An Evening with Flagship Pioneering

Founders & Funders is bringing Flagship Pioneering to Oxford.Flagship Pioneering is the firm behind Moderna, with $14 billion in assets under management and created 100+ ventures across AI, health, and sustainable agriculture.

Meet the team. Explore their Fellowship programme. Discover where your research could take you beyond the lab.Join fellow DPhil students, postdocs and early-career researchers for talks, conversation and drinks at St Luke’s Chapel. Hear how Flagship builds companies around bold scientific ideas—and how researchers can get involved.

Considering starting a company? Exploring opportunities beyond academia? Simply curious? Come along. No business idea or business experience needed.

Programme

17:00–17:30: Welcome and Networking

17:30–18:30: Talks

18:30–20:00: Drinks and Networking

📍 Venue: St Luke’s Chapel, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, 35 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6GG📅 Date: Tuesday, 3 November 2026🕔 Time: 17:00–20:00Speakers: Brad Coleman, PhD Director, Flagship Pioneering Fellowship & Talent DevelopmentChristoforos Anagnostopoulos, PhDChief Causal AI Officer, ValoLena Afeyan, PhD MBAHead of UK Science Strategy and Innovation, Flagship Pioneering, and Former FellowGrigori Guitchounts, PhDFlagship Pioneering Senior Associate and 2022 Summer AI FellowSutha SatkunarajahVice President, Strategy and Operations

🔬 Who’s it for? Researchers, innovators and curious minds across all disciplines—from AI and engineering to health and sustainable agriculture. Whether you’re in academia, working in industry or exploring your next move, come discover where your ideas could take you.Want to meet the Flagship Pioneering team before the event? They’re holding office hours from 13:00 to 16:00 at Oxford Edge. To apply, please email [email protected] with your preferred 30-minute slot and a few sentences about why you’d like to meet them. Please note that capacity is limited and slots are not guaranteed, so we recommend applying as soon as possible.

Hosted by Founders & Funders Foundation and Flagship Pioneering.

Questions? Contact [email protected].