The 9th Applied Bioinformatics and Public Health Microbiology conference provides a multidisciplinary forum to demonstrate how advances in microbial and viral genomics, bioinformatics, data science, and sequencing technology are being used to meet the needs of public health.

Programme committee:

• Alan Christoffels - University of the Western Cape, South Africa
• Jennifer Gardy - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
• Nick Loman - University of Birmingham, UK
• Senjuti Saha -Child Health Research Foundation, Bangladesh

Keynote speakers:

• Julie Segre - National Institutes of Health, USA
• Chikwe Ihekweazu - World Health Organization, Berlin

Discussions at the meeting will focus on a variety of topics, including:

• Public health genomics
• Bioinformatics showcase
• Metagenomics for surveillance
• Are we in a post-bioinformatics world? (panel discussion)
• Genomic epidemiology in the field
• New approaches in bioinformatics
• Pandemic preparedness (panel discussion)

Important deadlines:

Bursary & Abstracts - 07 March 2023 | Registration (In-person) - 04 April 2023 | Registration (Online) - 25 April 2023