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“BBMRI – Biobanking for Science” Conference
September 23-25, 2010
Novotel Amsterdam City, Amsterdam, NL
On September 23-25, 2010, the BBMRI consortium will organise the “BBMRI – Biobanking for Science” conference focusing on scientific excellence in the various aspects of biobanking at the Novotel Amsterdam City, Amsterdam, NL.
The conference "BBMRI - Biobanking for Science” brings together leading scientists in the field, young scientists, biobanking managers and practitioners to discuss the science and new approaches in cutting edge biobank research.
The meeting is organised by the BBMRI Steering Committee, Work Package Leaders and Chairs, the Executive Management Team from the Medical University Graz and the University of Turku. The local organiser is Professor Gert-Jan van Ommen from Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC), NL, scientific director of BBMRI-NL.
Agenda
Conference registration:
Registration is now open until September 3rd. To register, please send an email to
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. Participants are responsible for their own accommodation booking (see below). Registration will be on a first-come, first-served basis and limited, in principle, to two people per location. Additional registrations will be allotted depending on interest and capacity.
Hotel reservation:
Novotel Amsterdam City offers guest rooms to meeting registrants at a special rate of 149 EUR per night for single use including breakfast. If you plan to stay at the Novotel, please use the following hotel reservation form.
Novotel Amsterdam City Hotel is a 4-star hotel in the heart of Amsterdam's business district, right by the Amsterdam RAI Exhibition and Convention Center and close to the WTC. RAI station is only a short walk away and offers frequent connections to Amsterdam city center and Schiphol.
Poster presentation:
The presentation of scientific posters is encouraged. Abstracts (300 words, including contact details and title) should be submitted to
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. The deadline for submission is September 3rd 2010. Authors will be notified by Dr. Heli Salminen. They will be approved for presentation on the basis of quality and originality. All accepted abstracts will be published on the conference website.
Contacts:
General queries, registration:
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Poster presentations, programme:
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Sponsoring:
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Data Sharing International Conference
September 20- 22, St Hugh's College, Oxford
With the aid of technology and the support of funders, data sharing is now possible on a scale that has not been possible before. With a click of a mouse, sequence and research datasets located in different countries around the world can be accessed with ease. Large infrastructures are being built to allow the comparison of many samples so that we can understand the aetiology of common diseases. These developments are changing scientific practice, as well as raising a number of technological, legal, ethical and social challenges for people working in the field of genomics. How should data-generators be rewarded for their efforts to the scientific community? Can we promise anonymity of research participants when whole sequences and phenotypic data are being used for research purposes? What is the best way to harmonise different datasets collected for different purposes? Should participants be fed back individual findings? Are our national research governance systems adequate to cope with global data sharing? The purpose of this conference is to bring together leaders in the field to discuss the issues raised by data sharing in genomics as well as bringing experts from other domains to add a new dimension to these debates. The conference will use a conversation format, using panels focussed on specific questions to generate insights into these issues.
Rather than traditional conference formats of pre-prepared presentations, we will develop a fully discursive approach in order to stimulate debate in this area and to develop current thinking within the research community. By asking speakers to address specific questions, and limiting presentations to 15 minutes followed by an open discussion, we hope to encourage an active process of developing ideas rather than simply transferring information from the speaker to the audience. See http://www.is-conference.com/ for some ideas on using technology to make things more interactive. We will have one opening plenary session, and plenaries at the beginning and end of the day on Tuesday and Wednesday. We will have three panellists on each, which we will fund. The aim is for them to have people with diverse views and expertise but to be focussed on specific questions. We will have to decide what theme we think are the important ones for the plenaries.
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