About G2MC

The Global Genomic Medicine Collaborative

Overview

The Global Genomic Medicine Collaborative (G2MC) is an action collaborative among global leaders in the implementation of genomic medicine in clinical care. Arising from the 2014 Global Leaders in Genomic Medicine Summit, the purpose of G2MC is to identify opportunities and foster global collaborations for enabling the demonstration of value and the effective use of genomics in medicine. Engaging multiple stakeholders across the globe, the G2MC group, under the auspices of the Roundtable on Genomics and Precision Health, seeks to improve global health by catalyzing the implementation of genomic tools and knowledge into health care delivery globally. To accomplish these goals, seven working groups were created, including communications, education, evidence, IT/bioinformatics, pharmacogenomics, policy, and a steering group to guide and support efforts among working groups.

Specifically, it is intended to:

• Serve as nexus, clearinghouse, and knowledge base for genomic medicine activities globally;
• Develop opportunities for global genomic medicine demonstration projects (implementation and outcomes research) and;
• Capture and disseminate best practices for genomic medicine (in bioinformatics, education, evidence, pharmacogenomics, policy) across the global genomic medicine community.

Current Activities

The purpose and goals of the Global Genomic Medicine Collaborative (G2MC):

• Develop projects with global participation
  • Opportunities to disseminate learnings for genomic medicine implementation
  • Educational platforms to support genomic medicine projects
  • Community engagement and access to global genomic medicine expertise
• Creation of a registry or catalog of genomic medicine projects and programs across the globe to stimulate collaboration and efficiency in translation
• Be a global policy forum for genomic medicine
• Mapping the global genomic medicine landscape particularly as it relates to policy and implementation
• Global eradication of preventable Stevens Johnson Syndrome/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis

Previous Conferences 

4th G2MC Conference; November 28-30, 2018, Cape Town, South Africa - Genomic Medicine implementation in low-resource settings

The meeting objectives were to:

• Highlight national efforts and organizations around the world that are implementing genomic medicine into practice
• Foster collaborations to enable the implementation of genomic medicine
• Identify and develop solutions for overcoming obstacles to genomic medicine implementation
• Sponsor the first Young Investigators Forum to foster the development of Young Investigators and provide networking and advancement opportunities

Scientific Program

Speakers and Moderators

Photo Gallery

3rd G2MC Conference; April 27-29, 2017, Athens, Greece - Implementing Genomic Medicine into Practice

The meeting objectives were to:

• Highlight national efforts and organizations around the world that are implementing genomic medicine into practice
• Foster collaborations to enable the implementation of genomic medicine
• Discuss public health genomics approaches to catalyze implementation of genomic medicine 
• Identify and develop solutions for overcoming obstacles to genomic medicine implementation
• Create a global tool box for implementation of genomic medicine into practice

Scientific Program

Speakers and Moderators

Photo Gallery

2nd G2MC Conference; November 6-7, 2015, Singapore - Implementing Genomic Medicine into Practice

The meeting objectives were to:

• Highlight nations or organizations around the world that are implementing genomic medicine into practice
• Foster/facilitate collaborations to enable the implementation of genomic medicine
• Highlight best practices and lessons learned to enable others to effectively implement genomic medicine approaches
• Identify and develop solutions for overcoming obstacles to genomic medicine implementation
• Identify and discuss regulations and policies that impact the implementation of genomic medicine
• Create a global tool box for implementation of genomic medicine into practice

Agenda

Attendee List

G2MC Group Photo

1st G2MC Conference; January 8-9, 2014, Washington DC, USA - Global Leaders in Genomic Medicine

The goals of the meeting were to:

• Identify areas of active translational and implementation research, potential common strategies, and opportunities for collaborative efforts.
• Identify common barriers to implementation of genomics in healthcare and a policy agenda relevant to advances in the field.
• Identify nations with unique capabilities (such as national healthcare systems) that may allow rapid implementation and measures of key outcomes.
• Discuss opportunities (such as national healthcare system) that may allow rapid implementation and measures of key outcomes.

About Santiago

Welcome to Chile! Welcome to Santiago! 

Here’s some basic information that will be useful when you visit our country:

- Our currency is the Chilean Peso, you can easily find ATMs and you can pay by card almost everywhere.

- The voltage in Chile is 220V. Sockets require plugs with three round pins in a line (with the middle one being an earth) and two-pronged European style plugs can also be used. We recommend that you pack a universal travel adaptor that will allow you to use a hairdryer, electric shaver, charge a mobile phone or other electrical items. You will also need a voltage converter if you're using appliances from the US.

- In May we are entering to autumn season, but it can be a bit unpredictable so is better to be prepared for cold (specially at the evening), rain and also warm. 

- The countries that require to get a special visa for entering the country are listed here. To request a visa, please click here. 

