Dublin
Ireland
ELIXIR will co-host a 'special session' with the National Institute of Health's Big Data to Knowledge inititive (NIH BD2K) at this years ISMB/ECCB conference to be held in Dublin, Ireland, 10-14 July 2015, examining the relationship between our two initiatives though a number of presentations and opportunity for discussion.
The session will start with representatives from ELIXIR and BD2K talking about their respective priorities and programmes. It will conclude with a panel discussion comparing NIH data management practices and 'data commons’ approach, with the more federated European approach. It will assess the added value to be gained in aligning efforts between the initiatives and provide the opportunity for lively discussion and audience questions to senior representatives from BD2K and ELIXIR Nodes.
The special session will be held on Monday 13th of July, 14:00-15:00. Read more on the ISMB/ECCB website.
ELIXIR will also be exhibiting at the conference. Please come visit us at booth 15.