Name: Scientific Informatics Experience Exchange | Basel June 10, 2025
Start: 2025-06-10T08:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-06-10T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Mövenpick Hotel Basel

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SCIENTIFIC INFORMATICS EXPERIENCE EXCHANGE | Basel

10th June, 2025 @ 8:00 AM to 10th June, 2025 @ 5:00 PM

Scientific Informatics Experience Exchange | Basel June 10, 2025

Agenda Announced!

SiEE is coming back to Basel for its second year! Join us for another exciting event on June 10, 2025.

This is a unique opportunity to meet colleagues who are tackling similar scientific informatics challenges and share best practices. Hear from your peers how they have addressed similar challenges to improve scientific workflows across R&D.

In addition, you will also have the opportunity to meet experts from the Zifo team and ample opportunities to meet with fellow colleagues to exchange ideas. The day will start at 8:00 for breakfast with kickoff at 9:00, The meeting is due to finish at 17:00 followed by a reception.

We are delighted to confirm these industry leading speakers:

Time	Agenda
09:00-09:15	Welcome & Opening Remarks Hemal Rajani, Director – European Commercial Excellence \| Zifo Loïc Pruneyre, Director of Service Delivery EMEA \| Zifo
09:15-09:40	Can AI Be Trusted to Drive the Future of Science? Suchitra Ramaswamy, Science & Tech Client Partner \| Zifo
09:40-10:05	Understanding the Business Case for Digital Maturity Kris Van Hemelrijck, Head ITS Research & Development \| Galapagos
10:05-10:30	How to transform R&D in the Digital Age? Perceived Drivers and Barriers to the Adoption of Digital Solutions by Life Sciences R&D Workforce Sandra Noe, mRNA Center of Excellence Digital Transformation Director \| Sanofi
10:30-10:55	Case Study: Early Wins in Digital Maturity when Scaling at Pace Holly Duckworth, BIS DDQ Operations Manager \| argenx
10:55-11:25	Coffee Break
11:25-11:50	AI & Automation as Productivity Drivers in Clinical Development Jörg Degen, VP & Head of Computational Medicine \| Roche
11:50-12:15	Panel Discussion: Developing Digital Maturity Across Global Operations Moderator: Kristina Goncharenko, Head of Customer Success Switzerland \| Zifo –Giri Melpatti, Sr. IT Business Consultant – Global R&D \| Clariant –Holly Duckworth, BIS DDQ Operations Manager \| argenx –Jörg Degen, VP & Head of Computational Medicine \| Roche –Sandra Noe, mRNA Center of Excellence Digital Transformation Director \| Sanofi
12:15-13:30	Lunch
13:30-14:00	Deploying Agentic AI to Streamline and Refocus Scientific Work Frederik Jelden, Technology Strategist \| Microsoft
14:00-14:25	Navigating Digital Transformation in Pharmaceutical R&D: Are You Ready for Change? Andreas Steinbacher, Senior Digital Director, Global Research Technologies \| Novo Nordisk
14:25-14:50	Data Management in R&D – Lessons Learned Girish Srinivas, Project Leader – BASF R&D corporate project for Lab Documentation and Data Management \| BASF Holger Hartmann, Head of Digitalization – Specialties & Bioscience Research \| BASF
14:50-15:20	Coffee Break
15:20-16:20	Interactive Roundtable 1: Benchmarking Across Scientific Organisations: How do we Compare, and Why it Matters? Jens Stein, Product Manager: Lab Information Management Systems (LIMS)\| BASF Adam Paton, Head of Customer Success UK \| Zifo Interactive Roundtable 2: Change Management in Scientific Organizations Paul Denny-Gouldson, CSO \| Zifo Andreas Steinbacher, Senior Digital Director, Global Research Technologies \| Novo Nordisk Roman Affentranger, Exec. Dir., Head of Product Mgmt, Research Informatics \| Novartis
16:20-16:45	Digital Poll Niveda Avinashilingam, Associate Head – Service Delivery \| Zifo
16:45-17:00	Closing Remarks & Key Takeaways Paul Denny-Gouldson, CSO \| Zifo
17:00-19:00	Reception

Meeting Location:
Mövenpick Hotel Basel | Aeschengraben 25 | Basel, 4002 Switzerland

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Date: June 10
Time: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Event Category:: Conference
Event Tags: SiEE

Venue

Mövenpick Hotel Basel; Aeschengraben 25
Basel, 4002 Switzerland + Google Map
Phone:: +41-61-545 5050; View Venue Website

Time

Agenda

09:00-09:15

Welcome & Opening Remarks Hemal Rajani, Director – European Commercial Excellence | Zifo Loïc Pruneyre, Director of Service Delivery EMEA | Zifo

