miniCUP San Francisco 2026 will be held on October 6, 2026
OpenEye's miniCUP series brings our latest scientific advancements to you. Our upcoming miniCUP San Francisco 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:
Genentech
Building 5, Room 1Q
22 DNA Way,
South San Francisco, CA 94080
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 - Beyond Sequence: Revealing a CDK2 Selectivity Handle with Molecular Dynamics - Jessica Grandner, Genentech, Inc.
14:30 - Break
Hit Identification:
15:00 - Find Your Next Hit with AI-driven ROCS X: Beyond Trillion-scale Search — Matt Geballe
Platform Advances:
15:30 - DEMO: Orion Interactive Molecular Search for Chemists — Regional Staff
16:00 - Triage Hits Like a Pro — Dave Hamilton
Lead Advancement & Optimization
16:30 - Are Modeling Predictions Your New Bottleneck? Free Energy Prediction for Drug Discovery with Speed at Scale — Chris Neale
17:00 - Reception
Registration for miniCUP San Francisco is now open. Reserve your spot today!
