International Congress of Human Genetics

March 2027

Monday 1
TIME	ROOM
TIME	Guadalajara 5	Guadalajara 6	Guadalajara 10
09:00 - 10:00		Satellite workshop Wellcome Sanger
10:00 - 11:00
11:00 - 12:00
12:00 - 13:00		Simposio Relagh Jr
13:00 - 14:00		Simposio Relagh Jr
13:00 - 14:00
14:00 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:00		Opening Ceremony & Keynote Address	Opening Ceremony & Keynote Address
15:00 - 16:00
16:00 - 17:00
16:00 - 17:00

Tuesday 2
TIME	ROOM
TIME	Guadalajara 5	Guadalajara 6	Guadalajara 10
08:00 - 09:00
		Epigenomics Symposium	Epigenomics Symposium

09:00 - 10:00

	Revolutionizing Oncology: The Clinical Impact and Future of Somatic Testing in Precision Medicine	Workshop: International Initiatives of Genome Project	Complex Adult Disorders

10:00 - 11:00
	Coffee break	Coffee break
	Coffee break	Beyond Genomics Symposium	Coffee break
11:00 - 12:00	Germline testing in oncology: Advanced interpretation and actionable decisions		Round Table: Challenges in Genetic Counseling


12:00 - 13:00	Bioinformatics analysis. From sequence to classification: ensuring quality and consistency in the interpretation of genetic variants	Workshop: Neurogenetics & Mental Health	Public Health Genetics Symposium
13:00 - 14:00		Genetic Counseling Symposium
14:00 - 15:00		Premium Conference
15:00 - 16:00		Cytogenics Symposium	Cytogenics Symposium


16:00 - 17:00
16:00 - 17:00	Advances and emerging diagnostic strategies in metabolic disease	Oral presentations	Importance of education in genetics and genomics in Latin America
17:00 - 18:00
17:00 - 18:00	Youth Association: Behind the CV1		Oral presentations
18:00 - 19:00		Coffee break
18:00 - 19:00		Oral presentations
19:00 - 20:00		Oral presentations

Wednesday 3
TIME	ROOM
TIME	Guadalajara 5	Guadalajara 6	Guadalajara 10
08:00 - 09:00
08:00 - 09:00		Genomics and Clinical Practice Symposium
09:00 - 10:00		Genomics and Clinical Practice Symposium
		Cancer Genomics Symposium	RELAGH 30th Anniversary

10:00 - 11:00	Symposium

		Coffee break
11:00 - 12:00		Long-Read Sequencing	Social Issues in Genetics



12:00 - 13:00
12:00 - 13:00		Indigenous Genomics Symposium
13:00 - 14:00		Indigenous Genomics Symposium
13:00 - 14:00		Premium Conference
14:00 - 15:00		Premium Conference
14:00 - 15:00	Symposium	Networking: AI & Genomics	Oral presentations
15:00 - 16:00	Symposium	Networking: AI & Genomics
15:00 - 16:00	Book Presentation	Oral presentations
16:00 - 17:00
			Coffee break
			Oral presentations
	RELAGH General Assembly
17:00 - 18:00	RELAGH General Assembly
17:00 - 18:00
18:00 - 19:00		Coffee break
18:00 - 19:00		Oral presentations	Oral presentations
19:00 - 20:00		Oral presentations	Oral presentations

Thursday 4
TIME	ROOM
TIME	Guadalajara 5	Guadalajara 6	Guadalajara 10
08:00 - 09:00
08:00 - 09:00		Molecular and Cellular Therapies for Genetic Diseases
09:00 - 10:00		Molecular and Cellular Therapies for Genetic Diseases
09:00 - 10:00	Welcome and Keynote Lecture	Panel: Ethical Considerations in Genomics for Underrepresented Communities	AI & Big Data Analysis Symposium
10:00 - 11:00	Welcome and Keynote Lecture		AI & Big Data Analysis Symposium
10:00 - 11:00	Coffee break
11:00 - 12:00	Keynote lecture, Pharmacogenomics	Advances in Rare Disease Research	Workshop: Genomic Bioinformatics and AI in Developing Countries
11:00 - 12:00	Keynote lecture, Pharmacogenomics	Advances in Rare Disease Research
12:00 - 13:00		Dysmorphology Workshop
13:00 - 14:00		Dysmorphology Workshop
13:00 - 14:00		Premium Conference
14:00 - 15:00		Premium Conference
	Applications of Cytogenetics and Molecular Biology in Genetic Diseases Symposium	Workshop: CRISPR Research Applications in the Developing World	Education Symposium

