8h30 – 9h

Welcome coffee

9h – 9h05

Introduction

  BioWin, the health cluster of

  Wallonia, Belgium – Sylvie Ponchaut,

  BioWin

9h05 – 10h45

Will big data and AI revolutionize pharma R&D and redesign healthcare?

The application of augmented Intelligence to healthcare & life sciences: past, present and future – N.S. Hekster, IBM Watson Health

Deep learning: basic concepts & applications for biotechnology in Wallonia – Prof Benoît Macq, UCL

10h45 – 11h15

Coffee break

11h15 – 11h45

Law and AI in Healthcare

Jean Herveg, Research Centre in information, Law and Society (CRID), UNamur

11h45 – 12h05

Presentation of IVADO center in Québec

  Prof Gilles Savard, IVADO, Institute for Data Valorisation

12h05 – 12h15

European calls for projects in artificial intelligence

André Pirlet, NCP Wallonie

12h15 – 13h30

Networking lunch

13h30 – 14h30

Session 1

Potentialities of artificial intelligence use in drug discovery

Accelerating biomedical research with cognitive computing - Pascal Sempe, IBM Watson Health

14h30 – 15h30

Session 2

Potentialities of artificial intelligence use in drug development: clinical research

Machine learning to improve clinical trials –  Sébastien Coppe, N-Side

Characterization of individual patient placebo response: positive impact on clinical trial results – Alvaro Pereira, Tools 4 Patient

Data quality assessment in clinical trials using statistical models and machine learning–  Paurush Praveen, Cluepoints

15h30 – 16h

Coffee break

16h – 17h

Session 3

Potentialities of artificial intelligence use for data precision medicine

Machine learning for diagnosis, adverse effects prediction or treatment responses – Thibault Helleputte, DNAlytics

Radiomics: transforming standard medical images in mineable data and knowledge – Philippe Lambin, Oncoradiomics

Numerical design for patient specific P+ therapy treatment plan – Thibaut Van Hoof, Cenearo

17h – 18h

Networking cocktail