Accelerating Translation of Biodata to Impact Workshop
Accelerating Translation of Biodata to Impact is a workshop set to explore how biological data (health data and/or research data) can be translated to create value across open, hybrid, and fully commercial models. The Wellcome Sanger Institute is bringing together approximately 40 senior leaders and experienced practitioners from industry, academia, policy, investment, and funding organisations to share perspectives and experiences on the many pathways from data to impact in the life sciences. Through expert talks, panel discussions, and peer-to-peer engagement, participants will examine the full spectrum of data-to-product and impact pathways, from open science initiatives to emerging techbio business opportunities.
Key topics will include balancing open data access with the sustainability of data generation and sharing platforms, embedding principles of equity in the access and use of data for public benefit, understanding business models enabled by a data-first approach, fostering a dynamic ecosystem that can deliver impactful products and services from data, and exploring partnership opportunities emerging from new technologies and advances in predictive biology.
The workshop will address several critical questions:
- How can open data access be balanced with the long-term sustainability of data platforms?
- How can equity be embedded in the governance and use of data for global good?
- What business models emerge from a data-first approach?
- How can an ecosystem be developed that transforms biological data into impactful products and services?
- What new partnership models are emerging in the era of predictive biology?
To ensure a diversity of perspectives and experiences, participation is available by invitation or through selection via an open application process. Selected applicants based in low- or middle-income countries may apply for a bursary covering up to 100% of the costs of attendance.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and the application period may close early if all available places are filled.
Programme
A draft outline of the programme is available below:
Tuesday 22 September
- Registration and lunch: 13:00
- Opening keynote speaker – Matt Hurles, Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK
- Session: Open data: History, principles and impact
- Interactive workshop activity
- Session: Solving sustainability: Hybrid models for data sharing
- Session: Partnership models around biodata: Fireside chat on Anatomy of a Deal
Wednesday 23 September
- Session: Partnership models around biodata – continued
- Interactive workshop activity continued.
- Session: From data to product: Business model examples
- Interactive workshop activity – wrap up
Thursday 24 September
- Session: From data to product – continued: The view from investors
- Session: Biodata for good and data equity
- Closing keynote speaker – Nicole Mather, Wellcome Genome Campus Ltd, UK
- Lunch and departures: 13:00
Full programme will be available in due course
To read more and to apply, visit the website: https://coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/event/accelerating-translation-of-biodata-to-impact-20260922/
Contact for More Information
Email the team at conferences@wellcomeconnectingscience.org for more information.
