Meetings Sub-committee

Purpose:

The AIRR-C Meetings Sub-committee is responsible for the initiation and planning of AIRR C related the AIRR-C meetings.

Goals:

Plans for 2021 include:

• Planning the next AIRR Community Meeting which, if held in person, will be December 7th – 10th, 2021 at Scripps Research in La Jolla, California
  • Theme: AIRR Community V: “Exploring New Frontiers”
  • Challenge Theme: Engaging/integrating with other types of “Big Immunological Data” (Systems Immunology)
  • Challenge Theme: Sustaining AIRR-C initiatives in the future
    • Potential topics include:
      • “Anchoring” AIRR-C repositories into our institutions
      • Engaging government agencies for new funding mechanisms to build and support “big data infrastructure” (e.g., IMGT)
• Propose a FOCIS Symposia

Members:

Co-leaders: Pam Borghardt and Jean-Philippe Bürckert

Members: Davide Bagnara, Justin Barton, Pam Borghardt (Co-lead), Jean-Philippe Bürckert (Co-lead), Encarnita Mariotti-Ferrandiz, Ramit Mehr and Corey Watson.

Contact: meetings@airrc.antibodysociety.org