Event - EuroGentest 3rd Scientific Symposium

What

International Scientific Symposium: Moving Next Generation Sequencing into Diagnostics

Thank you!

We would like to thank all speakers and participants for a very successful conference! It was filled with inspiring presentations and lively discussions. Also a big thank you to our colleagues in Prague for the warm welcome!

The presentations are available on this webpage (see right column). Please make sure you are registered on the website, and logged in to see the presentations. After registration we will grant you access (this can take a couple of days).

 

Introduction

After the success of the joint EuroGentest/Techgene Scientific Symposia in Leuven, Belgium (February 2011) and Nijmegen, The Netherlands (January 2012), EuroGentest will organize a third edition in March 2013. This year, the meeting will be co-organized by APOGEE-Net/CanGènetest and will take place in Prague (Czech Republic) in the OREA Hotel Pyramida 4*.

The symposium will be open to all interested i.e. not limited to EuroGentest partners.

There is NO FEE but registration is required!

 

Program: "Moving Next Generation Sequencing into Diagnostics"

EUROGENTEST-ONLY MEETINGS : Wednesday and Thursday March 6 and 7: if you are a EuroGentest participant you can log in and find more information here .

Thursday March 7

13.30-18.00: Session 1: Technological and quality issues of next generation sequencing

- Milan Macek Jr (CZE) and Gert Matthijs (BEL): Introduction and welcome
- Hans Scheffer (NED): Towards guidelines for diagnostic NGS
- Peter Robinson (GER): Building genomic databases
- Erika Souche (BEL): Quality control of NGS data processing

- Quality issues:

• Els Dequeker (BEL): Introduction
• Simon Patton: (UK): External Quality Assessment (EQA) in NGS
• Francois Rousseau (CAN): ): A new international guideline for a quality system in molecular diagnostics clinical laboratories : CLSI MM20
• David Barton (IRL): IVD

- Keynote speaker: Les Biesecker (US): "Hypothesis-Generating Research and Predictive Medicine: Opportunities and Challenges"

Friday March 8

8.30-11.30: Session 2: Health technology assessment of next generation sequencing

- Jean Lachaine (CAN): Evaluating to cost-effectiveness of Next Generation Sequencing in clinical practice
- Elles Boon (NED): A national validation and implementation study for Non Invasive Trisomy Testing within the Netherlands
- Wolf Rogowski (GER):Points to consider for prioritizing genetic tests
- Aly Karsan (CAN): Development of next-generation sequencing assays for hereditary cancer testing

13.00-16.00: Session 3: Incidental findings in the clinic through the use of genome sequencing

- Leigh Jackson (U.K.): Incidental findings in research and the clinic: a systematic review, an exploratory study of clinical and public perspectives and initial results from NHS Research Ethics Committee member interviews
- Jan M Friedman (CAN): Incidental findings in clinical whole genomic sequencing
- Tessel Rigter (NED): Exploring needs for the informed consent procedure for genome sequencing in dagnostics
- Panel discussion (Incidental findings)
- Bartha Knoppers (CAN): International normative perspectives on the return of individual research and incidental findings in genomic biobanks. Research versus clinic?

Scientific Committee

Christian Netzer
Milan Macek
Hans Scheffer
Els Dequeker
Francois Rousseau
Pascal Borry
Martina Cornel
Heather Skirton
Helena Kaariainen
Ros Hastings

Venue

The symposium will take place in the historical city of Prague in the Czech Republic. The conference venue is the OREA Hotel Pyramida 4 *.

Hotel accommodation

You can also book a room at the OREA Hotel Pyramida at special EuroGentest rates (click here).

!! Rates are valid untill January 30^th 2013, so book your room as soon as possible !!

Transport airport-centrum

1. Public Transport: See http://www.pragueairport.co.uk/public-transport.htm
   Bus nr. 179 will bring you to the hotel.
2. Map transport
3. Taxi: See http://www.prg.aero/en/parking-transport/transport/official-taxi/
   For taxis it is best to use AAA or 111 radiotaxi companies which have their booths in the arrivals hall of Terminal 1 and 2 at the airport.
   The price will be around 20 EUR one way.