Speaker Profile
M.D., Professor of Respiratory Medicine in Glasgow, U. of Glasgow
Biography
Kevin Blyth is Professor of Respiratory Medicine in the School of Cancer Sciences at the University of Glasgow. He splits his time between the Wolfson Wohl Cancer Research Centre, the CRUK Scotland Institute and the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, where he leads the Glasgow Pleural Disease Unit. He founded the Macmillan Scottish Mesothelioma Network, which coordinates care and access to clinical trials for patients across Scotland and is National Clinical Lead for Mesothelioma. He leads the PREDICT-Meso International Accelerator Network, funded by Cancer Research UK (160 investigators from 100 institutions in 17 countries) He is academic lead of the UKRI-funded Living Lab Radiogenomic Project, which is developing AI precision medicine tools suitable for use by industry and academic partners. He is recent ex-Chair of the European Respiratory Society Thoracic Oncology Assembly (11.2), a member of the IASLC Mesothelioma Committee, a Trustee of Mesothelioma UK and an Associate Editor of Thorax.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2026 Silicon Valley
Track Chair:
Sharat Israni, UCSF
PMWC Award Ceremony
• Regina Barzilay, MIT
• Joe Petro, Microsoft
• Curtis P. Langlotz, Stanford University
Keynote: The Future of AI in Medical Imaging
• Curtis P. Langlotz, Stanford University
From Foundation Models to Digital Twins: AI Reshaping Clinical Imaging
• Chair: Alexander Weir, Canon Medical
• Regina Barzilay, MIT
• Joe Petro, Microsoft
• Curtis P. Langlotz, Stanford University
Fireside Chat
• Eric Horvitz, Microsoft
• Curtis P. Langlotz, Stanford University
Getting Real Results with AI: Better Molecules, Smarter Devices, Faster Innovation
• Martin Stumpe, Danaher
Keynote: AI Tools for Cancer Diagnostics and Treatment
• Regina Barzilay, MIT
Core AI Methods for Precision Medicine Foundations
• Chair: Sharat Israni, UCSF
• James Zou, Stanford University
From Multimodal Data to Clinical Digital Twins: Linking Imaging, Omics, and Decisions
• Stephen Quake, Stanford
AI & Omics Foundation Models Powering Translational Research
• Chair: Janusz Dutkowski, Data4Cure
• Alex Moreau, Champions Oncology
• Jadwiga Bienkowska, Pfizer
AI-Enhanced Imaging: Radiomics, Radiogenomics, and Simulation
• Chair: Chris Hare, Canon Medical
• Ángel Alberich-Bayarri, Quibim
• Kevin Blyth, University of Glasgow
• Maria del Mar Alvarez-Torres, Columbia University
Clinical Workflow Integration & Decision Support in Imaging
• Chair: Sharat Israni, UCSF
• David S. Liebeskind, UCLA
• Rajesh Shah, UCSF
• Roxana Daneshjou, Stanford University
• Mohammad Alexanderani, U Pitt
AI-Powered Serverless HPC for Scientific Discovery
• Fengbo Ren, Fovus
