More data was collected in the life sciences industry in 2017 than ever before. With the rise of modern information systems and digital technologies like artificial intelligence, data analytics and data science capabilities have become critical for research and decision making across industries and academia. In this talk, Mr Glen de Vries, President and Co-Founder of Medidata Solutions speaks about his career journey from being a lab scientist to President and Co-Founder of one of the largest public technology companies founded in New York and the lessons he has learnt. The role of digital transformation and artificial intelligence in the age of precision medicine, including how the industry can use it to improve and speed up clinical trial processes and decision making for accelerated outcomes for patients What the life sciences and clinical trials industry will look like in the next 10 years plus the skills and talent that the industry will need Mr Glen de Vries is the President and Co-founder of Medidata Solutions, the leading cloud platform for life sciences research. He has been driving Medidata's mission since the company's inception in 1999: Powering smarter treatments and healthier people.