Programme
PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
*Subject to change
DAY 1 – TUESDAY, 11 MARCH 2025 – University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
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| 09:30 – 12:00 | Oral Presentations by Students/Post-docs and Early-Career Researchers | |
| Venue: Room 1, University of KwaZulu Natal | ||
| Facilitator: To be confirmed | ||
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch Break | |
| Mentoring Session with Academic / Industry Mentors | ||
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Invited Speakers HUGO Executive Board Members Michele Ramsay, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa Alice Matimba, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Giuseppe Novelli, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Italy |
Ami Bhatt, Stanford University, USA Jin Billy Li, Stanford University, USA Michael Snyder, Stanford University, USA |
| How to Series: How to Write a Grant / Paper Chairperson: Giuseppe Novelli, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Italy |
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| 14:00 – 15:00 | Anne Bowcock, Mount Sinai, USA Iscia Lopes-Cendes, University of Campinas, Brazil Ada Hamosh, Johns Hopkins University, USA Juergen Reichardt, James Cook University, Australia |
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| Seminar and Q & A Session with Journal Editors | ||
| 15:00 – 16:00 | Nonia Pariente, PLOS Biology, UK Laura Zahn, Cell Genomics, USA Bruce Korf, AJHG, USA |
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| 13:00 – 17:00 | Genetic Counselling Workshop | |
| Venue: Room 2, In-person at University of KwaZulu Natal and Online via Zoom | ||
| Facilitator: To be confirmed | ||
| This workshop is available both in person and online. If you choose the General Registration option, you will have access to all HGM2025 programs; however, registration fees will apply. Alternatively, by completing the Genetic Counselling Workshop: Online-Only Registration (https://forms.gle/2k4t72D68e1nV7nw6), you can participate in the online Genetic Counselling Workshop for free. Please select the registration option that suits your needs. | ||
DAY 2 – WEDNESDAY, 12 MARCH 2025 - Southern Sun Elangeni & Maharani Hotel, Durban, South Africa
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| 07:30 – 19:00 | Registration | Elangeni Suites 1 – 5 | |||
| 09:00 – 10:30 | Educational Workshop 1: Variant Interpretation | Educational Workshop 2: All about Tools – ClinGen, ClinVar, GenCC, OMIM, GeneMatcher, gnomAD | Education Workshop 3: Exome Analysis Workshop | Educational Workshop 4: Skills for Competencies for Multi-Disciplinary Genomic Healthcare | Ethics Workshop: Re-examining the Ethics and Law of Data Sovereignty: Population-Specific Reference Genomes and Common Heritage |
| Venue: Room 1 | Venue: Room 2 | Venue: Room 3 | Venue: Room 4 | Venue: Room 5 | |
| – Andreas Laner – Robert Kuhn |
– Ada Hamosh – Erin Riggs |
– Nara Sobreira | – HUGO Education Committee | – HUGO Ethics Committee | |
| 10:40 – 11:00 | Poster Session, Exhibition Viewing and Tea/Coffee Break | Elangeni Suites 1 – 5 | |||
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Educational Workshop 1: Variant Interpretation | Educational Workshop 2: All about Tools – ClinGen, ClinVar, GenCC, OMIM, GeneMatcher, gnomAD | Education Workshop 3: Exome Analysis Workshop | Educational Workshop 4: HUGO Education Committee – Skills for Competencies for Multi-Disciplinary Genomic Healthcare | Ethics Workshop: Re-examining the Ethics and Law of Data Sovereignty: Population-Specific Reference Genomes and Common Heritage |