15:00 - 16:00

		Oral presentations
16:00 - 17:00		Oral presentations
		Coffee break	Oral presentations
	From prenatal diagnosis to syndromic diagnosis Symposium	Oral presentations
17:00 - 18:00

		Coffee break
18:00 - 19:00		Oral presentations	Oral presentations
18:00 - 19:00	AMGH General Assembly	Oral presentations
19:00 - 20:00		Coffee break
		Oral presentations
		Oral presentations

Friday 5
TIME	ROOM
TIME	Guadalajara 5	Guadalajara 6	Guadalajara 10
08:00 - 09:00
		Immunogenetics Symposium	Immunogenetics Symposium

09:00 - 10:00
09:00 - 10:00		Symposium Cancer Genomics and Precision Oncology	Networking: Organizations of Related Scientific Interest
10:00 - 11:00		Symposium Cancer Genomics and Precision Oncology	Networking: Organizations of Related Scientific Interest
10:00 - 11:00		Coffee break
11:00 - 12:00		Teratogens Symposium	Networking: Research Collaborations in Latin America
12:00 - 13:00		Genomic Newborn Screening
13:00 - 14:00		Premium Conference
14:00 - 15:00		Oral presentations
15:00 - 16:00		Keynote-The Future of Genetics	Keynote-The Future of Genetics
15:00 - 16:00		Keynote-The Future of Genetics	Keynote-The Future of Genetics
16:00 - 17:00		Awards ceremony
16:00 - 17:00		Closing ceremony

Monday 1
TIME	ROOM
TIME	Guadalajara 5	Guadalajara 6	Guadalajara 10
09:00 - 10:00		Satellite workshop Wellcome Sanger
10:00 - 11:00
11:00 - 12:00
12:00 - 13:00		Simposio Relagh Jr
13:00 - 14:00		Simposio Relagh Jr
13:00 - 14:00
14:00 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:00		Opening Ceremony & Keynote Address	Opening Ceremony & Keynote Address
15:00 - 16:00
16:00 - 17:00
16:00 - 17:00

TIME ACTIVITY

09:00 - 12:00

12:00 - 13:30

15:00 - 15:30

Population Medical Genomics in Latin America

Dr. Andres Moreno Estrada

Mexico
15:30 - 16:00

The next decade of human genetics belongs to the Global South

Professor Segun Fatumo

United Kingdom
16:00 - 16:30

Human diversity, ancestry, and admixture in Latin America and other regions

Dra. Karen Miga

United States of America

Tuesday 2
TIME	ROOM
TIME	Guadalajara 5	Guadalajara 6	Guadalajara 10
08:00 - 09:00
		Epigenomics Symposium	Epigenomics Symposium

09:00 - 10:00

	Revolutionizing Oncology: The Clinical Impact and Future of Somatic Testing in Precision Medicine	Workshop: International Initiatives of Genome Project	Complex Adult Disorders

10:00 - 11:00
	Coffee break	Coffee break
	Coffee break	Beyond Genomics Symposium	Coffee break
11:00 - 12:00	Germline testing in oncology: Advanced interpretation and actionable decisions		Round Table: Challenges in Genetic Counseling


12:00 - 13:00	Bioinformatics analysis. From sequence to classification: ensuring quality and consistency in the interpretation of genetic variants	Workshop: Neurogenetics & Mental Health	Public Health Genetics Symposium
13:00 - 14:00		Genetic Counseling Symposium
14:00 - 15:00		Premium Conference
15:00 - 16:00		Cytogenics Symposium	Cytogenics Symposium


16:00 - 17:00
16:00 - 17:00	Advances and emerging diagnostic strategies in metabolic disease	Oral presentations	Importance of education in genetics and genomics in Latin America
17:00 - 18:00
17:00 - 18:00	Youth Association: Behind the CV1		Oral presentations
18:00 - 19:00		Coffee break
18:00 - 19:00		Oral presentations
19:00 - 20:00		Oral presentations

TIME ACTIVITY

08:30 - 08:50

Epigenetic regulation of microglial innate immune memories

Dr. Annie Ciernia

Canada
08:50 - 09:10

How Human Evolution Made Us Vulnerable to Skeletal Disease

PhD David Gokhman

Israel
09:10 - 09:30

Epigenomics, Gene Regulation, and Inheritance

PhD Nadav Ahituv

United States of America

09:30 - 10:30

09:30 - 09:55

Leveraging African cohorts for novel insights into the genomic architecture of complex traits

