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AWS Life Sciences Symposium

AWS Life Sciences Symposium

Built for Life Sciences: AI-powered Innovations Transforming the Pharmaceutical Value Chain

Overview

Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Sheraton Times Square Hotel
811 7th Avenue, W 53rd St
New York, NY 10019

Thank you for your interest. The event is at capacity and not accepting new registrations.

From Molecule to Market

Life Sciences Transformation in Action

 

In today’s AI-driven landscape, compromise is off the table. Life sciences organizations are harnessing advanced AI to fuel transformative, step-change innovations—all while prioritizing security and compliance. The impact? Accelerated time to market for breakthrough therapeutics and substantial cost savings.

Join us in New York City to learn how AWS customers are:

  • Accelerating drug discovery by using autonomous AI agents, biology foundation models, and lab-in-the-loop systems
  • Re-imagining clinical trials using AI for protocol design, document submission, real-world data discovery, and rapid analytics
  • Modernizing commercial operations by reducing time-to-market and unlocking data-driven insights for personalized, real-time patient engagement
  • Unlocking new manufacturing and supply chain optimizations

The new era of life sciences innovation is here - reserve your spot today.

For the First Time Ever

Specialized technical sessions will run in parallel to executive tracks, exploring the fundamental architectural considerations behind breakthrough data and AI innovations, and providing practical implementation guidances for builders.

Hear from industry leaders, including:

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2025 Speakers Include

Pradeep Yathira

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Matt Studney

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Douglas Bellin

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Steve Rommeney

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Matt Rich

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Vaishali Goyal

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Noah Hoh

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Dave Tudor

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Greg Cunningham

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Thea Backlar

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Andy Brookes

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Mark Cziraky

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Vatsal Shah

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Shyam Mohapatra

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Stephen S.F. Yip

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Thomas Fuchs

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Ram Silai

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Dan Sheeran

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Dr. John Marioni

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Rich Bonneau

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Jean-Philippe Vert

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Zelda Mariet

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Justin Scheer

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John Karanicolas

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Robin Roehm

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Marjorie Waters

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Praveen Haridas

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Arnaub Chatterjee

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Michael Morelli

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Jennifer VanCamp

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Abhishek Pandey

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Dharmesh Thakkar

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Ujjwal Ratan

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Raveen Sharma

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Janakiraman Gopinath

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Paul Petraro

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Faiz Merchant

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Emmanuel Frenehard

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Who should attend

The symposium's specialized tracks offer deep insights, hands-on learning, and actionable strategies for:

  • Business leaders entrusted with transforming research, trials, manufacturing, and commercial operations with data and AI
  • Technology leaders working to establish the robust cloud foundations to enable business teams
  • Engineers, architects, and data scientists seeking hands-on learning from AWS experts to master building on AWS with proven frameworks, methodologies, and architectural designs
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What past attendees said

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VP of AI/ML & Digital Health
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CIO, top five pharmaceutical company
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Why attend?

Innovation thrives on collaboration. That's why our carefully curated agenda is designed to provide a tailored learning experience for various roles and interests, whether you are a business leader driving your organization’s transformation with AI, or a technical builder tackling complex architectural challenges.

Curated domain tracks for executives:

  • Select your specialized path from four comprehensive domain tracks: drug discovery, clinical trials, manufacturing, or commercialization
  • Discover AWS’ latest purpose-built industry solutions, plus exclusive offerings from AWS partners to accelerate time-to-value
  • Network with your peers, AWS experts, and industry thought-leaders, in a relaxed setting designed for authentic collaboration

Expert-led technical deep-dive track for builders:

  • Learn the core architecture principles behind the latest AI and data advancements from AWS, including agentic frameworks, real-world data tooling, orchestrating foundation models, and more.
  • Join interactive, hands-on learning workshops as a part of our post-event day programming and get actionable insights for organizational implementation
  • Connect with builders in life sciences on the same cloud journey as yours

