ESHG: Programme

Programme

Last update: May 3, 2015
Please note that the programme, titles and speakers are subject to alteration.

Click on the dates to access the detailed programme.

Programme Planner

The Programme Planner and Itinerary Builder enables you:

- to view all sessions, meetings, rooms...
- to search programme and abstracts by abstract title, author(s), keywords, institutions and text
- to view abstract text (as of May 22)
- to browse and view all sessions
- to pick papers or entire sessions and to add them to your personal itinerary through the meeting. This itinerary can be printed and/or downloaded to a mobile device.

Access the programme planner and itinerary builder.

Note: Most of the conference abstracts are freely available and can be reported from the time they appear on this website. Any abstracts that will form part of the media programme will not be published until the day of their presentation and will be embargoed to that date. Embargo dates and times are given on the press releases and should be adhered to. When asking for outside comment on releases before the embargo has lifted, journalists are requested to ensure that those consulted understand and accept the embargo conditions.

Programme at a Glance - Saturday & Sunday (click on the days below for details)

Time	Saturday, June 6			Time	Sunday, June 7
08.30	Registration opens			08.30	Symposia S01-S04 S01. Big Data Genomics & Human Knock-outs S02. ESHG-ASHG Building Bridges Symposium: Genetic testing in Children S03. Epigenetic Basis of Disease S04. Spliceosome-opathies		Educational Session ES5 ES5. Automating Clinical Genetics
				10.00	Coffee Break
10.30	Educational Sessions ES1-ES4 ES1. CRISPR- Cas9 ES2. From Genes to Networks ES3. Translational Cancer Genetics ES4. Care for Rare Diseases	Workshops W01-W02 WS01. A case that changed my life as a clinical geneticists (TEDEx Format) WS02. Galaxy	Corporate Satellites	10.30	Poster Viewing with Authors
				11.45	Free Poster viewing - Lunch	Educational Session ES6 ES6. My vision on Genomic medicine	Corporate Satellites
				13.15	Break
12.00	Lunch Break			13.30	Concurrent Sessions C07 - C12 C07 Reproductive Genetics C08 Integrative OMICS approaches in common traits C09 Genetic susceptibility to cancer development C10 Neurogenetic disorders C11 Skeletal disorders C12 Sensory disorders
14.00	Welcoming Addresses - Opening
				15.00	Vitamin Break
14.30	Opening Plenary Session 1			15.30	Workshops W03-W09 WS03. NGS in the clinic WS04. Dysmorphology 1 WS05. Pre-conceptioncarrier testing WS06. Blurred boundaries between clinic and research WS07: European Board of Medical Genetics: What can we do to facilitate you to become a registered genetic professional? WS08. Ensembl Highlights: What's New in Accessing our Genomes? WS09.Global Alliance for Genomics and Health		Corporate Satellites
16.00	Vitamin Break
16.30	Plenary Session 2 - Highlights What’s new? from submitted abstracts
18.00	Coffee Break			17.00	Coffee Break
18.30	Concurrent Sessions C01 - C06 C01 NIPT C02 Improvement in genome sequencing and functional studies C03 Novel genes causing intellectual disability C04 The many faces of cancer mutations C05 Cardiovascular disorders C06 Neuromuscular disorders			17.30	Symposia S05-S08 S05. Reproductive genetics & ”chromosome therapy” S06. International data sharing initiatives S07. Telomeres in Human Disease S08. Mouse Phenotyping for clinical research		Educational Session ES7 ES7. Imprinting-related Disorders
				19.00	ESHG Membership Meeting		Corporate Satellites
20.00 - 21.30	Networking Mixer at the Science Center
				20:30

Programme at a Glance - Monday & Tuesday (click on the days below for details)

Time	Monday, June 8		Time	Tuesday, June 9
08.30	Symposia S09-S12 S09. Evolution of the cancer genome: Clinical implications S10. From rare to common variants in cardiovascular diseases (joint with ESC) S11. Non-coding DNA & human disease S12. Mitochondria & Genetic Disease	Educational Session ES8 ES8. Palliative of Genetic Conditions
			09.00	Plenary Session 3 PL3. Interactive Debate - Should all geneticists have their genome sequenced?
10.00	Coffee Break
10.30	Poster Viewing with Authors		10.30	Coffee Break
			11.00	Concurrent Sessions C19 - C24 C19 Diagnostic NGS C20 Current issues in genet(h)ics C21 Multiple congenital anomaly syndromes C22 Statistical genetics and bioinformatics C23 Movement and motor disorders
11.45	Free Poster viewing - Lunch	Corporate Satellites
13.15	Break		12.30	Lunch Break
13.30	Concurrent Sessions C13- C18 C13 Fundamental insights in structural genomics C14 Challenges in genetic counselling C15 Network and functional analysis in intellectual disability C16 Growth failure and microcephaly C17 Epigenetic control of gene expression C18 Metabolic and renal disorders		13.30	Plenary Session 4 Mendel Lecture
			14.15	Plenary Session 5 ESHG Award Lecture ESHG Education Award EJHG Nature Awards Young Investigator Awards ESHG Poster Awards Closing
15.00	Vitamin Break		16.00	End of Meeting
15.30	Workshops W10-W16 WS10. Practical Bioinformatics Whole exome sequence analysis WS11. Dysmorphology 2 WS12. Reproductive genetics WS13. Clinical Cancer Genetics WS14. Copy Number Variant Interpretation and Classification WS15: Genome Browser UCSC WS16: Research, clinic and everyday life: new roles for patients and citizens	Corporate Satellites
17.00	Coffee Break
17.30	Symposia S13-S16 S13. Therapeutic Strategies for Genetic Diseases S14. Somatic Mutation Detection & Interpretation S15. Evolution and Disease S16. Genome Regulation	Educational Session ES9 ES9. Mutation Prediction Tools
20:30	Networking Party

Plenary Sessions

Concurrent Symposia

Educational Sessions

Concurrent Sessions

Workshops

Poster viewing
with Authors

Corporate Satellites

The European Society
of Human Genetics

Programme

Programme

Programme Planner

Programme at a Glance - Saturday & Sunday (click on the days below for details)

Programme at a Glance - Monday & Tuesday (click on the days below for details)

ESHG 2015