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featured speakers
Sergei Kalinin
Keynote talk: Integrating Autonomous Systems for Advanced Material Discovery: Bridging Experiments and Theory Through Optimized Rewards
  • Understand the principles and advancements in orchestrating autonomous experimental workflows for scientific research, focusing on the integration of automated and cloud labs, reward functions, and human-in-the-loop interventions.
  • Sergei was recently recognized by multiple organizations for his outstanding science and technical contributions in nanotechnology and microscopy.
Sergei Kalinin
Keynote talk: Integrating Autonomous Systems for Advanced Material Discovery: Bridging Experiments and Theory Through Optimized Rewards
  • Understand the principles and advancements in orchestrating autonomous experimental workflows for scientific research, focusing on the integration of automated and cloud labs, reward functions, and human-in-the-loop interventions.
  • Sergei was recently recognized by multiple organizations for his outstanding science and technical contributions in nanotechnology and microscopy.
Nadya Peek
Keynote talk: Open-Source Hardware Ecosystems that Support Laboratory Automation Workflows
  • Learn how to use open-source hardware toolkits to create and customize laboratory automation workflows, promoting open and easily shareable scientific results.
  • Nadya’s Machine Agency research group at the University of Washington harnesses the precision of machines for the creativity of individuals.
Nadya Peek
Keynote talk: Open-Source Hardware Ecosystems that Support Laboratory Automation Workflows
  • Learn how to use open-source hardware toolkits to create and customize laboratory automation workflows, promoting open and easily shareable scientific results.
  • Nadya’s Machine Agency research group at the University of Washington harnesses the precision of machines for the creativity of individuals.
Seiji Takeda
Keynote talk: Project Rhizome: Multi-modal Foundation Models for Accelerated Material Discovery
  • Discover how IBM is utilizing Rhizome, a multimodal foundation model, to facilitate various downstream tasks in materials science and chemistry by leveraging its capability to handle diverse data modalities such as SMILES, SELFIES, molecular graphs, optical spectra, and more.
  • Seiji and his team at IBM have developed a number of material inverse design tools, including the cloud-based, AI-driven IBM Molecule Generation Experience.
Seiji Takeda
Keynote talk: Project Rhizome: Multi-modal Foundation Models for Accelerated Material Discovery
  • Discover how IBM is utilizing Rhizome, a multimodal foundation model, to facilitate various downstream tasks in materials science and chemistry by leveraging its capability to handle diverse data modalities such as SMILES, SELFIES, molecular graphs, optical spectra, and more.
  • Seiji and his team at IBM have developed a number of material inverse design tools, including the cloud-based, AI-driven IBM Molecule Generation Experience.
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confirmed speakers & panelLists

