AI x Bio Summit 2026 Agenda

november 5 & 6, 2025

The summit for the people building the future of biotech. Founders, investors, scientists, and pharma executives, in one room, decoding what comes next.

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AI x Bio Summit

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)

11 Wall Street, New York

July 23, 2026

The summit for the people building the future of biotech. Founders, investors, scientists, and pharma executives, in one room, decoding what comes next.

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ITINERARY

11:00AM–11:50AM

Registration & Lunch

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)

11 Wall Street, New York

11:50AM–12:05PM

Welcome & Opening Remarks

Lynn Martin, President, NYSE
Eric Dimise, PhD, Director, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Capital Markets, NYSE
Amee Kapadia, Co-Founder, Decoding Bio, Principal, Cantos

12:08PM–12:38PM

The Future of Biologics Engineering: Moving From Speedy Discovery to Better Medicines

Stef van Grieken, Co-Founder & CEO, Cradle
Marcus Schindler, PhD, Former CSO & EVP, Novo Nordisk

12:42PM–1:22PM

From Foundation Models to Clinical Trials

Moderator: Eric Dimise, PhD, NYSE

Viswa Colluru, PhD, Founder & CEO, Enveda
Jorge Conde, General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Aris Theologis, Lead of Life Sciences, Anthropic
Salehin Rais, MD, Healthcare Portfolio Manager, T. Rowe Price
Lisa Lupinacci, SVP, Biostatistics, Merck

1:26PM–2:01PM

Pharma Deal Breakdown

Moderator: Rohan Ganesh, Partner, Obvious Ventures

Ron Alfa, MD, PhD, Co-Founder & CEO, Noetik
Jakob Uszkoreit, Co-Founder & CEO, Inceptive
Gregory Hinkle, PhD, Vice President, Research Informatics, Alnylam
Daniyal Hussain, Executive Director, Technology Business Development, GSK

2:05PM–2:30PM

Discovering New Business Models in Biotech

Surge Biswas, PhD, Co-Founder & CEO, Nabla Bio
Gleb Kuznetsov, PhD, Co-Founder & CEO, Manifold Bio
Ben Liu, DPhil, Co-Founder & CEO, Formation Bio

2:34PM–3:34PM

Roundtables

Leaders:

– Errik Anderson, Founder, CEO, and Chairman, Alloy Therapeutics
– Linda Goodman, PhD, Founder & CTO, Fauna Bio
– Sophie Jones, MD, CFO, Seismic Therapeutics
– Jacob Oppenheim, PhD, Venture Partner, RA Capital
– Madeleine Weingarten, Head of ML Data, D. E. Shaw Research

3:34PM–3:54PM

Networking Break

3:54PM–4:19PM

Financing an AI Native Organization

Eli Berlin, Co-Founder, CFO & COO, Terray Therapeutics
Mary Rozenman, PhD, CFO & CBO, Insitro

4:23PM–4:48PM

AI to Serve the Healthcare Ecosystem

Moderator: Morgan Cheatham, MD, Partner and Head of Healthcare and Life Sciences, Breyer Capital

Amol Punjabi, Chief Product Officer, OpenEvidence
Sahir Jaggi, Founder & CEO, Forus
Dhruv Jayanth, Business Lead, Life Sciences, OpenAI
Abridge — representative pending

4:52PM–5:17PM

The China–US Dynamic

Moderator: Patrick Malone, MD, PhD, Partner, KdT Ventures

Jason Kelly, PhD, Co-Founder & CEO, Ginkgo Bioworks
Brad Loncar, Founder, BiotechTV
Sam Davis, CXO & Co-Founder, CoFormBio

5:21PM–5:46PM

State of Biosecurity

Jake Adler, Founder, Pilgrim
Robert Caldwell, Ph.D., Founder and CEO, Strategic Health Solutions, LLC

5:50PM–6:20PM

Building durable AI partnerships that translate innovation into better science

Christopher Arendt, PhD, CSO, Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Tom Miller, PhD, Co-Founder & CEO, Iambic

6:20PM–6:30PM

Closing Remarks

6:30PM–8:30PM

Reception

Join us on the Trading Floor for a networking reception.

Attendance is by application only.

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PRESENTING SPONSOR

supporting sponsors

Sponsors

AGENDA

9:00am-5:30pm: Content & Networking
5:30pm-7:30pm: Cocktail Reception

Payload is shaping the discourse and guiding capital flows in one of the world’s most critical industries. Last year, we convened over 180 industry executives, government leaders, and representatives of $8 trillion in institutional capital for an intimate summit focused on market trends, strategic investment opportunities, and future-forward dialogue.

This year, we're hosting our most ambitious event yet.

2024 INVESTOR ATTENDEES = $8 TRILLION+ IN ASSETS

FEATURED INVESTORS

Meet The Speakers (More to come)

Jason
Kim

CEO

Firefly Aerospace

Topher
Haddad

Cofounder/CEO

Albedo

Evan
Jensen

SVP of Engineering

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Elizabeth

Kryst

CEO

ispace-U.S.

JARET
MATTHEWS

Founder & CEO

ASTROLAB

Mary
Guenther

Head of Space Policy

Progressive Policy Institute

Dave
Cavossa

President

Commercial Space Federation (CSF)

John
Neal

Executive Director, Space Policy

US Chamber of Commerce

PRICING

Early Bird

$499

LIMITED AVAILABILITY

Standard Admission

$999

LIMITED AVAILABILITY

Service Provider^*

$1,500

LIMITED AVAILABILITY

FT Military and Government qualify for free tickets with approval. Please apply to attend HERE.

Ticket Sales Are Closed

PRICING

EARLY BIRD

$1,199

very limited availability

SERVICE PROVIDER*

$4,499

very limited availability

*companies that provide services to SPACE companies—including consulting firms, banks, accounting firms, recruiters, law firms, marketing/PR agencies, and software vendors.

FT Military and Government qualify for free tickets with approval. Please apply to attend HERE.

Ticket Sales Are Closed

CONTENT PREVIEW

Nuclear Power Policy in the Trump Administration
Building the American Fuel Pipeline
Crossing the Valley of Death
The First-Mover Advantage
Building the Fusion Renaissance
A Guide to Spotting Bullshit
Hyperscaling, Data, and AI—Driving Growth
Nuclear for Strategic Deployment and Critical Applications
Navigating the Public Markets
Nuclear for Space Exploration and the Lunar Economy
The Market for Fusion

& More

SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENTS COMING SOON...

AGENDA

November 5

9:00 Am

Check-in & Breakfast

10:00am–6:00Pm

Programming

6:00pm

RECEPTION

november 6

9:00 Am

Check-in & Breakfast

10:00am–6:00Pm

Programming

Event Preview

Agenda

March 10 & 11

9:00 Am

Check-in & Breakfast

10:00am–12:30Pm

Morning Session

12:30–1:30pm

Networking Lunch

1:30–6:00pm

Afternoon Session

6:00pm

RECEPTION

Content HIGHLIGHTS

The Hype for Hypersonics

Autonomy at Sea

A Guide to Crossing the Valley of Death

The Threat from China

Hunting for Defense Unicorns

Space: The Ultimate High Ground

Artificial Intelligence on the Battlefield

The Future of Drone Warfare

Energy at the Edge: Powering the Future of Defense

Wired for Warfare: The Importance of Connectivity

The Future of the Defense Industrial Strategy

Partners

presenting SPONSORS

executive SPONSORS

Sponsorship

Interested in sponsorship opportunities?

Please contact MAURA HERRON at maura@arkaeamedia.com

Venue

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