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Strategic Planning News and Events March 19, 2019
This timeline chronicles news and activities from the Genomics2020 strategic planning process. The calendar entries below include event summaries.
April 15-26, 2020
Initial Draft of the 2020 NHGRI Strategic Plan: Feedback and Comment Period Past
November 19, 2019
12:00 - 2:00 p.m. Eastern
NHGRI Genomic Data Science Virtual Town Hall
October 31, 2019
12:00 - 2:00 p.m. Eastern
October 26, 2019
5:30 - 7:00 p.m. - NHGRI-NIMH Strategic Planning Session
Anaheim, CA
World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics Event
October 25, 2019
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. - ELSI Affinity Group
1:45 – 3:15 p.m. - Integrating the Past and Future of ELSI Research: A Strategic Planning Workshop
Pittsburgh, PA
American Society of Bioethics and Humanities Annual Conference Event
Poster Session
October 15-19, 2019
Houston, TX
American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) Annual Meeting Event
Strategic Planning Workshop
September 26-27, 2019
Bethesda, MD
Genomics in Medicine & Health
September 3-5, 2019
Champaign, IL
Equity, Diversity, and Data Science in Genomics Workshop Event
August 15-16, 2019
Rockville, MD
Perspectives in Comparative Genomics & Evolution
July 17, 2019
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Richard B. Simches Research Building Auditorium
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Strategic Planning Town Hall (Trainee-only Session)
July 17, 2019
11:30 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Richard B. Simches Research Building Auditorium
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Strategic Planning Town Hall (Main Session) Event
Genomic Decision-Making: Power and Identity
July 9, 2019
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
ELSI NHGRI Strategic Planning Webinar Event
Appropriate Use and Implementation of Genomics in Diverse Communities
June 28, 2019
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
June 20, 2019
1:30 - 3:30 P.M.
Lipsett Amphitheater
Bethesda, MD
NIH Community Town Hall Event
Poster Session
June 17-18, 2019
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Functions of Epitranscriptomes Event
Meeting Session
May 31, 2019
Washington, D.C.
Law and Society Association Annual Meeting
May 31, 2019
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Northeastern University
Boston, Mass.
NHGRI Advanced Genomic Technology Development Meeting
Poster Session
May 8-12, 2019
Cold Spring Harbor, NY
Biology of Genomes Meeting
April 7, 2019
The Chase Park Royal Sonesta
St. Louis, MO
Meeting Session
2019 NHGRI Research Training and Career Development Annual Meeting Event
March 28, 2019
San Francisco, CA
American Medical Informatics Association 2019 Informatics Summit
February 25-26, 2019
London, England
Grand Challenges in Genomics: An NHGRI and Wellcome Trust Strategy Meeting Event
January 22-24, 2019
8:30 A.M.-3:00 P.M.
Rockville Hilton Hotel
From Genome to Phenotype: Genomic Variation Identification, Association and Function in Human Health and Disease Event
November 17, 2018
Atlanta, GA
Meeting Session: National Society of Genetic Counselors Annual Meeting
November 10, 2018
9:00 A.M. – 9:15 A.M.
Sheraton Dan Diego Hotel & Marina, Nautilus 3
San Diego, CA
Meeting Session: Establishing a 2020 Vision for Genomics: Society, Education and Engagement
National Association of Biology Teachers 2018 Professional Development Conference Event
November 7, 2018
San Francisco, CA
Satellite Meeting: AMIA 2018 Annual Symposium Event
November 7-10, 2018
Cold Spring Harbor, NY
Satellite Meeting: CSHL Biological Data Science Conference Summary
October 27, 2018
Shenzen, China
13th Annual Meeting of the International Conference on Genomics Notice
October 23, 2018
Notice Inviting the Community to Contribute to the Generation of NHGRI's '2020 Vision for Genomics'
October 19, 2018
12:45 P.M.-1:45 P.M.
Disneyland Hotel
American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Annual Conference Event
October 16, 2018
7:30 P.M.-9:30 P.M.
San Diego Convention Center
Room 29AB Upper Level
Satellite Meeting: American Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting Event
Thursday, October 4, 2018
12:50 P.M. – 1:50 P.M.
