GM

UPCOMING EVENT

General
Meeting
DATES
February 5-8, 2024
LOCATION
Orlando, Florida

This is the preeminent genome science and technology conference for top global researchers, leaders and innovators.

Francis

GENERAL MEETING PREVIOUS SPEAKER

Francis
Collins
WORK
National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Two decades of breathtaking progress in genomics – but the best is yet to come

Dr Marco

GENERAL MEETING PREVIOUS SPEAKER

Dr. Marco
Marra
WORK
Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre

Towards a Canadian national program for genomic profiling of treatment resistant cancers

Elodie

GENERAL MEETING PREVIOUS SPEAKER

Elodie
Ghedin
WORK
New York University

Characterizing influenza virus diversity within and across infected hosts, and the interactions of microbes in the respiratory tract, to better understand the dynamics of viral transmission

Richard M Myers

GENERAL MEETING PREVIOUS SPEAKER

Richard
M. Myers
WORK
HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology

How allelic variation and gene expression changes contribute to human traits, including diseases, behaviors and other phenotypes

Luis Diaz

GENERAL MEETING PREVIOUS SPEAKER

Luis
Diaz
WORK
Johns Hopkins Hospital

Clinical development of tumor-derived DNA as a biomarker for cancer screening, early detection, monitoring and measurement of early residual disease.

Elaine Mardis

GENERAL MEETING PREVIOUS SPEAKER

Elaine
Mardis
WORK
Nationwide Children's Hospital

Co-Executive Director of the institute for Genomic Medicine at Nationwide Children's Hospital and the Nationwide Foundation: Endowed Chair of Genomic Medicine

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ABOUT

The General Meeting is AGBT’s flagship event for bringing together global leaders, researchers, and innovators.

Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) delivers a premier experience where heads of labs, institutions, businesses, financial analysts and other high-level stakeholders come together to advance the field and drive game-changing innovation. Significant scientific advances are announced and showcased, science and industry forge enduring partnerships, and significant investments and notable acquisitions are made.

Learn More about Sponsorship – contact Sarahw@agbt.org.

The meeting format includes daytime plenary sessions that feature invited speakers and abstract-selected talks that highlight cutting-edge research across the broad landscape of genomics. The evening concurrent session includes experimental and computational approaches for effectively utilizing the latest DNA sequencing technologies.

993

Attendees

188

Universities and Governments

239

Companies

130

CEOS, CMOS, and CSOS

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2023 FEATURED SPEAKERS

Alex Cagan

Researcher at Wellcome Sanger Institute Alex Cagan investigates evolutionary processes in somatic tissue. His research focuses on characterising mutation and selection in healthy tissues and how this relates to cancer [...]
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Solenne Correard

Research associate at the Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer, Vancouver, Canada. Solenne is a molecular biologist and bioinformatician passionate about the complexity of human and non-human genomes, [...]
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Love Dalen

Professor at Centre for Palaeogenetics, Stockholm, University Love Dalen's general research interests are focused on the use of DNA technology to investigate the ecology and evolution of different species, and how [...]
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Dame Sue Hill 

Chief Scientific Officer at NHS England Professor Dame Sue Hill OBE PhD DSC CBiol FRSB Hon FRCP Hon FRCPath is the Chief Scientific Officer for England – providing expert clinical [...]
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Carolyn Hogg

Population Biologist at The University of Sydney Carolyn has been working on the conservation of threatened species for over twenty-five years both in Australia and overseas. She is currently the [...]
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Duncan MacCannell

Chief Science Officer at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/ Office of Advanced Molecular Detection Duncan MacCannell is the chief science officer for the CDC’s Office of Advanced Molecular Detection [...]
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Judith Mank

Professor and Lab Director at The University of British Columbia Judith Mark uses evolutionary, genomic, and population genetic tools to ask fundamental questions related to how selection acts on males [...]
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Alicia Martin

Assistant Investigator at Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit at Mass General Research Institute and Harvard Medical School Alicia R. Martin, Ph.D., is an Instructor in Investigation at the Analytic & Translational [...]
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Karen Miga

