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Programme Overview Speakers include Julian Parkhill (Sanger Institute), Mark Pallen (University of Birmingham), Didier Raoult (University of Marseille), Mark Blaxter (University of Edinburgh), Paul O’Toole (University of Cork), Neil Hall (University of Liverpool) and technology development specialists from Roche/454, Illumina/Solixa and Applied Biosystems/SOLiD. The workshop will be held at the University of Birmingham Conference Park (http://www.has.bham.ac.uk/conferences/index.shtml), which is easily accessible from Birmingham New Street railway station and Birmingham International Airport. The subsidised registration cost is £85.09 per person, to include all meals and overnight accommodation. A reduced rate of £60.09 is available for delegates wishing to arrange their own overnight accommodation off-site. PLEASE NOTE that attendance at this workshop is limited to 80 delegates on a first come, first served, basis, so please book early to avoid disappointment. Programme Overview Thursday 10.30 – 11.00 Coffee and Registration Session 1: An introduction to next-generation sequencing 11.00 – 11.30 Next-generation sequencing in infectious disease research 11.30 - 12.30 Plenary lecture: sequencing and the discovery of novel pathogens 12.30 – 13.30 Lunch Session 2: The application of next-generation sequencing to infectious disease 13.30 – 14.00 Next-generation sequencing as experimental tool 14.00 – 14.30 Parasite genomics: the next generation 14.30 – 15.00 Gene expression analysis by next-generation sequencing 15.00 – 15.30 Tea Session 3: The next, next generation – the future of sequencing technologies 15.30 – 15.50 Roche – the 454 system Programme Overview 15.50 – 16.10 Applied Biosystems - SOliD 16.10 – 16.30 Illumina – the Solexa platform 16.30 – 17.00 Q & A session 17.00 – 18.30 Poster session 18.30 Dinner Friday Session 4: Next-generation sequencing in medicine 09.00 – 09.30 Metagenomics 09.30 – 10.00 Revealing novel infectious agents of cancer 10.00 – 10.30 Next generation sequencing in immunology 10.30 – 11.00 Coffee Session 5: Multi-centre initiatives in next generation sequencing 11.00 – 12.00 Plenary lecture: TBC 12.00 – 12.30 Round table discussion 12.30 – 13.30 Lunch