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ASM BIG Schedule-at-a-Glance
Note: Continental breakfast will be provided on Oct. 12-14 and luncheon will be provided on Oct. 12 and 13.
Schedule-at-a-Glance
9:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m.
Workshop: Empowering Your Microbial Research With Expert Tools and Resources: Unlock the Power of NCBI Data $ Additional $25 workshop fee applies.
4–6 p.m.
Opening Keynote Session
6–7:30 p.m.
Welcome Reception
8–8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
8:30–10 a.m.
Scientific Session I: Epidemiology, From Global to Local Surveillance
10–11:30 a.m.
Poster Session #1 With Refreshments
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
An Overview of the NIH Human Virome Program
12:30–1:15 p.m.
Lunch Buffet
1:15–2 p.m.
Sponsored Lunch & Learn Presentation
2–3:30 p.m.
Special Interest Session: Featured Presentations by Travel Award Recipients
3:30–5 p.m.
Poster Session #2 With Refreshments
5–6:30 p.m.
Scientific Session II: Multiomics in the Clinic
8–8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
8:30–10 a.m.
Scientific Session III: Data Sharing, Visualization & AI
10–11:30 a.m.
Poster Session #3 With Refreshments
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Featured Oral Abstracts
12:30–1:15 p.m.
Lunch Buffet
1–2 p.m.
Sponsored Lunch & Learn Presentation
2–3:30 p.m.
Special Interest Session: Graph-Based Analysis of Microbial Genomes
3:30–5 p.m.
Poster Session #4 With Refreshments
5–6:30 p.m.
Scientific Session IV: Microbial Ecology, Systems Biology & the Microbiome
7:45–8:15 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
8:15–9 a.m.
Sponsored Breakfast Symposium
9–10:30 a.m.
Scientific Session V: Methods, Tools & Algorithms
10:30–10:45 a.m.
Morning Break
10:45–11:15 a.m.
When Tests Don’t Fit the Rules: Regulatory Challenges for Agnostic mNGS Diagnostics in Infectious Diseases