Science Week 2025: Science UNIV+RSES - Agenda

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM EDT Welcome | Coffee

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Welcome Coffee

9:30 AM - 10:35 AM EDT

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WELCOME TO SCIENCE IN THE AGE OF EXPERIENCE 2025

In the Age of the Generative Economy, where the Age of Experiences and sustainability imperatives converge, we believe more than ever that the best way to build...

9:30 AM - 9:45 AM EDT Plenary

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Science In the Age of Experience 2025: Science UNIV+RSES - Patrick Johnson, EVP Corporate Research & Sciences Dassault Systèmes

9:45 AM - 10:10 AM EDT Plenary

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Keynote Session - Joelle Barral, Senior Director of Research & Engineering at Google DeepMind

10:10 AM - 10:35 AM EDT Plenary

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Holistic Lithography: Enabler and User of AI - Jos Benschop, ASML Executive Vice President Technology

10:35 AM - 10:55 AM EDT Coffee

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Networking Break

10:55 AM - 12:35 PM EDT Plenary

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SCIENCE IN THE AGE OF EXPERIENCE 2025 - INDUSTRY FOR LIFE

Industry is reinventing itself in a true Renaissance in the Age of the Generative Economy. Responsible innovations factor in a systematic understanding and proj...

10:55 AM - 11:20 AM EDT

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Designing tomorrow´s car, where user experience meets engineering complexity - Patrick NEBOUT, Chief Technology Officer at Yanfeng Technology

11:20 AM - 11:45 AM EDT

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The Evolution of Digital Twins: Driving the Next Phase of Digital Transformation - Dan Isaac, Digital Twin Consortium CTO

From traditional to intelligent to generative, learn how Digital Twin Consortium members are at the forefront of the evolution of Digital Twins. This presentat...

11:45 AM - 12:10 PM EDT

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Digital Twins for Advanced Manufacturing - Antonios Kontsos, Director Digital Engineering Hub (DEHub) Rowan University

Advanced Manufacturing (AM) provides cyberphysical system approaches to make practically anything, from engineered tissue and cell structures to electronic devi...

12:10 PM - 12:35 PM EDT

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Keynote Session - Sukanya Punthambaker, Breaking Inc. Co-Founder and CEO

12:35 PM - 2:00 PM EDT Lunch

( 12:35 PM - 2:00 PM EDT )

Networking Lunch

2:00 PM - 3:40 PM EDT Plenary

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SCIENCE IN THE AGE OF EXPERIENCE 2025 - PLANET WITH LIFE

The Preservation of our Planet is one of the most fundamental challenges of our time. Our restrictive definition of the system (or of our ecosystems) must now i...

2:00 PM - 2:25 PM EDT Plenary

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The Path to Commercial Fusion Energy - Alex Creely, Director of Tokamak Operations at Commonwealth Fusion Systems

Commonwealth Fusion Systems and its partners are in the late stages of building the SPARC tokamak demonstration plant, aiming for net fusion energy production i...

2:25 PM - 2:50 PM EDT Plenary

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The increasing adoption of artificial intelligence will accelerate nuclear energy deployment in America - Chris Ritter, Division Director of Idaho National Laboratory

The presentation will discuss how Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is leveraging AI and ML to streamline the design, development, and licensing processes for nuc...

2:50 PM - 3:15 PM EDT Plenary

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The Digital Twin of Soil: Unlocking Resilience for Sustainable Supply Chains - Quentin Sannié, Co-Founder and President of Genesis

Where science, AI, and nature converge to regenerate ecosystems Soils are the invisible foundation of our societies. They sustain 95% of our food production, re...

3:15 PM - 3:40 PM EDT Plenary

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From underwater soundscapes to cetacean languages - Olivier Adam, Sorbonne University Professor

Sounds travel very well in the ocean. The different types of sounds are classified from their acoustic sources into three broad categories: biophony, which incl...

3:45 PM - 4:00 PM EDT Coffee

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Networking Break

4:00 PM - 5:40 PM EDT Plenary

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SCIENCE IN THE AGE OF EXPERIENCE 2025 - IMPACT IN SOCIETY

Thanks to a vast community, science is improving our daily lives. All sciences are now required to make the vibration of all life forms visible. The contributio...

