• Medical_Professionals
• Medical_students
• Nurses

Our Benelux conferences continue this year with a new and exciting move and partnership in The Netherlands.

This year we have partnered with Genome Diagnostics Nijmegen and the ESHG-Eurogentest-steering committee to hold the conference at Concertgebouw de Vereeniging (Concert Hall de Vereeniging) on the 10th & 11th October 2018 in Nijmegen.

There will be a clinical NGS Data Analysis Workshop on 9th October at the Concertgebouw with an emphasis on the clinical interpretation of variants – a bottleneck in data analysis that is increasingly being requested by delegates to our conferences and workshops.  This will be led by our partners from Genome Diagnostics Nijmegen who have enormous experience in scrutinizing clinical data.

As usual for Biotexcel genomic events this conference itself will focus on the use of Genomics & Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technologies and tools to look at human disease both in research as well as in a clinical setting.

As a running theme we hope to cover advances in the following areas: Genomics, Next Generation Sequencing Applications and Workflows, Personalized Genomics, the Metagenomics link to health/disease, Non-invasive Prenatal testing (NIPT), Cancer and Rare Disease genetics as well as Data Analysis and Storage and many more emerging research applications as well as their translation into their clinic.  We will also add any other topics of interest from the Techgene themes.

NETWORKING: in addition to the scientific program, Genomic Medicine 2018 Nijmegen will allow delegates to interact with each other during specific networking events.  In addition to the excellent science showcased at our events the networking events acts as a signature to our events because delegates get the opportunity to meet other scientists and attendees to the conference.  Delegates always get the chance to leave the meeting with new contacts and friendships.

These networking opportunities include:

Introductory networking session on Day 1

Panel debate (led by Prof Han Brunner)

Complimentary Drinks Reception pending sponsorship

Networking dinner on the evening of 10th October

ACADEMIC POSTER SUBMISSIONS: We welcome academic poster presentation at our events. If you have some material to present, please send us an abstract by 31st August. This will be reviewed by our scientific committee and if approved it will be displayed during the conference.

If you would like to submit a poster, please send us an abstract using our CONTACT US FORM

Who should attend this event:

NGS users, group leaders, opinion leaders, researchers and students

Bioinformaticians

NHS & Private Labs, University labs, Biotech Companies, CRO’s, Service Providers etc

EUR

Group registrations not allowed

Accompanying persons not allowed

We don’t accept Online Abstracts

Concertgebouw de Vereeniging

Keizer Karelplein 2D

6511 NC Nijmegen

Netherlands

+31 24 322 8344

www.stadsschouwburgendevereeniging.nl (No English Site – Only Dutch)

How to get to the Concert Hall de Vereeniging:

Nijmegen is easily accessible by car, train or bus from all parts of The Netherlands and neighbouring countries. For nation-wide travel, trains are the best option. The conference venue is an 8 minute walk from Nijmegen central station.

Flying:

There are several airports in the neighbourhood, so before planning your trip please check the local airports as well as airline costs.

The international airport in the Netherlands is Schiphol, Amsterdam. From the airport there is a direct train for Nijmegen every 30 minutes and the the journey takes 1,5 hours.

The international airports in Germany closest to Nijmegen are Düsseldorf Airport and Weeze Airport. From Düsseldorf Airport a train leaves for Nijmegen every 2 hours  (change in Duisburg and Arnhem).

From Weeze Airport a shuttle bus leaves for Nijmegen.

Submission Info

We encourage dialogue and interaction amongst all participants and we welcome the presence of sponsors to highlight new technologies, services and solutions within the relevant areas.  We have many sponsoring opportunities to suit all budgets, but we can also tailor specific packages to suit your needs. Some examples of sponsorship ideas are below, but please feel free to contact us and we’ll be happy to give you more details and talk about your requirements:

Gold Sponsor

Silver Sponsor

Exhibitor

Technology Presentation

Event Documentation

For more information please contact us.

EXHIBITOR

Covaris is the recognized industry leader for DNA fragmentation.  Adaptive Focused Acoustics® (AFA™) is the gold standard for shearing DNA and RNA in Next-Generation Sequencing applications, without GC bias or thermal-induced damage. The Covaris AFA process is extensively cited in peer-reviewed research articles on DNA fragmentation using all available NGS systems. Covaris Focused-ultrasonicators are recommended by all major sequencing platform providers, and are used by leading Genome Centers worldwide including: the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, the Broad Institute, and BGI. For more information, please visit: www.covaris.com.

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