Workshops
Make the most of your time in Boston! Maximize your educational and networking opportunities by adding on one or more interactive, hands-on workshops. Covering some of the hottest topics in the field, these workshops are taught by leading researchers
from industry and academia.
MORNING WORKSHOPS
Tuesday, May 15 | 8:00 - 11:30 am
W1. Data Management for Biologics: Registration and Beyond
Instructors:
Monica Wang, PhD, Principal Bioinformatics Architect, Takeda Oncology
Peter Henstock, PhD, Senior Principal Scientist, Research Business Technologies, Pfizer
Yuan Lin, Senior Manager, Biologics Business Partner, Pfizer
Kevin Fisher, Client Services Lead, Biologics and Vaccines IT, Merck Research Labs, Kenilworth, NJ
Jan Woerner, Business/System Analyst, Senior Scientist pRED Informatics, Innovation Center Munich, Roche Diagnostics GmbH
Speaker to be Announced, Riffyn
W2. Common Statistical Mistakes to Avoid for Data Scientists
Instructors:
Ray Liu, PhD, Senior Director & Head, Statistical Innovation & Consultation, Takeda
Michael Kane, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Yale University
Lauren Cain, PhD, Principal Statistician, Takeda; Visiting Scientist, Harvard T.H. Chan School of School of Public Health
W3. D2K, Transforming Data to Knowledge with Cloud, IoT & Machine Learning (AI) – Part I - xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxDetailed Agenda (Waterfront 1)
Instructors:
Paimun (PJ) Amini, Biotechnology & Ag Productivity IT Lead, Monsanto Company
Tim Gardner, CEO & Founder, Riffyn, Inc.
David Messina, PhD, Chief Operating Officer, Cofactor Genomics
Daniel Robertson, PhD, Research Fellow and Vice President of Digital Technology, Indiana Biosciences Research Institute
Mark Sparks, Director of Product Management and Design in IT, Monsanto Company
W4. Introduction to Scalable and Reproducible RNA-Seq Data Processing, Analysis, and Result Reporting Using AWS, R, knitr, and LaTex
Instructors:
Johannes Goll, Bioinformatics Director, The Emmes Corporation
Travis Jensen, Bioinformatics Programmer, The Emmes Corporation
W5. Data Visualization to Accelerate Biological Discovery
Instructor: Nils Gehlenborg, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School
W6. An Intro to Blockchain in Life Sciences
Instructors:
Adrian Gropper, MD, CTO, Patient Privacy Rights
Dr. Mansur Hasib, CISSP, PMP, CPHIMS, Program Chair, Cybersecurity Technology, The Graduate School, University of Maryland University College (UMUC)
W7. Containerizing Applications and Workflows for Large-Scale Reproducible Science
Instructors:
Adam Kraut, Director, Infrastructure and Cloud Architecture, BioTeam, Inc.
Angel Pizarro, Manager, Technical Business Development, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Jeff Gentry, Senior Principal Software Engineer, Broad Institute
Paolo Di Tommaso, Research Software Engineer, Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG)
AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS
Tuesday, May 15 | 12:30 - 4:00 pm
W8. Automating Data Analysis with Excel
Instructor: Brian Bissett, IT Specialist, IEEE USA
W9. D2K, Transforming Data to Knowledge with Cloud, IoT & Machine Learning (AI) – Part II
Instructors:
Adrian Cartier, PhD, Seed Production and Customer Experience Data Science Director, Monsanto Company
Kun He, PhD, Trait Analytics and Decision Science Lead, Monsanto Company
Bino John, PhD, Computational Biology and Systems Biology Group Leader, Dow-Dupont Ag Division
Sebastien Lefebvre, Senior Director Data Analytics & Decision Support, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
John Van Hemert, PhD, Data Scientist, Dow-Dupont Ag Division
Artur Veloso, PhD, Investigator II, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
W10. Digital Biomarkers in Pharma R&D: Technical Challenges and Strategies for Advancing Personalized Medicine
Instructors: Peter Bergethon, PhD, Head, Quantitative Medicine and Clinical Technologies, Biogen
Amir Lahav, ScD, Digital Innovation and Neuromuscular Lead, Rare Disease Research Unit, Pfizer
Srinivasan Vairavan, PhD, Principal Scientist, Integrative Solutions, Neuroscience, Johnson & Johnson
Larsson Omberg, Vice President, Systems Biology, Sage Bionetworks
W11. Data Science Driving Better Informed Decisions
Instructors:
Ahmed Abdeen Hamed, PhD, Scientific Knowledge Engineer, Scientific Information Management: Data Platform, Merck & Co.
Srinivasan Vairavan, PhD, Principal Scientist, Integrative Solutions, Johnson & Johnson
Bin Li, PhD, Director, Computational Biology, Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Xiaoying Wu, M.D., MS, Director, RWE IT CoE & Medical Informatics, Data Sciences, Janssen IT, Johnson & Johnson
W12. Bio-IT IOT Workshop: Accurate Data for Good Decisions
Instructor:
David Iyoha, Director, Software Solutions, Fortech LLC
W13. Lab Informatics: An Insider’s
Guide to Project Success
Instructor: Jeff Policastro, Vice President of Strategy, Professional Services, Astrix Technology Group
W14. Bootstrapping Your Life Science Startup - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Instructors:
Jason Stowe, Principal Group Program Manager, Azure Specialized Compute, Microsoft
Stan Gloss, Founding Partner, CEO, BioTeam, Inc.
Pubali Chakravorty-Campbell, Vice President, Business Operations & Organizational Development, Human Resource Partners