I-Study™ Think Tank
Big Data for Genomics Healthcare

 April 11-12, 2013

Seaport World Trade Center (Skyline Room)
Boston

AGENDA

Thursday, April 11, 2013: Reception

• 4:30PM: Cocktails and Hors d’oeuvres
• 5:30PM: Presentation: Five Market Truths You Should Know About for Success in Diagnostics in 2013 by Tiffany Olson, Former CEO and President, Roche Diagnostics Corp, North America

Friday, April 12, 2013: I-Study Think Tank

• 8:00AM: Breakfast and Start
  • Keynote Speaker: Martin Kohn, Chief Medical Scientist, IBM Research
• 5:00PM: Cocktails and Hors d’oeuvres

Questions attendees were asked to consider included:

• Who are the top 3-5 professions in healthcare that should know more about big data, and what are the top 3-5 basics they should learn about that technology?
• Who are the top 3-5 basics in healthcare that big data technologists should learn?
• How can they systematically combine, organize, and/or standardize genotype and phenotype data in order to better apply big data technology?
• What are the top 3-5 characteristics of  a successful big data implementation and how can we apply that to genomic healthcare?
• What are the top disease areas that big data should target and why?
• What developments should pharma, foundations, venture capitalists, and payers be funding and why?