Science Week 2025: Science UNIV+RSES - Detailed Agenda

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

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

( 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM EDT )

Welcome Coffee

9:30 AM - 10:35 AM EDT

( 9:30 AM - 10:35 AM EDT )

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

( 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM EDT )

Science In the Age of Experience 2025: Science UNIV+RSES - Patrick Johnson, Dassault Systèmes

9:45 AM - 10:10 AM EDT Plenary

( 9:45 AM - 10:10 AM EDT )

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

10:10 AM - 10:35 AM EDT Plenary

( 10:10 AM - 10:35 AM EDT )

Keynote Session - Jos Benschop, ASML Executive Vice President Technology

10:35 AM - 10:55 AM EDT Coffee

( 10:35 AM - 10:55 AM EDT )

Networking Break

10:55 AM - 12:35 PM EDT Plenary

( 10:55 AM - 12:35 PM EDT )

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

( 10:55 AM - 11:20 AM EDT )

Keynote Session - Patrick NEBOUT, Chief Technology Officer at Yanfeng Technology

11:20 AM - 11:45 AM EDT

( 11:20 AM - 11:45 AM EDT )

Keynote Session - Dan Isaac, Digital Twin Consortium CTO

11:45 AM - 12:10 PM EDT

( 11:45 AM - 12:10 PM EDT )

2040 Vision Study Accelerating Material Discovery - Steven Arnold, NASA T3 Material Sciences Lead

Over the last few decades, advances in high-performance computing, new materials characterization methods, and, more recently, an emphasis on integrated computa...

12:10 PM - 12:35 PM EDT

( 12:10 PM - 12:35 PM EDT )

Keynote Session - Sukanya Punthambaker, Breaking 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

( 2:00 PM - 3:40 PM EDT )

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

( 2:00 PM - 2:25 PM EDT )

The Path to Commercial Fusion Energy - Alex Creely, Commonwealth Fusion Systems - 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

( 2:25 PM - 2:50 PM EDT )

Keynote Session - Chris Ritter, Division Director of Idaho National Laboratory

2:50 PM - 3:15 PM EDT Plenary

( 2:50 PM - 3:15 PM EDT )

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

( 3:15 PM - 3:40 PM EDT )

Keynote Session - Olivier Adam, Sorbonne Paris Cité Professor

3:45 PM - 4:00 PM EDT Coffee

( 3:45 PM - 4:00 PM EDT )

Networking Break

4:00 PM - 5:40 PM EDT Plenary

( 4:00 PM - 5:40 PM EDT )

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

( 4:00 PM - 4:25 PM EDT )

Keynote Session

4:25 PM - 4:50 PM EDT Plenary

( 4:25 PM - 4:50 PM EDT )

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

4:50 PM - 5:15 PM EDT Plenary

( 4:50 PM - 5:15 PM EDT )

Keynote Session - Hon Weng Chong, Cortical Labs CEO

5:15 PM - 5:40 PM EDT Plenary

( 5:15 PM - 5:40 PM EDT )

Keynote Session

7:30 PM - 10:30 PM EDT Cocktail

( 7:30 PM - 10:30 PM EDT )

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

( 9:00 AM - 10:10 AM EDT )

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

( 9:00 AM - 9:05 AM EDT )

Welcome Day 2 - Patrick Johnson, Dassault Systèmes

9:05 AM - 9:25 AM EDT Plenary

( 9:05 AM - 9:25 AM EDT )

Keynote Session - Olivia Caramello, associate professor at the University of Insubria in Como

9:25 AM - 9:50 AM EDT Plenary

( 9:25 AM - 9:50 AM EDT )

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,...

9:50 AM - 10:10 AM EDT Plenary

( 9:50 AM - 10:10 AM EDT )

Keynote Session - Brian Kobilka, physiologist and a recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

10:10 AM - 10:30 AM EDT Coffee

( 10:10 AM - 10:30 AM EDT )

Networking Break

10:30 AM - 12:20 PM EDT Plenary

( 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM EDT )

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

( 10:30 AM - 10:55 AM EDT )

Keynote Session - Jean-Charles Soria, AMGEN SVP and Oncology Therapeutic Area Head

10:55 AM - 11:30 AM EDT Plenary

( 10:55 AM - 11:30 AM EDT )

Keynote Session - Eric Xing, Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence

11:30 AM - 11:55 AM EDT Plenary

( 11:30 AM - 11:55 AM EDT )

Keynote Session - Aldo Faisal, Centre AI for Healthcare (Imperial College London)

11:55 AM - 12:20 PM EDT Plenary

( 11:55 AM - 12:20 PM EDT )

Keynote Session - Ariel Stern, Hasso Plattner Institute

12:20 PM - 2:00 PM EDT Lunch

( 12:20 PM - 2:00 PM EDT )

