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 Sessions included in the “ELPAG” Track

Saturday, June 12, 2021

08:00 – 10:00 Educational Session E01 New technologies More information
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break – Poster Mounting – Exhibition
10:00 – 11:30 Corporate Satellites More information
10:30 – 12:00 Education Sessions E02-E04 More information
E02 Translational collaborations in hereditary cancer
E03 Dealing with uncertainty in genomic medicine
E04 Update on imprinting disorders
Workshops W01-W04 More information
W01 Variant classification
W02 ERNs – More than just a wish
W03 Dysmorphology I
W04 Science communication
12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break – Free Poster Viewing – Exhibition
12:15 – 13:45 Corporate Satellites More information
14:00 – 14:30 PL0 Welcoming addresses More information
14:30 – 16:00 PL1 Opening Plenary More information
16:00 – 16:30 Fruit Break – Free Poster Viewing – Exhibition
16:30 – 18:00 PL2 What’s New? Highlight Session More information
from submitted abstracts
18:00 – 18:30 Coffee Break – Free Poster Viewing – Exhibition
18:30 – 20:00 Concurrent Sessions C01 – C07 More information
20:00 Opening Networking Mixer

Sunday, June 13, 2021

08:30 – 10:00 Concurrent Symposia S01 – S05 plus3
S01 Machine learning methods for prioritizing genetic variants
S02 Spatial omics
S03 Transposons
S04 Impact of GDPR on genomic data sharing
S05 Endogenous and exogenous mutagenesis in cancer
Educational Sessions E05-E06 plus3
E05 Pharmacogenomics in the clinic
E06 Rhythm matters
08:30 – 10:00 Breakfast Corporate Satellites plus3
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break, Free Poster Viewing, Exhibition
10:30 – 12:00 Concurrent Sessions C08 – C15 plus3
12:00 – 13:00 Free Poster Viewing – Exhibition – Lunch
12:00 – 13:00 Corporate Satellites plus3
13:00 – 14:00 Poster Viewing with Authors and coffee
(Group A)
14:00 – 14:15 Time to change rooms
14:15 – 15:45 Workshops W05 – W11 plus3
W05 Exome and genome variant interpretation
W06 Prenatal Diagnosis
W07 Dysmorphology II
W08 Cascade testing: Emerging practices
W09 Education and training for health professionals in medical genetics
W10 Pharmacogenomics testing: Why, when, how
W11 Image analysis tools
14:15 – 15:45 Corporate Satellites plus3
15:45 – 16:00 Fruit Break – Free Poster Viewing – Exhibition
16:00 – 17:00 Poster Viewing with Authors and coffee
(Group B)
17:00 – 17:15 Time to change rooms
17:15 – 18:45 Concurrent Symposia S06 – S09 plus3
S06 Single cell genomics in cancer
S07 Comparative genomics across species and populations
S08 Biobanks in under-represented populations
S09 Gene-based therapy for inherited liver diseases
Educational Sessions E07-E09 plus3
E07 Variant interpretation in the clinic
E08 What’s new in preimplantation genetic testing?
E09 What’s AI got to do with it?
19:00 – 20:00 ESHG Membership Meeting
19:00 – 20:30 Corporate Satellites plus3


Monday, June 14, 2021

08:30 – 10:00 Concurrent Symposia S10 – S14 plus3
S10 Prevention, detection and therapy in cancer
S11 Functional annotation of genomic variation
S12 Beauty of gametogenesis
S13 How to enhance your genome – Regulatory networks and enhancers
S14 Counselling over various informatic devices: Lessons from Covid-19
Educational Sessions E10-E11 plus3
E10 Polygenic risks and me
E11 Bayesian methods applied in clinical settings
08:30 – 10:00 Breakfast Corporate Satellites plus3
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break, Free Poster Viewing, Exhibition
10:30 – 12:00 Concurrent Sessions C16 – C23 plus3
12:15 – 13:00 ELPAG Award Lecture  plus3
12:00 – 13:00 Free Poster Viewing – Exhibition – Lunch
12:00 – 13:00 Corporate Satellites plus3
13:00 – 14:00 Poster Viewing with Authors and coffee
(Group C)
14:00 – 14:15 Time to change rooms
14:15 – 15:45 Workshops W12 – W18 plus3
W12 NGS in the clinic
W13 Copy Number variant interpretation and classification
W14 Exome analysis workflows for clinicians
W15 Community genetics: Prospects for curing genetic disorders
W16 UCSC Genome Browser
W17 GenEthics
W18 Dissecting causal relationships between genetic traits
14:15 – 15:45 Corporate Satellites plus3
15:45 – 16:00 Fruit Break – Free Poster Viewing – Exhibition
16:00 – 17:00 Poster Viewing with Authors and coffee
(Group D)
17:00 – 17:15 Time to change rooms
17:15 – 18:45 Concurrent Symposia S15 – S19 plus3
S15 Genome architecture
S16 Cells competing cells – Mosaicism and cancer
S17 ESHG-ASHG Building Bridges: Global genetics towards a socially just practice
S18 Biases in genetic studies: Estimation and impact
S19 Overgrowth syndromes, from discovery to therapy
Educational Sessions E12-E13 plus3
E12 Mapping the human body at the cellular level
E13 ESHG-Y: Human organoids as genetic disease models
20:00 ESHG Networking Evening


Tuesday, June 15, 2021

09:00 – 10:30 Concurrent Symposia S20 – S22 plus3
S20 Mind the gap: Translating genomic advances into clinical care
S21 Delivering the promise of RNA therapeutics
S22 Integrated approaches for ciliopathies
Educational Sessions E14-E17 plus3
E14 DNA methylation in Mendelian diseases
E15 Selection and population structure in biobank scale data
E16 Advances in Mendelian randomisation
E17 Chromosomal instability across life time
11:00 – 12:30 Concurrent Sessions C24 – C30 plus3
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 – 14:30 PL4 Mendel Lecture plus3
14:30 – 15:30 PL5 ESHG Award Lecture plus3
15:30 – 16:00 PL6 Awards Session plus3
ESHG Education Award
EJHG Citation Awards
ESHG Awards for Best Presentations by Young Investigators
Closing