Monday, 2 May 2016 | |||
08:30 - 09:00 | Opening Ceremony | ||
09:15 - 10:15 | Opening Keynote: Overview of the Field of Genome Informatics, Personalized Medicine and Use of Big Data Dr. Peter J. Tonellato, Head of Personalized Medicine Lab, Center for Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, USA | ||
10:15 - 11:00 | The Saudi Human Genome Project Dr. Brian Meyer, Chairman, Department of Genetics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre Riyadh, KSA | ||
11:00 - 11:45 | The Informatics Side of the Saudi Human Genome Project Dr. Mohamed Abouelhoda, Head, Bioinformatics Team, Saudi Human Genome Project, KSA | ||
11:45 - 12:00 | Panel Discussion | ||
12:00 - 13:30 | Lunch and Prayer | ||
13:30 - 14:15 | Big Data Precision Medicine and Human Longevity Dr. Barry Merriman, Vice President of Global Technology Assessment, Human Longevity, KSA | ||
14:15 - 14:45 | Qatar Genome Project: Bioinformatics and Data Management Infrastructure Dr. Said Ismail, Manager, Qatar Genome Project, QA Dr. Mohamed-Ramzi Temanni, Bioinformatics Research Scientist, Sidra Medical and Research Centre, QA | ||
14:45 - 15:15 | Accelerating Deployment of Genomics Research in the KSA Dr. Wolfgang Mertz, CTO Office EMEA (Specializing in Healthcare Life Sciences, HPC, Weather and Climate) Isilon Systems Division, EMC Information Systems Management Limited, German Branch | ||
15:15 - 15:45 | High Performance Computing for Genomics Craig Rhodes, Business Innovation Manager - Health and Life Sciences, Intel Corporation, UK | ||
15:45 - 16:00 | Summary Panel Q&A with International Speaker | ||
Tuesday, 3 May 2016 | |||
10:00 - 11:30 | Setting up Big Data Systems for Life Sciences Eng. Zeeshan Shah, Head, Bioinformatics Team, Saudi Human Genome Project, KSA | ||
11:45 - 13:00 | Lunch and Prayer | ||
13:00 - 14:30 | Big Data Analytics Eng. Zeeshan Shah, Head, Bioinformatics Team, Saudi Human Genome Project, KSA |