09:15-09:40

Can AI Be Trusted to Drive the Future of Science? Suchitra Ramaswamy, Science & Tech Client Partner | Zifo

09:40-10:05

Understanding the Business Case for Digital Maturity Kris Van Hemelrijck, Head ITS Research & Development | Galapagos

10:05-10:30

How to transform R&D in the Digital Age? Perceived Drivers and Barriers to the Adoption of Digital Solutions by Life Sciences R&D Workforce Sandra Noe, mRNA Center of Excellence Digital Transformation Director | Sanofi

10:30-10:55

Case Study: Early Wins in Digital Maturity when Scaling at Pace Holly Duckworth, BIS DDQ Operations Manager | argenx

10:55-11:25

Coffee Break

11:25-11:50

AI & Automation as Productivity Drivers in Clinical Development Jörg Degen, VP & Head of Computational Medicine | Roche

11:50-12:15

12:15-13:30

Lunch

13:30-14:00

Deploying Agentic AI to Streamline and Refocus Scientific Work Frederik Jelden, Technology Strategist | Microsoft

14:00-14:25

Navigating Digital Transformation in Pharmaceutical R&D: Are You Ready for Change? Andreas Steinbacher, Senior Digital Director, Global Research Technologies | Novo Nordisk

14:25-14:50

Data Management in R&D – Lessons Learned Girish Srinivas, Project Leader – BASF R&D corporate project for Lab Documentation and Data Management | BASF Holger Hartmann, Head of Digitalization – Specialties & Bioscience Research | BASF

14:50-15:20

Coffee Break

15:20-16:20

Interactive Roundtable 1: Benchmarking Across Scientific Organisations: How do we Compare, and Why it Matters? Jens Stein, Product Manager: Lab Information Management Systems (LIMS)| BASF Adam Paton, Head of Customer Success UK | Zifo

Interactive Roundtable 2: Change Management in Scientific Organizations Paul Denny-Gouldson, CSO | Zifo Andreas Steinbacher, Senior Digital Director, Global Research Technologies | Novo Nordisk Roman Affentranger, Exec. Dir., Head of Product Mgmt, Research Informatics | Novartis

16:20-16:45

Digital Poll Niveda Avinashilingam, Associate Head – Service Delivery | Zifo

16:45-17:00

Closing Remarks & Key Takeaways Paul Denny-Gouldson, CSO | Zifo

17:00-19:00

Reception

Venue

Welcome & Opening Remarks
Hemal Rajani, Director – European Commercial Excellence | Zifo
Loïc Pruneyre, Director of Service Delivery EMEA | Zifo

Can AI Be Trusted to Drive the Future of Science?
Suchitra Ramaswamy, Science & Tech Client Partner | Zifo

Understanding the Business Case for Digital Maturity
Kris Van Hemelrijck, Head ITS Research & Development | Galapagos

How to transform R&D in the Digital Age? Perceived Drivers and Barriers to the Adoption of Digital Solutions by Life Sciences R&D Workforce
Sandra Noe, mRNA Center of Excellence Digital Transformation Director | Sanofi

Case Study: Early Wins in Digital Maturity when Scaling at Pace
Holly Duckworth, BIS DDQ Operations Manager | argenx

AI & Automation as Productivity Drivers in Clinical Development
Jörg Degen, VP & Head of Computational Medicine | Roche

Deploying Agentic AI to Streamline and Refocus Scientific Work
Frederik Jelden, Technology Strategist | Microsoft

Navigating Digital Transformation in Pharmaceutical R&D: Are You Ready for Change?
Andreas Steinbacher, Senior Digital Director, Global Research Technologies | Novo Nordisk

Data Management in R&D – Lessons Learned
Girish Srinivas, Project Leader – BASF R&D corporate project for Lab Documentation and Data Management | BASF
Holger Hartmann, Head of Digitalization – Specialties & Bioscience Research | BASF

Interactive Roundtable 1: Benchmarking Across Scientific Organisations: How do we Compare, and Why it Matters?
Jens Stein, Product Manager: Lab Information Management Systems (LIMS)| BASF
Adam Paton, Head of Customer Success UK | Zifo

Interactive Roundtable 2: Change Management in Scientific Organizations
Paul Denny-Gouldson, CSO | Zifo
Andreas Steinbacher, Senior Digital Director, Global Research Technologies | Novo Nordisk
Roman Affentranger, Exec. Dir., Head of Product Mgmt, Research Informatics | Novartis

Digital Poll
Niveda Avinashilingam, Associate Head – Service Delivery | Zifo

Closing Remarks & Key Takeaways
Paul Denny-Gouldson, CSO | Zifo