Schedule of Events
2017 WCPG SCHEDULE OF EVENTS | |
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13 | |
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Education Day SessionsSpanish Language Track (Part 1)PGC Data Access Committee: Methods to Access PGC Data |
9:45 AM – 10:15 AM | Break |
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Lunch on Own |
1:00 PM – 3:45 PM | Education Day SessionsSpanish Language Track (Part 2)Media Training Workshop |
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Opening Plenary Session Nature’s Gift: How the Discovery of Structural Principles in a Microbial Protein Helped Illuminate the Pathophysiology of Psychiatry Karl Deisseroth, USA |
5:15 PM – 7:15 PM | 25th Anniversary Opening Reception |
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14 | |
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM | Plenary Session II Stress and the Social Brain – Studies on Social Hierarchies, Aggression and Psychopathy Carmen Sandi, Switzerland |
9:30 AM – 10:00 AM | Break |
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Concurrent Symposia SessionsNovel Implications for RNA in Psychiatric GeneticsUnfolding the Genetic Basis of ADHDLeveraging Novel Statistical Methods and Big Data to Improve Imaging GeneticsFrom Genes to Neural Mechanisms: Characterizing the Effects of Genetic Risk Variation in Schizophrenia |
11:30 AM – 1:30 PM | Poster Session I / Lunch on Own |
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM | Concurrent Oral & Symposia SessionsGenetics of Addiction: New Findings from Sequencing Studies and Beyond (Symposia) |
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM | Break |
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM | Plenary Session III From DSM to DNA: Cross-Disorder Genetics and the Implications of Pleiotropy Jordan Smoller, USA |
4:30 PM – 6:30 PM | Plenary Reception Event Open to ALL Focusing on Women in Psychiatric Genetics(Registration Required) |
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15 | |
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM | Plenary Session III Perspective on Data Sharing and Open Science in Psychiatric Genetics Ben Neale, USA |
9:30 AM – 10:00 AM | Break |
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM | ISPG Awardee Presentations with Talks |
11:15 AM – 1:15 PM | Poster Session II / Lunch on Own |
1:15 PM – 2:45 PM | Concurrent Oral Sessions |
2:45 PM – 3:15 PM | Break |
3:15 PM – 4:45 PM | Concurrent Symposia SessionsThe Aggressotype Project: Insights into the Genetics of Aggression from Human and Animal StudiesGenetics of Gilles De La Tourette Syndrome; Accelerating Discoveries Through Large-Scale Collaborative EffortsGenes in the Context of the Medical Phenome: The Challenges, Opportunities, and Pitfalls of Psychiatric Genetics Using Biobanks and RegistriesIntegrative Omics in Psychiatric Diseases: Tools for Discovery and Understanding Biology |
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM | Presidential SymposiumPsychiatric Genetics Around the Globe – Chances and Challenges: An Update from the Global Diversity Task Force of the ISPG |
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM | Networking Reception at the Red Coconunt at Universal (Ticketed Event) |
MONDAY, OCTOBER 16 | |
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM | Plenary Session IV From Gene-finding to Understanding Biological Pathways to Psychiatric Disease Through Interdisciplinarity Barbara Franke, Netherlands |
9:30 AM – 10:00 AM | Break |
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Concurrent Symposia SessionsMechanisms of Early Adversity Associated Increases in Risk for Psychiatric DisordersThe Psychiatric Genomics Consortium for PTSD: Integration of Multi-System Markers of Risk and ResilienceTraits in the General Population – A Solution for Genetic Studies of Psychiatric DisordersNatural Selection and the Genetics of Psychiatric Disorders |
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM | ISPG Business Meeting with Lunch |
12:30 PM – 2:15 PM | Concurrent Oral Sessions |
2:15 PM – 2:45 PM | Break |
2:45 PM – 4:15 PM | Concurrent Symposia SessionsGenetics of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Across the LifespanHow to Make a Million (MDD Cases)Genetic Counseling for Psychiatric Disorders: Establishing a Framework in the Genomic EraFrom Genetic Association to Disease Biology: 2D and 3D Human Ipsc Models of Neuropsychiatric Disorders and CRISPR/Cas9 Genome Editing |
4:30 PM – 6:30 PM | Poster Session III |
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17 | |
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM | Concurrent Symposia SessionsPharmacogenomics – From Large Collaborations to Implementation and Drug DiscoveryImaging Genetics: From Neanderthals to Modern Human’s Psychiatric DisordersFunctional Genomic Regulation in the Brain: (Epi)Genetic Variation, Neurodevelopment and Psychiatric DiseaseAnxiety Genomics |
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Break |
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Plenary VI ENIGMA, Big Data, and the Brain: Imaging and Genomics of 18 Brain Diseases in 50,000 Individuals from 35 Countries Paul Thompson, USA |
12:00 P M – 12:15 PM | Closing Remarks |
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM | WCPG & ASHG Collaborative Symposium (Ticketed Event)****NEW! |
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17 – SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2017 |
The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) Annual Conference Location: Orange County Convention Center – South Building (Separate registration required) |