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miniCUP San Diego 2026

miniCUP San Diego 2026

miniCUP San Diego 2026 will be held on October 8, 2026



OpenEye's miniCUP series brings our latest scientific advancements to you. Our upcoming miniCUP San Diego is a single-day in-person gathering that will provide the opportunity to hear presentations from OpenEye and industry speakers, as well as to learn about the recent updates to the Orion® molecular design platform and our applications and toolkits. Come for the science, and stay for robust discussion at a cocktail reception following the event.

Location:
The Alexandria at Torrey Pines - The Farmer & The Seahorse
10996 Torreyana Rd
San Diego, CA 92121

Agenda: Registration begins at 9:00 am, includes lunch, and is followed by a reception when the conference concludes.

09:30 - Opening Remarks — Louis Culot

10:00 - Looking to the Horizon: Scientific Roadmap — Geoff Skillman

10:30 - Break

11:00 - AI for Drug Discovery: Data Quality and Model Uncertainty — Paul Hawkins

11:30 - Agentic DMTA with JedAI — Greg Bakken

12:00 - Networking lunch

Target Exploration:

13:00 - Unleashing the Potential in Modern Structural Biology Data Using Weighted Ensemble Simulation — David LeBard

13:30 - Dynamics and AI-Enabled Target Assessment: Advancing the Right Targets — Neha Vithani

14:00 - Break

Hit Identification:

14:30 - Find Your Next Hit with AI-driven ROCS X: Beyond Trillion-scale Search — Matt Geballe

Platform Advances:

15:00 - DEMO: Orion Interactive Molecular Search for Chemists — Kalistyn Lemke

15:30 - Triage Hits Like a Pro — Dave Hamilton

Lead Advancement & Optimization

16:00 - Are Modeling Predictions Your New Bottleneck? Free Energy Prediction for Drug Discovery with Speed at Scale — Chris Neale 

16:30 - Reception

Registration for miniCUP San Diego is now open. Reserve your spot today! 

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