2nd - 3rd December 2024
Agenda
PharmaWorX – Accelerating Transformation of Life Science, Pharma and Biotech R&D with Automation, AI/ML & Robotics Tools
DAY 1
08:00 - 08:50
REGISTRATION
08:55 – 09:00
CHAIRPERSON’S OPENING REMARKS
09:00 - 09:30
Next level serology: Platform assays for fully automated sample analysis
- Challenges: # samples, # assays, high quality, low costs, high speed, non-clinical vs. clinical redevelopment
- Our solution: assay standardization for fully automated execution, bridging non-clinical & clinical dev.
- Automated assay system built around robotic arm
- Process automation: walk-away and standardized ELISA platform
- ELISA qualification examples and data analysis workflow
- Automated system throughput and business model
09:30 - 10:00
Quantum Computing for Drug Discovery
- What is quantum computing
- Why QC is a hot topic
- What can QC do today and tomorrow
- QC and drug discovery
10:00 - 10:30
From buzzword to value: Digital Twins in pharma
- Determine the type of digital twin you need
- Assess the potential value and the factors that influence it
- Comprehend the system and determine the necessary data and control strategy
- Examples of digital twins across the pharmaceutical value chain and their value
10:35 - 11:25
COFFEE BREAK
11:30 - 12:00
SIMPLIFYING REGULATORY COMPLIANCE WITH DIGITAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND SOFTWARE VALIDATION SOLUTIONS
- Reducing compliance related costs while improving traceability of quality assurance processes to ensure compliance with regulations and industry standards (ICH, GxP, ISO, GAMP5)
- Identifying, assessing and anticipating risks and opportunities with robust document management, CAPA and workflows structures
- Ensuring operational excellence and continuous improvement through digitally transforming quality management processes and systems
12:00 - 12:30
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION; USE CASES; KEY BENEFITS AND LESSONS LEARNED
- Pain points of paper-based cleaning validation
- Time reduction for risk assessment of new drugs/APIs, with automated worst case products indentification and limit calculations
- Quicker and easier protocols creation and execution with digital tools
- How digital can make you always audit-ready
12:30 - 13:00
Future-proof your Lab: Rethinking Traditional Approaches in Design and Collaboration
- Research spaces and laboratories are facing many challenges and undergoing fundamental transformation
- The complexity of the laboratory infrastructure requires numerous, involved disciplines and yesterday’s concepts cannot meet future requirements
- A fundamentally new approach is required to address the challenges, to foster the innovation and remain competitive
- Smart Lab Ecosystem approach combines real and digital world to manage and reduce complexity
- The talk will outline our vision what a lab of the future looks like and why we think it’s (r)evolutionary
PLANNED INVESTMENT AREAS
- Robotics Process Automation
- Data Sciences and Analytics
- Visualisation Tools
- Asset Performance Management
- Laboratory Process Automation
- Laboratory Digital Monitoring Systems
- Transportation & Storage of Biological Materials
- Laboratory sample management solutions
- High-throughput screening/ High-content screening
- Laboratory equipment and Furniture
- Asset Finance and Leasing
- Sustainable Equipment, Materials and Decontamination Solutions
- Labware Cleaning and Sterilization
- Energy Efficiency Solutions
- Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality
- Laboratory/Hardware Automation
- Smart Lab Infrastructure
- Mobile Robots
- Cloud Computing
- Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning
- Informatics
- Operational Excellence/Continuous Improvement
- Quality Assurance / Quality Control
- Laboratory Operations & Strategy
- Regulation, Compliance & Validation
- Cybersecurity
- Digital Lab Consulting
- Consulting for AI & ML adoption for Lab Automation
- Waste Management Software
- Sustainable Materials Management (SMM)
- Net Zero Facilities
- Environmental Management Solutions
- Real Estate for Sustainable Labs of the Future
13:05 - 13:55
LUNCH
14:00 - 14:30
AI-driven design of microbial communities for dairy applications
- Dairy starter culture community design
- Counteracting KPIs
- Bayesian optimization
- Scalability of performance
14:30 – 15:00
Lab2Lab – Automated sample transport with integrated open access analytics
- Lab2Lab is an automated sample transportation system for analytical scale volumes
- Connected and fully automated analytical systems are LC/MS and NMR
- Analytics is performed for small molecules, peptides, and proteins
- The platform is aiming for a result data return in electronic format within 10 minutes
- Lab2Lab is installed at different global sites within Novartis and is providing automated sample transport within research buildings and between buildings
- Lab2Lab software is automatically optimizing the utilization of connected high-end analytical systems by distributing the samples to the next available system
15:00 – 15:30
Laboratories in Transformation
- Recent big topics affecting today’s laboratories
- How to engage employees and promote acceptance for digitization and automation
- User Experience and User Centric Design
- Benefits from User Centric Solutions and their ROI
15:35 - 16:25
COFFEE BREAK
16:30 - 17:00
Navigating the Journey to Self-Governed Quality Excellence
- Building a culture of self-governance in quality processes
- Creating a roadmap to achieve the Industry North Star
- Setting a strong foundation for AI/ML, Data Science, and futuristic technologies
