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Meet the Change-Makers

SPARK is your can’t-miss opportunity to experience the biggest industry leaders and innovators — appearing together, for the first time, to map the future of genomic healthcare.

Frances Arnold

California Institute of Technology

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Paldeep Atwal

PWN Health

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Racquel Bracken

Venrock

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Francis Collins

National Institutes of Health

Tulio de Oliveira

Nelson Mandela School of Medicine

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Sue Desmond-Hellmann

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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Jennifer Doudna

University of California Berkeley

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Joel Dudley

Tempus

Bill Gates

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

CNN

Scott Gottlieb

New Enterprise Associates

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Sue Hill

NHS England

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Christopher Mason

Weill Cornell Medicine

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Charles Rotimi

National Institutes of Health

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Michael Sherman

Harvard Pilgrim

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Eric Topol

Scripps Research Translational Institute

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Kaja Wasik

Variant Bio

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Kimberly Wilson

HUED

AGENDA OVERVIEW

Shining a light on genomic innovation

Day 1 | April 26

Welcome

Francis deSouza, Illumina

Spotlight

The Promise of Pathogen Genomics

Bill Gates, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Panel

Futurecasting: Why Now is Just the Beginning

Moderator: Susan Tousi, Illumina
  • Panelists:
  • Sue Hill (NHS England)
  • Charles Rotimi (National Institutes of Health)
  • Michael Sherman (Harvard Pilgrim)
  • Chris Mason (Weill Cornell Medicine)
This is the rallying cry for the immense future of genomic technology. This visionary panel will explore the opportunities and barriers to widespread genomic application in clinical care.

Panel

Oncogenomics: The Driver of Clinical Utility

Moderator: Alex Aravanis, Illumina
  • Panelists:
  • Elli Papaemmanuil (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)
  • Joel Dudley (Tempus)
  • Christina Curtis (Stanford University)
Precision healthcare — bespoke cancer therapy, based on a patient’s own genome — isn’t theoretical anymore. This panel of oncogenomics experts will talk about their advances and share what they’ve learned on the cutting-edge of clinical care.

Fireside Chat

Pipeline to Point of Care: Inclusive Healthcare Innovation

Host: Ashley Van Zeeland, Illumina
  • Panelists:
  • Kimberly Wilson (HUED)
  • Racquel Bracken (Venrock)
Two up-and-coming change-makers take on the topics of equity and leadership in healthcare-technology innovation from funding to fruition.

Break

Networking

Spotlight

The Leadership Difference

Sue Desmond-Hellmann (The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)
Phil Febbo, Illumina
Day 2 | April 27

Welcome

Kathryne Reeves, Illumina

Spotlight

Nobel to Nobel: Jennifer Doudna in conversation with Frances Arnold

  • Jennifer Doudna (University of California Berkeley)
  • Frances Arnold (California Institute of Technology)
Inside the groundbreaking journeys as women in science, and the entrepreneurship-drive to push science out of the lab and into the clinic.

Panel

Precision Health, Are We There Yet?

Moderator: Merrilyn Datta (Illumina)
  • Panelists:
  • Kaja Wasik (Variant Bio)
  • Jill Hagenkord (Optum Genomics)
  • Paldeep Atwal (PWN Health)
What does it take to drive genomic innovation, from translational development to everyday patient care? This session will explore today’s pipeline of cutting-edge omics, and delineate the ecosystem of R&D partners, care providers, patients, and payers that brings a novel idea to life.

Panel

No Time to Stand Down: COVID and What's Next

Moderator: Phil Febbo, Illumina
  • Panelists:
  • Scott Gottlieb (New Enterprise Associates)
  • Eric Topol (Scripps Research Translational Institute)
  • Tulio de Oliveira (Nelson Mandela School of Medicine)
  • Stacey Gabriel (The Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT)
Fifteen months since the discovery of COVID, genomic and health officials talk surveillance, strains, variant detection, and the collaborative effort that has finally made inroads against the global pandemic.

Break

Networking

Spotlight

Everyone Has a Part to Play

Francis Collins, National Institutes of Health in conversation with Janina Jeff, Illumina

Spotlight

Lessons Learned from 2020 for Healthcare and Humanity

Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN
Francis deSouza, Illumina

Closing Remarks

Francis deSouza, Illumina

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