Churchill Club - Event Detail - Personal Genome Computing: Breakthroughs, Risks and Opportunities

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Thursday, January 22, 2009

Personal Genome Computing: Breakthroughs, Risks and Opportunities

Speakers:
Linda Avey, co-founder 23andMe; former executive at Affymetrix and Perlegen
David Medina, Chief Technologist, Worldwide Health and Life Sciences, HP
Karoly Nikolich, US partner, dievini Hopp biotech holding; CEO, Amnestix; research director, Genentech
Andras Pellionisz, Founder, International HoloGenomics Society; HolGenTech, Helixometry holding; formerly, NASA Scientist and Res. Professor, NYU
Dietrich Stephan, founder, Navigenics; founder Amnestix; former director of neurogenomics, Tgen

Moderator:
Phyllis Whiteley, Executive-in-Residence, Mohr Davidow Ventures

Technology breakthroughs are making DNA sequencing faster and cheaper than ever. In its top ten list of 2008 scientific breakthroughs that broke through with the potential for lasting impact, Science magazine included technology that “has blown the doors off genome sequencing.” In Nature magazine’s list of the top news stories of 2008, "Personal genomics goes mainstream" came in second. With the cost of DNA sequencing plummeting, the emergence of "molecular sequencing" platforms has forever changed the field of genetics.

A new paradigm appears on the horizon. Personal genome information will be used not just for health maintenance, disease diagnosis, and treatment, but will also be the foundation for lifestyle applications from shopping for food, to buying cosmetics, to assessing one’s environment and making choices about fabrics, places…even friends.

This panel of Silicon Valley players and innovators of new business models will examine the dynamic business and investment opportunities as well as the risks, global competition, regulatory and legal challenges, new individual contributor roles, and leading alliances emerging from Silicon Valley and beyond.

Silicon Valley changed the world as the driving force in the development of computers and the internet. Could we play a similar role in advancing a genome-based economy?

ATTENTION CORPORATE MEMBERS!
Corporate passes will be accepted for this event. We ask that if you register using corporate passes, please do so 72 hrs in advance (by Monday Jan 19, 2009). We thank you for your cooperation!

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