Upon entry, you will receive a Tarjeta de Turismo (Tourist Card) which is valid for 90 days and has to be presented when leaving the country. Find a safe place for this piece of paper! If you do loose it, get a replacement in plenty of time at any PDI station before your departure. Those trying to leave without the card will most likely miss their flight or be kept waiting at the border for a long time.

Reciprocity fee

This entry fee, called the Entry Reciprocity Fee, is required of all citizens of Australia and Mexico.

How to get from the airport to Santiago Downtown *

Transvip - You can contract the service right at the airport, if you buy the roundtrip you get 10% discount.

Taxi for 1-3 people 19.500 CLP (50 min. Ride)

Van for 1-7 people 26.400 CLP (50 Min. Ride)

Shared Public Van 7.400 CLP per person (1.30 Hours Ride)

Turbus:

This company has buses going from the airport to Pajaritos metro station every 10 min, you can combine here to get to the Metro (Subway) 

Price: 1.900 CLP (35 min. ride)

* Please note that due to a lot of scam going on at the airport, please do NOT take any unauthorized transfer service, do NOT accept help from anyone that doesn’t belong to any of this companies which are authorized.  

Activities around Santiago

Visiting a vineyard and wine tasting

Visiting vineyards and tasting some Chilean wine is a must if you are around!

This package includes transfers, tickets for two vineyards, wine tasting and bilingual guide. USD 95

Full day visiting Viña del Mar and Valparaíso

120 km away from Santiago, by the coast are located two of the most famous and important cities in Chile: Viña del Mar and Valparaíso. You can explore the main spots of both cities in a day. 

This package includes transfers and bilingual guide. USD 54

Musea

Museum of Memory and Human Rights

Is a Chilean museum dedicated to commemorate the victims of human rights violations during the civic-military regime led by Augusto Pinochet between 1973 and 1990. 

Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino

The Chilean Museum of Pre-Columbian Art is an art museum dedicated to the study and display of pre-Columbian artworks and artifacts from Central and South America. The museum is located in the city center of Santiago.

Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts

located in Santiago downtown, is one of the major centers for Chilean art and for broader South American Art. Established in 1880 (making it the oldest in South America)

Venue

Venue of the 5th Global Genomic Medicine Collaborative Conference

The 5th Global Genomic Medicine Collaborative Conference will be held in the SHERATON SANTIAGO HOTEL AND CONVENTION CENTER ***** (Ave, Sta María 1742, Santiago, Región Metropolitana, Chile).

Sheraton Santiago Hotel & Convention Center is one of the best Santiago lodging choices with numerous amenities for guests. The hotel is situated minutes away from Uruguay Park, close to the San Cristobal Hill and also in close proximity of Municipal Market of Providencia and Sculpture Park.

The hotel has 379 air-conditioned rooms with several amenities, such as outdoor tennis courts and a 24-hour health club and also includes 4 restaurants and a coffee shop/café. Guests can get around on the shuttle (surcharge), which operates within 50 km. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available 24 hours), and self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.  

Sheraton Santiago Hotel & Convention Center has a 7575 square feet (704 square meters) of space consisting of conference space and a meeting room.  

To reserve your room at the Sheraton Santiago Hotel and Conference Center, please follow this link. 

Organizing Committee and Speakers

Conference Organizing Committee

G2MC Co-Chairs 

Geoff Ginsburg; Director, Duke Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine; Professor of Medicine, Biomedical Engineering and Pathology, Duke University, USA

Catalina Correa-Lopez; Chief Scientific Officer, Genome British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

George P. Patrinos; Professor of Pharmacogenomics and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Head, Laboratory of Pharmacogenomics and Individualized Therapy, University of Patras, Department of Pharmacy, Patras Greece

Organizing Committee 

Co-Chairs

Gabriella Repetto, Santiago, Chile (Co-Chair)

Bruce Korf, Tuscallosa, AL, USA (Co-Chair)

Members

Ricardo Armisen, Macul, Chile

Young Investigators Forum Planning Committee

George P. Patrinos, - Patras, Greece (Co-Chair)

Catalina Lopez-Correa, Vancouver, Canada (Co-Chair)

Stefania Koutsilieri, Patras, Greece

Ursula Matte, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Boris Rebolledo , Santiago, Chile

Scientific Program

Scientific Program

5th International G2MC Conference

Genomic Medicine Implementation in Low Resources Settings

May 6-8, 2020

Sheraton Santiago Hotel and Convention Center

Ave Santa Maria 1742, Santiago, Chile

Draft scientific program

DAY 1: MAY 6, 2020

08:00-13:00 Registration [location]

08:00-12:00 Young Investigators’ Forum [location]

