The GA4GH 8th Plenary Meeting has ended.

Thank you for your participation!

Working Meetings

September 28 & October 1

Plenary Meetings

September 29 & September 30

REVIEW THE PLENARY PROGRAMME

Days 1 and 2 of the main Plenary Meeting will include  keynote talkspanel discussions, and breakout sessions over the course of four blocks convenient to global time zones

Primary Audience: The broad genomics and health community

REVIEW THE WORKING MEETINGS

The main Plenary event will be bookended by working meetings  on September 28 and October 1. These deeply collaborative sessions will advance GA4GH standards development.

Primary Audience: Active GA4GH contributors

CONNECT WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES

To facilitate networking, attendees can use Slack for asynchronous discussions, network with colleagues in the Spatial.Chat lounge, and  schedule 1:1 meetings with new and old colleagues.

Primary Audience: All attendees

SIGN IN TO VIEW YOUR PERSONAL AGENDA

Once you've registered for 8th Plenary, sign in to view all the sessions and meetings you have registered for or scheduled. Once the meeting begins, all zoom links we be accessible on your agenda when you are signed in.

Primary Audience: All attendees

Share your story at our virtual videobooth!

The GA4GH Plenary Videobooth is back this year...but in a virtual format! Throughout the meeting, we invite you to record a short video on the importance of genomics and related health data sharing. To learn more and submit your recording, click here.

Event Details

The GA4GH 8th Plenary Meeting will be held virtually on September 29 – September 30, 2020. The 8th Plenary will bring together organizations and stakeholders from the genomics and health community for two days of keynotes, talks, updates, and workshops that will focus on advancing development work for the immediate data sharing needs of the community. The meeting will consist of four session blocks convenient to different time zones. All talks will be available online after the meeting.

For questions regarding meeting program, logistics, and sponsorship opportunities, please contact Justina Chung.

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8th Plenary Programme Commitee

Meg Doerr, Sage Bionetworks, USA

Hidewaki Nakagawa, RIKEN, Japan

Oliver Hofmann, University of Melbourne Center for Cancer Research, Australia

Yann Joly, McGill University, Canada

Laura Paglione, Spherical Cow Group, USA

Melanie Courtot, EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute, UK

Alan Christoffels, South African National Bioinformatics Institute, South Africa

Mamana Mbiyavanga, University of Cape Town, South Africa