ICLS - Computational Life Sciences Day
Following the successful “Beyond AI in Life Sciences” event in January 2024, this event will bring together leading experts in the field of digitalisation and AI as well as in the life sciences to discuss the latest developments and applications. Discover how digital transformation is reshaping the landscape of healthcare, agriculture, food industry, and environmental sciences, unveiling new possibilities with big data and smart modelling, revolutionizing research and industry.
We invite you to take a look over the horizon with us to identify developments beyond the state-of-the-art.
Expect inspiring keynote presentations, interactive discussions, and networking opportunities with renowned scientists, industry representatives, and professionals from related fields.
- Date: Wednesday, 08.01.2025 (half-day, starting 12:15)
- Venue: ZHAW Wädenswil, Building GA (Aula GA 203), Grüentalstrasse 14, 8820 Wädenswil(PDF 820,6 KB)
- Attendance: Conference ticket single participant (free of charge, binding registration), Company sponsor package (CHF 750), Start-up ticket incl. stand (CHF 75)
- Included: Apéro
- Contact: +41 (0)58 934 56 97 info.icls@zhaw.ch
- Organisation: ICLS Institute of Computational Life Sciences
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 NEURA Robotics: Dr. Alexander Blass Bioengineering 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 & Industry Partner (TBA) «Bioinformatics approaches for biomarker discovery» Centre for Computational Health Speakers: Prof. Dr. Sven Hirsch, ICLS & Industry Partner (TBA) «Digital Twins in Healthcare - A vision comes to life» |
| 15:50 - 16:20 |
ADLS & ACLS Students, ACLS Alumni and PhD Students Pitches Noirin Graham, ADLS Student, Project “Digital Twin for Autonomous Robots using ROS2” Rebecca Höhener, ACLS Graduate and Data & Business Analyst, Option 4.0 AG Christopher Keim, ACLS Graduate and Head Process Automation, Food Brewer Caterina Caccavella, PhD Student, Research Group for Neuromorphic Computing ICLS Bram Hofland, ACLS Student |
| 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 «Agentic AI Systems: Integrating generative AI in Labs & Production» |
| 16:50 - 17:00 | Closing |
| 17:00 | Apéro |
Review CLS Day 2024 "Beyond AI for Life Sciences"
The CLS Day 2024 brought together over 170 leading experts in the fields of Artificial Intelligence and Life Sciences to discuss the latest developments and applications. Participants learned how AI is reshaping the landscape of the entire life sciences, embracing areas such as health, agri-food, and environment. The presentations highlighted how new possibilities are being created with big data and smart modelling, revolutionizing research and industry. Together, we took a look over the horizon and identified developments beyond the state-of-the-art.