Friends you are invited! Please RSVP to our 27th SAPA-NE Annual Conference (FREE Day Pass No Lunch)
Sat, Jun 14
|Marriot Cambridge
You are invited to our most popular event of the year - 27th SAPA-NE Annual Conference (FREE Day Pass No Lunch) "Accelerating Innovations in Drug Discovery and Development: Pioneering the Path to Breakthrough Therapies".


Event Time
Jun 14, 2025, 8:00 AM – 5:30 PM EDT
Marriot Cambridge, 50 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
About the Event
Parking:
Parking is available at the nearby Kendall Square Green Garage located at 90 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142. As a courtesy to SAPA-NE Annual Conference attendees, we are pleased to offer parking vouchers at a discounted rate of $10 for a duration of 10 hours. (Over 10 hours will incur the standard daily fee of $48/day.)
27th SAPA-NE Annual Conference comprises a full-day program (9AM-5:30PM) focusing on multi-front industry topics including AI/ML application in research and development and other trends in the ever-evolving life science industry in the Boston/Cambridge region.
Accelerating Innovations in Drug Discovery and Development:
Pioneering the Path to Breakthrough Therapies
Session I
Entrepreneurs and Drug Hunters: Driving Breakthrough to Address Unmet Medical Needs
Greg Verdine, Ph.D. CEO LifeMine, Professor and Entrepreneur
Manny Simons, M.D., Ph.D. Senior VP, Eli Lilly
Yuhong Qiu, Ph.D. Senior VP, Legend Biotech
Jennifer Dovey, Ph.D. CSO, Triveni Bio
Session II
AI/ML and Data Science in Drug Discovery and Development
Jeb Keiper, Former CEO, Nimbus
Maria Wendt, Ph.D. Global Head of DBSI, Sanofi
Session III
Emerging Discovery Platform and Technology to Accelerate Innovation
Yi Zhang, Ph.D. Director, Kymera Therapeutics
Yao Zhang, Ph.D. Executive Director, GSK
Peter Luo, Ph.D. CEO, President of R&D and Chairman, Adagene
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact info@sapa-neweb.org