med-dev x MLabAC: AI in Health Summit @ Netlight
🧠 Med-Dev x MLabAC: AI in Health Summit @ Netlight 🏥✨
The future of healthcare is being rewritten by AI.
As generative models evolve at breakneck speed, the intersection of medicine and artificial intelligence has never been more critical. Join the med-dev and Munich Lab Automation Community (#MLabAC) for an evening dedicated to the AI in Health landscape.
From the nuances of biomedical research to the ethical implications of AI-assisted decision-making, we are diving deep into how AI is moving from a "lab experiment" to a systematic driver of human flourishing.
📅 Date: Thursday, April 23, 2026
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
📍 Location: Netlight Munich, Prannerstraße 4, 80333 München
🗓️ Event Agenda
Our summit kicks off with a high-level keynote to ground us in the current state of the art, followed by a series of specialized, interactive workshops.
👋 Welcome & Introduction
A brief welcome from the med-dev & Munich Lab Automation Community teams and a word from our hosts at Netlight.
🎤 Keynote: AI in Biomedical Research and the Diagnostics of Blood Diseases
Prof. Carsten Marr (Director of the Institute of AI for Health @ Helmholtz Munich & Professor for AI in Cell Therapy and Hematology @ LMU)
Explore how AI is revolutionizing diagnostics and research at one of Europe’s leading health institutes.
🛠️ The Workshops (Deep Dives)
Choose your focus area during the event. Each session lasts approximately 1 hour.
⚠️ Note: For Workshops 2 and 5, please bring your laptop 💻 for the best experience.
Workshop 1: From Lab Problem to AI Startup (Interactive)
Host: Dr. Christopher Kuhn (Head of AI @ spira-labs.ai)
Focus: Why do most AI startups in Life Sciences fail? Move from "solution-first" to "problem-first." We will identify lab pain points and pitch AI-driven business models in real-time.
Workshop 2: ChatGPT is all you need? Biomedical Reasoning Models
Host: Lucas Mair (CTO & Co-founder, provigen.ai)
Focus: A hands-on look at reasoning models in biology. 💻 Ideally, bring your laptop for this session!
Workshop 3: What Are AI Drug Discovery Companies Actually Selling?
Host: Dr. Stefan Munker (CEO & Co-founder, oncera.ai)
Focus: How do AI startups in drug discovery make money? We will explore commercialization strategies, from enterprise software and platform access to pharma partnerships, and what drives real value in the field.
Workshop 4: Human Decision-Making in the Age of Intelligent Systems
Host: Dr. Marianne Thejls Ziegler (Business Ethics @ TUM)
Focus: How does AI influence decision-making? We discuss the risk of AI-mediated agency and how to preserve human autonomy and competence in the workplace.
Workshop 5: LLMs Today vs. Tomorrow (Discussion Round)
Host: Martin Patz (differential.bio)
Focus: A collaborative discussion on current LLM workflows and future expectations. 💻 Ideally, bring your laptop for this session!
Workshop 6: Scalable Data Science Solution for Early Drug Discovery
Host: Lukas Heilmann and Tim Tenckhoff from the Netlight Team (netlight.com), as well as Theresa Schmitt (from Bayer)
Focus: Our journey to efficiently handling large‑scale data and complex analyses to accelerate lab processes and enhance AI‑readiness in early drug discovery at Bayer.
🥂 Networking & Exchange
We’ll wrap up the evening with drinks and snacks, giving you the chance to connect with speakers, researchers, and fellow developers from both the med-dev and MLabAC communities.
⚠️ Registration Info
Limited spots available!
Because this event features hands-on workshops and high-level interaction, we want to ensure a balanced group of participants. Please answer the registration questions carefully.
We look forward to seeing you at Netlight! 🙌
The med-dev & Munich Lab Automation Community Teams