GA4GH 9th Plenary will be held virtually

on September 28 – 29, 2021

We are excited to continue engaging our global community in advancing data sharing for the benefit of human health and medicine. GA4GH 9th Plenary is a free event and, as always, open to the public.

Track 1

The GA4GH

Story So Far

Track 2

Collaborate.

Innovate.

Accelerate.

Track 3

Responsible

Data

Track 4

Expanding the

Scope and Impact

of GA4GH

GA4GH 9th Plenary Keynote Speakers

Dr. Harold Varmus

Weill Cornell Medicine

A new appraisal of genomics at the World Health Organization (WHO)

September 28

15:00 UTC – 19:30 UTC

Dr. Alan Christoffels

University of the Western Cape

The Role of the Public Health Alliance for Genomic Epidemiology in response to barriers in global (pathogen) data sharing

September 29 – 30

22:00 UTC – 2:30 UTC

Live Interpretation

GA4GH 9th Plenary will include live interpretation in Japanese, Spanish, German, and French. The event will also have live captioning in English.

New to GA4GH?

Join us for a GA4GH 101 Webinar on September 21, 15:00 UTC. The GA4GH Secretariat will provide an overview of the organization, areas of strategic focus, and how to get involved. Plenty of time will be saved to answer your questions!

Submit a Poster!

The 9th Plenary virtual poster session aims to showcase the work of GA4GH and related activities on the responsible, voluntary, and secure sharing of genomic and health-related data. Poster applications will be evaluated by the GA4GH Secretariat.

Follow @GA4GH and #9thPlenary on Twitter to receive more updates on 9th Plenary!