The 9ADD workshop (26–30 January 2026) is an international hybrid event hosted by Palacký University Olomouc that focuses on modern in silico approaches to drug design, combining lectures and hands-on tutorials in structure-based and ligand-based drug discovery, including molecular docking, molecular dynamics, pharmacophores, QSAR, de novo design, and deep learning, delivered by leading experts from academia and industry.
In addition to the educational program, the workshop includes an excursion to IMTM facilities and features a competitive challenge in which participants - working individually or in teams - apply computational methods to prioritize compounds against a real biological target from a blind dataset, aiming to maximize true active hit discovery within a limited time. The best-performing predictions will be ranked on a leaderboard, rewarded with prizes, and considered for prospective compound purchasing and experimental validation, thereby directly linking computational modeling with real-world drug discovery outcomes.