Agenda

  • Registration and Check-in: 8:00 - 9:15 AM ET
  • Plenary Innovation Keynote: 9:15 - 11:00 AM ET
  • Coffee & Networking: 11:00 - 11:30 AM
  • Breakout Tracks for Executives: 11:30 AM - 3:30 PM ET
  • Breakout track for Builders: 11:30 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Life Sciences Breakthrough Awards Celebration and Closing address: 3:30 - 4:15 PM ET
  • Evening Reception: 4:15 - 6:30 PM
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Tracks

  • Accelerating Target Identification with Generative AI Agents and Integrated Lab Workflows 
    • 11:30 AM - 12:00 Noon
    • Presented by: Genentech 
      • Dr. John Marioni, Senior Vice President and Head of Computational Sciences, Genentech Research and Early Development (gRED), Roche Genentech
      • Rich Bonneau, Vice President of Machine Learning for Drug Discovery, Genentech Computational Sciences
  • Molecule Drug Design Using Biological Foundation Models 
    • 12:00 Noon - 12:30 PM
    • Presented by: AbbVie 
      • Jennifer VanCamp, Vice President R&D Data Analytics, AbbVie
      • Abhishek Pandey, Global Lead and Principal Machine Learning Scientist, AbbVie
  • Lunch
    • 12:30 - 1:30 PM
  • How Generative AI is Revolutionizing Biology 
    • 1:30 - 2:00 PM
    • Presented by: Owkin and Bioptimus 
      • Zelda Mariet, Co-founder & Principal Research Scientist, Bioptimus
      • Jean-Philippe Vert, Chief R&D Officer, Owkin
      • Thea Backlar, Vice President of Product, Owkin
  • Activating the Lab of the Future through an open, modular, and cloud native approach
    • 2:00 - 2:30 PM
    • Presented by: Deloitte
      • Raveen Sharma, Managing Director, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Deloitte
  • Coffee
    • 2:30 - 3:00 PM 
  • Federated Learning: Driving Collaborative Innovation While Preserving Data Sovereignty
    • 3:00 - 3:30 PM
    • Panel featuring: Johnson & Johnson, Apheris, and AbbVie
      • Ujjwal Ratan, Leader, ML and Data Science, Healthcare and Life Sciences, AWS
      • Robin Roehm, CEO and Co-Founder, Apheris
      • John Karanicolas, Head of Computational Drug Discovery, AbbVie
      • Justin Scheer, Vice President, In Silico Discovery, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
  • Development Assistant - an AI-powered, interactive agent at AstraZeneca
    • 11:30 - 11:55 AM
    • Presented by: AstraZeneca
      • Vaishali Goyal, Senior Director - Business Partner, Patient Safety, AstraZeneca
  • How to be a successful early adopter of Agents
    • 11:55 AM - 12:10 PM
    • Presented by: Faculty
      • Andy Brookes - Chief Technology Officer, Faculty
  • AI-enhanced clinical trials
    • 12:10 - 12:30 PM
    • Presented by: Novartis
      • Noah Hoh,  Director, Digital Innovation | Strategy, Program & Portfolio  Operations, Novartis
  •  Lunch
    • 12:30 - 1:30 PM
  • Unlocking Real-World Data and Evidence for Faster, Data-Driven Clinical Trial Insight
    • 1:30 - 2:30 PM
    • Presented by: AWS, Datavant, Boehringer Ingelheim, Eli Lilly & Company, Carelon
      • Praveen Haridas, WorldWide Real World Data Lead, AWS
      • Arnaub Chatterjee, President and GM - Life Sciences, Ecosystem, Datavant
      • Greg Cunningham, Senior Director, Real World Data, Eli Lilly & Company
      • Paul Petraro,  Executive Director, Global Head Real World Evidence Analytic (RWE)  Center of Excellence, Boehringer Ingelheim
      • Mark Cziraky, President, Carelon
  • Coffee
    • 2:30 - 3:00 PM
  • A Modern Clinical Data Platform: Ensuring Patient Safety and Accelerating Drug Development
    • 3:00 - 3:30 PM
    • Presented by: Merck
      • Janakiraman Gopinath, Executive Director, Merck
      • Marjorie Waters, AVP, Clinical and Real World Evidence IT, Merck
  • Lessons from Amazon’s Supply Chain: Digital Innovations to Meet the Delivery Promise
    • 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
    • Presented by: Amazon