4:00 PM - 4:25 PM EDT Plenary

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Keynote Session - Jan Goetz, IQM Co-CEO & Co-Founder

4:25 PM - 4:50 PM EDT Plenary

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Keynote Session - Hon Weng Chong, Cortical Labs CEO

4:50 PM - 5:15 PM EDT Plenary

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Keynote Session - Barbara Tversky , Professor of Psychology, Stanford University

6:30 PM - 10:30 PM EDT Cocktail

( 6:30 PM - 10:30 PM EDT )

Cocktail & Executive Dinner - By invitation only

Thursday, October 30, 2025

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM EDT Welcome | Coffee

( 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM EDT )

Welcome Coffee

9:00 AM - 10:10 AM EDT Plenary

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SCIENCE IN THE AGE OF EXPERIENCE 2025 - NEW EYES ON RESEARCH

Science is always in movement. Looking for discoveries, emerging domains, and openness requires new knowledge and know-how, fueling a new way to experience rese...

9:00 AM - 9:05 AM EDT Plenary

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Welcome Day 2 - Patrick Johnson, EVP Corporate Research & Sciences Dassault Systèmes

9:05 AM - 9:25 AM EDT Plenary

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How Cell Atlases Are Revolutionizing Our Understanding of Life - Stephen Quake, Professor of Bioengineering at Stanford University

Imagine having a complete map of every type of cell in your body—knowing not just what each cell looks like, but what genes it uses, what functions it performs,...

9:25 AM - 9:50 AM EDT Plenary

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Leveraging structural and biophysical data for studying mechanism and disease in cellular signaling - Roger Sunahara, Professor of Pharmacology at University of California San Diego

9:50 AM - 10:10 AM EDT Plenary

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Toposes and 'bridges' for artificial general intelligence" - Olivia Caramello, associate professor at the University of Insubria in Como

10:10 AM - 10:30 AM EDT Coffee

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Networking Break

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT Plenary

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SCIENCE IN THE AGE OF EXPERIENCE 2025 - HEALTH FOR LIFE

Health is the most integral part of life, and improving health outcomes is a global priority. The life sciences and healthcare industry faces profound practice...

10:30 AM - 10:55 AM EDT Plenary

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Engineering Immune Synapses: the potential of T Cell Engagers in cancer - Jean-Charles Soria, AMGEN SVP and Oncology Therapeutic Area Head

Cancer therapy is founded on three major pillars—surgery, radiation, and systemic treatments—that together have transformed patient outcomes over recent decades...

10:55 AM - 11:20 AM EDT Plenary

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AI driven Natural Drug Delivery Platform - Gihoon Nam, CEO of SHIFTBIO

SHIFTBIO is pioneering a new paradigm in advanced therapeutics with our AI-driven Natural Drug Delivery Platform. Conventional drug delivery systems face critic...

11:20 AM - 11:45 AM EDT Plenary

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Digital Therapeutics: Regulation, Innovation and International Perspectives - Ariel Stern, Hasso Plattner Institute

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM EDT Plenary

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Science 3D UNIV+RSES - Bernard Charlès, Dassault Systèmes Executive Chairman

12:20 PM - 2:00 PM EDT Lunch

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Networking Lunch

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT Plenary

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WELCOME TO THE 11TH VIRTUAL HUMAN TWIN EXPERIENCE SYMPOSIUM

2:00 PM - 2:10 PM EDT Plenary

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Welcome: Our Ambition - Steven Levine & Nicolas Pecuchet, Dassault Systèmes

2:10 PM - 2:30 PM EDT Plenary

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Factories for biomedical Knowledge & Know-How and Human Virtual Twins - Patrick Johnson, EVP Corporate Research & Sciences Dassault Systèmes

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT Plenary

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Industry in Transformation: Where we’ve been & are going - Michael Hill, Global Head, Science & Technology and Innovation at Science Innovations

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT Plenary

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11TH VIRTUAL HUMAN TWIN EXPERIENCE SYMPOSIUM - Industry Applications

3:00 PM - 3:20 PM EDT Plenary

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Patient Driven Development - Kevin Sack, Senior Principal Engineer and Technical Fellow Medtronic

3:20 PM - 3:40 PM EDT Plenary

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Application of V&V40 - Joyce Zhao, Director of Combination Product Device Development at Takeda Pharmaceuticals

3:40 PM - 4:00 PM EDT Plenary

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Precision Surgery - Dr. David Hoganson, Boston Children Hospital

