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Discovery Week

01 – 04 June 2021 | BST (UTC+1)

Europe’s Premier 4-day online Meeting for Discovery Biology, Drug Design & Medicinal Chemistry

ENGAGE with peers and selected leading providers in an exciting, successful networking environment

EDUCATE yourself on a 4-day outstanding online programme, providing insights into improving discovery efficiencies, increasing pipelines and keeping up to date with the latest modalities.

ELEVATE your your networking and knowledge sharing over 20+ hours of valuable networking sessions, roundtable discussions, panel discussions and workshops

Programme

DAY ONE: 01 JUNE

OnTarget Discovery, Phenotyping Discovery and Animal Modelling

The day focuses on successful strategies in OnTarget Discovery, the integration of screening approaches in phenotypic and genomics-based discovery, Organ-on-a-chip and 3D modelling in drug development

DAY TWO: 02 JUNE

Targeted Protein Degradation and PROTAC

Benefit from case studies on advancing Targeted Protein Degradation in target validation, therapeutics development and translation in the clinic. The interactive symposium will also address effective lead identification and profiling in targeted protein degradation and Strategies Beyond The Proof Of Concept Molecules

DAY THREE: 03 JUNE

Medicinal Chemistry and Optimisation of HITs

Learn from experts in overcoming major bottleneck in drug discovery projects in the optimization of hits from screening. Case studies include innovative molecular drug design methods as well as in the integration Of DEL, Covalent Inhibitors and Protein Degradation Technologies In The Optimization Of HITs.

DAY FOUR: 04 JUNE

Computational Drug Design

An AI-focused day on cutting edge tools in drug design including: AI in ADME, AI in chemical synthesis, AI-enabled target ID capabilities, lead identification/optimisation, Model managing and 3D Modelling

Join our 4-day open innovation networking sessions situated alongside the main programme. Whether you are a senior innovator from a pharmaceutical company, biotech company or academic institution, the event creates an opportunity for you to share your research projects and ideas via a 30-minute branded networking virtual room.

Pre-Event Webinars

You don't have to wait until June to get involved - register for our complimentary live webinars here.
Presented by our expert speakers, these webinars will give you advance insight into topics that will be covered at the event.

Key Speakers

Discovery Week brings together a panel of prominent leaders and scientists, sharing new case studies, innovative data and industry outlook

Werngard Czechtizky

Senior Director, Head Medicinal Chemistry, IMED RIA

AstraZeneca

Jake Wiener

Senior Director, Medicinal Chemistry

Lundbeck

Ryan Potts

Executive Director & Head of Induced Proximity Platform

Amgen

Stephen Pickett

Scientific Director & GSK Fellow

GlaxoSmithKline

Phil Cox

Research Fellow, Head of Augmented Molecular Design, Drug Discovery Science and Technology

AbbVie

Friedrich Rippmann

Director, Computational Chemistry & Biology, Global Research & Development, Discovery & Development Technologies

Merck Healthcare KGaA

Gianni Chessari

Vice President, Head of Medicinal Chemistry

Astex Pharmaceuticals

Istvan Enyedy

Director Computational Chemistry

Black Diamond Therapeutics

Xavier Jacq

Vice President Biology

Almac Discovery Ltd

Stephanos Ioannidis

Vice President, Head of Chemistry

H3 Biomedicine

Vivek Vishnudas

Senior Vice President Drug Discovery and Platform Sciences

BERG Health

Event Features

Networking & knowledge-sharing is at the heart of what we do. Alongside the innovative programme, attendees can engage in a variety of event features and make the most of participation in a range of virtual experiences.

Live and On-Demand Presentations

Benefit from the insight of our expert speakers via pre-recorded presentations and interactive live presentations

Virtual Conference Platform

Our fully featured platform offers an immersive conference experience, delivering all the benefits of an in-person event

Digital Networking Opportunities

Connect directly with other registrants of event around the world through direct 1-2-1 chat, video chat and group discussion

Sponsorship

A range of customisable opportunities for lead generation, brand building and global business deals. Whether you’re looking to build business, product launch or increase visibility, we provide a variety of highly effective options to suit budget and requirement.

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Great organization, excellent networking, speakers, work streams, great refreshments. I enjoyed the new pre-conference Directors Club networking event and was so happy that the roundtable think tank event was a full hour! Overall a great conference and excellent venue.

The agenda was very well organised, presentations and workshop were scientifically relevant, interesting and well presented. Ample time was allowed for networking, for reviewing posters, visiting the booths and for 1:1.

I liked the enthusiasm of the speakers, and the “community spirit” at the event. The facility itself with the large hall organization and meeting rooms all around was very easy to navigate.

I thought there was a great variety of vendors and speakers. The round table discussion and workshop around biomarker qualification were excellent!

Great networking capability with relevant attendees. It was a well-organised event and the presentations were also relevant!

The numbers of delegates as well as the ratio of sponsors to service providers was good. I liked the venue (including a private room for 1-2-1 meetings), and the presentations had good variety. The networking dinner was relaxed and the magicians were great.