Assistant Professor at UC Santa Cruz Karen Miga, assistant professor of biomolecular engineering at UC Santa Cruz, was named one of the 100 most influential people of 2022 by TIME. The [...]
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Freda Miller

Deputy Director and Professor at The University of British Columbia Dr. Miller joins UBC from the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, where she was a Senior Scientist and Professor [...]
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Benedict Paten

Associate Professor at University of California, Santa Cruz Dr. Benedict Paten is an associate professor in the Department of Biomolecular Engineering at the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) and [...]
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Pardis Sabeti

Professor at Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Dr. Sabeti’s lab focuses on developing new analytical and genomic methods to study evolutionary adaptation and genetic diversity in humans and pathogens, [...]
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Beth Shapiro

Professor at University of California, Santa Cruz Beth Shapiro is an evolutionary biologist who specializes in the genetics of ice age animals and plants. As Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at [...]
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Winston Timp

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hoplins University Winston Timp, an associate professor of biomedical engineering, focuses on the development and application of sequencing technologies to gain a deeper [...]
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2023 SPONSORS

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Silver Sponsors

Bronze Sponsors

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Contributing Sponsors

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Elinor Karlsson

Elinor Karlsson, PhD, is associate professor in Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology at the UMass Chan Medical School, and director of Vertebrate Genomics at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. […]

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Penelope Bonnen

As an Associate Professor at Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Bonnen is applying her acumen in bioinformatics and human genetics to gene discovery studies for an array of phenotypes and […]

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Kimberly Doheny

Dr. Kimberly Doheny is an Associate Professor of Genetic Medicine and Pathology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.  She is Director of the Center for Inherited Disease Research, […]

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Stacey Gabriel

Institute Scientist and Senior Director of the Genomics Platform, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Stacey Gabriel is Senior Director of the Genomics Platform at Broad Institute, and has led […]

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Eric D. Green

Dr. Eric Green is the Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). He is the third NHGRI Director, having been […]

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Martin Hirst

Dr. Hirst is a Senior Scientist and Head of Epigenomics at Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre at BC Cancer, Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Associate […]

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Christopher E. Mason

Dr. Christopher Mason is a Professor of Genomics, Physiology, and Biophysics at Weill Cornell Medicine and the Director of the WorldQuant Initiative for Quantitative Prediction. He is also co-Founder and […]

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John D. McPherson

Dr. McPherson is the Deputy Director of the UCD Comprehensive Cancer Center and Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine. He has deep expertise in DNA sequencing and cancer genomics […]

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Stephen B. Montgomery

Stephen Montgomery’s laboratory at Stanford University studies genetic effects on gene regulation and gene expression to identify the molecular and cellular mechanisms which define human traits. They focus on understanding […]

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Federica Di Palma

Federica Di Palma, is a Professor at the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom and the Founder and Director of Science is Global strategy and consulting. She is […]

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Len Pennacchio

Dr. Len Pennacchio is a Senior Scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL), Deputy Director of the DOE Joint Genome Institute, and Adjunct Professor at the University of California Berkeley.  […]

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Beth Shapiro

Beth Shapiro is an evolutionary biologist who specializes in the genetics of ice age animals and plants. As Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UC Santa Cruz and HHMI […]

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Michael Zody

Dr. Michael Zody is a computational biologist with over 15 years of experience writing bioinformatic software, analyzing genomic and transcriptomic sequence data, and managing engineers and researchers. He serves as […]

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Testimonials

Plenary speakers were fantastic and the one-on-one time with vendors is incredibly valuable.  No other meeting gives us this opportunity.

2023 AGBT General Meeting Attendee

It’s no wonder AGBT is internally renowned….Amazing speakers, cutting-edge science, and incredible networking opportunities.

2023 AGBT General Meeting Attendee

AGBT is the best meeting I attend all year.  In terms of content, the balance of talks/topics, variability of poster sessions, and the new collaborations that start.

2023 AGBT General Meeting Attendee