Wednesday, 4 March 2026
Taurus I + II
12:00 - 12:30
From data to diagnosis: variant assessment made efficient
- Susanna Zucca, PhD and CSO of enGenome
Room: Taurus I + II
12:30 - 13:00
Nie wieder Excel: NGS-Prozesse für Panel, Exom und Genom im LIMS komplett automatisiert
- Tim Rehfeldt (Dresden/DE)
- Nancy Wetterling (Dresden/DE)
Room: Audimax
12:00 - 12:30
Discrepancies Between Automated ACMG Classifications in Clinical Bioinformatics
- Dr. Erşen Kavak (Istanbul/TR)
Room: Venus 1 + 2
12:00 - 13:00
Harnessing the world’s first open genomic community to power WGS reporting for rare diseases with Franklin by QIAGEN
-tba
Thursday, 5 March 2026
Taurus I + II
12:45 - 13:45
Sample to insight: Proximity mapped read technology, the simplest path to a complete genome
“Data to insights: Bioinformatic Innovation for Long-Range Genomics and beyond”
- James Han, Vice President Bioinformatics, Illumina
“Proximity mapped read technology guides rare disease genetic discovery“
- Fritz Sedlazeck, Associate Professor at Baylor College of Medicine and adjunct Associate Professor at Rice University, USA:
Room: Mars I + II
12:45 - 13:45
Genetics meets bones: new possibilities and insights relevant to patient care
- “Pitfalls of genetic diagnostics in disorders of bone mineralization, particularly XLH” – Prof. Dr. Carsten Bergmann (Mainz)
- „When genes weaken bones – Clinical experience with XLH” Prof. Dr. Roland Kocijan (Wien)
Room: Hörsaal TUM
12:45 - 13:45
Closing the Gaps: ONT Long-Read Sequencing for Accurate, Strain-Level Bacterial Metagenomics and Beyond
- Dr. Waldemar Seel, LIFE & BRAIN GmbH
Overview of technologies available for pharmacogenetic testing
- Dr. Per Hoffmann, LIFE & BRAIN GmbH
The power of positive: Leveraging TAPS+ methylation analysis to unlock simultaneous genomic and epigenomic profiling
- Rajat Roy, PhD (Senior Applications Scientist – EMEA), Watchmaker Genomics
Room: Orion I + II
12:45 - 13:45
Driving clinical insights with HiFi genomics: From innovation to integration
- Dr Sukhvinder Nicklen - Market Development Lead, EMEA, PacBio
- Professor Alexander Hoischen - Professor, Redboud University Medical Center
Room: Audimax
12:45 - 13:45
Expanding possibilities in NGS with Sequencing by Expansion (SBX) and KAPA HyperExome automated on AVENIO Edge
• Automation of the KAPA HyperExome V2 Workflow on the AVENIO Edge System
– Christian Betz (Bioscientia)
• Introducing Sequencing By Expansion (SBX)
– Bernd Timmermann (Roche Diagnostics)
Friday, 6 March 2026
Venus I + II
12:15 - 12:45
Long reads in panel sequencing and beyond - How Oxford Nanopore Sequencing accesses hidden genes
- Dr. Alexander Vogel (Oxford/UK)
Long Reads, Clear Answers: ONT Sequencing of CYP21A2
- Dr. rer. nat. Marco Graf (Dortmund/DE)
Room: Audimax
12:15 - 12:45
Accelerating Clinical Insight: AI Integration Across the Genomic Analysis Workflow
- Philip Twiss, DipRCPath, Director of Clinical Science & Interpretation Services,
SeqOne (Cambridge/GB)




