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With over 20 years in the audiovisual industry, Leon Prather has worked extensively in both the technical and creative sides of AV. You can find him writing about topics like product management, entertainment technology news, and whatever geeky notion catches his attention today. Recently, he was named to Commercial Integrator's 40 Influencers Under 40 list for 2025. https://www.leonprather.com

Ritu Dhand was appointed Chief Scientific Officer, Springer Nature in January 2022. In this role, she is responsible for championing and driving editorial excellence across the Springer Nature Journals Portfolio. She is committed to promoting open and inclusive publishing values and ensuring trust in research publishing. The role builds upon a foundation in publishing as Vice President Nature Journals, where she oversaw the editorial strategy and management of Nature, Nature Communications, and the Nature Research and Review Journals.   Her scientific career has spanned across research and publishing, with first hand experience as a cancer editor on Nature before being promoted to the position of Nature, Chief Biological Sciences Editor, overseeing all the research published and managing the life Sciences team for 13 years. Prior to that, she spent over 10 years in cancer research, completing her PhD at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research and University College London, London and her postdoctoral studies at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto.

Combining customer needs, data and company’s vision, I bring our membership to life. I have a wealth of experience in managing event programs and digital content offerings. Working for various companies, including Gartner, I’ve spent most of my career developing content for data executives. Trained as a journalist, I am great at putting a spotlight on other people’s stories. I am enthusiastic about using data to create personalised experiences. I am also passionate about psychology, parenting tricks and French language.

Searchlight networks bring hyper-relevant groups of forward-thinking leaders together to share valuable experiences and solve common problems, helping members move forward faster. We build collaborative communities for the most invested companies engaged in the most cutting-edge scientific pursuits to plug into a highly-focused professional network. In doing so, we provide year-round opportunities to engage online and in-person and access to value-adding resources to help get better drugs to patients faster.