Meet Some of Our Speakers and Panellists

Aaike van Vugt
VSParticle
Adam Gormley
Rutgers University
Materials
Andre Charette
University of Montreal
Andrew Kukor
Takeda
Arash Khajeh
Toyota Research Institute
Basita Das
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Beatrice Soh
Institute of Materials Research and Engineering
Materials
Benji Maruyama
Air Force Research Laboratory
Calvin Li
Fum
Carlos Guerrero Sanchez
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Tools
Christoph Brabec
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Materials
Christopher Hone
Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering GmbH
Claudiane Oullet-Plamondon
École de technologie supérieure
Conrad Giresse Tetsassi Feugmo
University of Waterloo
Tools
Curtis Berlinguette
The University of British Columbia
Ekaterina Trushina
University of British Columbia
Materials
Gaston Corthey
Universidad Nacional de San Martin
Ivory Wenyu Zhang
The University of British Columbia
Jehad Abed
Meta
Materials
Jiaru Bai
University of Cambridge
Jie Xu
Argonne National Lab
Materials
Joseph Brown
Acceleration Consortium
Joshua Schrier
Fordham University
Tools
Julie Audet
University of Toronto
Tools
Jun Jiang
University of Science and Technology of China
Materials
Kai Huang
University of Toronto
Kakasaheb Nandiwale
Pfizer
Katerina Christofidou
The University of Sheffield
Kazunori Nishio
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Kevin Maik Jablonka
Helmholtz Institute for Polymers in Energy Applications Jena
Tools
Kevin Rossi
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)
Kevin Shen
NobleAI
Kim Jelfs
Imperial College London
Tools
Leonard Wei Tat Ng
Nanyang Technological University
Lilo Pozzo
University of Washington
Marie-Chloé Michaud Paradis
ELEMISSION
Martin Burke
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Materials
Mehrad Ansari
Acceleration Consortium
Melodie Christensen
Merck
Materials
Michael Eikerling
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Michael Greenwood
Natural Resources Canada
Michael Webb
Princeton University
Tools
Michael Williams
Bristol Myers Squibb
Milad Abolhasani
North Carolina State University
Materials
Mitra Taheri
Johns Hopkins University
Materials
Molly Gibson
Flagship Pioneering
Materials
Muhammed Shuaibi
Meta
Materials
Nadya Peek
University of Washington
Pascal Friederich
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Paul Dingwall
Queen's University Belfast
Tools
Peter Frazier
Cornell University
Philipp Harbach
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
Qian Yang
University of Connecticut
Rama El-khawaldeh
The University of British Columbia
Rebecca Davis
University of Manitoba
Rick Lu
University of Toronto
Ryan Jansonius
Telescope Innovations
Sawako Nakamae
Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
Scott McIndoe
University of Victoria
Energy / sustainability
Seiji Takeda
IBM Research
Sergei Kalinin
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Shan Jiang
Shanghai Tech
Tools
Shijing Sun
University of Washington
Materials
Stacy Copp
University of California, Irvine
Materials
Sterling Baird
Acceleration Consortium
Sutanay Choudhury
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Taylor Sparks
University of Utah
Tools
Thomas Heumüller
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Thomas Malig
Genentech
Tong Xie
GreenDynamics
Turab Lookman
AiMaterials Research LLC, Santa Fe, NM
Udo Bach
Monash University
Xi Zhu
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Ecosystem
Yangang Liang
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Yi Liu
Shanghai University
Yiming Mo
Zhejiang University
Tools
Carlos Guerrero Sanchez
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Kevin Rossi
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)
Sawako Nakamae
Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
Ivory Wenyu Zhang
The University of British Columbia
Kakasaheb Nandiwale
Pfizer
Kai Huang
University of Toronto
Thomas Malig
Genentech
Claudiane Oullet-Plamondon
École de technologie supérieure
Jehad Abed
Meta
Milad Abolhasani
North Carolina State University
Mehrad Ansari
Acceleration Consortium
Julie Audet
University of Toronto
Udo Bach
Monash University
Jiaru Bai
University of Cambridge
Sterling Baird
Acceleration Consortium
Curtis Berlinguette
The University of British Columbia
Christoph Brabec
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Joseph Brown
Acceleration Consortium
Martin Burke
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Andre Charette
University of Montreal
Sutanay Choudhury
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Melodie Christensen
Merck
Katerina Christofidou
The University of Sheffield
Stacy Copp
University of California, Irvine
Gaston Corthey
Universidad Nacional de San Martin
Basita Das
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Rebecca Davis
University of Manitoba
Paul Dingwall
Queen's University Belfast
Michael Eikerling
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Rama El-khawaldeh
The University of British Columbia
Conrad Giresse Tetsassi Feugmo
University of Waterloo
Peter Frazier
Cornell University
Pascal Friederich
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Molly Gibson
Flagship Pioneering
Adam Gormley
Rutgers University
Michael Greenwood
Natural Resources Canada
Philipp Harbach
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
Thomas Heumüller
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Christopher Hone
Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering GmbH
Ryan Jansonius
Telescope Innovations
Kim Jelfs
Imperial College London
Shan Jiang
Shanghai Tech
Jun Jiang
University of Science and Technology of China
Sergei Kalinin
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Arash Khajeh
Toyota Research Institute
Andrew Kukor
Takeda
Calvin Li
Fum
Yangang Liang
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Yi Liu
Shanghai University
Turab Lookman
AiMaterials Research LLC, Santa Fe, NM
Rick Lu
University of Toronto
Kevin Maik Jablonka
Helmholtz Institute for Polymers in Energy Applications Jena
Benji Maruyama
Air Force Research Laboratory
Scott McIndoe
University of Victoria
Marie-Chloé Michaud Paradis
ELEMISSION
Yiming Mo
Zhejiang University
Kazunori Nishio
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Nadya Peek
University of Washington
Lilo Pozzo
University of Washington
Joshua Schrier
Fordham University
Kevin Shen
NobleAI
Muhammed Shuaibi
Meta
Beatrice Soh
Institute of Materials Research and Engineering
Taylor Sparks
University of Utah
Shijing Sun
University of Washington
Mitra Taheri
Johns Hopkins University
Seiji Takeda
IBM Research
Ekaterina Trushina
University of British Columbia
Michael Webb
Princeton University
Leonard Wei Tat Ng
Nanyang Technological University
Michael Williams
Bristol Myers Squibb
Tong Xie
GreenDynamics
Jie Xu
Argonne National Lab
Qian Yang
University of Connecticut
Xi Zhu
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Aaike van Vugt
VSParticle
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It is the policy of the University of Toronto to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigour in all its individually accredited or jointly accredited educational programs.
Speakers and/or planning committee members, participating in University of Toronto programs, are expected to disclose to the program audience any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest that may have a direct bearing on the subject matter of the continuing education program. This pertains but is not limited to relationships within the last FIVE (5) years with not-for-profit organizations, pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or other corporations whose products or services are related to the subject matter of the presentation topic.

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