Agenda

Objectives: This meeting will convene PIs/teams representing the data repository and knowledgebase awards funded in response to PAR-20-089 and PAR-20-097 and related NIH programs.  The purpose of this meeting is to encourage and provide an opportunity for networking and collaborations towards fostering a community around biomedical data repositories and knowledgebases, especially those funded by the NIH.

Day 1, February 28, 2024

8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Registration and Check-in
9:00 – 9:15 a.m. Welcome and Logistics
Ishwar Chandramouliswaran, Program Director, ODSS
9:15 – 9:45 a.m. Keynote: A Vision for Biomedical Resources and their Role in the Big Data and ML/AI Era
Casey Greene, Associate Professor, University of Colorado
9:45 – 10:00 a.m. Q&A
10:00 – 10:30 a.m. Networking Break*
10:30 – 12:00 p.m. Session 1: AI-Driven Data Curation
Chairs: Cathy Wu, University of Delaware
Zhiyong Lu, National Library of Medicine
Panelists: Anna Greenwood, Sage Bionetworks
Jiawei Han, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Chris Mungall, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
Henning Hermjakob, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, (EMBL-EBI)
Mark Musen, Stanford University
12:00 – 2:00 p.m. Lunch* (Poster Viewing & Networking)
2:00 – 3:45 p.m. Session 2: Community Driven Data Curation
Chairs: Andrew Su, The Scripps Research Institute
Kilannin Krysiak, Washington University in St. Louis
Panelists: John Williams, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Courtney Thaxton, University of North Carolina
Robert Schuler, USC Information Sciences Institute
Steven Kleinstein, Yale School of Medicine
3:45 – 4:15 p.m. Networking Break*
4:15 – 4:45 a.m. Vision and Mission of DRKB at NIH
Susan Gregurick, Associate Director for Data Science at NIH
4:45 – 5:00 p.m. Close Out Day 1
Christopher Duncan, Program Director, NIEHS
Ajay Pillai, Program Director, NHGRI
6:30 p.m. Dinner (self-organized)*

Day 2, February 29, 2024

8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Registration and Check-in
9:00 – 9:15 a.m. Welcome and Introduction to the Day’s Theme (Sustainability)
Ishwar Chandramouliswaran, Program Director, ODSS
9:15 – 9:45 a.m. Keynote: Looking into the Future of Sustainable Data Resources
Meredith Goins, Executive Director, World Data System
9:45 – 10:00 a.m. Q&A
10:00 – 10:15 a.m. Networking Break*
10:15 – 12:30 p.m. Session 3: Science Gateway Good Practices & Introduction to Sustainability
Michael Zentner, Director, Science Gateway Community Institute, UCSD

Activity 1 – Napkin Drawing on Data Resource Value
Short Presentation & Instructions
Group Draft Drawing & Shareback


Value Proposition & Audience
Introduction to Value Proposition
Define Your Value Proposition & Shareback
12:30 – 2:00 p.m. Lunch* (Poster Viewing & Networking)
2:00 – 3:30 p.m. Activity 2: Collaborative "Brain Trust"
3:30 – 3:45 p.m. Networking Break*
3:45 – 4:00 p.m. Activity Report-outs
4:15 – 4:30 p.m. Closing Panel - capsule talk on key issues in sustainability
Claire Stirm
Juliana Casavan
Nancy Maron
4:30 – 4:45 a.m. Q&A
4:45 – 5:00 p.m. Adjourn Meeting
Christopher Duncan, Program Director, NIEHS
Ajay Pillai, Program Director, NHGRI

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