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From the floor at ELRIG Drug Discovery 2021: Meeting highlights
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From the floor at ELRIG Drug Discovery 2021: Meeting highlights
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WINSTON CLARKE: It's great to be back at a conference, very exciting. It's nice to feel the buzz of everyone around and see your colleagues face to face again after 18 months.
FRANK CRAIG: And being back at conference has been fantastic. I've not been at conference about two years now. It's good to be back to learn new things. Great meeting people, networking, having a good time. But it's socializing. This is the way it used to be, and it's the way we want it to be.
LORNA CUDDON: It's really good being back at conferences and just seeing people in person, not just clients and press but also my team as well. Just getting together, meeting up and having those informal chats that you wouldn't usually have via Zoom and everything else is really nice.
NICK CLARE: It's really good to be here and see everyone in person. Proof that I have a lower body, I'm not just a head on Zoom. It's really nice, yeah.
JAMES SHORE: It's really nice. It's a little bit strange to be honest because I know we're not quite back to pre-pandemic times yet. You're still seeing kind of anti-vacc back around. People aren't wearing masks, but you want to be respectful in terms of social distancing. At the same time, I'm super excited to be back. Everyone's clearly really happy to be here. Everyone's got a lot of energy because they've been stuck at home for the last two years.
JAMES SHORE: So yeah, really happy to be here and excited.
ANDREW TOMLINS: Right, it's good to get out and about again, see some familiar faces, people we see every year. And it's good to see some new people as well.
TOMASZ KOSTRZEWSKI: It's been fantastic to be back at ELRIG this week meeting up with old colleagues, old collaborators, and really seeing a range of new technologies that have been developed by a range of different other partners over the last number of years. And just been really fantastic to meet people face to face and have really great conversation.
WINSTON CLARKE: At ELRIG conference, I'm really looking forward to going around the customers again, feeling the buzz of the exhibition. And of course, hearing my colleague, Stephen Haigs, talk on the Chromium X and the HT workflows.
FRANK CRAIG: My favorite bits at ELRIG, there's been several. I've learnt some new scientific things from the seminars. I've also picked up an artificial intelligence as a new theme emerging in scientific thinking. I've seen some fantastic new products, both non-competitive and competitive to my company, which is good to learn. Plus, it's great to see some old friends I haven't seen for about two years. And maybe perhaps make some new friends too.
NICK CLARE: At ELRIG, I'm really looking forward to meeting and engaging with people again. Being able to talk face to face and the networking, it's something that you've missed over COVID scenarios has been the actual networking and building those relationships. It's been easy to get out technology but not so much to connect.
LORNA CUDDON: Favorite thing at ELRIG is definitely the networking and just catching up with people, chatting to people informally. And last night, we had a big dinner with clients and with press and just getting everyone together. Really lovely to just hang out and catch up and hear about what's been going on for the last 18 months. So again, those kind of chats you wouldn't usually have via your laptop with people but just catching up.
LORNA CUDDON: It's been brilliant.
JAMES SHORE: I don't think there's one favorite thing. I've enjoyed both going to the talks. They've been fantastic. Just kind of reintroducing myself to what's been going on because so much has changed since pre-pandemic. Seeing what's progressing in terms of techniques. Some of that's being driven by COVID, so your mRNA type stuff, especially in the vaccine space is super exciting. And then on the expo side, catching up with people, seeing what's changed.
JAMES SHORE: COVID's hit some companies hard, it's really benefited others. So the landscape has changed slightly. So yeah, really nice to be back and kind of touch base with people I haven't seen in a couple of years.
ANDREW TOMLINS: It's building those relationships that we already have with key accounts. It's a great place where everyone comes together so you can see as many people as possible all in the one day.
WINSTON CLARKE: Anyone attending a conference for the first time and returning to conferences, I guess I would suggest being conscious of other people's boundaries. I think that's evident. But I think they've done a really good job at ELRIG with the lanyards, so you have a good idea how receptive people will be to being handshaken or just speaking from a distance.
FRANK CRAIG: Yeah, if I was a young scientist attending a conference, I would indulge. So I would go to interesting talks and make sure your network via the social sections because sometimes you can meet new employers. You can meet new interesting people, make new contacts. And sometimes they can help your career. So it's about meeting new people, learning new things, and obviously enjoying what is usually very interesting science too.
NICK CLARE: Yeah, my boss [INAUDIBLE] coming for a conference first time to do some research, seek out people you want to connect with. Whether that's in a business aspect or whether it's to build your network because it can really be useful. Connect to them on LinkedIn, introduce yourself, and grab a coffee. Most people are happy to chat.
LORNA CUDDON: My advice for someone attending a conference for the first time would be do take business cards. The first time I went to a conference recently, I said to everybody business cards were a thing of the past. No one's going to sanitize a business card and then give it to you. I was completely wrong. Everyone still loves business cards, so remember to take them.
JAMES SHORE: Definitely say don't be afraid to ask stupid questions. Whether you're at talk or you're just wandering around the expo, it's an amazing chance to learn more. And no one's going to judge you for it. People get really excited to talk about whether it's the science or what they do on a commercial level. So whether you are a scientist here as a delegate or you're here in a sort of business capacity.
JAMES SHORE: I definitely just wander around, ask people questions, learn more about what's going on around you. And you often find some great opportunities that come from that.
ANDREW TOMLINS: And you have plenty of day. There's quite a lot to do. And just make sure you know what you're going to do when you get here.
TOMASZ KOSTRZEWSKI: So anyone attending a conference for the first time, I would absolutely give them advice to just get stuck in and meet and talk to as many people as they can. Go to post-sessions, talk to post-presenters, go around the exhibition hall, and talk to as many people as you can. That can be quite daunting with a lot of people in a very large space. But the more people you try and talk to and interact with, build a network, you will get so much out of a conference like ELRIG.
TOMASZ KOSTRZEWSKI: [MUSIC PLAYING]
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