Program

Morning plenary

09:00 – 09:30: Doors open and welcome coffee

09:30 – 09:45: Welcome by HST Group – BioWin – MEDVIA

Keynote session

09:45 – 10:15: Keynote, TBC

10:15 – 10:45: Keynote “Breakthrough AI-driven drug discovery”, Yves Moreau, University of Leuven

10:45 – 11:15: Coffee break and networking

11:15 – 11:45: Case studies session:

  • “Sapian: Next generation platform for in silico drug discovery”, Ségolène Martin, Kantify 
  • “A to Z, accelerating lifesciences with GenAI”, Sam Kool, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

11:45 – 12:15: Keynote “Discovery and development of therapeutics”, tbc

12:15 – 13:30: Lunch and networking

Afternoon breakout sessions

TRACK 1
Drug discovery & development

13:30 – 13:45: Setting the scene, Benoit Van den Eynde, UCL

13:45 – 14:00: “Nemo project – empowering bio-processes with digital technologies”, TBD

14:00 – 14:15: “CombinAge: The Power of Graph ML for discovering novel targets and drug combinations” Gabriel Risa, Rejuvenate Biomed

14:15 – 14:30: TBC

TRACK 2
Prevention & diagnostics

13:30 – 13:45: Setting the scene, Isabelle Salmon, Erasme Hospital, ULB

13:45 – 14:00: “The role of digital pathology and omics biomarker profiling through machine learning”, Roberto Salgado, UAntwerp

14:00 – 14:15: “Gloria project: European platform storing digital DNA”

14:15 – 14:30: TBC

14:30-14:50: Coffee break and networking

Afternoon plenary

14:50 – 15:00: Welcome afternoon program, HST

Fireside chat/debate

15:00 – 15:30: “The use of health data for research purposes in Belgium: framework, challenges and operational implementation”

Moderated by Liesbet Peeters, UHasselt

Keynote session

15:30 – 16:00: Keynote “Artificial Intelligence: Hindsight, Insight, Foresight”, Mieke De Ketelaere, Vlerick Business School

Round Table

16:00 – 17:00: Roundtable: Belgium, are we on track? In-depth discussion about key strategic topics of the Belgian   ecosystem and how to tackle them in the way forward to maintain Belgium’s leadership position: ATMP, digital health, stakeholder collaboration & connection

17:00 – 17:10: Conclusion, invite to the reception

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