PhD Michele Ramsay

South Africa
09:55 - 10:45

Complex Adult Disorders (GWAS,PRS, and Mendelian Randomization)

Prof. Karoline Kuchenbaecker

United Kingdom

Dr. Cristopher Van Hout

United States of America

10:45 - 11:04

Integrative analysis of RNA, DNA and phenotype data uplifts diagnostic rates in rare disease cohorts

PhD Vicente Yépez

Germany
11:04 - 11:23

The human repeatome and its pathological consequences

Prof. Christel Depienne

Germany
11:23 - 12:00

The Non-coding Genome and Disease

Dr. Nicola Whiffin

United Kingdom

Dr. Jian Yang

China

11:00 - 12:00

12:00 - 13:00

Dr. Christian Happi

Nigeria

Professor Dame Sue Hill

United Kingdom

13:00 - 14:00

Ms. Kelly Ormond

Switzerland

Dr. Malebo Malope

South Africa

Dra. Beatriz Marcheco Teruel

Cuba

14:00 - 15:00

15:00 - 15:23

Structural Variant Formation as a Driver of Allelic and Phenotypic Diversity in Genomic Disorders

PhD Claudia Carvalho

United States of America
15:23 - 15:45

Variable expressivity, reduced penetrance and pleiotropy: the 16p11.2 CNVs paradigm

PhD Alexandre Reymond

Switzerland
15:45 - 16:30

Cytogenetics and Genomic Disorders

Dr. Mike Talkowski

United States of America

Dr. Carlos Bacino

United States of America

16:30 - 17:30

16:30 - 18:00

16:30 - 17:30

17:30 - 20:00

18:15 - 20:00

Wednesday 3
TIME	ROOM
TIME	Guadalajara 5	Guadalajara 6	Guadalajara 10
08:00 - 09:00
08:00 - 09:00		Genomics and Clinical Practice Symposium
09:00 - 10:00		Genomics and Clinical Practice Symposium
		Cancer Genomics Symposium	RELAGH 30th Anniversary

10:00 - 11:00	Symposium

		Coffee break
11:00 - 12:00		Long-Read Sequencing	Social Issues in Genetics



12:00 - 13:00
12:00 - 13:00		Indigenous Genomics Symposium
13:00 - 14:00		Indigenous Genomics Symposium
13:00 - 14:00		Premium Conference
14:00 - 15:00		Premium Conference
14:00 - 15:00	Symposium	Networking: AI & Genomics	Oral presentations
15:00 - 16:00	Symposium	Networking: AI & Genomics
15:00 - 16:00	Book Presentation	Oral presentations
16:00 - 17:00
			Coffee break
			Oral presentations
	RELAGH General Assembly
17:00 - 18:00	RELAGH General Assembly
17:00 - 18:00
18:00 - 19:00		Coffee break
18:00 - 19:00		Oral presentations	Oral presentations
19:00 - 20:00		Oral presentations	Oral presentations

TIME ACTIVITY

08:30 - 09:30

Dr. Samuli Ripatti

Finland

Dr. Brynn Levy

United States of America

M.D., PhD. Chen Yin-Hsiu

China

09:30 - 09:50

Genetics and genomics on hereditary cancer

PhD, Academic Angela Rosaria Solano

Argentina
09:50 - 10:10

From 'one-size-fits-most’ to personalised prevention: Introducing cancer precision prevention in Australia via population-based genomics-informed risk assessment

Assoc Professor Laura Forrest

Australia
10:10 - 10:30

Cancer Genomics and Precision Oncology

Dra. Catalina Lopez Correa

Canada

09:30 - 10:30

10:00 - 12:30

11:00 - 11:23

Long-read assembly of almost complete (T2T) genomes from samples with Mexican ancestry

