VIB.AI Symposium
20 Nov 2024 08:30 - 18:30
The inaugural VIB.AI Symposium aims to bring together researchers working at the intersection of AI and life sciences, to explore innovative machine learning methods, address the current challenges, foster collaboration, and inspire new concepts in using AI for biological applications. The program spans diverse themes including AI applications in genomics, single-cell and spatial technologies, proteomics, imaging and beyond.
Practical information:
20 Nov 2024 08:30 - 18:30
Van Beethovenstraat 8/10, 2800 Mechelen
English
Target audience: researchers affiliated to VIB and its partner universities (KU Leuven, UGent, UAntwerp, VUB and UHasselt) or to other Flemish Strategic Research Centers such as imec and VITO.
Want to register?
- Register until: 31 Oct 2024
- Price: Academic ticket: free. Industry ticket: €250
Georganiseerd door:
Leertraject
Preliminary program
08:30 Registration and breakfast
09:00 Plenary session: AI in Biology
- Opening remarks - Stein Aerts (VIB Center for AI & Computational Biology, BE)
- Invited speaker - Julien Gagneur (Technical University of Munich, DE)
- Invited speaker - David Kelley (Calico, US)
- Selected talk 1
- Coffee break
- Invited speaker - Tanja Kortemme (University of California, San Francisco, US)
- Invited speaker - Žiga Avsec
(DeepMind, UK)
12:00 Poster Flash talks
12:15 Lunch and poster session
14:00 Plenary session 2
- Invited speaker - Ben Lehner (Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK)
- Invited speaker - Franca Fraternali (Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, UK)
- Selected talk 2
- Invited speaker - Oliver Stegle (EMBL Heidelberg & the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), DE)
- Coffee break
16:15 Plenary session 3
- Invited speaker - Amos Tanay (Weizmann Insitute of Science, IL)
- Invited speaker - Lucy Colwell (University of Cambridge, UK)
17:30 Networking reception
Speakers
- Stein Aerts
VIB Center for AI & Computational Biology, BE - Žiga Avsec
DeepMind, UK - Franca Fraternali
Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, UK - Julien Gagneur
Technical University of Munich, DE - David Kelley
Calico, US - Tanja Kortemme
University of California, San Francisco, US - Ben Lehner
Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK - Oliver Stegle
EMBL Heidelberg & the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), DE - Amos Tanay
Weizmann Institute of Science, IL - Lucy Colwell
University of Cambrige, UK
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