UNLOCK 2026 - AI Science: Cutting Through the Hype
UNLOCK is a one-day summit on April 22, 2026 in San Francisco, focused on how AI is changing drug discovery and life sciences.
Featuring talks and panels from:
David Baker, 2024 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
Aviv Regev, EVP Research & Early Development, Genentech
Jorge Reis-Filho, Chief AI Officer, AstraZeneca
Payal Sheth, SVP Therapeutic Discovery Sciences, Bristol Myers Squibb
Sarah Nam, VP AI Strategy & Partnerships, AbbVie
Jonah Cool, Life Sciences, Anthropic
Jeremy Elser, Head of Science Operations, Palantir
Founders and Leaders from Xaira, Ginkgo Bioworks, BigHat Bio, NewLimit, Arc Institute, and more
Agenda
8:00 AM - Check-In & Lite Breakfast
9:20 AM - Welcome
Michelle Lee, Founder & CEO, Medra
9:30 AM - Designing Proteins Nature Never Imagined
David Baker, 2024 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
10:00 AM - Presentation
Andrew White, Co-founder & CTO, Edison Scientific
10:15 AM - Presentation
Henry Lee, CEO, Cultivarium
10:40 AM - Presentation
Ron Alfa, Co-founder & CEO, Noetik
11:00 AM - Presentation
Jeremy Elser, Head of Science Operations, Palantir
11:30 AM - Dealmaking and Partnerships: Who's Actually Writing the Checks
Sarah Nam, VP AI Strategy & Partnerships, AbbVie
Jonah Cool, Life Sciences, Anthropic
Eli Berlin, Co-founder, CFO & COO, Terray Therapeutics
Stacy Feld, Global Head, External Scientific Innnovation, Johnson & Johnson
Chris Leiter, Founder and General Partner, Atria Ventures (Moderator)
11:50 AM - Predictions to Proof: Translating AI into Real Biology
Alex Morgan, Partner, Khosla Ventures (Moderator)
Anna Marie Wagner, Co-founder & CEO, Transfyr
Payal Sheth, SVP Therapeutic Discovery Sciences, Bristol Myers Squibb
Martin Jensen, Co-founder & CSO, Gordian Biotechnology
12:15 PM - Lunch
1:25 PM - How to Train an AI (for Science)
Johnny Hu, Partner, Menlo Ventures (Moderator)
Archa Jain, Head of Life Sciences, Goodfire
Peyton Greenside, Co-founder & CEO, BigHat Biosciences
Yusuf Roohani, Assistant Director of Machine Learning, Arc Institute
1:45 PM - AI Across the Sciences
Shahin Farshchi, Partner, Lux Capital (Moderator)
Joseph Krause, Co-founder & CEO, Radical AI
Carina Hong, Founder & CEO, Axiom Math
Pete Florence, Co-founder & CEO, Generalist
2:05 PM - What is Hype and What is Real?
Hani Goodarzi, Core Investigator, Arc Institute
Jacob Kimmel, Co-founder & President, NewLimit
Reshma Shetty, Co-founder & CEO, Ginkgo Bioworks
2:35 PM - Fireside Chat
Jorge Reis-Filho, Chief AI Officer, AstraZeneca
Michelle Lee, Founder & CEO, Medra
2:55 PM - Fireside Chat
Samuel Stanton, Co-founder & Member of Technical Staff, Coefficient Bio/Anthropic
Nan Li, Co-Founder & General Partner, Dimension Capital
3:15 PM - Deep Dive into X-Cell
Ci Chu, SVP AI-Enabled Discovery, Xaira Therapeutics
Bo Wang, SVP & Head of Biomedical AI, Xaira Therapeutics
3:40 PM - Presentation
Michelle Lee, CEO, Medra
4:05 PM - Closing Keynote
Aviv Regev, EVP Research & Early Development, Genentech
4:45 PM - Happy Hour
Join us to explore what’s next and help shape it.