
How do we Validate Agentic LLMs for Therapeutics? |
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Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
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| 8:00–10:00 PM |
Social Hour with Dinner |
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Thursday, February 25, 2027
| 8:00–11:00 AM |
Where are we with Multimodal Learning from Clinical and Real-World Data? |
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Leonor Cerda-Alberich †, La Fe Health Research Institute
Learning from Real World Data in Oncology |
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Marinka Zitnik †, Harvard Medical School
Multi-Agent Systems for Learning from Clinical Data |
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Maria Alice Franzoi †, Gustave Roussy
Learning from Real-World Data at Scale |
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Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
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| 9:00–9:20 AM |
Coffee Break |
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| 11:00–12:00 PM |
Panel Discussion 4: Human/Machine Interactions, how do we Leverage Agentic AI in Multidisciplinary Teams? |
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| 11:00–5:00 PM |
On Own for Lunch |
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| 2:30–4:30 PM |
Symposia Spotlight 2: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions |
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Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
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| 4:30–5:00 PM |
Coffee Available |
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| 5:00–6:45 PM |
Integration and Iteration: Future of AI-Driven R&D |
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Magdalena Wekenborg †, TU Dresden
Human-Machine Interaction in Scientific Agent Teams |
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Arsela Prelaj, Istituto Nazionale Tumori di Milano
Training the Next Generation of Biomedical Researchers in the AI Age |
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Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
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| 6:45–7:00 PM |
Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions |
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| 7:00–8:00 PM |
Social Hour with Dinner |
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| 8:00–11:00 PM |
Entertainment |
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Friday, February 26, 2027
