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title: miniCUP - Princeton | Nov. 19, 2019
description: OpenEye invites you to miniCUP Princeton 2019. Come preview, learn about, and experience Orion, OpenEye's cloud-native, auto-scaling platform for computer-aided drug design.
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# [miniCUP - Princeton | Nov. 19, 2019](https://www.eyesopen.com/events/minicup-princeton-2019)

 Written by [OpenEye Scientific](https://www.eyesopen.com/events/author/openeye-scientific) | Nov 14, 2019 11:06:01 PM

### **Princeton, NJ  • Nov. 19, ****2019**

OpenEye invites you to **miniCUP Princeton** on **Tuesday, November 19, 2019**. Come learn about the latest science, methods, and Orion, OpenEye's cloud-native platform for computer-aided drug design.

This event will be held at the **The Princeton Marriott at Forrestal**** **at **100 College Road East** and will take place from 8:30 - 5:00 followed by a cocktail reception from 5:00 - 7:00. Lunch will be provided. **[Register here for miniCUP Princeton 2019.](https://www.eyesopen.com/minicup-2019-registration-form)**** **

AGENDA:

***Morning Session***

- 8:30    *Registration and Coffee/Pastries*
- 9:00    Introduction - **Anthony Nicholls, ***CEO*
- 9:30  Why Scale is as Big a Part of the Future of Modeling as AI, MD or CryoEM - **Geoff Skillman**
- 10:00   *B**reak*
- 10:30   An Orion Demonstration - **Paul Hawkins**
- 11:30  Grand Ideas; What You Can Do with a Thousand Dollars on Orion -   
  **Anthony Nicholls**
- 12:00   *Lunch  
  *

***Afternoon Session***

- 1:30    Protein and Small Molecule Data Services In or Out of the Cloud - **Bob Tolbert**
- 2:00    Protein Modeling with Spruce - **Jesper Soerensen**
- 2:30    MD on the Cloud - **Christopher Bayly**
- 3:00    *Break*
- 3:30   ROCSalt: Alchemical Transformations of Ligand Pairs Identified by ROCS Shape Overlays - **Ana Silveira**, *Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center*
- 3:45    Alchemical Free Energies and Adaptive Sampling with Perses - **Hannah Bruce Macdonald**, *Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center*
- 4:00    Omega and NMR -** Paul Hawkins**
- 4:30    Ab Initio Prediction of Small Molecule Crystal Structures. Actually Getting Something Right -** Geoff Skillman**
- 5:00    *Reception in the Treehouse Lounge*

**Registration**  
Be sure to [**register now**](https://www.eyesopen.com/minicup-2019-registration-form) if you have not already.

**miniCUP LOCATIONS & DATES:**

**Princeton, NJ  
***November 19, 2019  
*[Princeton Marriott at Forrestal](https://www.marriott.com/hotel-info/ttndf-princeton-marriott-at-forrestal/leisure/e44akxb/home-page.mi)

**Cambridge, MA**  
*November 21, 2019  
*250 Massachusetts Ave Auditorium, Cambridge, MA*  
*[Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research](https://www.novartis.com/our-science/novartis-institutes-biomedical-research)

To reserve your spot, [please visit our registration page here](https://www.eyesopen.com/minicup-2019-registration-form). There is no charge to attend.

We look forward to having you join us! 

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