Event agenda
Tuesday, 20 October 2026
08:00 - 20:00
Information Desk
Visit the Information Desk for quick answers, guidance, and support. Our team is here to help with your questions, troubleshoot issues, and point you to the right resources.
08:00 - 09:00
Matchmaking: one-to-one meetings (Early Birds)
Meeting duration:60 minutes time slots
09:00 - 09:15
Opening & Introduction
In Person: RAA-G-01 Opening of OILS2025. Join and discover what the program has to offer.
09:30 - 10:15
Keynote 1: Open Innovation in Drug Discovery
- Open Innovation
In Person: RAA-G-01 This keynote explores how open innovation can help accelerate discovery, improve reuse, and support more effective development of new therapies.
10:15 - 11:15
Panel Discussion: Scientific AI - Data Quality, Current Limitations, and the Future of Models That Understand Science
- Open Innovation
- Diagnostics
- Policy
In Person: RAA-G-01 The quality of the data it depends on, the difficulty of evaluating model performance, the limits of interpretability, and what still needs to improve before AI systems can more reliably support scientific discovery.
11:15 - 11:45
Matchmaking: one-to-one meetings (Coffee Break)
Meeting duration:15 minutes time slots
11:45 - 13:00
Workshop 1: Sustainable Practice in the Lab
- Open Innovation
- Translational Science
- Research
In Person: RAA-G-01 This workshop explores how more sustainable choices can be built into research workflows, from wet lab practice to data storage and computational analysis.
13:00 - 14:00
Matchmaking: one-to-one meetings (Lunch Break)
Meeting duration:60 minutes time slots
14:00 - 15:15
Workshop 2: Accessing and Using Open AI Tools, Pre-trained Models, and Datasets for Life Science Applications
- Open Innovation
- Translational Science
- Research
In Person: RAA-G-01 The workshop focuses on how to access existing resources, understand their potential uses, and apply them effectively in real research workflows.
15:15 - 15:45
Matchmaking: one-to-one meetings (Coffee Break)
Meeting duration:15 minutes time slots
15:45 - 16:30
Keynote 2: The Missing Behavioural Layer in AI-Assisted Science
- Open Innovation
- Regulatory
- Policy
- Research
In Person: RAA-G-01 This keynote examines how institutions can pursue faster discovery and new forms of collaboration while maintaining research ethics, trust, and accountability in the use of AI.
16:30 - 17:30
Pitch Fest: Emerging Voices: PhD & Postdoc Research Showcase
- Open Innovation
- Translational Science
- Research
- Science Communication
In Person: RAA-G-01
17:30 - 17:45
17:45 - 19:00
Networking Apéro
- Lichthof Irchel
Meeting duration:75 minutes time slots