“Human Genomics a Decade after the Human Genome Project: Opportunities and Challenges"

Eric D. Green MD, PhD.
Director
National Human Genome Research Institute
United states

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“The power of genomics: Transforming lifes, business and the global economy"

Gerardo Jiménez Sánchez, MD, PhD
President & CEO, GBC Group
Harvard School of Public Health
Human Genome Organization
Genómica y Bioeconomía
Mexico

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“From genome variation to personalized medicine"

Prof. Stylianos Antonarakis, MD DSc
President, Human Genome Organization
University of Geneva
Switzerland

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“Genomic medicine and public health"

Prof. David Hunter, MBBS, MPH, ScD
Dean for Academic Affairs
Vincent L Gregory Professor of Cancer Prevention
Harvard School of Public Health
Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital & Harvard Medical School
Associate Member, Broad Institute of
Harvard and MIT
United States

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“Genomics innovation for the cattle industry"

Prof. José Fernando Garcia
Universidad Estatal de Sao Paulo,
Araçatuba (UNESP)
Brazil

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“Genomics innovation to produce drought and heat tolerant crops for food and bioenergy markets"

Dr. Yafan Huang
President & Chief Scientific Officer
Performance Plants Inc.
Canada

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“The pivotal role of synthetic biology in the bioeconomy"

Richard Johnson
CEO, Global Helix LLC
Chairman, OECD BIAC Technology Committee
National Academy of Sciences Board on Life Sciences
United States

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“Genomic selection of high economic value traits in Tilapia and other commercial fish species"

Prof. Brendan J. McAndrew
Professor of Aquaculture Genetics
Institute of Aquaculture
University of Stirling
Stirling, United Kingdom

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“Pharmacogenomics: personalizing drug therapy"

Prof. Howard McLeod, PharmD
Medical Director, Personalized Medicine Institute
Senior Member, Division of Population Sciences
Moffitt Cancer Center
United States

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“Innovation, ethics and policy for Bioeconomy"

Prof. David Castle
Chair of Innovation in the Life Sciences
Director, MSc BIG Programme
ESRC Innogen Centre
University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom

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“Production of sustainable fuels and chemicals using synthetic biology applications"

Andreas Schirmer, PhD.
Director of Microbial & Cellular Engineering
LS9 Inc.

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“Applications of genomics to the fishing industry"

Prof. Gary Carvalho
Professor of Molecular Ecology
School of Biological Sciences
University of Wales, Bangor
United Kingdom

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“Marker-assisted selection for precision plant breeding: The case of submergence-tolerant rice"

Prof. David Mackill
Department of Plant Pathology
University of California
United States

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“From science to business: Turning basic science into commercial success”

Yaacov Michlin
President & CEO, Yissum
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Israel

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“Genomics and the global beef cattle industry"

E. John Pollak, PhD.
Director
U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, NE
United States

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