The field of chemistry is ripe for a disruption with AI at all scales: meet the future at the ChemAI event.

 

Keynote Speakers

• Prof. Matthias Beller, Leibniz Institute for Catalysis, Rostock, Germany

“Digitalization and AI will help to exploit the full potential of catalysis, which is crucial for the sustainable development of our societies.”

• Prof. Max Welling, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

“The field of computational chemistry is ripe for a disruption with ML at all scales, from improved DFT functionals, MD force fields, free energy computations, transition path methods all the way to hydrodynamics.”

 

Event Schedule

Registration, lunch
12.30-12.55

Word of welcome
13.00-13.10

Keynote 1 – Prof. Max Welling
13.10-13.40

Keynote 2 – Prof. Matthias Beller
13.40-14.10

Company Fashion Show
A tailored selection of pioneering companies, from the Netherlands and abroad, will introduce themselves with concise and captivating presentations
14.10-14.45

Poster session & company market
14.45-15.40

Workshop 1 – From words to wonders: Language models for life sciences
Dr. Francesca Grisoni – TU Eindhoven
Leader of the Molecular Machine Learning team, her research focuses on developing novel AI methods for drug discovery, between computation and experimental validation. Experienced executive in the LS industry (Bayer, AstraZeneca), and author in journals like Nature, Cell, he focuses now on computing-powered medicine.
Dr. David Ruau – NVIDIA
Experienced executive in the LS industry (Bayer, AstraZeneca), and author in journals like Nature, Cell, he focuses now on
computing-powered medicine

Workshop 2 – Robots unleashed: The rise of AI-driven chemical discovery
Prof. Wilhelm Huck – Radboud Universiteit
Professor in physical organic chemistry, expert in the origin of life, he now starts a new adventure as leader of the 97M euro programme “Robotlab” on AI-driven chemical robotics.
dr. Amol Thakkar – IBM
First in the Molecular AI Team of AstraZeneca, and now as Research Scientist for IBM, his work bridges AI, Cloud, Robotic, and
Computing technologies to accelerate chemical discovery

15.45-16.45

Coffee break
16.45-17.00

Panel discussion – AI’s Data Dilemma: facing small and biased data sets.
Dr. Christian Dallago – NVIDIA
Dr. Paola Gori-Giorgi – Microsoft
17.00-17.45

Closing ceremony
17.45-18.00

Drinks, bites and networking
18.00-19.00

 

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