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title: miniCUP Boston 2023
description: Hear from OpenEye, industry speakers and learn of updates to our Orion® molecular design platform, applications, and toolkits at miniCUP Boston
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# [miniCUP Boston 2023](https://www.eyesopen.com/events/minicup-boston-2023)

 Written by [OpenEye Scientific](https://www.eyesopen.com/events/author/openeye-scientific) | Sep 13, 2023 6:45:00 PM

#### miniCUP Boston 2023 will be held on November 8th, 2023

miniCUP Boston is a single-day in-person gathering that will provide the opportunity to hear presentations from OpenEye and industry speakers, as well as learn about the latest scientific innovations and recent updates to the Orion® molecular design platform and our applications and toolkits. Plus stay for robust discussion at a cocktail reception following the event.

Location:   
Museum of Science   
Museum of Science Driveway   
Boston, MA 02114

Parking:  
Complimentary parking is available at the Museum of Science on a first come, first serve basis. Please bring your parking ticket with you into the conference so that it can be validated when you register at the check-in table for miniCUP.

 

November 8th, 2023

**9:00 –  Registration & Coffee/Pastries* ***

9:30  Welcome & AI Strategy at OpenEye - Anthony Nicholls,** **CVP

10:00 New Features in Orion & Orion Roadmap – Ash Jogalekar

**  
10:30 – Break**

11:00 ** **AI Strategy & Examples at OpenEye – Geoff Skillman

11**:**30  Validation of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-assisted docking of 1010 available molecules – Mark McGann

**12:00 – Lunch**

### **Protein Simulations**

13:30   Efficient Protein Conformational Sampling – David LeBard

14:00   Automated Identification of Cryptic Pockets for Drug Discovery – Neha Vithani

14:30   3D Antibody Modeling in Orion – Jesper Sørensen

**15:00 – Break**

### **Structure-Based Hit to Lead & Lead-Optimization**

15:30  Generative Ligands from Reactions & Reagents – Matt Geballe

16:00   Induced-Fit Docking – Hyesu Jang

16:30   Affinity Prediction – Chris Neale

**17:00 – Reception                **

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Pre-registration now is open for miniCUP Boston 2023

 

 

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