08:00-08:05 Welcoming Remarks - Chairs, YIF Planning Committee

                  George P. Patrinos; University of Patras, Department of Pharmacy, Patras, Greece

                  Catalina Lopez-Correa; Ruta N Medellin, Colombia

08:05-10:55 Young Investigator Presentations

10:55-11:10  COFFEE BREAK [location]

11:10-11:40 Career Development Panel

                  Moderators: Stefania Koutsilieri and Boris Rebolledo

                  Panel Members: Alan Shuldiner (USA), Ricardo Armisen (Chile), Guilherme Suarez-Kurtz (Brazil),

                                         Juergen Reichardt (Australia), Catalina Lopez-Correa (Colombia)

11:40-12:00 Young Investigator Flash Talks

12:00-13:30 Lunch and Poster Session[location]

13:30-13:45 G2MC 5th International G2MC Conference[location]

                  Welcoming Remarks and opening statements

                  Gabriela Repetto; Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile

                  Bruce Korf; University of Alabama, USA

13:45-13:50  Keynote Introduction:  Gabriela Repetto

13:50-14:20 Keynote lecture: TBD 

                   Andres Couve

                   Minister of Science and Innovation, Chile

Session I: Genomic Landscape in Latin America                                         

Moderators: Gabriela Repetto (Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile) and Ricardo Armisen (Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile)

14:20-14:25 Moderator introductions 

14:25-16:25 Existing National Initiatives in Latin America

Population Genomics Initiative, Brazil

Lygia da Veiga Pereira

Brazil

Patient Participation and Advocacy

Cecilia Rodriguez

Patients Alliance, Chile 

Development of an actionable NGS cancer panel in the Chilean Health Care system

Katherine Marcelain, PhD; Universidad de Chile

Latin American Hereditary Cancer Network

Mev Dominguez-Valentin, PhD; Peru and Oslo Cancer Institute

Latin American PGx Network

Bernard Esquivel, MD, PhD; Latin American Association of Precision Medicine (ALAMP); OneOme

Data sharing is necessary for implementation of Genomic Medicine

Iscia Lopes-Cendes

Brazil

Education and workforce

Silvia Castillo

Universidad de Chile

16:35-17:15 Panel Discussion

Moderator: Ricardo Armisen

Panel members: Lygia de Veiga Pereira, Cecilia Rodriguez, Katherine Marcelain, May Dominguez-Valentin, Bernard Esquivel, Iscia Lopes-Cendes, Silia Castillo

18:00 WELCOME COCKTAIL RECEPTION 

DAY 2: MAY 7, 2020

08:00-08:05 Keynote Introduction

08:05-08:35 Keynote: TBD  

Dame Sue Hill 

National Health Service, England

Session II: Genomics of Common Disorders

Moderators: George Patrinos and Alan Shuldiner

08:35-10:05 Large-scale National Initiatives outside of Latin America                                                            

International Hundred K+ Cohorts Consortium 

Teri Manolio, National Human Genome Research Institute,  USA

100K RCT in Israel, Clalit

Gad Rennert 

Israel

Genomic Medicine and Pharmacogenomics Implementation; The Genome of Greeece (GoGreece) Initiative 

George P. Patrinos

University of Patras Department of Pharmacy, Patras, Greece

Korean and Asian Genome Projects

TBD

Macrogen

Polygenic Risk Scores and Common Disease

Emear Kenney 

Mount Sinai School of Medicine, USA

Addressing antimicrobial resistance and the One Health Paradigm

Rafael Araos

Clinica Alemana, Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile

Maule/MAUCO cohort 

Catterina Ferreccio

Chile 

10:05-10:35 Panel Discussion                    

10:35-11:00 COFFEE BREAK

Session III: Genomics of Rare Disorders

Moderators: Bruce Korf and Gert Mattijs

11:00-12:30 Undiagnosed Diseases Network International

IRDIRC DSC presentation on rare diseases

Juergen Reichardt

Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, Australia

Medical Genetics Leader in Colombia

Fernando Suarez (to be invited)

Javeriana University, Colombia

Regional rare disease diagnostic programs

Cecilia Poli 

Clínica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile

Return of Results and Scaling their Model

Kelly East, Hudson Alpha

12:30-13:00 Panel Discussion

                  Moderators: Bruce Korf, Gert Matthijs

                  Members: Juergen Reichardt, Cecilia Poli, Kelly East

13:00-13:15 Instructions to Breakout Groups - Alan Shuldiner

13:15-15:15 LUNCH BREAK 

13:30-15:15 G2MC Steering Committee Meeting (closed session)

