Statistics in Pharmaceuticals (2025) : agenda

Agenda

All times are in Eastern Time.

Thursday, Aug 20^th, 2026

Time	Event
7:30 am – 8:30 am	Registration and Breakfast
8:30 am – 10:00 am	The Evolving Role and Impact of Statisticians in Pharma Chair: TBD Organizers: Revathi Ananthakrishnan, Shubhadeep Chakraborty, Veronica Bunn Speaker:Pradipta Ray, Associate Director Bristol Myers Squibb Speaker: Luna Zaru, Director Takeda Speaker: Shoubhik Mondal, Director AstraZeneca Speaker: Zhenming Shun, Vice President Daiichi Sankyo
10:00 am – 10:15 am	Break
10:15 am – 10:30 am	Opening Remarks Chair: TBD
10:30 am – 11:30 am	Keynote Session 1：TBD Chair: Eric Baron Speaker: Hua Liu, Vice President and Global Head of Biometrics Servier
11:30 am – 1:00 pm	Lunch Break, Networking
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm	Keynote Session 2： TBD Chair: Jeremy Hunter Speaker: Matt Austin, Executive Director of Data Science (Amgen)
2:00 pm – 2:15 pm	Break
2:15 pm – 3:45 pm	Transitioning to Industry: Real-world Advice for Today's Market Chair:Claude Petit Organizers: Claude Petit, Eric Baron Speaker:Lingli Yang, Manager Takeda Speaker: Lei Wang, President and Managing Partner The Lotus Group Speaker: Joyce Hsiao, Director, Head of Preclinical Statistics Takeda Speaker: Katherine Zavez, Biostatistician ArkeaBio
3:45 pm – 4:00 pm	Break
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm	Translating Academic Training into Industry Readiness Chair: Thomas Zhou Organizers: Thomas Zhou, Glen Laird Speaker:Xiaoyan Liu, Senior Principal Biostatistician Novartis Speaker: Hongjian Zhu, Global Senior VP SysImmune Inc. Speaker: David Ohlssen, Head of Advanced Exploratory Analytics Novartis Speaker: Xiaoyu Zhang, Senior Biostatistician Vertex
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Banquet: TBD Speaker: Ying Yuan

Friday, Aug 21^st, 2026

Time	Event
8:00 am – 9:00 am	Registration and Breakfast
9:00 am – 10:30 am	Statistical Innovation in Pharma Chair: TBD Organizers: Yulia Sidi, Kentaro Takeda Speaker:CG Wang, Executive Director Regeneron Speaker: Shubhadeep Chakraborty,Senior Manager Biostatistics Bristol Myers Squibb Speaker: Zhaoling Meng, AVP Sanofi Speaker: Kentaro Takeda, Senior Director Astellas
10:30 am – 10:45 am	Break
10:45 am – 11:45 am	Keynote Session 3: TBD Chair: Claude Petit Speaker: Pandu Kulkarni, Eli Lilly and Company
11:45 am – 2:30 pm	BBQ Lunch, Student Posters
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm	The Evolving Role of Programming and Data Science in Pharma Chair: Albert Man Organizers: Albert Man, Shubhadeep Chakraborty Speaker: Aron Wisneski, Associate Director Bristol Myers Squibb Speaker: Aditi Basu Bal, Senior Manager Bristol Myers Squibb
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm	Award Announcements and Closing Remarks

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