AR-BIC 11th Annual Conference
Due to the ongoing shutdown of the federal government, we regretfully inform you that it is no longer viable for the conference to take place on November 3-4, 2025.
We will reconvene in 2026 to ensure FDA’s participation in the meeting as we traditionally have. We will re-engage once we have any updates on the new dates.
All registrations will be refunded via Eventbrite. Please contact Embassy Suites for room cancellations and refunds. For additional questions, please call the ARA office (501) 450-7818.
2025 Plenary Speakers
Zhichao Liu, PhD
Head of AI and digital Innovation at Global NCS and DMPK, Boehringer Ingelheim
Presentation Title: Shaping Drug Safety Evaluation with AI: An Industry Perspective
May Dongmei Wang, PhD
Wallace H. Coulter Distinguished Faculty Fellow
Professor of BME, ECE, CSE, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University
Presentation Title: Challenges and Opportunities in AI-Driven Healthcare and Generative Models
Viswanath Devanarayan, PhD
Head of Clinical Data Science, Eisai Inc. Adjunct Professor, University of Illinois Chicago
Presentation title: AI-Derived Prognostic Covariates and Enrichment Strategy to Optimize Clinical Trials
Tucker Patterson, PhD
Director, FDA/National Center for Toxicological Research
Presentation title: AI in FDA: Opportunities and Challenges
Cash Award Competition & Abstract
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Highlights
4 Plenary Presentations
Overview transformative technologies in academia, government, and industry.
3 Workshops
Improve your capability of using generative AI in research.
6 Breakout Sessions
Share specific experiences with transformative technologies.
Cash Awards
For student & postdoc poster presentations for each category.
1st place: $500
2nd place: $300
3rd place: $200
Opportunity to Publish
Published in the conference proceedings.
AR-BIC
Organized by the Arkansas Bioinformatics Consortium
We are an Arkansas-centric community that facilitates communication and collaboration to leverage Arkansas expertise and resources in data sciences and bioinformatics. Established in 2014, AR-BIC began to fulfill this mission by hosting annual conferences. The themes of the meetings explored bioinformatics applications in precision medicine, agriculture, data sciences, and artificial intelligence.
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