From genomic innovation to clinical impact: making genomic medicine work at scale

Genomic medicine is moving rapidly from specialist services into routine clinical care. New opportunities to diagnose disease, guide treatment, predict risk and deliver more personalised healthcare are on the horizon, and the challenge now sits in making use of this in a cost-efficient, equitable way.

But translating genomic advances into better patient outcomes requires more than sequencing and analysis. It means building the infrastructure, workforce, clinical pathways, evidence and data systems needed to integrate genomics into healthcare.

The Festival brings together genomic medicine leaders, clinicians, clinical scientists, researchers, health data experts and technology providers working to make this happen.

Across two days, explore the next chapter of genomic medicine, including national strategies shaping genomic healthcare across the UK, practical challenges of mainstreaming genomics, interpreting variants and integrating genomic information into clinical decision-making.

Discover how genomics is transforming cancer care and rare disease diagnosis, how pharmacogenomics is being implemented at national scale, and how AI, population genomics and new data infrastructures could reshape prevention and precision medicine.

Key takeaways:

  • Better understand how genomic medicine is being scaled across the UK, including pilots, scale-up and infrastructure updates
  • Explore what it takes to embed genomics into routine clinical care, from mainstreaming genomic testing and interpreting variants to workforce development and integrating genomic pathways into healthcare.
  • See how genomics is changing cancer care, including whole genome sequencing, molecular profiling, liquid biopsy and approaches to improving access to genomic cancer services..
  • Understand the growing role of pharmacogenomics and genomic risk prediction in personalised treatment, screening and population health.
  • Explore how genomic data and AI are changing clinical practice, from national genomic resources and data infrastructure to genomic AI and tools that turn genomic information into actionable insights.
  • Better understand the challenges of delivering equitable genomic medicine at scale, including access, workforce, clinical adoption and the infrastructure required to support a genomics-enabled health system.
Poster Zone
Cancer Diagnostics Stage
Ai Enabled Diagnostics
Genomic Medicine stage
Variant interpretation workshop
Curated networking
Clinical Scientist workshop
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Speakers

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Dame Sue Hill

Chief Scientific Officer
NHS England
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Clare Turnbull

Professor of Cancer Genetics
The Institute of Cancer Research
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Richard Scott

Chief Executive Officer
Genomics England
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Deborah Porter

Deputy Director Genomics Service Transformation
NHS England
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Vicki Heath

Chief Healthcare Science Officer
Welsh Government
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Emma Baple

Professor of Genomic Medicine
University of Exeter
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Aditi Vedi

Consultant Paediatric Oncologist
Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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Anthony Sullivan

Chief Operating Officer
North Thames Genomic Medicine Service
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Bill Newman

Professor of Translational Genomic Medicine
University of Manchester
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Helen Winter

Clinical Director
SWAG Cancer Alliance
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John Fraser

Head of Data and Informatics Genomics Unit
NHS England
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John Tadross

Consultant in Histopathology and Solid Tumour Molecular Pathology
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Katie Law

Genomic programme manager
Greater Manchester Diagnostic Network
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Matthew Krebs

Cancer Medical Lead
North West Genomic Laboratory Hub
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Mayuri Basnet

Consultant Histopathologist
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
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Natalie Cook

Honorary Consultant in Medical Oncology and Clinical Senior Lecturer (ECMT)
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
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Nirupa Murugaesu

Consultant in Molecular Oncology
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
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Rachel Hart

Deputy Clinical Director (Genomics)
North West Genomic Service Alliance
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Sarah Coupland

Professor and Honorary Consultant in Pathology
University of Liverpool
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Stephan Sanders

Director
MRC CoRE - Therapeutic Genomics
Speaker profile image for Videha Sharma

Videha Sharma

Clinical Innovation Lead
University of Manchester
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