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Day 1 Livestream

Day 2 Livestream

Time Zone: (UTC+11:00) Melbourne [Change Time Zone]
8:30 AM
Welcome to Country Ceremony
Ballroom
 
9:00 AM
Plenary Opening Remarks
Ballroom
Tiffany Boughtwood
Oliver Hofmann
9:15 AM
Keynote: Towards a genomics equity agenda: lessons from Indigenous Australians
Ballroom
Alex Brown
Ewan Birney
10:00 AM
Equity, diversity, and sovereignty: advances in Indigenous genomics
Ballroom
Nadine Caron, "The Ongoing Chase for Equity: One Indigenous Canadian’s perspective on the potential of genomics"
Azure Hermes, "Building resources the right way: Reflecting Indigenous Community perspectives and priorities."
Jimmy Breen, "Building data systems for Indigenous Australians"
Anjene Musick
11:00 AM
Break and poster session
 
 
11:30 AM
Community-driven genomic implementation
Ballroom
Tamra Lysaght, "Engaging Diverse Communities on the Ethics and Governance of Genome Data Sharing: Experiences from Singapore"
Sean Murray, "The impact of community advocacy in supporting translation of health innovation"
Catalina Lopez-Correa, "Evidence based genomic testing: a scientist and patient perspective"
Tiffany Boughtwood
12:30 PM
Lunch
 
 
2:00 PM
Keynote: With, not for: increasing participation of Indigenous populations in medical genomics research by prioritising their ethical frameworks
Ballroom
Phil Wilcox
John Clarkson
2:45 PM
The changing face of genomic technologies
Ballroom
Joseph Powell, "Transitioning cellular genomics into the clinic"
Alan Rubin, "MaveDB: An international community database for functional assay data"
Eimear Kenny, "Population genetics in an era of genomic health"
Jianjun Liu, "A comprehensive exploration of a fully phased diploid Indian genome towards the creation of Asian Pangenome Reference"
Kahlil Lawless
4:00 PM
Break
 
 
4:30 PM
Evening talk show: AI in genomics
Ballroom
Enrico Coiera
Daniel MacArthur
Jeannie Marie Paterson
Bianca Nogrady
9:00 AM
Plenary Opening Remarks Day 2
Ballroom
 
9:15 AM
Keynote: NHS Genomic Medicine Service: advancements, challenges, and future trends
Ballroom
Sue Hill
Kathryn North
10:00 AM
Advances in health genomic translation: new frontiers of clinical implementation
Ballroom
Gunadi, "Implementation of Genomic Medicine in Low-Middle Income Country - Lesson Learned from Indonesia"
Ee Shien Tan, "Harnessing genomics to impact patient care- the Singapore experience"
Lama AlAbdi, "Founder Variants in Arabia: Catalysts of Precision Medicine and Beyond"
Heidi Rehm
11:00 AM
Break and poster session
 
 
11:30 AM
GA4GH standards, products, and initiatives
Ballroom
Dianne Nicol, "Measuring the uptake of ethics and data governance policies in genomics"
Alex Wagner, "Clinical applications of GA4GH Genomic Knowledge Standards for scalable (re)interpretation of paediatric cancer variants."
Jordi Rambla, "Why do we need a Beacon?"
Laszlo Radvanyi
12:30 PM
Lunch
 
 
Strategic Leadership Committee (lunch meeting by invitation)
 
 
2:00 PM
Keynote: Genomic landscape of the Indonesian Archipelago: unveiling diversity from West to East
Ballroom
Herawati Sudoyo
Rob Annan
2:45 PM
The progress and power in understudied populations
Ballroom
Eva Maria Cutiongco de la Paz, "Strategies, Standards and Sustainable Frameworks for the Filipino Genome Sequencing Initiative"
Tábita Hünemeier, "Exploring Brazilian genomic admixture for medical and evolutionary research"
Syahril Abdullah, "MyGenom: Establishing a reference genome for precision medicine in Malaysia"
Kenjiro Kosaki, "Japan's National Projects for the Implementation of Genomic Medicine"
Étienne Richer
4:00 PM
Afternoon coffee and tea
 
 
Time Zone: (UTC+11:00) Melbourne [Change Time Zone]