Preliminary Schedule

The ASHG 2020 Annual Meeting will feature abstract-based sessions and posters, awards lectures, and invited sessions and workshops.

Subject to change by the Program Committee. Last updated March 2020.

Tuesday

10:30 am-12:00 pm: Concurrent Invited Interactive Workshops

  • The Michigan Imputation Server: Data Preparation, Genotype Imputation, and Data Analysis
  • Interpreting Genetic Variation in Clinical Research using Ensembl: Exploring Ensembl/GENCODE Annotation, MANE Transcripts, and the Ensembl Variant Effect Predictor (VEP)

1:00-3:00 pm: Concurrent Invited & Platform Sessions (no CME credits available)

  • Design, Development, and Implementation of Large-Scale Clinical Pharmacogenomics: Provider, Payer, and Researcher Perspectives
  • Solving for X: The Hidden Roles of the Sex Chromosomes in Development, Disease, and Evolution

3:30-4:00 pm: ASHG Welcome & Presidential Address

4:00-4:05 pm: ASHG Cotterman Award Presentation

4:05-4:20 pm: ASHG Early Career Award Presentation & Lecture

4:20-4:50 pm: ASHG William Allan Award Presentation & Lecture

5:00-6:10 pm: ASHG Plenary Abstract Session I*

6:30-7:30 pm: ASHG Poster Talks*

Wednesday

7:15-8:45 am: Concurrent Invited Interactive Workshops

  • Clinical Genomics Education Boot Camp
  • GWAS Analysis with Galaxy on the Analysis Visualization Integrated Lab-space (AnVIL)

9:00-10:00 am: Concurrent Platform Sessions (abstract-driven)*

10:00 am-4:30 pm: Exhibits and Posters Open

10:30 am-12:30 pm: Concurrent Invited Sessions

  • Big Data and Bioethics
  • Variant-to-Function Coupling: Understanding Non-coding Variation in Human Disease
  • Re-evaluating Penetrance: Modifiers, Mechanisms and Implications for Genetic Testing
  • Scalable Functional Genomics Approaches to Dissect Genetic Architecture
  • Asthma in Diverse Populations
  • Extending Phenotype-Genotype Correlations to the Fetus: Integrating Genetics, Imaging, and the Electronic Health Record
  • Delivering Genomics Digitally: Are We Ready?
  • Underrepresented Populations in Genomics: Health, Evolutionary, and Ethical Aspects

12:45-2:00 pm: Lunch & Networking

1:00-1:45 pm: FASEB Excellence in Science Award Presentation & Lecture

1:00-4:00 pm: Career Fair/Job Opportunities

2:00-4:00 pm: Poster Presentations*

4:15-5:45 pm: Concurrent Platform Sessions (abstract-driven)*

6:00-6:40 pm: Plenary Abstract Session II*

6:40-6:45 pm: ASHG Epstein Trainee Award Winners Recognition

6:45-7:00 pm: ASHG McKusick Leadership Award Presentation & Lecture

7:00-7:15 pm: ASHG Curt Stern Award Presentation & Lecture

Thursday

7:15-8:45 am: Concurrent Invited Interactive Workshops

  • Julia Meets Mendel: Algorithms and Software for Modern Genomic Data Analysis
  • The Latest Features and Data Types in the UCSC Genome Browser

9:00-10:30 am: Concurrent Platform Sessions (abstract-driven)*

10:00 am-4:30 pm: Exhibits and Posters Open

11:00 am-12:30 pm: Concurrent Platform Sessions (abstract-driven)*

12:45-2:00 pm: Lunch & Networking

1:00-4:00 pm: Career Fair/Job Opportunities

2:00-4:00 pm: Poster Presentations*

4:15-5:15 pm: Concurrent Platform Sessions (abstract-driven)*

5:30-7:00 pm: Presidential Symposium

7:00-8:30 pm: Diagnostic Challenges: Review and Discussion of Unique Cases

7:00-8:30 pm: #ASHG20 Tweetup

7:30 pm: ASHG Reception: Celebrating Diversity in Genetics

Friday

7:15-8:45 am: Concurrent Invited Interactive Workshops

  • RNA-seq for Mendelian Disease Diagnostics: A Hands-on Tutorial Through Bioinformatic Tools and Workflows
  • Integrating ENCODE Data with Your Research: An Interactive Survey of ENCODE Tools and Resource

9:00-10:00 am: Concurrent Platform Sessions (abstract-driven)*

10:00 am-4:15 pm: Exhibits and Posters Open

10:30 am-12:30 pm: Concurrent Invited Sessions

  • ASHG/ESHG Building Bridges Session
  • Indigenous Biobanking: Global Perspectives on Keeping Our Genomic Data Local
  • Using Novel Analytical Approaches to Identify High-Risk Genes in Next-Generation Sequencing of Multiplex Pedigrees
  • Epi-phenotyping of Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
  • Advances in Functional Transcriptomics: Linking Genetic Variation to RNA Processing
  • Application of Long Read Methods to Cancer Genomics
  • The History and Future of Protections Against Genetic Discrimination
  • Evolutionary Genomic Medicine

12:45-2:00 pm: Lunch & Networking

1:00-4:00 pm: Career Fair/Job Opportunities

2:00-4:00 pm: Poster Presentations*

4:15-5:15 pm: Plenary Abstract Session III*

5:15-5:30 pm: ASHG Advocacy Award Presentation & Lecture

5:30-5:45 pm: ASHG Mentorship Award Presentation & Lecture

5:45-6:00 pm: ASHG Education Award Presentation & Lecture

6:00 pm: Late-Breaking Abstracts Plenary Session

Saturday

7:15-8:45 am: Concurrent Invited Interactive Workshops

  • Variant Prioritization with OpenCRAVAT
  • Find and Analyze Data in the Cloud with Gen3, Dockstore and Terra

8:30-9:30 am: Concurrent Platform Sessions (abstract-driven)*

9:45-11:15 am: Concurrent Platform Sessions (abstract-driven)*

11:30 am-12:30 pm: Plenary Abstract Session IV*

1:00-2:00 pm: Closing Plenary Symposium

*Listings available in August

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