Highlights from the Festival of Genomics 2018

The 3rd Festival of Genomics took place at ExCel London on the 30th-31st January 2018. 

An inspiring gathering to drive the benefits of genomics to patients faster. The Festival provides a huge opportunity to meet with the whole of the genomics community, in an environment carefully constructed to facilitate networking, learning and business growth/ 

NextGenetics was there.

Here are some of the most interesting sessions we attended :

Can we fully integrate genomics into the NHS within 5 years?

• Challenges and opportunities
• Technical challenges in delivering genomics through clinical services
• Importance of clear public policy & citizen engagement in mainstreaming genomics

Genomics 2017 – This was your year

• Discussing the major talking points of 2017
• Looking ahead to what 2018 has in store for the field of Genomics & Precision Medicine

For patients with patients : learning from patient experiences to maximise the benefit of clinical genomics

• Understanding the patient experience
• Empowering patients and their families, and the professionals supporting them
• Appreciating the impact of a rare diagnosis

How cancer genomes are transforming care

• Discover the opportunities the 100K genomes project offers for patients living with or at risk of cancer
• Appreciate the scale and pace of change required to embed cancer genomes in clinical care

Other highlights include Oxford Nanopore Technologies live demonstration of Real-time scalable Sequencing and a discussion with SOPHiA GENETICS on solving the complexity within genomics data analysis with SOPHiA AI. 

Big thank you to @FLGenomics & all speakers, sponsors and attendees for an excellent #genomicsfest!