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SFA²F 2025 | 20 – 22 May 2025
SFA²F 2025 | 20 – 22 May 2025
La Fonda on the Plaza, Santa Fe NM
La Fonda on the Plaza, Santa Fe NM
Meeting Agenda
Meeting Agenda
A summary of the agenda for the 19th Annual SFA²F Meeting is given below. A more detailed PDF copy may be downloaded here, viewed via the Event Schedule page, or accessed by registered attendees via the Whova App.
Monday, 19 May 2025
Monday, 19 May 2025
4.00 PM - 7.00 PM: Registration desk open
5.00 PM - 7.00 PM: National Microbiome Data Collaborative (NMDC) workshop (download brochure)
Day 1: Tuesday, 20 May 2025
Day 1: Tuesday, 20 May 2025
7:00 AM - 8.30 AM: Registration and breakfast
8.30 AM - 8.45 AM: Opening remarks
8.45 AM - 9.30 AM: Keynote Address - Dr Richard Gibbs
9.30 AM - 10.40 AM: Scientific talks
10.40 AM - 11.10 AM: Break
11.10 AM - 12.40 PM: Scientific talks
12.40 PM - 2.00 PM: Lunch break
2.00 PM - 4.00 PM: NGS Panel
4.00 PM - 4.30 PM: Break
4.30 PM - 5.40 PM: Sponsor Tech Talks
5.40 PM - 6.10 PM: Demo - BugSeq
6.10 PM - 6.40 PM: Demo - NMDC EDGE
6.40 PM - 7.00 PM: Break
7.00 PM - 9.30 PM: Meet and Greet and Poster Session (even numbers: 7.30 - 8.30 PM, odd numbers: 8.30 - 9.30 PM)
Day 2: Wednesday, 21 May 2025
Day 2: Wednesday, 21 May 2025
7:30 AM - 8.30 AM: Breakfast
8.30 AM - 8.45 AM: Opening remarks
8.45 AM - 9.30 AM: Keynote Address - Dr Rick Wilson
9.30 AM - 10.40 AM: Scientific talks
10.40 AM - 11.10 AM: Break
11.10 AM - 12.00 PM: Fireside chat with Dr Richard Gibss and Dr Rick Wilson
12.00 PM - 1.20 PM: Lunch break
1.20 PM - 3.40 PM: Scientific talks - Infectious disease and biosurveillance
3.40 PM - 4.10 PM: Break
4.10 PM - 5.30 PM: Genome Center Updates
5.30 PM - 6.00 PM: Break
6.00 PM - 8.00 PM: Donkey Happy Hour
Day 3: Thursday, 22 May 2025
Day 3: Thursday, 22 May 2025
7:30 AM - 8.30 AM: Breakfast
8.30 AM - 8.45 AM: Opening remarks
8.45 AM - 9.30 AM: Keynote Address - Dr Rob Knight
9.30 AM - 11.00 AM: Scientific talks - Microbiome
11.00 AM - 11.40 AM: Break
11.40 AM - 1.40 PM: Scientific talks - Metagenomics
1.40 PM - 1.45 PM: Closing Remarks
1.45 PM - 3.00 PM: Lunch break
Pre-meeting Workshop (open to all attendees)
Pre-meeting Workshop (open to all attendees)
Looking for a free, accessible, easy way to process microbiome omics data?
Looking for a free, accessible, easy way to process microbiome omics data?
This workshop will provide an overview of the NMDC and its products, including the Submission Portal, newly released NMDC Field Notes mobile app, Data Portal, and NMDC EDGE (a web-based bioinformatics platform).
Download brochure to learn more.
2025 Keynote Speakers
2025 Keynote Speakers
Wofford Cain Chair and Professor,
Molecular and Human Genetics &
Director, Human Genome
Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine
Founding Director, Center for Microbiome Innovation and Professor at UC San Diego &
Wolfe Family Endowed Chair in Microbiome Research at Rady Children’s
Founding Executive Director, Steve and Cindy Rasmussen Institute for Genomic Medicine at Nationwide Children’s Hospital &
Professor of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Other Presenters
Other Presenters
Visit the Presenters page to view the profiles of presenters at the 19th Annual SFA²F Meeting. Registered attendees may access profiles and network with presenters via the Whova App.
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