Leiden 2024
Description
The 2024 Workshop on Free Energy Methods in Drug Design brought together experts from both academia and industry to discuss the use of free energy calculations in drug design. Held in Leiden, The Netherlands, from May 13-15, the workshop’s main purpose was to explore the applications, challenges, and future directions of these computational methods.
Group Photo
Organization Committee
- Irfan Alibay, PhD
- James Eastwood, PhD
- Vytautas Gapsys, PhD
- Bert L. de Groot, PhD
- Hugo Gutiérrez de Terán, PhD
- David Hahn, PhD
- Willem Jespers, PhD
- Dmitry Lupyan, PhD
- Jenke Scheen, PhD
Organizer’s Photo
Keynote Speaker: Max Welling
- Institution: Chief Technology Officer and Co-founder at CuspAI; Professor of Computational chemisry at University of Amsterdam
- Title: “Free Energy Is All You Need”
Schedule
May 13th, 2024 (Day 1)
| Time (GMT) | Speaker | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 | ATTENDEE REGISTRATION | |
| 8:45 | WELCOME | |
| Session Chair: Hugo Gutiérrez de Terán | ||
| 9:00 | Philip Biggin | Oxford University |
| 9:25 | Antonia Mey | University of Edinburgh |
| 9:50 | Fernanda Duarte | Oxford University |
| 10:15 | Hannah Baumann | OpenFE |
| 10:40 | COFFEE | |
| 11:00 | Christina Schindler | Merck KGaA |
| Session Chair: Mert Sagiroglugil | ||
| 11:25 | Bart Lenselink | Galapagos |
| 11:50 | Aniket Magarkar | Boehringer Ingelheim |
| 12:15 | LUNCH | |
| Session Chair: Álvaro Serrano | ||
| 13:15 | Richard Lonsdale | GSK |
| 13:40 | Juan Carlos (JC) Mobarec | AstraZeneca |
| 14:05 | Laura Perez-Bonito | Janssen |
| 14:30 | William Zhiyi Wu | Exscientia |
| 14:55 | COFFEE | |
| Session Chair: Marc Schuh | ||
| 15:10 | Anita De Ruiter | BOKU Vienna |
| 15:30 | Andrea Rizzi | Forschungszentrum Jülich |
| 15:50 | Hendrick Goeddeke | AbbVie |
| 16:10 | Joe Kaus | Relay Therapeutics |
May 14th, 2024 (Day 2)
| Time (GMT) | Speaker | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 | ATTENDEE REGISTRATION & WALK-IN | |
| Session Chair: Olivier Beyens | ||
| 8:30 | Ken Takaba | Asahi Kasei Pharma |
| 8:55 | Andrea Bortolato | SandboxAQ |
| 9:20 | Max Welling (KEYNOTE) | University of Amstardam/ CuspAI |
| 10:10 | COFFEE | |
| Session Chair: Anika Friedman | ||
| 10:30 | Jens Carlsson | Uppsala University |
| 10:55 | Gregory Ross | Isomorphic Labs |
| 11:20 | Francesca Deflorian | Nxera Pharma |
| 11:45 | Davide Branduardi | Astex Pharmaceuticals |
| 12:10 | LUNCH | |
| Session Chair: Oscar Palomino | ||
| 13:00 | Xuafeng Xu | Atommap |
| 13:25 | Robert Abel | Schrödinger Inc. |
| 13:50 | Joseph Bluck | Bayer |
| 14:15 | COFFEE | |
| Session Chair: David Seiferth | ||
| 14:30 | Jon Essex | Southampton University |
| 14:50 | Lucien Koenekoop | Uppsala University |
| 15:10 | Simon Webb | VeraChem LLC |
| 15:30 | Christopher Bayly | OpenEye |
| 13:50 | POSTER SESSION | |
| 16:50 | GROUP PICTURE | |
| 17:15 | Walk to Grenere Urban Bistro Bar | |
| 19:30 | COCKTAIL HOUR (Sponsored by Schödinger Inc.) |
May 15th, 2024 (Day 3)
| Time (GMT) | Speaker | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 | ATTENDEE REGISTRATION & WALK-IN | |
| Session Chair: AK Nandkeolyar | ||
| 9:00 | Sonya Hanson | Flatiron Institute, NYC |
| 9:25 | Peter V. Coveney | UCL |
| 9:50 | Tom Potter | Cresset Group |
| 10:15 | Ben Ries | Boehringer Ingelheim / OpenFE |
| 10:40 | COFFEE | |
| Session Chair: Meghan Osato | ||
| 11:00 | Stefan Boresch | University of Vienna |
| 11:25 | Chris Oostenbrink | BOKU Vienna |
| 11:50 | Lily Wang | OpenFF |
| 12:15 | Woody Sherman | Psivant |
| 12:40 | POSTER PRIZES & CONCLUDING REMARKS | |
| 13:00 | DEPARTURE |
