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Exhibit hall adventures in VR
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Book signings by author Joseph C. Kvedar, MD
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Google Cloud presenting their technology at their exhibit hall booth
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The Best of Show Awards Ceremony
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The winners of the 2019 Best of Show Awards
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Genedata, winners of a Best of Show Award
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An interview with PetaGene following their Best of Show Award win
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Ontoforce, winners of a Best of Show Award
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Kanda, winners of a Best of Show Award
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Genomenon, winners of a Best of Show Award
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PetaGene, winners of a Best of Show Award
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Participants in the FAIR Data Hackathon
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FAIR Data Hackathon Participants working together to advance FAIR data principles
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FAIR Data Hackathon teams each worked on a unique real-world data set
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Conference Director Cindy Crowninshield welcomes attendees to Bio-IT World 2019
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John Wilbanks addressing a packed amphitheater during the opening Plenary Keynote Session
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The Exhibit Hall hosted an Opening Networking Reception filled with conversation and collaboration
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Plenary Keynote Speaker John Wilbanks speaking with attendees at Meet the Experts
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Day 1 of Bio-IT World 2019 ended with an attendee networking reception
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Jason Stowe welcomes attendees to the Plenary Keynote Panel on Day 2 of Bio-IT World
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The AI in Practice Plenary Keynote Panel Discussion tackled opportunities, challenges, and ethics of AI in life sciences
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Plenary Keynote Panelist Anne Carpenter, PhD meets with attendees at Meet the Experts
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1-on-1 Networking in the exhibit hall
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Bioinformatics Organization’s Benjamin Franklin Open Access Award winner, Eugene Koonin (NCBI colleague accepting the award on his behalf)
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The presentation of the inaugural Innovative Practices Awards at Bio-IT World
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AbbVie receiving their Innovative Practices Award
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Linguimatics receiving their Innovative Practices Award
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Sentieon receiving their Innovative Practices Award
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Vijay Bulusu delivering his Plenary Keynote Presentation on the final day of Bio-IT World
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Plenary Keynote Presenter Vijay Bulusu meeting attendees at Meet the Experts
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Networking discussions were frequent in the Exhibit Hall
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Winners of the Bio-IT World Poster Competition
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Winners of the Bio-IT World Poster Competition
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A research team giving a poster presentation
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Attendees listening to a Solutions Theater presentation in the exhibit hall
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Chris Dagdigian giving his “Trends from the Trenches” Keynote Presentation