PhD Alfredo Hidalgo Miranda

Mexico
11:23 - 12:30

Long-Read Sequencing and other Technologies

MD, PhD Danny Miller

United States of America

Dr. Lisenka Vissers

Netherlands

PhD Alexander Hoischen

Netherlands

11:00 - 11:22

Equity, underrepresented populations, and human migrations

MD Ms Alejandra Mampel

Argentina
11:22 - 11:44

The Future of Forensic Genetics: Genomics, Epigenetics, and AI

Dr. Angel Carracedo

Spain
11:44 - 12:30

Social Issues in Genetics

Dr. Nchangwi Syntia Munung

South Africa

Dr. Roberto Giugliani

Brazil

12:30 - 13:45

Dr. Heinner Guio

Peru

Dr. Krystal Tsosie

United States of America

Dr. Ambroise Wonkam

United States of America

13:45 - 14:45

14:45 - 15:45

14:45 - 16:15

15:45 - 16:45

15:45 - 18:00

16:30 - 18:00

16:45 - 17:45

18:15 - 20:00

Thursday 4
TIME	ROOM
TIME	Guadalajara 5	Guadalajara 6	Guadalajara 10
08:00 - 09:00
08:00 - 09:00		Molecular and Cellular Therapies for Genetic Diseases
09:00 - 10:00		Molecular and Cellular Therapies for Genetic Diseases
09:00 - 10:00	Welcome and Keynote Lecture	Panel: Ethical Considerations in Genomics for Underrepresented Communities	AI & Big Data Analysis Symposium
10:00 - 11:00	Welcome and Keynote Lecture		AI & Big Data Analysis Symposium
10:00 - 11:00	Coffee break
11:00 - 12:00	Keynote lecture, Pharmacogenomics	Advances in Rare Disease Research	Workshop: Genomic Bioinformatics and AI in Developing Countries
11:00 - 12:00	Keynote lecture, Pharmacogenomics	Advances in Rare Disease Research
12:00 - 13:00		Dysmorphology Workshop
13:00 - 14:00		Dysmorphology Workshop
13:00 - 14:00		Premium Conference
14:00 - 15:00		Premium Conference
	Applications of Cytogenetics and Molecular Biology in Genetic Diseases Symposium	Workshop: CRISPR Research Applications in the Developing World	Education Symposium

15:00 - 16:00

		Oral presentations
16:00 - 17:00		Oral presentations
		Coffee break	Oral presentations
	From prenatal diagnosis to syndromic diagnosis Symposium	Oral presentations
17:00 - 18:00

		Coffee break
18:00 - 19:00		Oral presentations	Oral presentations
18:00 - 19:00	AMGH General Assembly	Oral presentations
19:00 - 20:00		Coffee break
		Oral presentations
		Oral presentations

TIME ACTIVITY

08:30 - 09:30

Dr. Diego Villa Clé

Brazil

09:30 - 10:30

Dr. José Elías García Ortiz

Mexico

09:30 - 10:30

Dr. Vinicius Maracaja Coutinho

Brazil

PhD Kai Ye

China

11:00 - 12:00

Dra. Marisol Lopez Lopez

Mexico

11:00 - 11:20

Genomic modifiers of rare aortopathy

MD, PhD Bart Loeys

Belgium
11:20 - 12:00

Advances in Rare Disease Research

Dra. Claudia Gonzága Jáuregui

Mexico

M.D, PhD Aime Lumaka Zola

Democratic Republic of the Congo

11:00 - 12:00

12:00 - 13:30

Prof. Pablo Lapunzina

Spain

Professor Dian Donnai

United Kingdom

Dr. Han Brunner

Netherlands

MD Saumya Jamuar

Singapore

13:30 - 14:30

14:30 - 15:00

Applications of long and ultra long read sequencing in basic and clinical research

PhD Alfredo Hidalgo Miranda

Mexico
15:00 - 16:30

Applications of Cytogenetics and Molecular Biology in Genetic Diseases Symposium

Dra. Luz María Garduño Zarazúa

Mexico

Dr. Augusto Rojas Martínez

Mexico

Dra. Sara Frias Vazquez

Mexico

14:30 - 15:30

14:30 - 14:50

Free international genetic & genomics educational resources

Dr. Edward Tobias

United Kingdom
14:50 - 15:10

Advancing Genetics Education in Latin America

M.D., PhD Debora Gusmao Melo

Brazil
15:10 - 15:30

Educating Cytogenomic Scientists: An Australian Perspective

PhD Nicole Chia

Australia

15:30 - 16:30

16:30 - 17:45

16:45 - 17:15

Beyond Metabolic Screening: Expanding Newborn Screening for Genetic Disorders in Mexico.

