8th Meeting on GMI

The meeting is also an attempt to reach out to scientists, regulators and relevant industries in developing countries, in recognition of the potential specific benefits of Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) in countries, where public health and microbiological labs are under rapid development.

A new format

In order to spread the knowledge and experience in this area to a broader audience this meeting will consist of two parts:

1. A one-day scientific seminar presenting the newest scientific achievement in the NGS and WGS areas, including an overview of the potential for public health and one health improvements for epidemic and endemic human and animal disease.
   
   
2. The traditional two-day event will include continuing business of the five GMI working groups, presentations by international experts and a poster session. The meeting aims to examine the state-of-the art of next-generation genomics, review GMI objectives and strategy and support international harmonization of the efforts to use WGS data to build and integrate global databases

Purpose

The meeting provides a unique opportunity to join the GMI initiative and drive its strategy to develop a global system of DNA genome databases for microbial and infectious disease identification and diagnostics. The meeting will benefit those tackling individual problems at the frontline (clinicians, food microbiologists, veterinarians, etc.) as well as other stakeholders, i.e. policy-makers, regulators, industry, etc.

The purpose of the meeting is to determine a path forward for how to establish a globally distributed system and follow up on the previous GMI meetings. These meetings are primarily for collaboration and integration across international borders. 

Link to contact information and registration

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