Expert Speaker Faculty

Take a look at the esteemed speaker faculty for the AI Convergence: Small Molecule Discovery Summit.

Pioneering Academics & Open Community
Techbio Torchbearers & Biotech Innovators
Leading Pharma Adopters

Pioneering Academics & Open Community

Avner Schlessinger - AI Convergence: Small Molecule Discovery

Avner Schlessinger

Professor & Director - Pharmacology & Therapeutics Discovery Training Area
AI Small Molecule Drug Discovery Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Hannes Stark - Speaker

Hannes Stark

PHD Student
MIT, Boltz Team
Devany West - Speaker

Devany West

Software Scientist, Computational Biology
Open Molecular Software Foundation

Techbio Torchbearers & Biotech Innovators

Hariprasad Vankayalapati - AI Convergence: Small Molecule Discovery

Hariprasad Vankayalapati

CSO
Biolexis Therapeutics
Mauricio Cortes - AI Convergence: Small Molecule Discovery

Mauricio Cortes

Senior Director & Head, Discovery Science
Cellarity Therapeutics
Maximilian Ebert - AI Convergence: Small Molecule Discovery

Maximilian Ebert

Executive Director, Computational Molecular Sciences
Congruence Therapeutics
Ivan Cornella-Taracido - AI Convergence: Small Molecule Discovery

Ivan Cornella-Taracido

Chief Scientific Officer & Co-Founder
Covant Therapeutics
Henry Van Den Bedem - AI Convergence: Small Molecule Discovery

Henry van den Bedem

Chief Technology Officer
Expedition Medicines
Petrina Kamya - AI Convergence: Small Molecule Discovery

Petrina Kamya

Vice President & Global Head, AI Platforms
Insilico Medicine
Daniel Haders - AI Convergence: Small Molecule Discovery

Daniel Haders

Chief Executive Officer
Model Medicines
Hok Hei Tam - AI Convergence: Small Molecule Discovery

Hok Hei Tam

Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer & Senior Principal
Montai Therapeutics & Flagship Pioneering
Tom Shani - AI Convergence: Small Molecule Discovery

Tom Shani

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Pro-Phet
Shivam Patel - AI Convergence: Small Molecule Discovery

Shivam Patel

Head, Data Sciences & ML
Psivant Therapeutics
Rick Ewing - AI Convergence: Small Molecule Discovery

Rick Ewing

Vice President & Head of Chemistry
Rapafusyn Pharmaceuticals
Ajay Yekkirala - AI Convergence: Small Molecule Discovery

Ajay Yekkirala

Co-Founder, Senior Vice President & Head, Discovery & Development
Superluminal Medicines
Jacob Berlin - AI Convergence: Small Molecule Discovery

Jacob Berlin

Chief Executive Officer
Terray Therapeutics
Handol Kim - AI Convergence: Small Molecule Discovery

Handol Kim

Chief Executive Officer
Variational AI

Leading Pharma Adopters

Jonathan Gilbert - AI Convergence: Small Molecule Discovery

Jonathan Gilbert

Senior Director, Ecosystem Growth – TuneLab
Eli Lilly
Carol Mulrooney - AI Convergence: Small Molecule Discovery

Carol Mulrooney

Senior Principal Scientist, Cheminformatics
GSK
Xinhao Li - AI Convergence: Small Molecule Discovery

Xinhao Li

Senior Scientist II, In Silico Discovery
Johnson & Johnson
Vinicius Oliveira - AI Convergence: Small Molecule Discovery

Vinicius Oliveira

Senior Scientist, Computational Chemistry
Novo Nordisk
David Kombo - AI Convergence: Small Molecule Discovery

David Kombo

Principal Scientist II
Sanofi
Alexander Hillisch - AI Convergence: Small Molecule Discovery

Alexander Hillisch

Head, Digital Molecule Discovery & Executive Director
UCB
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