Program

The program is available here. Last updated 28th April 2008.

Keynote Speakers

Keynote Lecture
Myles Axton, Editor Nature Genetics
Microattribution for community annotation of the human genome

Keynote Lecture
Garry Cutting, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Complementing Mutation-Driven Databases with Phenotype-Rich Repositories: The Clinical and Functional Translation of CFTR (CFTR2) Project

Keynote Lecture
James O’Leary, COO, Genetic Alliance
Openness and Collaboration in the Variome

Discussion Leaders

Ethics
Sue Povey / Jan Helge Solbakk

Data Collection from Clinics
TBA / Gabriela Möslein

Data Collection from Laboratories
Graham R. Taylor / C. Sue Richards

Data Transfer & Databasing (Gene Specific/LSDB)
Johan T. den Dunnen / Arleen D. Auerbach

Overall Data Integration & Access
Donna Maglott / Anthony J. Brookes

Assessment of Pathogenicity
Marc Greenblatt / Sean Tavtigian

Publication, Credit & Incentives
Myles Axton / John Burn

Developing/Emerging Countries & Worldwide Collection
Joji Utsunomiya / Raj Ramesar

Funding Mechanisms & Governance
Michael Katz / Richard G.H. Cotton / Daniela Seminara

Pilot Projects
Finlay Macrae / Samir Brahmachari