| Venue: Room 1 | Venue: Room 2 | Venue: Room 3 | Venue: Room 4 | Venue: Room 5 | |
| Continued | Continued | Continued | Continued | Continued | |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Exhibition Viewing and Lunch Break | Elangeni Suites 1 – 5 | |||
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Corporate Lunch Session 1 Venue: Room 1 |
Corporate Lunch Session 2 Venue: Room 2 |
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| 13:30 – 14:00 | Opening Address and Welcome | ||||
| Venue: Room 1 | |||||
| 13:30 – 14:00 | Ada Hamosh, President of HUGO Veron Ramsuran, Chairman of Local Organizing Committee |
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| 14:00 – 14:35 | Plenary Session 1: Hemoglobinopathies | ||||
| Venue: Room 1 | |||||
| Chairpersons: To be confirmed | |||||
| Ambroise Wonkam Johns Hopkins School of Medicine & University of Cape Town, USA |
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| 14:40 – 15:55 | Genomic Diversity Plenary | ||||
| Venue: Room 1 | |||||
| Chairpersons: Ada Hamosh, Johns Hopkins University, USA | |||||
| 14:40 – 15:05 | Karen Miga, UCSC, USA | ||||
| 15:05 – 15:30 | Konrad Karczewski, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, USA | ||||
| 15:30 – 15:55 | To be confirmed | ||||
| 16:00 – 17:30 | Poster Session, Exhibition Viewing and Tea/Coffee Break | Elangeni Suites 1 – 5 | |||
| 17:30 – 19:00 | Panel Discussion Session: Insights on Initiatives Pangenomes and Genomic Diversity, African Genomes within/outside of Africa |
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| Venue: Room 1 | |||||
| Moderator: Ada Hamosh, Johns Hopkins University, USA | |||||
| Speakers: Maria Madalena Chimpolo, Agostinho Neto University, Angola Yosr Hamdi, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunisia Aime Lumaka, University of Kinshasa, DR Congo Rokhaya Ndiaye, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Senegal Manjinder Sandhu, DiscoverMe Karen Miga, UCSC, USA Konrad Karczewski, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, USA Yann Joly, McGill University, Canada Iscia Lopes-Cendes, University of Campinas, Brazil |
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| 19:00 – 21:30 | Welcome Reception | Elangeni Suites 1 – 5 | |||
DAY 3 – THURSDAY, 13 MARCH 2025 - Southern Sun Elangeni & Maharani Hotel, Durban, South Africa
| 08:00 – 18:00 | Registration | Elangeni Foyer | ||
| 09:00 – 10:15 | Symposium 1: Implementation Challenges in Rare Disease | Symposium 2: Bioinformatics (Machine Learning) and Artificial Intelligence for Molecular Medicine | ||
| Venue: Room 1 | Venue: Room 2 | |||
| Chairpersons: To be confirmed | Chairpersons: To be confirmed | |||
| 09:00 – 09:25 | Aime Lumaka, University of Kinshasa, DR Congo | Jin Billy Li, Stanford University, USA | ||
| 09:25 – 09:50 | To be confirmed | To be confirmed | ||
| 09:50 – 10:15 | To be confirmed | To be confirmed | ||
| 10:15 – 11:30 | Poster Session, Exhibition Viewing and Tea/Coffee Break | Elangeni Suites 1 – 5 | ||
| 11:30 – 12:05 | Plenary 2: Data Governance | |||
| Venue: Room 1 | ||||
| Chairpersons: To be confirmed | ||||
| 11:30 – 12:05 | Collet Dandara, University of Cape Town, South Africa | |||
| 12:10 – 12:50 | HUGO African Prize | |||
| Venue: Room 1 | ||||
| Chairpersons: To be confirmed | ||||
| 12:10 – 12:50 | To be confirmed | |||
| 12:50 – 15:00 | Exhibition Viewing and Lunch Break | Elangeni Suites 1 – 5 | ||