15:30-17:00 Breakout Groups

i) Education Working Group,

   Vajira Dissanayake (University of Colombo, Sri Lanka),

   Bruce Korf (University of Alabama, USA)

ii) Policy Working Group

    Dame Sue Hill, National Health Service, UK

    Catalina Lopez-Correa, Ruta N Medellin, Colombia      

iii) Genomic Medicine Flagship Projects Working Group

    Pharmacogenomics - George P. Patrinos, University of Patras, Greece

    Rare Diseases - Vajira Dissanayake (University of Colombo, Sri Lanka), Alan Shuldiner (Regeneron Pharmaceuticals,

                           USA)

    Cancer - Federico Innocenti (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)

    Family History - Grant Wood

iv) Advocacy Working Group

    Vajira Dissayanake, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

    Catalina Lopez-Correa, Ruta N Medellin, Colombia

v) Evidence Working Group

    Marc Abramowitz, Geneva University Hospitals (HUG)< Geneva Switzerland

   Fahd Al-Mulla, Kuwait University, Kuwait 

18:30 Depart for Dinner

19:00 DINNER

DAY 3: May 8th, 2020

08:00-08:05 Keynote Introduction: Speaker TBD

08:05-08:35 Keynote: TBD

Andrew Sinclair, 

Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Australia

Session IV: Solutions to Roadblocks

Moderators: Geoff Ginsburg (Duke University, USA) and Catalina Lopez-Correa (Ruta N Medellin, Colombia)

08:35-10:35 Challenges in implementing genomic medicine in Latin America

Gabriela Repetto, 

Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile

Implementing Genomic Medicine in Diverse Care Settings: The IGNITE Network

Geoff Ginsburg, 

Duke University, USA

Implementing genetic risk testing in Africa

Elissa Prichep or Genya Dana 

World Economic Forum

Evaluating technologies for genomic medicine in LMICs

Manuel Espinoza 

Universidad Catolica, Chile

Education: Lessons from genomic medicine in first nations

Catalina Lopez-Correa 

Ruta N Medellin, Colombia

Genomic competence,workforce development,engagement and education in New Zealand

Michelle Thunders

New Zealand

ISCC Update

Rih Haspel

USA

10:35-11:05 COFFEE BREAK

11:05-11:45 Panel discussion

                  Moderators: Geoff Ginsburg and Catalina Lopez-Correa

                  Members: Gabriela Repetto, Elisa Prichep or Genya Dana, Michelle Thunders, Rich Haspel

11:45-13:00 LUNCH

Session V: Breakout Sessions

13:00-15:00 Report Back from Breakout Groups - Alan Shuldiner (Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, USA), Moderator

i) Education Working Group, 

   Vajira Dissanayake (University of Colombo, Sri Lanka), 

   Bruce Korf (University of Alabama, USA)

ii) Policy Working Group

    Dame Sue Hill, National Health Service, UK

    Catalina Lopez-Correa, Ruta N Medellin, Colombia      

iii) Genomic Medicine Flagship Projects Working Group

    Pharmacogenomics - George P. Patrinos, University of Patras, Greece

    Rare Diseases - Vajira Dissanayake (University of Colombo, Sri Lanka), Alan Shuldiner (Regeneron Pharmaceuticals,

                           USA)

    Cancer - Federico Innocenti (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)

    Family History - Grant Wood

iv) Advocacy Working Group

    Vajira Dissayanake, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

    Catalina Lopez-Correa, Ruta N Medellin, Colombia

v) Evidence Working Group

    Marc Abramowitz, Geneva University Hospitals (HUG)< Geneva Switzerland

   Fahd Al-Mulla, Kuwait University, Kuwait

15:00-15:30 Young Investigator Poster Awards Announcement

15:30-15:45 Closing remarks and next steps

                   Gabriela Repetto and Bruce Korf; 5th G2MC International Conference Co-Chairs

15:45-16:00 Announcement of 6th G2MC Conference location and adjournment

                   Catalina Lopez-Correa, Geoff Ginsburg, George P. Patrinos; G2MC Co-Chairs 

17:00-18:30 G2MC Executive Committee Meeting (closed session)

Sponsors

Sponsors

We are grateful to the following academic and corporate entities who have generously supported the 5th Global Genomic Medicine Collaborative Conference

Registration / Accommodation

Registration

General registration for the 5th Global Genomic Medicine Collaborative virtual conference is now open and can be accessed through this link. 

To reserve your room at the Sheraton Santiago Hotel and Conference Center, please follow this link.

We are pleased to be able to offer this global conference at no fee to you through the generosity of sponsors. However, as space is limited, we as that you register so we may manage space, food, and other conference amenities. 

Should you register and then discover you will not be able to attend, please let us know so we may open the space for other attendees.

Young Investigators who plan to submit an abstract should do so through the 'Abstract Submission' tab, BUT should also register to attend the meeting by following the instructions in this section. 

Abstract submission

Abstract submission