Agenda

 

8:30 am
Registration, breakfast & swag pickup
 
9:00 am
Opening remarks | Incoming SSDC Chair / Vice Chairs 

9:30 am
Director Remarks | Todd Golub

10:00 am
Awards Ceremony | Recognition Committee 

10:15 am
Awardee Conversation
 

10:30 am
Lightning Talks

10:45 am
Coffee Break

11:00 am
Morning Social

11:45 am
Lunch - Food trucks!
The Chubby Chickpea & Bon Me
 

1:00 pm
Alumni Panel Discussion
- Josh Bittker, Senior Director, Head of High Throughput Human Biology, Vertex Pharmaceuticals 
- Nicole Desch, Principal Scientist, Microbiome, Johnson & Johnson
- Eleanor Howe, Founder & CEO of Diamond Age Data Science
- Suzanne Jacobs Distinguished Scientist in the Genomic Medicine Unit, Sanofi

1:50 pm
Career Development Panel Discussion
- Moony Tseng, Associate Director, Cell Line Factory
- Ray Jones, Group Leader, Computational Biology
- Nina Farrell, Project Leader, Epigenomics 

2:35 pm
Coffee Break / Dessert

2:55 pm 
Finding Your Voice Session with Claire Fry

3:40pm
Closing Remarks

4:00 pm
Boarding begins for social

4:15 - 6:15pm
Charles I Riverboat Cruise