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I'll be speaking on a panel at the GA4GH 13th Plenary meeting in Uppsala 6-7 October 2025. The panel topic is "Making the case for data sharing to advance genomics". broadinstitute.swoogo.com/ga4gh13plenary… Looking forward to attending this meeting for the first time. #healtheconomics

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The GKS Work Stream held its second open house meeting this month. Hear an overview of the newly approved Variant Annotation Specification (VA-Spec) and how GA4GH Driver Project ClinGen is implementing GKS products. View the recording here: youtu.be/sap18DAG0aA

GA4GH approves two products—Categorical Variation Representation Specification (Cat-VRS) and Variant Annotation Specification (VA-Spec)—developed by the GKS Work Stream to foster greater precision in genomic knowledge representation. Read more: ga4gh.org/news_item/ga4g…

📣 We are excited to spotlight our next keynote speaker for GA4GH 13th Plenary: Ewan Birney (EMBL)! He will deliver a talk on "Genomics, Imaging, and AI — three technologies spanning research to healthcare delivery." Learn more and register: broadinstitute.swoogo.com/ga4gh13plenary…

Join the GA4GH Clinical Genomics Laboratory Community (CGLC) today, Monday June 16 at 20:00 UTC, for a session on best practices for sharing patient data in ClinVar. Register for the meeting: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Policy Brief: will the UK participate in the European Health Data Space? This policy brief discusses questions that remain, following publication of the European Health Data Space Regulation text, regarding participation from outside of the EU. Read more:ga4gh.org/news_item/poli…

📣 We are delighted to spotlight Nara Sobreira (Johns Hopkins University) as a GA4GH 13th Plenary keynote speaker! She will deliver her talk on "Phenotypic and genomic data sharing to facilitate variant classification and disease gene discovery." buff.ly/DRasvjX

Join us for our upcoming Fireside Chat on 11 July 2025 at 13:00 UTC with Tim Hubbard and Serena Scollen of ELIXIR Europe! Register for the event: buff.ly/Ygv2pfx

GA4GH and CRDSA have agreed to a Strategic Partnership to foster an aligned approach to the development of clinical research data and genomic data sharing standards, empowering a harmonised health data ecosystem. Read more in the press release: ga4gh.org/news_item/ga4g…

Join the inaugural meeting of the GA4GH Beacon Implementers Forum on Wednesday, 23 July at 9:00 PDT / 10:00 EDT / 15:00 BST. Learn more and register for the invite: buff.ly/IWNxx2d

Join WES at GA4GH 13th Plenary in Uppsala, Sweden from 6 to 10 October! Plenary unites the genomics and health community to advance responsible data sharing through global collaboration. This year's meeting is co-hosted by SciLifeLab. Register: buff.ly/Tg3b9iU

📣 Today, we are spotlighting Carolina Vitabäck (Barncancerfonden Södra) as a GA4GH 13th Plenary keynote speaker! She will deliver her talk on "When data means hope: a personal perspective on sharing responsibly." Learn more and register: buff.ly/Tg3b9iU

📣 We are excited to spotlight Richard Rosenquist Brandell, a GA4GH 13th Plenary keynote speaker! He will deliver his talk entitled "Genomic Medicine Sweden: advancing precision medicine at the national level." Learn more and register: buff.ly/DRasvjX

📣 ELIXIR has awarded €124,000 in infrastructure service funding to support the Beacon network. The funding will support 💪 operational activities such as maintenance and governance at ELIXIR Spain, ELIXIR Switzerland, and ELIXIR Finland. Read more: loom.ly/HZeATDA

Join us for our next Fireside Chat this Friday, 11 July 2025 at 13:00 UTC, featuring a conversation with Tim Hubbard, Director of ELIXIR, and Serena Scollen, Head of Human Genomics and Translational Data at ELIXIR! Register: buff.ly/r8CbBew

Join us on Monday, 14 July at 12:00 UTC for the "Genomic Analysis Platform Bake Off" session! See the full agenda and description: buff.ly/CFRG0P9 Register for the session: buff.ly/knBMfwy

Deadline approaching: submit a poster abstract for the GA4GH 13th Plenary meeting by 30 July 2025! All members of the community are invited to submit an abstract. Learn more and submit a poster abstract: buff.ly/8yvUoWJ