4:00 PM - 4:20 PM EDT Coffee

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Networking break

4:20 PM - 5:10 PM EDT Plenary

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11TH VIRTUAL HUMAN TWIN EXPERIENCE SYMPOSIUM - The Emergence of In Silico Clinical Trials

4:20 PM - 4:30 PM EDT Plenary

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From V&V40 to full ISCT - Steven Kreuzer, Exponent

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM EDT Plenary

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In Silico Clinical Trial - Panel

Speakers Steven Kreuzer (Exponent)Brandon Freeman (Nexus Healthcare)Kenny Aycock (G.RAU Inc.)Dr. Ignacio Lugones (Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon, CSO - AVaTAR MedTec...

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM EDT Plenary

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11TH VIRTUAL HUMAN TWIN EXPERIENCE SYMPOSIUM - Ecosystem Approach to Building the Virtual Human Twin

5:00 PM - 5:20 PM EDT Plenary

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Living Lung Project - Mona Eskandari, University of California

5:20 PM - 5:40 PM EDT Plenary

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Women’s Reproductive Health - Kristin Myers

5:40 PM - 6:00 PM EDT Plenary

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Gen AI for trial design - Jacob Aptekar, Dassault Systèmes Medidata

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT Plenary

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11TH VIRTUAL HUMAN TWIN EXPERIENCE SYMPOSIUM - Day 1 Wrap-Up & Networking

6:00 PM - 6:15 PM EDT Plenary

( 6:00 PM - 6:15 PM EDT )

Day 1 - Concluding Remarks - Steve Levine, Senior Director, Virtual Human Modeling, Executive Director & Founder Living Heart Project Dassault Systèmes

6:15 PM - 8:00 PM EDT Cocktail

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Evening Networking Cocktail

Friday, October 31, 2025

7:30 AM - 8:00 AM EDT Coffee

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Welcome Coffee

8:00 AM - 8:10 AM EDT Plenary

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Welcome Day 2 - Nicolas Pecuchet, Director of Corporate Research in Life Sciences and Healthcare at Dassault Systèmes

8:10 AM - 8:40 AM EDT Plenary

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Industry perspective: Enhancing the Human Experience - Sébastien Fricker, Vision and Perception Modeling Manager EssilorLuxottica

8:40 AM - 9:00 AM EDT Plenary

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Virtual Twin Experiences Driving Healthcare Transformation - Claire Biot, Vice President, Life Sciences & Healthcare Industry Dassault Systemes

Virtual Twin Experiences are driving the next evolution in medical innovation - enhancing patient care, operational efficiency, and research capabilities. Virt...

9:00 AM - 9:20 AM EDT Plenary

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Living Eye - Dr. Joe Rizzo, Mass General Brigham

9:20 AM - 9:40 AM EDT Plenary

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Living Liver - Alon Malka-Markovitz, Research Scientist, Dassault Systèmes Center of Excellence in Digital Engineering, Long Island University

9:40 AM - 10:10 AM EDT Plenary

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Towards Generative Models - Multi-fidelity Models: Physics + AI - Jing Bi and Jacob Aptekar, Dassault Systèmes

10:10 AM - 10:40 AM EDT Coffee

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Networking Break

10:40 AM - 11:10 AM EDT Plenary

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Clinical Trial of the Future - Andrea Falkoff and Melissa Ceruolo, Dassault Systèmes MEDIDATA

11:10 AM - 11:40 AM EDT Plenary

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Reimagining Medical Practice: the MediTwin Showcase

Pr Damien Bonnet, Head of Cardiology, Necker University Hospital & Imagine Institute, Paris, France Cécile Bonnard, Cardiology Twin Technology Senior Manager, D...

11:40 AM - 12:10 PM EDT Plenary

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Academic Excellence in Virtual Human Modeling

Moderator: Steven Levine Panelists: Mohammed Cherkaoui (LIU)Mona Eskandari (UCR)Kristin Meyers (Columbia)Joe Rizzo (Harvard)

12:10 PM - 12:40 PM EDT Plenary

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Uniting the Virtual Human Community - Steven Levine, Dassault Systèmes

12:40 PM - 1:00 PM EDT Plenary

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Closing Remarks & Outlook to 2026 - Nicolas Pecuchet, Dassault Systèmes

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT Lunch

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Networking Lunch