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We are honored to discuss these topics with four important actors in the field that confirmed their participation:
 
We are honored to discuss these topics with four important actors in the field that confirmed their participation:
  
Jacques Beckmann (Head of Clinical Bioinformatics, SIB)
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* Jacques Beckmann (Head of Clinical Bioinformatics, SIB)
  
Christine Currat (Executive director of the Swiss biobanking platform)
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* Christine Currat (Executive director of the Swiss biobanking platform)
  
Manolis Dermitzakis (Professor of Genetics at the Department of Genetic Medicine, UNIGE)
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* Manolis Dermitzakis (Professor of Genetics at the Department of Genetic Medicine, UNIGE)
  
Jeanne-Pascale Simon (Lawyer at the Unit of Legal Affairs, CHUV)
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* Jeanne-Pascale Simon (Lawyer at the Unit of Legal Affairs, CHUV)
  
 
=Target audience=
 
=Target audience=

Revision as of 16:21, 2 November 2015

What

BSNL / ISCB-RCG Switzerland presents,
Hackuarium presents,

Lausanne Open Data Meetup Special Edition

(This event will be in English)

When

  • Thursday 5th November 2015, 7pm
  • Practical information: see Open Hackuarium
  • Please register here for this event.

Organisers

  • Leonor Rib
  • Jonathan Sobel

Topics

Biomedical data, medical data transition, ethics and security

Speakers

We are honored to discuss these topics with four important actors in the field that confirmed their participation:

  • Jacques Beckmann (Head of Clinical Bioinformatics, SIB)
  • Christine Currat (Executive director of the Swiss biobanking platform)
  • Manolis Dermitzakis (Professor of Genetics at the Department of Genetic Medicine, UNIGE)
  • Jeanne-Pascale Simon (Lawyer at the Unit of Legal Affairs, CHUV)

Target audience

Students, Politicians, Doctors, Data Scientists, Citizens.

Questions to ask/have answers for

During the round table we will go through the following questions:

  • What can personalized medicine offer?
  • What ethics problematic are at stake with personal medical data and how can the law protect patients?
  • What is the current state of the infrastructure for these data and the existing tools for researchers?
  • How to manage these data and ensure confidentiality, but to allow access to researchers?
  • How much investment is needed today to support this data tsunami?
  • What is the need in medical data literacy for its potential users?
  • How many trained people do we need in the area?
  • Can citizens take part in this revolution by doing citizen science/biohacking/DIYbio?

Documentation Output

Speakers Slides

Live Coverage

Pics