Archives: Speakers

Olaf Larsen studied chemistry and obtained a PhD in physics at the Free University in Amsterdam. After postdoctoral work in New York City and Amsterdam, he continued his career in industry. Olaf worked for ASML, TNO, as consultant life sciences, and headed the science department for Yakult Netherlands for more than 12 years. Next to this, he acts as Asst. Professor for the Free University in Amsterdam. Since September 2025, he is heading research for Ausnutria in The Netherlands.

Jack Cuthbertson, MSc, is a Senior Oncology and Hematology Analyst based in London, UK. His core responsibilities include providing in-depth analyses and market intelligence, as well as forecasting the markets of oncology indications, and covering high-profile oncology congresses. Jack has been part of the oncology and hematology team for more than two years. Prior to his current role, he was working on the development of non-viral DNA vectors for gene therapy and biopharmaceutical manufacturing. Jack has an MSc in Synthetic Biology and a BSc in Biochemistry from Newcastle University.

Martin is a Strategic Account Manager at N-SIDE with 10+ years of experience in the industry, combining planning experience both on the commercial and clinical sides of the supply chain.

With over two decades of experience at the intersection of clinical systems and operational strategy, Everett is a veteran in global drug development and eClinical technology. Currently a Global Team Lead at Medidata Solutions, he specializes in Randomization and Trial Supply Management (RTSM). He is particularly passionate about optimizing RTSM operational dashboards with a supply focus to accelerate actionable insights and is dedicated to simplifying clinical data workflows through automated data integration and transformation.

Jakob Konradsen is Chief Quality Officer and Co-founder of Eupry. He leads quality strategy and regulatory alignment while advising pharma and logistics clients on validation operations. He has led continuous mapping implementations across large-scale pharmaceutical logistics operations, including the case study featured in this session, drawing on over a decade of thermal validation experience across hundreds of facilities.

Zach Damasco is a Senior Solutions Engineer at Dataiku, where he specializes in enabling FSI organizations to scale their AI initiatives across both technical and less technical teams. He has a hands-on background in heavily regulated environments, having built and deployed sophisticated AI solutions for fraud detection, classification, and more across the insurance, telecom, and healthcare industries for some of the world’s largest companies.

Previously, Zach served as an AI Solutions Engineer at Convoso, and Solutions Architect within the Global Innovations Team at Cigna. He is also the former founder of Sweden-based Asentio, where he developed novel NLP to uncover genuine human intent. Zach’s unique experience bridging entrepreneurial innovation with enterprise-grade solutions allows him to provide a blueprint for how to rapidly, but cautiously, adopt AI within the financial sector.

Francisco Santos is Head of Sustainability at Highgate Portugal, where he leads the definition and execution of the group’s sustainability strategy across 15 hotels and golf courses in Portugal, involving more than 1,300 employees.

He holds a degree and a Master’s in Environmental Engineering, specialising in Environmental Management and Assessment, and has over 20 years of experience in the tourism and hospitality sector.

His work centres on leveraging technology, data and operational efficiency to drive strategic decision-making and support resilient, profitable and future-ready hotel operations.

This includes the integration of sustainability regulation and reporting requirements, circular economy principles, and decarbonisation pathways into long-term investment planning, digital transformation and portfolio-wide performance.