Congress Center Basel
Basel, Switzerland
Global Alliance For Genomics & Global Health 6th Plenary Meeting Flyer
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Louis W. Sullivan National Center for Primary Care Auditorium
Morehouse School of Medicine
NHGRI will host a Town Hall at Morehouse School of Medicine to gather ideas and feedback from trainees, researchers, industry experts, healthcare professionals and other interested stakeholders in the Atlanta area about current and future opportunities in genomics research and applications.
NHGRI Strategic Planning Community Meeting Summary
Thursday, September 20, 2018
Kigali, Rawanda
11th Conference of African Society of Human Genetics
September 13, 2018
Clinical Sequencing Evidence-Generating Research Investigators Meeting Event
September 5, 2018
8:30 A.M.-3:30 P.M.
Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines
Genomic Medicine XI: Research Directions in Genomic Medicine Implementation Agenda
July 17, 2018
8:30 A.M. – 12:30 P.M.
McCaw Hall
Arrillaga Alumni Center
Stanford University
NHGRI will host a Town Hall at Stanford University to gather ideas and feedback from trainees, researchers, industry experts, healthcare professionals, and other interested stakeholders in the San Francisco Bay area about current and future opportunities in genomics research and applications.
NHGRI Strategic Planning Town Hall Course Page
July 15-27, 2018
The Jackson Laboratory
Meeting Session: Human Mammalian Genetics and Genomics: The 59th McKusick Short Course Agenda
June 19, 2018
Hogness Auditorium
University of Washington
NHGRI will host Town Halls at the University of Washington to gather ideas and feedback from trainees, researchers, industry experts, healthcare professionals and other interested stakeholders about current and future opportunities in genomics research and applications.
May 30, 2018
1:30 P.M. – 2:45 P.M.
Grand Hyatt Washington
This discussion centered around several Grand Challenges, such as to "Meet the educational and professional development needs of K-12 educators and healthcare providers to increase the awareness and understanding of genomic information." This was an important opportunity for educators to influence the future landscape of genomics research and its intersection with society, education and community engagement.
NIH SciEd Conference: Establishing a 2020 Vision for Genomics: Society, Education and Engagement Event
May 30-June 1, 2018
9:00 A.M.-5:30 P.M.
Northeastern University
This meeting brought together, for a day of intensive scientific exchange, NHGRI Advanced Sequencing Technology Program grantees and other scientists and engineers who may have insights that would help to achieve the goal of sequencing human genomes at high quality for $1,000 or less.
May 23, 2018
Advisory Meeting: Genomics and Society Working Group Meeting
May 9, 2018
Meeting Session: CHSL Biology of Genomes Slides
May 4, 2018
12:00 P.M. – 1:30 P.M.
NHGRI hosted a "virtual" town hall about the recently launched strategic planning process to gather ideas and feedback from researchers, trainees, industry experts, healthcare professionals, and other interested stakeholders about current and future opportunities in genomics research and applications.
NHGRI Strategic Planning Virtual Town Hall Event
May 1-2, 2018
8:30 A.M. – 12:30 P.M.
Sheraton Silver Spring
Revisiting the Missing Heritability of Complex Diseases, Ten Years On
April 4-6, 2018
Meeting Session: Annual Genome Sequencing Program Event
March 26, 2018
Following the 2017 ELSI Congress and entering a new phase of strategic planning for the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), the Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Research Program hosted a webinar to gather ideas from the research community on needs and resources to increase the reach, impact and transparency of ELSI research.
This webinar included a brief introduction by NHGRI staff followed by a moderated discussion open to all webinar participants.
Webinar: Increasing ELSI's Reach and Impact
March 20, 2018
Advisory Meeting: Community Engagement and Genomics Working Group News Release
February 20, 2018
NHGRI Director Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., launched the NHGRI 2020 Strategic Planning process on February 12, 2018, during a presentation at the 82nd meeting of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research in Rockville, Maryland.
"En Route to a 2020 Vision for Genomics: The Next Round of NHGRI Strategic Planning"
2020 Strategic Planning Process Launches
January 24, 2018