Computational Advances in Drug Discovery

May 07–10, 2026 | Park Plaza Riverbank London, London, United Kingdom
Scientific Organizers: Karen Akinsanya, Alexander Hillisch, Najat Khan, and Gang Liu

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May 07–10, 2026 | Park Plaza Riverbank London, London, United Kingdom

Scientific Organizers: Karen Akinsanya, Alexander Hillisch, Najat Khan, and Gang Liu

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***Meeting program subject to change.

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Thursday, May 7, 2026
Registration
4:00–8:00 PM
Welcome Mixer
6:00–8:00 PM
Friday, May 8, 2026
Breakfast
7:30–8:30 AM
 Individual Hotel
Poster Setup
8:00–8:30 AM
Poster Viewing
8:15–5:00 PM
Welcome Remarks
8:30–8:40 AM
Keynote Address
8:40–9:30 AM
Simon Richards, Isomorphic Labs
Development and Application of an AI-First Drug Design Platform at Isomorphic Labs
Computation Methods in Structure-Based Small Molecule Design
9:30–11:45 AM
Christina Schindler, Merck KGaA
Computational Drug Design across Different Modalities
Richard Bonneau, Genentech
Avoiding Funnels: Using Active Learning and Generative AI to Drive Drug Discovery
Heidi Koldsoe, Antares Therapeutics
Drugging the Undruggable: Leveraging Computational Techniques to Drive Compound Design
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
10:00–10:20 AM
Lunch
11:45–12:45 PM
Poster Session 1
12:30–2:30 PM
Symposia Spotlight
2:30–4:30 PM
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
Computational Methods in Protein Therapeutic Design
5:00–7:00 PM
Christian Stegmann, EvlaBio
Harnessing Generative AI to Creation and Development of ABS-201: A Novel Anti-PRLR Antibody for Androgenic Alopecia
Bingxu Liu, University of Washington
Peptide-MHCI (pMHCI) Binder Design
Sebastian Kelm, UCB Pharma
in silico Antibody Design
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
On Own for Dinner
7:00–8:00 PM
Saturday, May 9, 2026
Breakfast
7:30–8:30 AM
 Individual Hotel
AI-based Acceleration of Multi-Omics Advances in Cell Biology
8:30–11:30 AM
Daniel J. Anderson, Eikon Therapeutics
Single Molecule Tracking in Drug Discovery and Systems Biology
Alexander Hillisch, UCB BioSciences GmbH
Holistic De Novo Drug Design at UCB
Ben Lehner, Wellcome Sanger Institute
Complete Allosteric Maps for Drug Discovery
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:30–9:50 AM
Award Recipient Acknowledgement
9:50–9:55 AM
Poster Setup
11:00–1:00 PM
Lunch
11:30–12:30 PM
Poster Session 2
12:30–2:30 PM
Poster Viewing
1:00–10:00 PM
Career Roundtable
3:30–4:30 PM
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
Advances in Predictive Toxicology Methods
5:00–7:00 PM
Blanca Rodriguez, University of Oxford
Digital Twins and In Silico Clinical Trials for Drug Discovery
Friedemann Schmidt, Sanofi
Decoding Toxicology: Computational Frameworks for Next-Generation Predictive Safety
Henrik Renner, Evotec SE
Human iPSC High-throughput Screening for Teratogenicity Hazard Identification
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
On Own for Dinner
7:00–8:00 PM
Sunday, May 10, 2026
Breakfast
7:30–8:30 AM
 Individual Hotel
Machine Learning Applications in Translational Science
8:30–11:30 AM
Tali Raveh-Sadka, Immunai
Identification of High Confidence Candidate Markers for Macrophage Infiltrating Tumor Microenvironment Through Single Cell Genomic Atlases
Bissan Al-Lazikani, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
The Kinase Polypharmacology Landscape of Clinical PARP Inhibitors
Gayle Wittenberg, Janssen R&D, LLC
A Multimodal Digital Biomarker of Functional Deficits in Early‐Stage Alzheimer’s Disease
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:30–9:50 AM
Lunch
11:30–12:30 PM
Panel: Opportunities and Challenges in Computational Drug Discovery and Development?
2:30–4:30 PM
* Karen Akinsanya, Schrödinger
Najat Khan, Recursion Pharmaceuticals
Alexander Hillisch, UCB BioSciences GmbH
Richard Bonneau, Genentech
Sharon Benzeno, Adaptive Biotechnologies
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
AI Application in Global Health Drug Discovery
5:00–6:45 PM
Jonathan E Gable, Novartis Biomedical Research
Diverse Application of AI in Drug Discovery at Novartis
Jinjiang Guo, Global Health Drug Discovery Institute
Generative AI-Enabled Multi-Parameter Lead Optimization in Early Drug Discovery
Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions (Organizers)
6:45–7:00 PM
On Own for Dinner
7:00–8:00 PM
Monday, May 11, 2026
Departure
12:00–11:59 PM

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