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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

DDIF ATTENDEES

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Chief System Scientist Exscientia

Richard Bickerton

Chief Science & Technology Officer

Merck

Laura Matz

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Laura Matz, Chief Scientific & Technology Officer at Merck #DDIF
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Chris Gibson

Chris Gibson

CEO

Recursion

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Craig Johnstone

Chief Operating Officer

Evotec

Craig Johnstone

CEO

Iambic Therapeutics

Fred Manby

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Fred Manby
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Ashwini Ghogare

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Head of AI and Automation for Drug Discovery

Merck

PAST SPEAKERS

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Laura Matz, Chief Scientific & Technology Officer at Merck #DDIF

Laura Matz

Chief Scientific and Technology Officer

Merck

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Richard Bickerton

Chief System Scientist

Exscientia

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Chris Gibson

Chris Gibson

CEO

Recursion

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Fred Manby

Fred Manby

CEO

Iambic Therapeutics

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Craig Johnstone

Craig Johnstone

Chief Operating Officer

Evotec

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Ashwini Ghogare

Head of AI and Automation for Drug Discovery

Merck

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Leaders shaping the future of drug discovery and beyond

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

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For the patients, we must do better.

10th & 11th September 2025

Hyatt Regency Barcelona Tower, Spain

DDIF

DDIF was formed 16 years ago and our mission remains the same - to push boundaries to affect change, for patients.

The 16th Annual Drug Discovery and Development forum brings together c-suite, executives, pioneering thinkers and leading academics who are committed to breaking free from traditional silos to evolve and make an impact. Our curated programme is for leaders interested in strategy and innovation by embracing next-generation technology such as ML, AR, Generative AI, LLM and so forth. To truly reduce drug discovery time and accelerate clinical trial development, we must advance towards digital transformation. There is no avoiding it.

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Programme

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Laura Matz

Chief Science & Technology Officer at Merck Group

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Jose Duca

Global Head of Computer-Aided Drug Discovery at Novartis

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Nuno Prego Ramos

Founder & CEO of Valvian

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Petrina Kamya

VP & Global Head of AI Platforms at Insilico Medicine

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Werngard Czechtizky

Executive Director Head Medicinal Chemistry, Respiratory and Immunology at AstraZeneca

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Rudi Schmidt

Chief Operating Officer at Institute for Healthier Living Abu Dhabi

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Louis Boon

CSO of JJP Biologics

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Uli Schmidt

Executive Director, Structural Chemistry at Gilead Sciences

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It's people, their stories and this momentum that inspires purpose

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