Networking Lunch

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM EDT Plenary

( 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM EDT )

Invited Keynote

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT Plenary

( 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT )

WELCOME TO THE 11TH VIRTUAL HUMAN TWIN EXPERIENCE SYMPOSIUM

2:00 PM - 2:10 PM EDT Plenary

( 2:00 PM - 2:10 PM EDT )

Introduction and Welcome Remarks - Steve Levine & Nicolas Pecuchet, Dassault Systèmes

2:10 PM - 2:30 PM EDT Plenary

( 2:10 PM - 2:30 PM EDT )

Generative Science for Personalized Health - Patrick Johnson, Dassault Systèmes

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT Plenary

( 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT )

External Keynote

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT Plenary

( 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT )

11TH VIRTUAL HUMAN TWIN EXPERIENCE SYMPOSIUM - Moving beyond Animal Model

3:00 PM - 3:20 PM EDT Plenary

( 3:00 PM - 3:20 PM EDT )

Industry View for defining in silico development - Kevin Sack, Medtronic

3:20 PM - 3:40 PM EDT Plenary

( 3:20 PM - 3:40 PM EDT )

Virtual Toxicity Screening in a virtual Liver - Alon Markovitz, Long Island University

3:40 PM - 4:00 PM EDT Plenary

( 3:40 PM - 4:00 PM EDT )

Regulatory perspective on ISCT - Kenny Aycock, FDA

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM EDT Coffee

( 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM EDT )

Networking break

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM EDT Plenary

( 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM EDT )

11TH VIRTUAL HUMAN TWIN EXPERIENCE SYMPOSIUM - Panel: In silico Clinical trials

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM EDT Plenary

( 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM EDT )

The Emergence of in silico Clinical trials

Speakers David Flynn - Boston Scientific)Steven Kreuzer ExponentBrandon Freeman Nexus Healthcare Moderator : Steve Levine, Dassault Systèmes

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM EDT Plenary

( 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM EDT )

11TH VIRTUAL HUMAN TWIN EXPERIENCE SYMPOSIUM - An Ecosystem Approach to the Modular Human

5:00 PM - 5:30 PM EDT Plenary

( 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM EDT )

Living Liver project update - Mona Eskondari, University of California

5:30 PM - 6:00 PM EDT Plenary

( 5:30 PM - 6:00 PM EDT )

Fireside Chat: From Heartbeats to Health

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT Plenary

( 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT )

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

6:00 PM - 6:30 PM EDT Plenary

( 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM EDT )

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

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM EDT Cocktail

( 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM EDT )

Evening Networking Cocktail

Friday, October 31, 2025

7:30 AM - 8:00 AM EDT Coffee

( 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM EDT )

Welcome Coffee

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT

( 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT )

11TH VIRTUAL HUMAN TWIN EXPERIENCE SYMPOSIUM - Day 2

8:00 AM - 8:15 AM EDT Plenary

( 8:00 AM - 8:15 AM EDT )

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

8:15 AM - 8:45 AM EDT Plenary

( 8:15 AM - 8:45 AM EDT )

External Keynote - Sébastien Fricker, EssilorLuxottica

8:45 AM - 9:15 AM EDT Plenary

( 8:45 AM - 9:15 AM EDT )

Transforming Healthcare - Claire Biot, Vice President, Life Sciences & Healthcare Industry Dassault Systemes

9:15 AM - 10:00 AM EDT Plenary

( 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM EDT )

Towards Generative Models

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM EDT Coffee

( 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM EDT )

Networking Break

10:15 AM - 12:35 PM EDT

( 10:15 AM - 12:35 PM EDT )

11TH VIRTUAL HUMAN TWIN EXPERIENCE SYMPOSIUM - Breakout Discussions

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM EDT Plenary

( 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM EDT )

Clinical Trial of the Future

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM EDT Plenary

( 10:45 AM - 11:30 AM EDT )

ReImagining Medical Practice: the MediTwin Showcase

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT Plenary

( 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT )

ReImagining Medical Practice: Perspectives

SpeakersDr. John Vierling, Texas Medical CenterDr. Joe Rizzo, Mass General Brigham

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

( 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT )

11TH VIRTUAL HUMAN TWIN EXPERIENCE SYMPOSIUM - Day 2 Wrap-Up

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM EDT Plenary

( 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM EDT )

Uniting the Virtual Human Community - Steve Levine, Senior Director, Virtual Human Modeling, Executive Director & Founder Living Heart Project Dassault Systèmes

12:30 PM - 12:45 PM EDT Plenary

( 12:30 PM - 12:45 PM EDT )

Closing Remarks - Nicolas Pecuchet, Director of Corporate Research in Life Sciences and Healthcare at Dassault Systèmes

12:45 PM - 2:00 PM EDT Lunch

( 12:45 PM - 2:00 PM EDT )

Networking Lunch