SMARTCHEM 2026

Bengaluru, India
Janaury 15-17, 2026

Join us as we showcase retrosynthesis and green route design at St Joseph’s University’s three-day international chemistry conference.

SMARTCHEM 2026 brings together researchers across AI, sustainability, and materials—exactly where SYNTHIA Retrosynthesis Software helps teams move faster with greater confidence. SYNTHIA combines expert‑coded reaction rules with powerful algorithms to generate diverse, feasible, and filterable synthetic routes from millions of commercially available building blocks, accelerating decision-making and reducing risk in discovery and scale-up. Our decision-support capabilities also help teams prioritize greener options and avoid hazardous reagents, aligning to the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry and practical route-optimization case studies.

Overview

  • Conference: SMARTCHEM 2026 – Convergence of Healthcare, Artificial Intelligence, Nanomaterials, and Sustainability
  • Host/venue: Department of Chemistry, School of Chemical Sciences, St Joseph’s University, Bengaluru
  • Format: 3 days of keynotes, parallel sessions, posters, and awards
  • Core scientific themes:
    • AI-driven molecular design and computational chemistry
    • Nanomaterials for energy, environment, and healthcare
  • Sustainable chemistry and the circular economy
  • Advanced materials characterization and smart devices [from flyer]

Who should stop by

  • Medicinal, process, and materials chemists seeking robust alternative disconnections and greener routes
  • Data scientists and informatics teams integrating retrosynthesis or SAS scoring data into KNIME, Pipeline Pilot, or notebooks via API
  • Program leads balancing speed, cost, and sustainability in discovery and early development 
     

About SYNTHIA 

Expert‑coded by chemists and engineered by computer scientists, SYNTHIA helps teams quickly discover novel and practical pathways for new and published targets, from commercial or in‑house starting materials. With advanced filtering, literature-backed context, and integrated export/shopping-list tools, SYNTHIA speeds route design, collaboration, and procurement—while supporting greener decision-making

Next steps

  • Want a private demo slot during SMARTCHEM 2026? Contact us and reference “SMARTCHEM” so we can schedule time tailored to your targets and workflows.

  • Prefer to try SYNTHIA now? Start with a free trial

     

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Speaker

Prasad Bidwe,
Senior Sales and Product Specialist for Digital Chemistry Solutions, Asia Pacific Region

Prasad Bidwe holds an MSc in Organic Chemistry from Pune University and advanced management training from IIM Calcutta and IIM Kozhikode, Prasad brings over eight years of hands-on research experience in collaborative drug discovery. He now leads the promotion of SYNTHIA® retrosynthesis software and the AI-powered AIDDISON platform, empowering researchers across Asia Pacific to accelerate innovation in drug discovery.

Dr Markus Obkircher,
Director, Biochemistry R&D, Merck Life Science, Bengaluru

Markus Obkircher is Director at Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, Life Science heading Chemistry’s Customer Solution R&D unit with a strong focus on APAC out of Bangalore, India. He is responsible for the co-creation of customized turnkey solutions or kits through collaborations and for the development of applications and workflows with the APAC applications labs. Prior to this appointment, he was leading the Reference Materials and Proficiency Testing R&D division with teams in the US, UK and Switzerland. He joined Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany / Sigma-Aldrich in 2013 after heading a development unit for a custom API manufacturer for nine years. He completed his post-doctoral studies at Harvard in Boston and his PhD thesis in Basel, and further holds an executive MBA degree from the University of Zurich.