To be announced
40 min
The third Annual R/Pharma genAI Day will be held virtually on June 16, 2026. This free single day event will focus on examples of using generative and agentic artificial intelligence with an emphasis in the drug development space and clinical domain.
This page contains details and a schedule for the event. For registration and other information, please visit R/Pharma genAI Day.
Calling all Open Source Developers!
We will be featuring a virtual exhibition hall that will be open throughout the event. This is a chance for you to showcase your awesome open source creations! Please consider sharing your work in a virtual booth if you:
- have an R or Python package or app
- have created a useful AI agent or skill
- contribute to the community through a YouTube channel, blog or podcast
If you wish to include a virtual booth please use contribute using the EXPO Form.
Schedule
Tap or hover on talk titles for abstracts and speaker names for bios. All times are in EDT.
10:00
Sara Altman (Posit)
,
Simon Couch (Posit)
10:40
Break
20 min
11:00
Nikolas Burkhoff (Johnson & Johnson)
Using LLMs to generate Teal applications: from proof of concept to production
20 min
11:20
Isabella Velásquez (Posit)
To be announced
20 min
11:40
Eric Zhang (Eikon Therapeutics)
,
Ning Leng (Abbvie)
From R, Shiny, and Container to AI Skills: The R Consortium Submissions Working Group Call for Contributors
20 min
12:50
James Wade (Dow)
R/Pharma Hangout: shinymcp
50 min
12:50
Break
10 min
13:00
Jeremy Zhang (Otsuka Pharmaceutical Companies)
Evolving Methods for Scalable Content Generation with AI
20 min
13:20
Peng Zhang (CIMS Global)
Hands Dirty First: Practical Notes from Before, During, and After Building Agentic Workflows
20 min
13:40
Indraneel Chakraborty (Independent Contributor)
'Ignore All Previous Instructions' and Other Things Your LLM Shouldn't Do in Pharma: Applying GenAI Security Guardrails in R
20 min
14:00
Husain Attarwala (Aera Therapeutics)
Accelerating Population PK/PD Modeling and Simulation with GenAI
20 min
14:20
Break
20 min
14:40
Weijie Zhang (Moderna)
,
Xing Chen (Moderna)
Agentic workflows for clinical data acceleration
20 min
15:00
Rita Pecuch (Takeda)
,
Varun Jagadeesh (Takeda)
Harnessing Generative AI to Improve Test Data Quality and Efficiency in Clinical Trial Set-Up
20 min
15:20
Matthew Kumar (Bayer)
Scheduled Clinical Insights: AI-Assisted Quarto Reporting for Oncology Studies
20 min
15:40
Presenter to follow
To be announced
20 min
16:00
Phil Bowsher (Posit)
,
Harvey Lieberman (Novartis)
Close-out and questions
10 min