Sequencing the next era of precision and pre-emptive medicine

The Main Stage theatre will host the Festival’s keynotes, bringing together leading voices shaping the future of genomics, healthcare and precision medicine. Day one will kick off with keynote presentations from Dame Sue Hill, Richard Scott, Raghib Ali and Sir Rory Collins, before turning to the latest advances in Sequencing.


Day two will kick off with keynote presentations from Giles Yeo, Edith Heard, Turi King and Adam Rutherford. The sessions will then focus on the latest advances in Sequencing and updates on UK healthcare before the Festival’s Mystery Keynote speaker.

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09:00
  1. The Next Chapter of Genomic Medicine
    Main Stage
    30 mins
    Speaker(s)
    Speaker image for Dame Sue Hill
    Dame Sue Hill, Chief Scientific Officer, NHS England
09:30
  1. Keynote Presentation sponsored by Illumina
    Main Stage
    30 mins
10:15
  1. Genomics England: What’s New and What’s Next?
    Main Stage
    15 mins
    Speaker(s)
    Speaker image for Richard Scott
    Richard Scott, Chief Executive Officer, Genomics England
  2. Our Future Health: From UK-wide Research Cohort to Transforming Prevention at Scale
    Main Stage
    15 mins
    Speaker(s)
    Speaker image for Raghib Ali
    Raghib Ali, Chief Executive, Our Future Health
10:45
  1. What’s Next for UK Biobank? Building the Future of Population Health Research
    Main Stage
    15 mins
    Speaker(s)
    Speaker image for Sir Rory Collins
    Sir Rory Collins, Chief Executive & Principal Investigator, UK Biobank
11:00
  1. Networking Break
    Main Stage
    30 mins
11:30
  1. Direct RNA Sequencing: Unlocking the Native RNA Landscape
    Main Stage
    30 mins
    Speaker(s)
    Speaker image for Miten Jain
    Miten Jain, Assistant Professor, Bioengineering, Northeastern University
12:00
  1. Sponsored by Oxford Nanopore. More details to be announced shortly.
    Main Stage
    30 mins
12:30
  1. What We've Been Missing: Unlocking New Discoveries Through Large-Scale Long-Read Sequencing
    Main Stage
    30 mins
    Speaker(s)
    Speaker image for Kathy Stirrups
    Kathy Stirrups, Head of Samples, NIHR BioResource
13:00
  1. Lunch & Networking Break
    Main Stage
    90 mins
14:30
  1. Resolving RNA Diversity in Neurodegenerative Disease: From Mechanism to Therapeutic Targeting
    Main Stage
    30 mins
    Speaker(s)
    Speaker image for Mina Ryten
    Mina Ryten, Honorary Professor and Professor and Director of the Dementia Research Institute, UCL and University of Cambridge
15:00
  1. Sponsored by Pacbio. More details to be announced shortly.
    Main Stage
    30 mins
15:30
  1. Cell-Type-Specific Isoform Dysregulation in Crohn's Disease: Insights from Single-Cell Long-Read Sequencing
    Main Stage
    30 mins
    Speaker(s)
    Speaker image for Sofia Kudasheva
    Sofia Kudasheva, Postdoctoral Researcher, Wellcome Sanger Institute
16:00
  1. Networking Break
    Main Stage
    30 mins
16:30
  1. 4,500 Ancient Genomes: Sequencing Human Evolution Through Time
    Main Stage
    30 mins
    Speaker(s)
    Speaker image for Pontus Skoglund
    Pontus Skoglund, Senior Group Leader, Francis Crick Institute
17:00
  1. Sponsored by Ultima Genomics. More details to be announced shortly.
    Main Stage
    30 mins
17:30
  1. Panel Discussion: Choosing the Right Sequencing Technology: Short Reads, Long Reads & Beyond
    Main Stage
    30 mins
    Speaker(s)
    Speaker image for Amaia Vilas Zorno
    Amaia Vilas Zorno, Senior Director, Molecular Profiling & Sequencing, Relation Therapeutics
    Speaker image for Michael Quail
    Michael Quail, Principal Scientific Manager Sequencing R&D, Wellcome Sanger Institute
08:45
  1. Why Are We Hungry? What Genomics Is Revealing About Appetite and Obesity
    Main Stage
    30 mins
    Speaker(s)
    Speaker image for Giles Yeo
    Giles Yeo, Professor of Molecular Neuroendocrinology, University of Cambridge
09:15
  1. Keynote Presentation sponsored by Illumina. More details to be announced shortly.
    Main Stage
    30 mins
09:45
  1. The Next Breakthrough won't happen in a Silo: Reinventing Life Sciences Partnerships in the Age of AI
    Main Stage
    15 mins
    Speaker(s)
    Speaker image for Edith Heard
    Edith Heard, Director and Chief Executive, The Francis Crick Institute
10:00
  1. From Richard III to Genetic Genealogy: The Stories Hidden in Our DNA
    Main Stage
    30 mins
    Speaker(s)
    Speaker image for Turi King
    Turi King, Geneticist, Presenter, Author and Director of the Milner Centre for Evolution, The University of Bath
10:30
  1. Who Do We Think We Are? What the Last Decade of Genomics Has Revealed About Us
    Main Stage
    30 mins
    Speaker(s)
    Speaker image for Adam Rutherford
    Adam Rutherford, Scientist, Author, and Broadcaster
11:00
  1. Networking Break
    Main Stage
    30 mins
11:30
  1. From cfDNA Methylation to Molecular Subtyping: Unlocking New Signals from Liquid Biopsies
    Main Stage
    30 mins
    Speaker(s)
    Speaker image for Alex Clipson
    Alex Clipson, Deputy Team Lead, Cancer Research UK Manchester
12:00
  1. Sponsored by Qiagen. More details to be announced shortly.
    Main Stage
    30 mins
12:30
  1. From Genomic Discovery to Cancer Care: Making Precision Oncology Work for Patients
    Main Stage
    30 mins
    Speaker(s)
    Speaker image for Helen Winter
    Helen Winter, Clinical Director, SWAG Cancer Alliance
13:00
  1. Lunch & Networking Break
    Main Stage
    70 mins
14:10
  1. More details to be announced shortly
    Main Stage
    30 mins
14:40
  1. Sponsored by Roche. More details to be announced shortly.
    Main Stage
    30 mins
15:10
  1. More details to be announced shortly
    Main Stage
    30 mins
15:40
  1. Networking Break
    Main Stage
    30 mins
16:10
  1. UK Healthcare Updates
    Main Stage
    60 mins
    Speaker(s)
    Speaker image for Vicki Heath
    Vicki Heath, Chief Healthcare Science Officer, Welsh Government
    Speaker image for Dame Sue Hill
    Dame Sue Hill, Chief Scientific Officer, NHS England
    Speaker image for Jann Gardner
    Jann Gardner, Chief Executive, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde 
    Speaker image for Deborah Williamson
    Deborah Williamson, Co-Director, The Scottish Pandemic Sciences Partnership
17:15
  1. Mystery Keynote Speaker to be announced shortly
    Main Stage
    45 mins