Keynote Speakers 2014

Edward Valeev

Virginia Tech

Title: Predictive Theory of Electronic Structure: Are We There Yet?

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Christine Aikens

Kansas State University

Title: TD-DFT Studies of Nanoparticle Optical Properties

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Geoffrey Hutchison

University of Pittsburgh

Title: Computational Design of Organic Solar Cells: Genetic Algorithm-Driven Inverse Design

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Anthony Nicholls

OpenEye Scientific Software

Title: Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics in Molecular Modeling

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Georgia McGaughey

Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Title: Targeted versus Phenotypic Approaches in Drug Discovery

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Rich Friesner

Columbia University; Schrodinger Inc.

Title: Computational Methods for the Prediction of Protein-Ligand Binding Affinity and Applications to Structure Based Drug Discovery

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