Introduction

The 9th Annual Global Discovery To Development Innovation Forum (GDDIF) is the leading pharmaceutical R&D Summit for pharma decision makers, scientific leaders and solutions experts. 

Taking a truly holistic look at drug development today, GDDIF is dedicated to scientific insights, technology innovation & strategy across the entire therapeutic development lifecycle.

Themes

• Innovation within Screening, Enabling Technologies and Collaborative Partnerships
• Small Molecule Medicinal Chemistry: Strategies and Technologies​
• Enabling Collaborative Data Analysis
• Improving R&D Productivity & Data Quality
• Current trends in imaging technology
• Want, Find, Get, Manage – the key activities in exploiting the potential of partnerships
• Open-Access Collaboration in Accelerating Early Stage Drug Discovery
• Adopting the correct IT strategies for your business
• ​Integration and Mobility – Why You Can’t Have One Without the Other 
• Interoperability – Strategy, Tools and Information Governance

Deadlines

• Apr 18 2016
  Oral abstracts deadline

  
• Apr 18 2016
  Poster abstract deadline

  
• Apr 18 2016
  Standard registration deadline

  

Useful links

• Further event details More information about the event

Speakers

• Stevan Djuric Senior Director, AbbVie, United Kingdom
• John Wise Executive Director, Pistoia Alliance, United Kingdom
• Mark O'Neil Johnson VP Analytical Chemistry, Sequoia Sciences, United Kingdom
• Craig Wegner Executive Director Translational Science, AstraZeneca, United Kingdom
• Wendy Hamilton Global Head Life Sciences, Thomson Reuters, United Kingdom
• Attila Berces Founder and Chairman, Omixon, United Kingdom
• Scott Thomas Director for Biology, Genetics, and Pharmacogenomics IT, United Kingdom
• Gyorgy Abel Director, Clinical Chemistry, Molecular Diagnostics, United Kingdom
• Aaron Sato Vice President of Research, Sutro Biopharma, United Kingdom
• Nikolaos Tezapsidis President & CEO, Neutrotez, United Kingdom
• Martin Moorhead Vice President of Computational Biology and Informatics, United Kingdom
• Qichao Zhu Principal Scientist, Boehringer Ingelheim, United Kingdom
• Satu Nakuhri Senior Scientist of Biomedical Informatics, Roche, United Kingdom
• James Brown Director Computational Biology, GSK, United Kingdom
• Maarten Leerkes Genome Analysis Specialist, Medical Science & Computing, United Kingdom
• Dongliang Ge Director of Bioinformatics, Gilead Sciences, United Kingdom
• Tim Hammonds Deputy Director of Discovery, Cancer Research, United Kingdom
• William Jai Chief Scientific Advisor, SIRC-TCM, United Kingdom
• Alastair Lawson Head of Antibody Biology, UCB, United Kingdom
• Michael Schneider Professor, National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College, United Kingdom
• Ted Torphy Chief Scientific Officer, BioMotiv, United Kingdom
• Michael Dabrowski CEO, Pelago Bioscience AB, United Kingdom
• Antonio Felici Senior Manager and Head of Microbiology, Aptuit Verona, United Kingdom
• Carl-Johan Ivarsson CEO, Qlucore, United Kingdom
• Harsukh Parmar SVP, Global Head of Research & Early Development Immunology, United Kingdom
• Werngard Czechtizky Head of Chemistry, Sanofi, United Kingdom
• Lee Babiss EVP Global Lab Services, PPD, United Kingdom
• Yike Guo Director at Data Science Institute, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
• Per I Arvidsson Executive Director Drug Discovery, Karolinska Institute, United Kingdom
• Jan Kriegl Director Computational Chemistry, Boehringer Ingelheim, United Kingdom
• Paul Denny-Gouldson VP Strategic Solutions, IDBS, United Kingdom
• Laurent Audoly Global Head R&D, Pierre Fabre, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical, United Kingdom
• Peter Hamley Global Head, External Innovation and Sourcing LGCR, Sanofi, United Kingdom
• Michael Rebhan Senior Investigator, Novartis, United Kingdom
• Robert Boland Directing Senior Manager, External Innovation R&D IT,, United Kingdom
• Steve Street VP and General Manager of Early Development,, United Kingdom
• Magadalena Tary-Lehmann Chief Scientific Officer, CTL, United Kingdom
• Khusru Asadullah Head of Global Biomarker, Bayer, United Kingdom
• Tim Hoctor Vice President, Life Science Solutions Services, Elsevier, United Kingdom
• Ron Newbold VP External Research and Development, Pfizer, United Kingdom
• Sándor Szalma Senior Research Fellow & Head of External Innovation R&D IT, United Kingdom
• Ratan Bhat Head of Strategy & Externalisation, Cardiovascular &, United Kingdom
• Magalie Rocheville External Engagement Lead, Advanced Manufacturing Technology, United Kingdom
• Arno Simon CEO, Beyontics, United Kingdom

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Sponsorship & supporting organisations

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Sponsors

Qlucore

ACD / Labs

Pelago Bioscience

aptuit

ASTech Chemicals

Orbit discovery

Venue

Hilton Hotel Syon Park

Hilton Hotel Syon Park, Park Rd, Brentford, Middlesex , London, TW8 8JF, United Kingdom

Committee

• Stevan Djuric Senior Director, AbbVie, United Kingdom
• Jonathan Manson United Kingdom

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