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miniCUP San Diego 2026

Written by OpenEye Scientific | Apr 30, 2026, 8:38:52 PM

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!