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The Festival of Genomics, Biodata & AI

Other Posted on 01 May 2026

Speakers

- Manolis Kellis, Professor, Broad Institute
- Virginia Savova, Head of Cell-targeted Precision Medicine, Oncology Data Science and AI, AstraZeneca
- Niall Lennon, Senior Director, Genomics Platform, Broad Institute
- Shameer Khader, Global Head, Computational Biology, TDSB, Sanofi
- Leroy Hood, CEO, Phenome Health, and President, Institute for Systems Biology
- Gad Getz, Director of the Cancer Genome Computational Analysis Group, The Broad Institute
- Ioannis Vlachos, Associate Professor of Pathology, Director of the Spatial Technologies Unit, Harvard Medical School
- Katy Börner, Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Information Science, Indiana University Bloomington
- Benjamin Sun, Director, Head of Population Health Omics, Informatics and Predictive Sciences, Bristol Myers Squibb
- Jasmine Plummer, Director, Center for Spatial OMICs, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
- Samantha Morris, Principal Investigator, Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Justin H. Johnson, Executive Director, Oncology Data Science, AstraZeneca Oncology R&D
- Jennifer Heymont, Associate Director, Scientific Informatics, Eisai
- Christina Jackson, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, UPenn
- Cigall Kadoch, Professor and Meredith and Billy Starr Investigator, Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- Christina Leslie, Principal investigator, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Justin Scheer, VP, In Silico Discovery, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicines
- Emily Gillen, Head of Global Data Partnerships, UCB

When and where

Starts: Wednesday, 03 June 2026 - 09:00
Ends: Thursday, 04 June 2026 - 16:30
Location: Boston, MA, United States
Location details: The MCEC (formally BCEC in Boston)

Event description

Bringing together 2,500+ professionals from pharma, biotech, healthcare, research and emerging tech, The Festival of Genomics, Biodata & AI is designed to help you do exactly that. Across eight theatres, 180+ expert speakers and with the help of data-rich case studies, you’ll explore the very latest in how you can leverage omics, AI and advanced analytics to transform drug discovery, accelerate development, further your research projects and enable precision medicine. 

Around 90% of attendees qualify for a free ticket!

Further details

The most valuable two days you’ll spend away from the lab, clinic or office
 

Practical learning you can apply immediately
180+ speakers share real case studies, implementation lessons and measurable results - not theory or product pitches. 
View all speakers here.

Focused content across the full innovation pipeline
Eight theaters focussed on AI/ML, data engineering and management, drug discovery, cancer omics/diagnostics and epigenetics, genomics, multi-omics, single cell analysis, sequencing and spatial research.
Explore the agenda here.

A community built around collaboration
Connect with 2,500+ attendees from pharma, biotech, healthcare, research and start-ups to exchange ideas, solve challenges and build new partnerships. 
See who attends here.

Unique insights that accelerate R&D and decision-making
Learn how leading organizations are integrating data and AI to improve productivity, reduce risk and move R&D forward faster.

Designed for real-world impact
Every speaker is asked to share practical experience - successes, failures and actionable takeaways you can implement in your own work. 
See the speaker pledge here.

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