AGENDA

April 22, 2026

Check-in & Lite Breakfast

8:00 AM - 9:20 AM


Welcome

9:20 AM - 9:30 AM

Michelle Lee ‍. Founder & CEO • Medra


Opening Keynote

9:30 AM - 9:50 AM

David Baker 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Director, Institute for Protein Design & 2024 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry • University of Washington


Presentation

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Andrew White Co-founder & CTO • Edison Scientific


Presentation

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Henry Lee CEO • Cultivarium


Presentation

10:40 PM - 11:00 AM

Ron Alfa Co-founder & CEO • Noetik


Presentation

11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Jeremey Elser Head of Science • Palantir


Dealmaking & Partnerships: Who’s Actually Writing the Checks

11:30 AM - 11:50 AM

Sarah Nam VP AI Strategy & Partnerships • AbbVie

Jonah Cool Life Sciences • Anthropic

Eli Berlin Co-founder • Terray Therapeutics

Stacy Feld Global Head, External Scientific Innovation • Johnson & Johnson

Chris Leiter, Moderator Founder & General Partner • Atria Ventures


Predictions to Proof: Translating AI into Real Biology

11:50 AM - 12:10 PM

Martin Jensen Co-founder & CSO • Gordian Biotechnologies

Alex Morgan, Moderator Partner • Khosla Ventures

Anna Marie Wagner Co-founder & CEO • Transfyr

Payal Sheth SVP Therapeutic Discovery Sciences • Bristol Myers Squibb


Lunch & Round Tables

12:10 PM - 1:20 PM


How to Train an AI (For Science)

1:20 PM - 1:40 PM

Johnny Hu, Moderator Partner • Menlo Ventures

Yusuf Roohani Assistant Director of Machine Learning • Arc Institute

Peyton Greenside Co-founder & CEO • BigHat Biosciences

Archa Jain Head of Life Sciences • Goodfire


AI Across the Sciences

1:40 PM - 2:00 PM

Joseph Krause Co-founder & CEO • Radical AI

Carina Hong Founder & CEO • Axiom Math

Pete Florence Co-founder & CEO • Generalist

Shahin Farschi, Moderator Partner • Lux Capital


What is Hype and What is Real?

2:00 PM - 2:20 PM

Hani Goodarzi Core Investigator • Arc Institute

Reshma Shetty Co-founder & COO • Gingko Bioworks

Jacob Kimmel Co-founder & President • NewLimit


Fireside Chat

2:30 PM - 2:50 PM

Jorge Reis-Filho Chief AI Officer • AstraZeneca

Michelle Lee, Moderator Founder & CEO • Medra


Fireside Chat

2:50 PM - 3:10 PM

Samuel Stanton Co-founder & Member of Technical Staff • Coefficient Bio

Nan Li, Moderator Co-founder & General Partner • Dimension Capital


Deep Dive X-Cell

3:20 PM - 3:40 PM

Ci Chu AI-Enabled Discover • Xaira Therapeutics

Bo Wang SVP & Head of Biomedical AI • Xaira Therapeutics


Presentation

3:40 PM - 4:00 PM

Michelle Lee Founder & CEO • Medra


Closing Keynote

4:10 PM - 4:40 PM

Aviv Regev EVP Research & Early Development • Genentech


Happy Hour

4:40 PM - 6:10 PM