ThinkGenetic Foundation

2024 SIMD Annual Meeting
2024-04-14 00:00 - 2024-04-17 23:59 (America/New_York) | Sheraton & Le Meridien Charlotte Hotel Complex, 555 South McDowell Street, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

2024 ACMG Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting
2024-03-12 00:00 - 2024-03-16 23:59 | Metro Toronto Convention Center, 255 Front Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 2W6, Canada
The ACMG sponsors an Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting and other events offering educational content in clinical genetics with the purpose of serving its members, other healthcare professionals and the public.

2024 WORLDSymposium™ on Lysosomal Disease Research
2024-02-04 00:00 - 2024-02-09 23:59 | Manchester Grand Hyatt, 1 Market Pl, San Diego, California, 92101, United States
20th annual research meeting

WORLDSymposium™ is an annual research conference dedicated to lysosomal diseases. WORLD is an acronym that stands for We’re Organizing Research on Lysosomal Diseases. Since its inception as a small group of passionate researchers in 2002, WORLDSymposium has grown to an international research conference that attracts over 2000 participants from more than 50 countries around the globe.

2023 Quarter 4 RADIC Consortium Meeting
2023-12-14 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Quarterly meeting of consortium members.

The Rare Disease Diagnostic Artificial Intelligence Consortium (RADIC) brings together a diverse group of stakeholders from industry, data science, patient advocacy, and academia with the mission to develop evidence-based consensus guidelines for the utilization of artificial intelligence (AI) in rare disease. The guidelines aim to advance best practices and responsible use of AI for rare disease patient identification, epidemiological exploration, and phenotypic delineation.

2023 ASHG Annual Meeting
2023-11-01 00:00 - 2023-11-05 23:59 | Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mt Vernon Pl NW, District of Columbia, 20001, United States
ASHG 2023 will take place November 1-5 in Washington, DC. The meeting provides a forum for the presentation and discussion of cutting-edge science in all areas of human genetics. ASHG members and leading scientists from around the world are selected to present their research findings at invited, plenary, platform, and poster sessions. This year’s meeting will be an unmatched opportunity to celebrate ASHG’s 75th organizational anniversary in a historical, diverse, and welcoming city home to many free activities. The official meeting language is English.

2023 National Society of Genetic Counselors Annual Conference
2023-10-17 08:00 - 2023-10-21 17:00 | Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, 2233 S Martin Luther King Dr, Chicago, Illinois, 60616, United States
The NSGC Annual Conference showcases advancements across the breadth of the genetic counseling profession to provide education and build community. Attendees will gain knowledge of clinical and scientific best practices and insights into emerging research. The conference provides a unique opportunity to engage and network with colleagues and pursue professional development.

2023 Quarter 3 RADIC Consortium Meeting
2023-09-14 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual

2023 Quarter 2 RADIC Consortium Meeting
2023-06-08 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual

2023 SIMD Annual Meeting
2023-03-18 00:00 - 2023-03-21 23:59 | Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, 2233 S Martin Luther King Dr, Chicago, Illinois, 60616, United States
The 44th SIMD annual meeting will be held March 18th – March 21st, 2023 at the Hyatt Regency Salt Lake City in Salt Lake City, Utah in conjunction with the ACMG annual meeting and will feature sessions on:

Prenatal Diagnosis and Treatment: the unborn patient

Prenatal Diagnosis and Treatment: the pregnant patient

NBS in 2023

VUS resolution for metabolic disorders

Opportunities and challenges with clinical trials for IEM disorders

Esoterica of IEMs: pathways and mechanisms of disease

Best of the submitted abstracts talks

Travel award winner presentations

Posters will be displayed for the entire meeting allowing their view during breaks and an attended Poster Session

Exhibits from top IEM companies

A half day joint session on March 18th with the American College of Medical Genetics which will be held at the Salt Palace Convention Center.(See Information→ACMG Shared Session)

Session 1: My panel is positive for what? When a NGS Panel leads to a metabolic diagnosis.

Session 2: That’s metabolic now?

2023 ACMG Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting
2023-03-14 08:00 - 2023-03-18 17:00 | Salt Palace Convention Center, 100 S W Temple St, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84101, United States

2023 WORLDSymposium™ on Lysosomal Disease Research
2023-02-21 00:00 - 2023-02-26 23:59 | Hilton Orlando, 6001 Destination Pkwy, Orlando, Florida, 32819, United States
19th annual research meeting

WORLDSymposium™ is an annual research conference dedicated to lysosomal diseases. WORLD is an acronym that stands for We’re Organizing Research on Lysosomal Diseases. Since its inception as a small group of passionate researchers in 2002, WORLDSymposium has grown to an international research conference that attracts over 2000 participants from more than 50 countries around the globe.

2022 Global Genes: RARE Health Equity Summit
2022-11-09 08:00 - 2022-11-11 17:00 | District of Columbia
The ThinkGenetic Foundation is thrilled to be attending the 2022 RARE Health Equity Summit – Partners in Action in Atlanta November 9-11.

Presented in partnership with the Rare Disease Diversity Coalition (RDDC), the RARE Health Equity Summit brings together stakeholders in the rare disease community to identify the challenges that disproportionately affect underrepresented populations and define collaborative efforts to address those inequities.

Sessions will focus on:

reducing racial disparities in care

building more inclusive research programs

addressing bias and barriers to genetic testing

learning cultural humility to create an inclusive and equitable environment for all members of the rare disease community

Learn more by visiting: https://globalgenes.org/event/rare-health-equity-summit/

Interested in meeting up with the ThinkGenetic Foundation? Email Amy Rickheim at amy@thinkgenetic.org.