Dra. Graciela Arelí López Uriarte

Mexico
17:15 - 17:45

Novel strategies for genetic diagnosis in monogenic disorders

Dr. Juan Carlos Zenteno Ruiz

Mexico
17:45 - 18:45

From prenatal diagnosis to syndromic diagnosis Symposium

Dra. Zacil Ha Vilchis Zapata

Mexico

Dra. en C. Dora Gilda Mayén Molina

Mexico

16:45 - 17:45

18:00 - 19:00

18:00 - 19:30

18:45 - 20:00

19:15 - 19:45

Friday 5
TIME	ROOM
TIME	Guadalajara 5	Guadalajara 6	Guadalajara 10
08:00 - 09:00
		Immunogenetics Symposium	Immunogenetics Symposium

09:00 - 10:00
09:00 - 10:00		Symposium Cancer Genomics and Precision Oncology	Networking: Organizations of Related Scientific Interest
10:00 - 11:00		Symposium Cancer Genomics and Precision Oncology	Networking: Organizations of Related Scientific Interest
10:00 - 11:00		Coffee break
11:00 - 12:00		Teratogens Symposium	Networking: Research Collaborations in Latin America
12:00 - 13:00		Genomic Newborn Screening
13:00 - 14:00		Premium Conference
14:00 - 15:00		Oral presentations
15:00 - 16:00		Keynote-The Future of Genetics	Keynote-The Future of Genetics
15:00 - 16:00		Keynote-The Future of Genetics	Keynote-The Future of Genetics
16:00 - 17:00		Awards ceremony
16:00 - 17:00		Closing ceremony

TIME ACTIVITY

08:30 - 08:50

LatinCells: A Human Cell Atlas of Latin American Immune Diversity

Dr. Carlos Humberto Ortiz Ramirez

Mexico
08:50 - 09:30

Immunogenetics Symposium

Dr. Alejandra Eugenia Medina Rivera

Mexico

Dr. Christian Happi

Nigeria

09:30 - 10:30

11:00 - 12:00

M.D., Ph.D Lavínia Schüler Faccini

Brazil

Dr. Miguel del Campo

Spain

11:00 - 12:00

12:00 - 13:00

Prof. Zornitza Stark

Australia

Dr. Sebastian Lunke

Australia

MD, PhD Wendy Chung

United States of America

13:00 - 14:00

14:00 - 15:00

15:00 - 15:30

The Future of Genetics

Professor Matthew Hurles

United Kingdom
15:30 - 16:00

Using brain organoids to accelerate gene therapy for neurodevelopmental disorders.

PhD Alysson Muotri

United States of America

16:00 - 16:30

16:30 - 17:00

This is a preliminary program

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Preliminary Program

March 2027

Population Medical Genomics in Latin America

The next decade of human genetics belongs to the Global South

Human diversity, ancestry, and admixture in Latin America and other regions

Epigenetic regulation of microglial innate immune memories

How Human Evolution Made Us Vulnerable to Skeletal Disease

Epigenomics, Gene Regulation, and Inheritance

Leveraging African cohorts for novel insights into the genomic architecture of complex traits

Complex Adult Disorders (GWAS,PRS, and Mendelian Randomization)

Integrative analysis of RNA, DNA and phenotype data uplifts diagnostic rates in rare disease cohorts

The human repeatome and its pathological consequences

The Non-coding Genome and Disease

Structural Variant Formation as a Driver of Allelic and Phenotypic Diversity in Genomic Disorders

Variable expressivity, reduced penetrance and pleiotropy: the 16p11.2 CNVs paradigm

Cytogenetics and Genomic Disorders

Genetics and genomics on hereditary cancer

From 'one-size-fits-most’ to personalised prevention: Introducing cancer precision prevention in Australia via population-based genomics-informed risk assessment

Cancer Genomics and Precision Oncology

Long-read assembly of almost complete (T2T) genomes from samples with Mexican ancestry

Long-Read Sequencing and other Technologies

Equity, underrepresented populations, and human migrations

The Future of Forensic Genetics: Genomics, Epigenetics, and AI

Social Issues in Genetics

Genomic modifiers of rare aortopathy

Advances in Rare Disease Research

Applications of long and ultra long read sequencing in basic and clinical research

Applications of Cytogenetics and Molecular Biology in Genetic Diseases Symposium

Free international genetic & genomics educational resources

Advancing Genetics Education in Latin America

Educating Cytogenomic Scientists: An Australian Perspective

Beyond Metabolic Screening: Expanding Newborn Screening for Genetic Disorders in Mexico.

Novel strategies for genetic diagnosis in monogenic disorders

From prenatal diagnosis to syndromic diagnosis Symposium

LatinCells: A Human Cell Atlas of Latin American Immune Diversity

Immunogenetics Symposium

The Future of Genetics

Using brain organoids to accelerate gene therapy for neurodevelopmental disorders.