XXXI Symposium on Bioinformatics and Computer-Aided Drug Discovery (BCADD-2025)
Emerging Challenges and Opportunities for In Silico Drug Discovery
20-22 October, 2025
Virtual
Emerging Challenges and Opportunities for In Silico Drug Discovery
15 January 2025 – 25 September 2025: Registration.
1 February 2025 – 31 August 2025: Oral talks' abstract submission.
18 September 2025: Confirmation of oral talks acceptance
25 September 2025: Deadline for abstracts & E-posters submission
1 October - 22 October 2025: Poster session
8 October 2025: Selection of young scientists for flash presentations
8 October 2025: Publication of the final program
20 – 22 October 2025: Symposium
The objective of the Symposium is to present the recent research findings in computer-aided drug discovery and development including the biological pathways analysis, target identification and validation, in silico design of safer and more potent pharmaceutical agents, optimization of their structures and properties by AI/ML methods, options for increasing efficacy of pharmacotherapy in clinical practice, as well as discussing the general trends in this multidisciplinary field. The organizers believe that the Symposium should foster the information exchange and fruitful discussions and become a platform for establishing network in the professional community to form new collaborative teams. Active participation of both skilled researchers and young scientists is crucial to the success of the Symposium. No registration fee is requested.
XXXI Symposium on Bioinformatics and Computer-Aided Drug Discovery will be held online on October 20-22, 2025. The number of participants is limited to 420 due to the technical constraints. The Symposium organizers will strictly adhere to the deadline policy in the management of the processes. Any materials submitted after the deadline will not be considered.
XXXI Symposium on Bioinformatics and Computer-Aided Drug Discovery continues traditions of the Symposia started in 1995 at the initiative of the Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Archakov. Alexander Archakov and Vladimir Poroikov co-chaired the first one, held in the framework of the Second Russian National Congress “Man and Drugs” (Moscow, 12-15 April 1995). The subsequent Symposia were being organized annually by the Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Nikolai Zefirov and Professor Vladimir Poroikov. Since 2018 Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vladimir Poroikov and Professor Roman Efremov are the Symposium’s Co-Chairs.
Starting from 2021, because of the COVID-2019 pandemic, the Symposiums on Bioinformatics and Computer-Aided Drug Discovery were held online using the cloud video conferencing platform. Programs, presentations, videos, and other materials of a previous Symposiums are available on the 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 Symposium’s websites.
Considering the urgent need for international cooperation to overcome the emerging challenges, we continue to hold the Symposium as an International event, where all lectures, oral talks, and brief communications will be presented in English.
To extend the possibilities of communication and discussions, the poster session will be held in the framework of the Symposium.
Posters of young scientists will be evaluated by the International Scientific Committee. Twelve young scientists will be selected for flash presentations at the Young Scientists’ Contest, and Diplomas will award the winners.
The Symposia on Bioinformatics and Computer-Aided Drug Discovery are arranged by scientists for scientists; neither commercial entity is involved in preparing the meeting nor registration fee is requested.
We look forward to seeing you at the XXXI Symposium on Bioinformatics and Computer-Aided Drug Discovery!
Symposium platform
Laboratory of Structure-Function Based Drug Design
The International Organizing Committee of the BCADD-2025
The Local Organizing Committee of the BCADD-2025
Proceedings of the Symposium will be availible in electronic form.
Proceedings Book will contain the Greetings to the participants, Program of the Symposium, accepted Abstracts, and the Author Index.
Proceedings Book will have the ISBN and DOI identifiers, and will be included in the RSCI (Russian Science Citation Index) database.
Proceedings of the previous Symposium are available at the BCADD-2024 web page.
Young Scientists’ Contest
Young scientists initially submit abstracts
Evaluation of the flash presentations will be carried out by the members of Special Committee: Committee members will ask questions and get answers from the speakers like any other participants of the Symposium.
The best presentations will be awarded First, Second and Third Degree.
The Local Organizing Committee of the BCADD-2025