      • Douglas Bellin, Business Development Executive, Industrie 4.0 and Smart Factory, AWS
  • Lunch
    • 12:30 - 1:30 PM
  • Redefining autonomous pharmaceutical manufacturing with cutting-edge digital technologies
    • 1:30 - 1:50 PM
    • Presented by: Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre, UK-CPI 
      • Dave Tudor, Managing Director, Biologics & Quality, Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre
  • Unlocking pharmaceutical manufacturing quality control with AI
    • 1:50 - 2:10 PM
    • Presented by: Pfizer 
      • Michael Morelli, Vice President, Platforms & Products - AI/ML, Data & Analytics, Pfizer
  • From Reactive to Predictive: AI-Enabled Quality Control in Pharmaceutical Production
    • 2:10 - 2:40 PM
    • Presented by: PwC 
      • Vatsal Shah, Director, Engineering and AI, PwC
  • Coffee
    • 2:40 - 3:10 PM
  • Visual Factory for Metrics and KPI Tracking in Pharma Manufacturing
    • 3:10 - 3:30 PM
    • Presented by: Merck 
      • Wincy Fung, AVP, Digital Services, Digital MMD, Merck
      • Ram Silai, Executive Director, Data Platform and Products, Merck
  • Navigating the Future: Achieving Commercial Excellence in Pharma
    • 11:30 AM - 12:00 Noon
    • Presented by: ZS and Gilead 
      • Faiz Merchant, Principal, ZS
      • Pradeep Yathira, Global Head of G&A, Commercial Analytics, and Cloud, Gilead
  • Revolutionizing patient engagement with an AI-powered omnichannel approach 
    • 12:00 Noon - 12:30 PM
    • Presented by: Salesforce
      • Tara Helm, VP, Life Sciences Cloud Strategy, Salesforce
  • Lunch
    • 12:30 - 1:30 PM
  • Pharmatizing AI: Accelerating the Content Lifecycle for Better Patient Outcomes
    • 1:30 - 2:00 PM
    • Presented by: EVERSANA 
      • Abid Rahman, Senior Vice President, Innovation & Products, EVERSANA
      • Faruk Capan, Chief Innovation Officer, EVERSANA
  • Transforming patient journey management with AI
    • 2:00 - 2:30 PM
    • Presented by: Eli Lilly & Company
      • Steve Rommeney, VP, Business Insights & Analytics, Data Strategy and Democratization, Eli Lilly & Company
  • Coffee
    • 2:30 - 3:00 PM
  • From Static Plans to to Personalized Interactions - Real-Time Insights to Transform Customer Engagement
    • 3:00 - 3:30 PM
    • Presented by: Johnson & Johnson 
      • Dharmesh Thakkar, Head of Technology & Product Group Leader - Commercial Operations, Data & Analytics, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
      • Shyam Mohapatra, IT Director, Data & Insights, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
  • AWS Generative AI stack for Life Sciences: How to use Bedrock, Q and the Nova models for Industry Use Cases
    • 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
    • Presented by: AWS
  • Lunch
    • 12:30 - 1:30 PM
  • The next gen of AI SaaS agentic solutions for Clinical Development
    • 1:30 - 2:00 PM
    • Presented by: Concert AI (Sponsored by NVIDIA)
      • Stephen S.F. Yip, VP of Gen AI Architecture, Concert AI
  • Building Agentic Frameworks for Life Sciences: Intelligent Systems to Power Innovation
    • 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
    • Presented by: AWS
  • Coffee
    • 2:30 - 3:00 PM 
  • End-to-end productivity for data & AI teams with Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio
    • 3:00 - 3:30 PM
    • Presented by: AWS

Networking Reception & Next-Gen Tech Expo

 

Connect with fellow industry leaders from across the life sciences industry during our networking reception. Interact with business and product leaders from across AWS, explore new technology demos by AWS and our sponsoring partners, and catch the latest offerings showcasing the art-of-the-possible.

New this year: Discover cutting-edge innovators at the TechBio Showcase Lounge and AI Startup Pavilion, where emerging startups and AI-driven breakthroughs in life sciences take center stage.

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