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Clinical Genomic Analysis Workshop 2014

Sunday June 15, 2014
Organized by IBM Research – Haifa and Edmond J. Safra Center for Bioinformatics at Tel-Aviv University

You are cordially invited to participate in a one-day leadership seminar on clinical genomic analysis, to be held Sunday, June 15, 2014, from 9:30 to 17:00 at the IBM Research lab, on the University of Haifa campus in Haifa, Israel. Lunch and light refreshments will be served. Participation is free but registration is required.

This full-day workshop will provide a forum for the research and development communities from both academia and industry to share their work, exchange ideas, and discuss issues, problems, and works-in-progress. The forum will also address future research directions and trends in the area of personalized healthcare and the use of "omics" and Big Data technologies for optimizing the individual care.

Participation is free but registration is required.
Parking is available in the IBM parking lot following registration.
Please confirm your participation by June 8, via the seminar registration page.

This workshop is co-located with the Medical Informatics Innovation seminar to be held on June 16.

Program

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09:30

Registration

10:00

Welcome

10:10

Genomic Analytics with IBM Watson,
Ajay Royyuru, IBM Research

10:35

Policy Making to Advance Clinical Frontiers,
Arnon Afek, Israel Ministry of Health

11:00

Personalized Medicine in Teva: From Bench to Bedside,
Iris Grossman, Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries

11:25

Break

12:00

Even the Best Genome Sequencer Needs a Solid Bench,
Raz Somech, Sheba Medical Center

12:25

Tuberculosis: Can Genomics Enhance the Accuracy and Speed of Appropriate Treatment Selection?,
Bill Bishai, Johns Hopkins Center for Tuberculosis Research

12:50

Panel: Can Genomics Really Personalize Therapy?,
Isaac Kohane, David Sidransky, Iris Grossman, and Ajay Royyuru

13:30

Lunch and Poster Session

15:15

Mouse Avatars in Personalized Cancer Treatment,
David Sidransky, Johns Hopkins University

15:40

Keynote: Co-opting the Phenome and the Incidentalome for Better Genomic Medicine,
Isaac Kohane, Co-Director, Center for Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School

16:25

Closing remarks

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