| 12:50 – 14:00 | Corporate Lunch Session 3 Venue: Room 1 |
Corporate Lunch Session 4 Venue: Room 2 |
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| 14:00 – 15:00 | Career Mentoring and Coaching (Academic and Industrial) | |||
| 15:00 – 16:15 | Symposium 3: Cancer Genomics | Symposium 4: Single-Cell Genomics and Diversity | ||
| Venue: Room 1 | Venue: Room 2 | |||
| Chairpersons: To be confirmed | Chairpersons: To be confirmed | |||
| 14:40 – 15:05 | Olufunmilayo Olopade, University of Chicago, USA | Shyam Prabhakar, A*Star Singapore, Singapore | ||
| 15:05 – 15:30 | To be confirmed | To be confirmed | ||
| 15:30 – 15:55 | To be confirmed | To be confirmed | ||
| 16:15 – 17:30 | Poster Session, Exhibition Viewing and Tea/Coffee Break | Elangeni Suites 1 – 5 | ||
| 17:30 – 18:10 | Plenary 3 – 110 000 Genomes in Africa | |||
| Venue: Room 1 | ||||
| Chairpersons: To be confirmed | ||||
| 17:30 – 18:10 | Rizwana Mia, South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), South Africa | |||
| 19:00 | Gala Dinner | Venue to be confirmed | ||
DAY 4 – FRIDAY, 14 MARCH 2025 - Southern Sun Elangeni & Maharani Hotel, Durban, South Africa
| 08:00 – 18:00 | Registration | Elangeni Foyer | ||
| 09:00 – 10:15 | Symposium 5: Human Genome Co-Evolution and Population Genetics | Symposium 6: Implementation of Precision Medicine in African/LMIC Context | ||
| Venue: Room 1 | Venue: Room 2 | |||
| Chairpersons: To be confirmed | Chairpersons: To be confirmed | |||
| 09:00 – 09:25 | Segun Fatumo, Queen Mary University of London & MRC Uganda, UK | Iscia Lopes-Cendes, University of Campinas, Brazil | ||
| 09:25 – 09:50 | Nicola Mulder, University of Cape Town, South Africa | Michele Ramsay, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa | ||
| 09:50 – 10:15 | To be confirmed | To be confirmed | ||
| 10:15 – 11:20 | Poster Session, Exhibition Viewing and Tea/Coffee Break | Elangeni Suites 1 – 5 | ||
| 11:20 – 13:00 | HUGO Chen Awards | |||
| Venue: Room 1 | ||||
| Chairpersons: To be confirmed | ||||
| 11:20 – 12:00 | Chen Award for Distinguished Academic Achievement in Human Genetic and Genomic Research – To be confirmed |
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| 12:00 – 12:30 | Chen Award of Excellence – To be confirmed |
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| 12:30 – 13:00 | Chen Award of Excellence – To be confirmed |
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| 13:00 – 15:00 | Exhibition Viewing and Lunch Break | Elangeni Suites 1 – 5 | ||
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Corporate Lunch Session 5 Venue: Room 1 |
Corporate Lunch Session 6 Venue: Room 2 |
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| 14:00 – 15:00 | Career Mentoring and Coaching (Academic and Industrial) | |||
| 15:00 – 16:15 | Symposium 7: Epigenetics and Environmental Genomics | Symposium 8: Microbiome and Metagenomics | ||
| Venue: Room 1 | Venue: Room 2 | |||
| Chairpersons: To be confirmed | Chairpersons: To be confirmed | |||
| 15:00 – 15:25 | Mechanisms of Epigenetic Inheritance in PTSD: Case of Rwanda after the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi Leon Mutesa University of Rwanda, Rwanda |
Christian Happi, Redeemer’s University, Nigeria | ||
| 15:25 – 15:50 | Hans Bjornsson, University of Iceland, Iceland | Ami Bhatt, Stanford University, USA | ||
| 15:50 – 16:15 | To be confirmed | To be confirmed | ||
| 16:20 | Closing and Awards | |||
| Venue: Room 1 | ||||
| Chairpersons: To be confirmed | ||||
| 16:20 | Poster Prize Introduction to HGM 2026 Closing | |||
