ICLS - Computational Life Sciences Day
Review
The Computational Life Sciences Day 2025 brought together leading experts from the fields of digitalization, artificial intelligence, and life sciences to discuss the latest developments and applications. Attendees learned how digital transformation is reshaping the landscape of healthcare, agriculture, the food industry, and environmental sciences. It was demonstrated how Big Data and Smart Modeling are creating new opportunities and revolutionizing both research and industry.
Together, we looked beyond the horizon to discover developments off the current state of technology.
The event featured exciting keynote presentations, interactive discussions, and networking opportunities with renowned scientists, industry representatives, and experts from related fields.
We thank all participants for the inspiring exchange of ideas!
Programme
| Time | Agenda |
|---|---|
| 12:30 - 12:45 |
Introduction and Welcome Prof. Dr. Thomas Ott, Director of Institute ICLS |
| 12:45 - 13:20 |
Keynote Prof. Dr. Lukas Hollenstein, Head of Centre for Digital Labs & Production «Modelling Lab & Production Systems with Human and Artificial Intelligence» |
| 13:20 - 14:25 |
Company Compact Talks Roche: Thomas Zaugg «Robotics & Life Sciences» NEURA Robotics: Dr. Alexander Blass «Cognitive Robots – Humanity's Trump Card: Ensuring Humans Are No Longer Treated as Machines» Bioengineering: Ahmad Asraf and Kurt Eyer «Digital Innovation in Biotechnology: Efficient and Practical Approaches» DataHow: Angela Botros «Transforming Digital Bioprocessing» |
| 14:25 - 15:15 | Coffee Break and Marketplace |
| 15:15 - 15:20 | Music (House Band) |
| 15:20 - 15:50 |
ICLS Research Centres Compact Talks (Part 1) Centre for Bioinformatics Speakers: Prof. Dr. Maria Anisimova, ICLS & Julien Duc, Nexco Analytics «Bioinformatics approaches for biomarker discovery» Centre for Computational Health Speakers: Prof. Dr. Sven Hirsch, ICLS & Dr. Sebastiano Caprara, Balgrist University Hospital «Implementation of an agile framework to accelerate clinical digital twin research» |
| 15:50 - 16:20 |
ADLS & ACLS Students, ACLS Alumni and PhD Students Pitches Noirin Graham, ADLS Student, «Digital Twin for Autonomous Robots using ROS2» Bram Hofland, ACLS Student, «Directed Evolution with Neural Network» Caterina Caccavella, PhD Student, Research Group for Neuromorphic Computing ICLS Rebecca Höhener, ACLS Graduate and Data & Business Analyst, Option 4.0 AG, «Innovating Manufacturing Through Data» Christopher Keim, ACLS Graduate and Head Process Automation, Food Brewer, «Digitalization to create Cocoa Cell-based Chocolate» |
| 16:20 - 16:50 |
ICLS Research Centres Compact Talks (Part 2) Centre for Cognitive Computing in Life Sciences Speakers: Prof. Dr. Yulia Sandamirskaya, ICLS & SynSense «Assistive robots and Care@Home: where are we technologically, what is needed for a breakthrough?» Centre for Digital Labs & Production Speaker: Dr. Robert Vorburger, ICLS & Dr. René Puls, PRORES «Agentic AI Systems: Integrating generative AI in Labs & Production» & «Orbit for Life» |
| 16:50 - 17:00 | Closing |
| 17:00 | Apéro |
