Preliminary programme                             

Thursday 4/2/2027

9:00 - 9:45: Registration (participants, industrial partners)

9:45 - 10h: Welcome

10:00 – 15:30: PARALLEL SESSION

10:00 - 15:30: Genetic retreat for Pre and Postdocs 

 Senior researchers not involved in working groups are welcome!

 10:00 – 11:30: session 1

 11:30-12:00: break

 12:00-13:00: session 2

 13:00-14:00: lunch

 14:00-15:30: session 3

10:00 - 15:30: Working group meetings (WG should propose their own program)

(Lab supervisors, Prenatal, bio-informatics, counselors, Elsi, clinical, psychologists, …):

10:00 – 14:00: Brainstorm working groups + lunch

14:00 – 15:30: General assembly working group

10-minute presentation for each working group

Milestones of 2026

Aims for 2027

*13:30-14:00 general assembly with 32 voting members (board members + 3 voting members of each center). A 2/3 majority of the eligible voters is required; this requirement may also be achieved by means of proxy votes.

15:30-16:00: Coffee break 

16h00: Keynote lectures

16:00 – 16:45 Prof. Anna Lindstrand

16:45 – 17:30 Simon E. Fisher

18h00: Reception – walking dinner (Viernulvier, Vooruit, Concertzaal) - party (till 1 am)

Friday 5/2/2027

8:15 – 8:45: Registration

8:45 – Welcome, decisions of the general assembly

Bert Callewaert/Arvid Suls + TBD

9:15 – 10:45 Invited speakers

9:15 – 10:00: Prof. Antonis Antoniou

10:00 – 10:45: Prof. James Ware

10:45-11:15: Coffee break

11:15 – 12:45: Parallel sessions (2x 5 selected top abstracts – 2 x 1 diamond sponsors)

12:45-14:00: Lunch

14:00-15:30: Invited speakers

14:00 – 14:45: Prof. Yvonne Bombard

14:45 – 15:00: TBD

15:30-16:00: Coffee break

16:00-17:30: ‘Round table’ discussion

 Panel: TBD (Moderator: TBD)

17:30: Closure

18h00: End of the meeting