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Summary

Now more than ever, Life Science organisations are being inundated with data. From discovering vaccinations and therapies to monitoring disease trends, the role of advanced computing and data analytics in pharmaceutical research has never been more important.

Join us for a discussion on the role of data in biomedical research and learn how Life Science organisations are using data in new ways, while ensuring it remains accessible, secure and useful.

This talk will cover:

• How organisations are using Google Cloud to advance Life Sciences research

• How advanced computing and machine learning are transforming the target identification process in early stage drug development to advance drug discovery

Sponsored by: 

Shweta Singh Maniar

Life Sciences Leader, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Google Cloud

At Google Cloud, Shweta is the strategy and market leader responsible for Healthcare and Life Sciences. Shweta has quickly risen through the ranks as a well-known innovator, game-changer, and relationship ambassador. With 18+ years’ experience in clinical research, Healthcare and Bio Tech, she has proven time and time again how valuable relationships can be by enabling dozens of start-up firms with access to capital from Federal grants and VC firms alike. She brings an eye for detail, winning contract negotiations, and financial insight to support her commercial partnership strategy expertise. A position was created just for her, after excelling in a Commercial Partnering and Strategy role at Genentech. She has been the recipient of multiple awards at Genentech, including two “Innovation Awards,” “MVP Award,” and more.

Shweta brings an impressive network of established healthcare system relationships across Digital Health & Technology, Investor, Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, and Hospital Systems Industries. She is passionate about keeping current with trends in medical devices, data, wearables, IoT, EHR, and machine learning. Since joining Google, Shweta develops and manages a variety of customer and partnership relationships while identifying new opportunities.

Learn more: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shwetasingh01/

Jens Hoefkens

Industry Principal Director, Accenture, INTIENT Research

Jens is an Industry Principal Director with Accenture Digital specializing in Life Sciences Research, Development, and Translational Medicine IT solutions, responsible for defining the strategic direction of Research platform solutions within the Life Sciences R&D practice.

He is a passionate and dynamic professional offering almost 20 years of experience in a variety of positions in the bioinformatics space. He has strong analytical skill set and extensive knowledge of research processes and research IT solutions, development and marketing of technical solutions for external and internal clients. Jens holds a dual major Ph.D. in mathematics and physics from Michigan State University.

Learn more: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hoefkens/

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