NPMI Programme/8 June/Final
The inaugural meeting of
THE NORDIC SOCIETY FOR PRECISION MEDICINE
REYKJAVIK, 7-8 JUNE 2018
Human Genetics: the Foundation of Precision Medicine
All meetings and events will take place at deCODE genetics, Sturlugata 8, Reykjavík
Wednesday 6 June, 19:00 (closed – NPMI Business meeting)
Thursday, 7 June
8:30-9:00 Registration
9:00 Opening by the Chairman of the meeting, Kári Stefánsson
Svandís Svavarsdóttir, Minister of Health
Human Genetics
Chair: Paul Franks, Lund
09:15-10:15 Nordic precision medicine; Country reports:
- Denmark: Søren Brunak, University of Copenhagen
- Estonia: Lili Milani, University of Tartu
- Finland: Samuli Ripatti, Helsinki University
- Iceland: Kári Stefánsson, deCODE genetics
- Norway: Kristian Hveem, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- Sweden: Patrick Sullivan, Karolinska Institute
10:15-11:00 Myles Axton – Nature Genetics
From genetic epidemiology to intervention
11:00-11:15 Coffee
11:15-12:00 Mark Daly – Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, Helsinki
Beyond GWAS – realizing the promise of human genetics
12:00-12:45 Kári Stefánsson – deCODE genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland
Human diversity
12:45-13:15 Lunch
Doing the legwork: Focus on the Populations and the Genetics
Chair: Leif Groop, Lund
13:15-13:45 Leif Groop – Lund University, Sweden
Precision medicine – the many faces of diabetes
13:45-14:15 Lili Milani – Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu, Estonia
Piloting precision medicine: Returning results to participants of the Estonian Biobank
14:15-14:45 Eivind Hovig – University of Oslo, Norway
The Norwegian genetic landscape
14:45-15:15 Aarno Palotie – Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, Helsinki
Finnish large scale genomics initiatives: FinnGen
15:15-15:45 Patrick Sullivan – Karolinska Institute, Sweden
Tryggve2: Secure and precise genetic analyses across the Nordic countries
15:45-16:00 Coffee
Bedside manners: Focus on the Patients and the Diseases
Chair: Ole Andreassen, Oslo
16:00-16:30 Dag Erik Undlien – Oslo University Hospital, Norway
Rare diseases – from genes to genomes
16:30-17:00 Paul Franks – Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
Why lifestyle must be part of the discussion about precision medicine
17:00-17:30 Thomas Werge – University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Identifying genomics and environmental causes of mental disorders in the population of Denmark
17:30-18:00 Jens Lundgren – Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark
Precision medicine in clinical consequences of immune dysfunction
18:00-18:30 David O. Arnar – University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland
The challenge of turning genetic data into better health
18:45-19:30 The Nordic Society for Precision Medicine; Launch
19:30-20:00 Reception
20:00 Dinner
Friday, 8 June
Making it work: Focus on the infrastructure and implementation
Chair: Søren Brunak, Copenhagen
8:30-9:00 Heidi Beate Bentzen – University of Oslo, Norway
Doing right: Law and precision medicine
9:00-9:30 Peter Løngreen – Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby
Nordic secure private cloud infrastructure for health data
9:30-10:00 Coffee and poster presentation
10:00-10:30 Valtteri Wirta – Karolinska Institute, Sweden
WGS-based diagnostics for rare disease
10:30-11:00 Birgir Jakobsson – Ministry of Welfare, Iceland
Iceland digital health initiative – a dream or a reality?
11:00 Closing remarks by the Chairman of the meeting
Lunch – End of meeting