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Pre-Conference Workshops *
Monday, April 28
Harnessing the Semantic Web for Your Organization (W1)
(8:00 am-12:15pm)
Increasingly, companies are turning to Semantic Web technologies for help in solving the diffi cult data integration
challenges that are prerequisite to making effective progress in areas such as translational medicine,
understanding mechanism of action, and effi cient management of regulatory documentation. This workshop
will demonstrate the maturing state of these technologies focusing on deployment strategies for successfully
embracing Semantic Web technologies in your organization. Attendees will leave the workshop with: 1)
an understanding of the basic components of Semantic Web technology, 2) case study and deployment
examples of how organizations are using Semantic Web technology, 3) knowledge of tools and 3rd party
organizations to consider using to help implement Semantic Web technology, and 4) having had the opportunity
to share their business issue or challenge and receive peer and expert feedback on strategies to
handle it. The workshop format will combine lecture presentations and interactive group exercises.
Elgar
Pichler, Ph.D., Discovery Information, AstraZeneca R&D Boston
Alan Ruttenberg, Principal Scientist, Science Commons
Jim
Golden, Ph.D., CTO, SAIC Life Science Office
Maurice
Manning, Ph.D., Scientist, Lilly Singapore Centre for Drug Discovery Pte Ltd
Sherri de Coronado, Center for
Bioinformatics, National Cancer Institute
Michael Smith, Clark & Parsia LLC
Data Visualization for Effective Drug Discovery Decisions (W2)
(1:30-4:00pm)
Visual Analytics is the science of analytics reasoning focused on visualization and its interfaces. It attempts
to build a science of the transformation of data into information and further into knowledge. This workshop
will help participants understand the role of visualization in bioinformatics and medical informatics as applied
to the drug discovery process. We will present a variety of visualizations and analytic tools integrated
with visualizations, and of systems. Example applications will be discussed.
Georges Grinstein, Ph.D., Professor and Director, Center for Biomolecular and Medical Informatics, UMass Lowell
Peter V. Henstock, Ph.D., Manager, Emerging Technologies and Architectures, Pfi zer Research Technology Center
Michael N. Liebman, Ph.D., Senior Institute Fellow, Windber Research Institute
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Next-Generation Sequencing Data Management (W3)
(8:00am-4:00pm)
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BioTeam has been on the frontlines of next-generation sequencing integration, having helped several organizations
with the unique next-gen IT, storage, and data management challenges. This workshop will present
real-world customer experiences straight from the trenches. You’ll get practical information about the analysis,
assessment, design, implementation, testing, and support needed to bring a research organization from
technology adoption to publication in the next-gen world. This informative session will feature special guest
speakers from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Broad Institute, Cornell University Biotechnology Resource
Center, Harvard-Lipper Center for Computational Genetics, Naval Medical Research Center, and Intel, as
well company representatives from Applied Biosystems, Helicos, Illumina, and Roche.
William Van Etten, PhD, Founding Partner and Director of Consulting Services,
BioTeam, Inc.
George Church, Ph.D., Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical
School and Director of the Center for Computational Genetics
W. Richard McCombie, Ph.D., Professor, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Matthew Trunnell, Group Leader, APSG, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Timothy Read, Ph.D., Principle Investigator, Naval Medical Research Center
George Grills, Director of Operations of Core Facilities, Cornell University
Life Sciences Core Laboratories Center
Wilfred Pinfold, Ph.D., General Manager, Integrated Analytic Solutions, Intel
Corporation
Kevin McKernan, Senior Director, Scientifi c Operations, Applied Biosystems
Avak Kahvejian, Ph.D., Product Manager, Helicos BioScience Corporation
Abizar Lakdawalla, Ph.D., Senior Product Manager, Illumina, Inc.
Timothy Harkins, Ph.D., Marketing Manager, Roche Diagnostic Corporation
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Electronic Lab Notebooks and Collaborative Knowledge
Management for Life Sciences R&D and Manufacturing (W4)
(8:00am-4:00pm)
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Electronic Lab Notebook Systems (ELNs), and related informatics tools are evolving very rapidly. If implemented
well, ELNs completely replace paper-based systems and provide maximum leverage from intellectual
property (IP) assets, and help get better quality compliance. If done poorly, they can severely jeopardize
both IP and compliance. ELNs are now the most crucial platform for integrated knowledge management in
chemical and life sciences R&D and manufacturing. Organizations must learn to apply them well to create a
comprehensive scientifi c informatics strategy for Collaborative Knowledge Management in R&D and manufacturing
enterprises. The workshop format will combine lecture presentations and hands-on exercises.
Richard Lysakowski, Ph.D., Director of R&D and Advisor, The Collaborative Electronic Notebook Systems
Association (CENSA)
Scott
Jenkins, Ph.D., Director of Healthcare/Life Sciences Solution Sales, Dell
Sunday, April 27 &
Monday, April 28
Co-located Oracle User Group*
9th Annual
OLSUG-2008 INTERNATIONAL ORACLE LIFE SCIENCES AND HEALTHCARE USER GROUP MEETING*
Sunday, April 27 12:00-4:00pm • Monday, April 28
8:00am–4:00pm
This meeting will consist of exciting keynote presentations from industry
renowned individuals. There will be workshops and discussions that are focused
on topics of great interest, for example, the Semantic Web and database
analytics. Oracle partners will be describing their latest offerings. In
addition, there will be many presentations that have been selected to be of
interest to scientists, healthcare IT professionals, application developers,
architects and DBAs.
*Separate registration required
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