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.
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*
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
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
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
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