BioTechX USA is a premier conference and exhibition focused on diagnostics, precision medicine, and digital transformation in pharma and healthcare. It features over 80 leading solution providers for drug discovery, data management, and AI.
Visit ZONTAL at Booth 407 from September 29–30 in Boston to see firsthand how our scientific data infrastructure connects instruments, standardizes analytical data, and accelerates decision-making across regulated pharma R&D.
ZONTAL's Keynote Presentation
Track: FAIR Data: Management, Storage and Architecture
Date & Time: Day 1 — September 29, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Speaker: Bill Russo, Vice President of Sales & Strategy
From Paperless Labs to Defensible Decisions: Evidence Infrastructure for Scientific AI
Pharmaceutical research and development (R&D) laboratories have made major progress toward paperless workflows. Electronic lab notebooks (ELNs), laboratory information management systems (LIMS), and chromatography data systems (CDS) capture measurements digitally. Yet when a model flags an atypical impurity trend or recommends a formulation change, scientists often cannot trace that recommendation through instrument calibration, method validation, sample history, and study context to the original measurements. The data is digital; the evidence chain remains fragmented.
This keynote introduces evidence infrastructure: governed, bidirectional provenance created as data flows from instruments to scientific decisions. Grounded in the ICAD Principles (Integrate → Contextualize → Analyze → Decide), each integration enriches a scientific context graph. Typed relationships link analytical results to methods, specifications, stability protocols, batch genealogy, instrument state, and regulatory submissions. As these connections accumulate, the context graph becomes an operational knowledge graph whose conclusions remain traceable to source evidence.
The talk shows why evidence chains should be created during ingestion rather than reconstructed for each AI deployment, and how this supports scientific review, human oversight, and evolving transparency expectations. Attendees will leave with practical architectural patterns for assessing whether their digital lab produces accessible data alone or defensible evidence for scientific AI.
Featured Speaker
Bill Russo
Vice President of Sales & Strategy, ZONTAL
Bill is a dynamic sales leader with a proven track record of success in driving revenue growth and fostering strategic partnerships. Currently serving as the Vice President of Sales & Strategy at ZONTAL, he has been instrumental in guiding commercial strategies and achieving remarkable growth across global life sciences accounts.
With extensive experience spanning various industries and leadership roles—including positions at Arxspan, IDBS, Core Informatics, and NuGenesis—Bill brings a wealth of expertise in building client relationships, understanding lab informatics ecosystems, and delivering tailored enterprise solutions. His commitment to excellence has made him a trusted partner for clients worldwide.