Clarity over Hype

How the Top R&D Teams Are Deriving Meaningful Signals from Biological Complexity
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Sept 17th, 2:00 PM (ET)
Royal Sonesta Boston, Cambridge
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Teams from 30+ leading pharma and biotech companies have attended past DataFAIR events.

Speakers at DataFAIR 2026 FALL

Abhishek Jha
Co-founder & CEO,
Elucidata
Mark Cockett
Chief Scientific Officer,
Paratus Sciences
Meena Subramanyam
Vice President, Rusfertide Product Lead,
Takeda Oncology
Bulent Kiziltan
Chief AI & Science Officer,
Stealth Startup
Kris Sachsenmeier
VP, Head of Translational Sciences,
Compass Therapeutics
Bhanu Chandra Mulukutla
Research Fellow,
Group Leader,
Pfizer

Panelists at DataFAIR 2026 FALL

Hatim Zariwala
Director of Venture Science,
Formation Venture Engineering
Nevin Gerek Ince
Director, Digital Labs, Research Digital Products,
Novo
David Thomas
Director, Cachexia Discovery and Therapeutic Development,
Broad Institute
Gonzalo Lopez
Associate Director - New Targets Oncology,
Novartis

Speakers at DataFAIR 2026 FALL

Abhishek Jha
Co-founder & CEO
Elucidata
Mark Cockett
Chief Scientific Officer
Paratus Sciences
Meena Subramanyam
Global Product Lead
Rusfertide Takeda Oncology
Bulent Kiziltan
Chief AI & Science Officer
Stealth Startup
Kris Sachsenmeier
VP, Head of Translational Sciences
Compass Therapeutics
Bhanu Chandra Mulukutla
Research Fellow,
Group Leader
Pfizer

Panelists at DataFAIR 2026 FALL

Hatim Zariwala
Director of Venture Science,
Formation Venture Engineering
Nevin Gerek Ince
Director, Digital Labs, Research Digital Products,
Novo Nordisk
David Thomas
Director, Cachexia Discovery and Therapeutic Development,
Broad Institute
Gonzalo Lopez
Associate Director - New Targets Oncology,
Novartis
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Agenda at a Glance

14:00 – 14:45 ET
When Reasoning Becomes Abundant, Evidence Becomes Scarce: A journey towards causal human biology
Abhishek Jha
Co-founder & CEO, Elucidata
14:45 – 15:15 ET
From Signal to Decision: Can AI / ML Use Multimodal Evidence to Strengthen Oncology Drug Development Decisions?
Meena Subramanyam
Vice President, Rusfertide Product Lead, Takeda Oncology
15:15 – 15:30 ET
Networking Break
15:30 – 16:15 ET
Panel Discussion: Building Useful AI Systems for Scientists
What are the bets we should take on the headwinds of high R&D costs, clinical attrition, and talent & infrastructure gaps.
Hatim Zariwala
Director of Venture Science, Formation Venture Engineering
Nevin Gerek Ince
Director, Digital Labs, Research Digital Products,
Novo
David Thomas
Director, Cachexia Discovery and Therapeutic Development, Broad Institute
Gonzalo Lopez
Associate Director - New Targets Oncology, Novartis
16:15 – 16:45 ET
Leveraging Evolutionary Traits to Discover and Develop Novel Medicines for Human Disease
Mark Cockett
Chief Scientific Officer, Paratus Sciences
16:45 – 17:15 ET
AI And The Biotech Biomarker Scientist: How Technology Enhances Critical Thinking
Kris Sachsenmeier
VP, Head of Translational Sciences, Compass Therapeutics
17:15 – 17:30 ET
Networking Break
17:30 – 18:00 ET
AI's Transformative Impact
Bulent Kiziltan
Chief AI & Science Officer, Stealth Startup, Former Global Head of AI, Novartis
18:00 – 18:30 ET
Beyond Data: Building Physiology-Grounded Digital Bioreactors for Optimization and Robust Real-Time Control
Bhanu Chandra Mulukutla
Research Fellow, Group Leader, Pfizer
18:30 ET Onwards
Dinner, Drinks & Networking
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Preview

Elucidata is proud to host DataFAIR Fall 2026 in Cambridge, MA.
We're bringing together people from across the life sciences industry for an evening of networking and insightful discussions.

Tactical insights

For those taking their first steps with AI, as well as those implementing AI solutions across their R&D programs.

Future of drug discovery

We want to establish a vision around the largest unsolved problems in drug discovery, and how the industry is trending toward solving them.

Peer connection and networking

Connect with peers who are mission-driven to bring therapies to patients.

Building capabilities

Learn how to achieve growing opportunities in pharma and life sciences to keep you competitive in a dynamic market.

What to expect

Success stories of data-centric AI, presentations from academic and pharma leaders, and AI and tech panels. Afterward, we will have a lot of time to connect during coffee sessions, cocktails, and dinner.

Who should attend

Life sciences leaders, computational scientists, and R&D strategists from across pharma, biotech, and academic medicine are welcome.
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Speakers & Panelists from Previous DataFAIRs

Speakers
Abhishek Jha
Co-founder & CEO, Elucidata
Sreeram
Balasubramanian
Director Computational Biology, Novasenta
Ridhi Tariyal
Co-Founder & CEO, NextGen Jane, Inc.
Andrew Kent
MD PhD, Assistant Professor Medicine-Hematology, University of Colorado Anschutz
Diana Sapashnik
Principal Scientist, Pfizer
Deepak Vasisht
CEO, WorkTrace AI
Anurag Khetan
Executive Director, BMS
Devan Moodley
Senior Director- Head of Translational Immunology and Non-Clinical Sciences, Abata Therapeutics
Grant Weller
CTO, RefinedScience
Matteo Tranchero
Assistant Professor of Management, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Panelists
Hatim Zariwala
Director of Venture Science, Formation Venture Engineering
Ming Tang
Director of Bioinformatics, AstraZeneca
Jennifer Wortman
President & Managing Director, BioTeam, LLC
Yael Gozin
Clinical Documentation Global Head, Sanofi
David Gosalvez
CSO, Revvity Signals
Lihua Yu
Data Scientist, SpringNovo LLC
Rajni Aneja
Advisory Board Member, MIT
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Snapshots from previous DataFAIRs

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The Consulting Biochemist

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