Plenary agenda (6 to 7 October)

This year, 13th Plenary will begin with two days of keynote talks and presentations, followed by three days of working meetings. Below, you will find the schedule for the Plenary portion of the meeting.

6 to 7 October 2025 • 13th Plenary meeting: The global genomics community comes together to learn about and discuss challenges and opportunities in data sharing and interoperability.

8 to 10 October 2025 • Connect working sessions: GA4GH active contributors work to advance standards and policy frameworks for genomic and health data sharing. Go to the Connect schedule >

9:00 AM - 9:20 AM
 
9:20 AM - 9:50 AM
Patrick Tan, Precision Health Research, Singapore
9:50 AM - 11:00 AM
Said Ismail, College of Health and Life Sciences, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation
Binay Panda, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Hyun-Young Park, National Institute of Health, Republic of Korea
Jorge Meléndez Zajgla, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica (INMEGEN)
Rob Annan, Genome Canada
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
 
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Annemieke Ålenius, Swedish eHealth Network
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Sandrine Richard, Ethik-IA
Kjetil Tasken, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo
Samuli Ripatti, University of Helsinki
Melissa Konopko, ELIXIR Hub
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
 
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Nara Sobreira, Johns Hopkins University
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Marko Malenic, The University of Melbourne
Mamana Mbiyavanga, eLwazi, University of Cape Town
Frederik Otzen Bagger, Center for Genomic Medicine, Rigshospitalet
Wendi Bacon, HDR UK
Mallory Freeberg, EMBL-EBI
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
 
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Mercury Shitindo, Africa Bioethics Network
Tazro Ohta, Institute for Advanced Academic Research / Graduate School of Medicine at Chiba University
Paul Franks, Lund University
Bogi Eliasen, Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
 
9:00 AM - 9:20 AM
 
9:20 AM - 9:50 AM
Carolina Vitabäck, Barncancerfonden Södra
9:50 AM - 11:00 AM
James Buchanan, Queen Mary University of London
Christian Marshall, The Hospital for Sick Children and the University of Toronto
Lauren Maxwell, Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, University of Heidelberg
Wee Hwee Lin, National University of Singapore
Kenneth Baillie, University of Edinburgh
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
 
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Richard Rosenquist Brandell, Karolinska University / Genomic Medicine Sweden
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Frédérique Nowak, Inserm
Jakris Eu-ahsunthornwattana, Genomics Thailand
Tomi P. Mäkelä, Finnish Cancer Center FICAN
Sergi Beltran, Centre Nacional d'Anàlisi Genòmica (CNAG)
Sue Hill, NHS England
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
 
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Ewan Birney, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Ma'n H. Zawati, McGill University, Centre of Genomics and Policy
Mathias Ekman, Microsoft, World Wide Health and Life Science team
Joep de Ligt, Hartwig Medical Foundation
Nevenka Dimitrova, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Tobias Hamp, Illumina
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
 
Time Zone: (UTC+02:00) Stockholm [Change Time Zone]