17:00 – 17:30
Accelerating transformation through data analytics and insights
- Strategy for implementing an integrated system to track equipment utilization
- Changing mindsets and behaviours
- Outcomes from strategic changes
- Long term vision and next steps
PLANNED INVESTMENT AREAS
- Robotics Process Automation
- Data Sciences and Analytics
- Visualisation Tools
- Asset Performance Management
- Laboratory Process Automation
- Laboratory Digital Monitoring Systems
- Transportation & Storage of Biological Materials
- Laboratory sample management solutions
- High-throughput screening/ High-content screening
- Laboratory equipment and Furniture
- Asset Finance and Leasing
- Sustainable Equipment, Materials and Decontamination Solutions
- Labware Cleaning and Sterilization
- Energy Efficiency Solutions
- Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality
- Laboratory/Hardware Automation
- Smart Lab Infrastructure
- Mobile Robots
- Cloud Computing
- Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning
- Informatics
- Operational Excellence/Continuous Improvement
- Quality Assurance / Quality Control
- Laboratory Operations & Strategy
- Regulation, Compliance & Validation
- Cybersecurity
- Digital Lab Consulting
- Consulting for AI & ML adoption for Lab Automation
- Waste Management Software
- Sustainable Materials Management (SMM)
- Net Zero Facilities
- Environmental Management Solutions
- Real Estate for Sustainable Labs of the Future
17:30 - 18:15
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS
This is an opportunity to sit with your peers and have open discussions and exchanges across the following topics and themes
- TABLE 1: Accelerating Biopharma Discovery and Development processes with automation
- TABLE 2: Smart Lab Infrastructure and Ecosystem approaches
- TABLE 3: Digital Twins Technology in Labs of the Future
- TABLE 4: Lab Transformation Culture, Change Management and Leadership
- TABLE 5: Uses of AI/ML in Labs of the Future
18:15 - 19:15
DRINKS RECEPTION
DAY 2
08:55 – 09:00
CHAIRPERSON’S OPENING REMARKS
09:00 – 09:30
From post-it notes to databases – transforming data flows in the chemical laboratory
- Data capture in chemical laboratories – challenges and opportunities
- Low hanging fruits – how to impact global productivity with limited resources
- Building on existing infrastructure – utilizing the sample logistics within Lab2Lab
- Common standards as acceleration factors – what can we learn from other areas?
- Cultural aspects of (lab) digitalization – user acceptance
09:30 – 10:00
Future applications for mobile robots in pharmaceutical factories
- Core Principles – lessons learned from recent introductions
- Quality Control – Workflows to target
- Large scale Biologics – workflows to target
- Futureproofing – Facility design
10:00 - 10:30
Accelerating time-to-insight for Life Sciences, Pharma and Biotech
- How to leverage contextual data to improve AI/ML
- How to improve Insight by integrating process and product information
- Data interpretability for cost efficiency
- Our vision on an efficient Data and Insight ecosystem
10:35 - 11:25
COFFEE BREAK
11:30 – 12:00
INTEGRATING AI AND ROBOTICS FOR EFFICIENT DRUG DESIGN AND DISCOVERY
- Combining generative AI, retrosynthesis and robots to discover new drugs faster
12:00 – 12:30
Digitization and Connectivity on the Path to Net - Zero
- Unlocking hidden inefficiencies and waste in the enterprise
- How digitization can speed up the path to Net-Zero
12:30 – 13:00
Flexible lab space
- Need for Flexibility in R&D environment for Life Sciences
- How to incorporate flexibility in a R&D building
- Solutions from startups to scaleups to corporates
- Presentation of the Plus Ultra Leiden building
- Smart Building technology
PLANNED INVESTMENT AREAS
- Robotics Process Automation
- Data Sciences and Analytics
- Visualisation Tools
- Asset Performance Management
- Laboratory Process Automation
- Laboratory Digital Monitoring Systems
- Transportation & Storage of Biological Materials
- Laboratory sample management solutions
- High-throughput screening/ High-content screening
- Laboratory equipment and Furniture
- Asset Finance and Leasing
- Sustainable Equipment, Materials and Decontamination Solutions
- Labware Cleaning and Sterilization
- Energy Efficiency Solutions
- Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality
- Laboratory/Hardware Automation
- Smart Lab Infrastructure
- Mobile Robots
- Cloud Computing
- Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning
- Informatics
- Operational Excellence/Continuous Improvement
- Quality Assurance / Quality Control
- Laboratory Operations & Strategy
- Regulation, Compliance & Validation
- Cybersecurity
- Digital Lab Consulting
- Consulting for AI & ML adoption for Lab Automation
- Waste Management Software
- Sustainable Materials Management (SMM)
- Net Zero Facilities
- Environmental Management Solutions
- Real Estate for Sustainable Labs of the Future
13:05 - 13:55
LUNCH
14:00 – 14:30
Lab Automation – High and Medium Throughput – Sanofi Strategy for Process Chemistry
- End game strategy: Sanofi IA commitment
- Implementation of lab automation and data management
- Enrolling people for chemistry done by automates
- Application across process chemistry
14:30 - 15:00
Digital Transformation of Knowledge Generation
- Blind spot of laboratory digital transformation efforts
- The Knowledge Generation Process
- Manual experimentation as critical bottleneck
- Walk-away process automation in discovery and early development
- Digital Transformation of Knowledge Generation