16th Annual Drug Discovery
Innovation Forum 2025
The 16th Annual Drug Discovery Innovation Forum #DDIF
10th & 11th September 2025
The Hyatt Regency Barcelona Tower, Spain
Co-located
16th Annual Drug Discovery Innovation Forum 2025
10th & 11th September 2025
Co-located with The 8th Annual Cell & Gene Therapy Innovation Forum #CGTI
LEADERS SHAPING THE FUTURE
KEYNOTES & ADVISORY
“Our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change.” – Martin Luther King
DDIF was formed 15 years ago and our mission remains the same - to push boundaries to affect change, for patients.
To continue this statement - drug discovery and development must evolve and innovate towards new modes of action. Embrace next-generation technology such as ML, AR, Generative AI, LLM and so forth. There is no avoiding it. To truly reduce drug discovery time and accelerate clinical trial development, we must advance towards digital transformation and break down silos and barriers we often create ourselves.
Laura Matz
Chief Science & Technology Officer at Merck Group
Jose Duca
Global Head of Computer-Aided Drug Discovery at Novartis
Nuno Prego Ramos
Founder & CEO of Valvian
Petrina Kamya
VP & Global Head of AI Platforms at Insilico Medicine
Werngard Czechtizky
Executive Director Head Medicinal Chemistry, Respiratory and Immunology at AstraZeneca
Rudi Schmidt
Chief Operating Officer at Institute for Healthier Living Abu Dhabi
Louis Boon
CSO of JJP Biologics
Uli Schmidt
Executive Director, Structural Chemistry at Gilead Sciences