Pharmaceutical IT World Asia Congress

Day 1 Stream 1: Cloud Computing and Big Data

• Real Time Data Collection; Point of Care Diagnostics and Remote Expert Solutions
• Analysis and Storage of Real World Data
• Making Accurate Predictions from Big Data Analysis; Data Capture and Filtration
• Cloud-Based Software Platforms for Enterprise Content Collaboration
• Hybrid Architectures in the Cloud; Creating Fit-for-Purpose Platforms
• Big Data Storage Solutions; Algorithms for Data Compression

Day 1 Stream 2: IT Strategies for Clinical Research and Clinical Trials

• Interoperable Digital Identities; Digital Signatures and Cloud Computing to Accelerate Clinical Trial Initiation
• Patient Recruitment, Identification and Segmentation using Informatics and Data Analysis
• Data Sharing for Integrated Collaboration; Outsourcing, Working with CROs and Pre-Competitive Collaboration
• Centralised Monitoring; EDC and CTMS to Reduce Risk-Based Monitoring
• System Management of Comparative Effectiveness Research in Clinical Trial Design
• Ensuring Regulatory Compliance; Data Governance and Information Management

Day 2 Stream 1: IT Infrastructure for NGS + NGS Data Management

• Scalable IT Infrastructure for Genomics Research
• Genomic Analysis and Visualisation Software
• Supercomputing; High Performance Computing to Manage Increased Data Volume & Complexity
• NGS Mapping Tools; Hadoop Frameworks
• IT Infrastructure for NGS Translational Research; Upstream Data Management and Downstream Data Analysis Systems
• Accessing and Integrating Genomic Datasets from Multiple Data Sources

Day 2 Stream 2: Biopharma IT: New Information and Data Technology

• Integrating and Analysing High Throughput & Cellular Profiling Assay Data
• Maximise Biopharmaceutical R&D Efficiency; Effective Use of ELNs
• Bioinformatics; Externalisation, Collaboration and Linked Data
• Systems Biology Data Mining; Extracting Useful Patterns and Drawing Conclusions
• Omics Profiling; Data Cataloguing and Warehousing
• Managing Big Data in Biopharma; Storage, Flexibility and Overcoming Security Challenges

Speakers 2014:

• Jay Bergeron
  Director, Translational and Bioinformatics, Pfizer
• Michael Braxenthaler
  Pharma Research and Early Development Informatics, Global Head Strategic Alliances, Roche
• John Chan
  Executive Director, Head of Informatics and Technology, Novartis Institute of Biomedical Research
• Abhijit Dasgupta
  IT Director - Japan, Asia Pacific, Abbvie
• Stephen Elms
  Head of Automation & IT, Biopharmaceutical Operations Singapore, Novartis
• Seow Eng Lee
  Senior Application Analyst, Genome Institute of Singapore
• Johannes Floeckner
  Head R&D Information Systems, Boehringer Ingelheim
• Samik Ghosh
  Senior Research Scientist, The Systems Biology Institute Japan
• Juergen Hammer
  Global Head Disease and Translational Informatics, Roche
• Muthu Kumaar Thangavelu
  Service Delivery / Management Specialist, Enterprise Information Management, Merck
• Vladimir Kuznetsov
  Principal Scientist and Head of the Genome and Gene Expression Data Analysis Division, Bioinformatics Institute Singapore
• Yuhao Lin
  Associate Consultant, Informatics Capabilities, Eli Lilly
• Mahendran Maliapen
  Director of Academic Informatics Office, National University Health System
• Sherri Matis-Mitchell
  Associate Principal Informatics Scientist, AstraZeneca
• Farhad Memarzadeh
  Director, Division of Technical Resources, National Institutes of Health
• Haruki Nakamura
  Professor, Laboratory of Protein Informatics, Osaka University
• Alain Nanzer
  Global Area Head Non-Clinical Safety Informatics, Roche
• Gerhard Noelken
  Business IT Lead for Science & Technology, Pfizer
• Jack Ling Ow
  Database Analyst, Scientific Commuting Group, Genome Institute Singapore
• Dinesh Pillaipakkamnatt
  Global Head, Central Analytics Function, Novartis
• Tehseen Salimi
  TA Vice President in Global Medical Affairs, AstraZeneca
• Jiye Shi
  Director, Computational Structural Biology, UCB Pharma
• Eike Staub
  Computational Biologist, Merck
• Sándor Szalma
  Head, External Innovation, R&D IT, Janssen Research & Development
• Yik-Ying Teo
  Associate Professor, Head, Biostatistics Domain, National University of Singapore
• Naoki Tomotsugu
  Head of Project / Data Management, Center for Clinical Research, Keio University
• Lavanya Veeravalli
  Senior Bioinformatics Specialist, Genome Institute of Singapore
• Abhimanyu Verma
  Head, Development Solutions Group, Novartis
• Chandra Verma
  Head of Division of Biomolecular Modelling and Design, Bioinformatics Institute Singapore
• Paul Vohra
  Global Programme Director IT Sourcing, Astellas Pharma
• Paul Whitehead
  pREDi Center Head, Therapeutic Modalities Informatics, Roche
• Jian Yang
  Senior IT Manager, ELI Lilly