Monday, December 4, 2017 ~ NIAID’s Fishers Lane Facility
Scientific Presentations: Sessions 1 – 3
See below for links to Webinars and presentation materials
| 8:30 – 8:40 | Introduction to the Day’s Agenda ~ Room 1D13 Session 1: Germline Gene Inference Tools Moderator’s Introduction: Andrew Collins, University of New South Wales | 
| 8:45 – 9:05 
 9:05 – 9:25 
 9:25 – 9:35 | Presentation 1 – TIgGER for IGHV Gene Inference (Presentation) Steve Kleinstein, Yale University Presentation 2 – IgDiscover for IGHV Gene Inference Martin Corcoran, Karolinska Institute Shared Q&A | 
| 9:35 – 10:00 
 10:00 – 10:10 
 10:10 – 10:30 | Presentation 3 – Evaluation and Validation of Germline Gene Inference Mats Ohlin, Lund University Q&A 
 Panel Discussion: Validation & Comparison of Inference Tools | 
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Break | 
| 10:45 – 10:55 | Session 2: IGH Genomic Haplotypes Moderator’s Introduction: Marie-Paule Lefranc, IMGT, University of Montpellier | 
| 10:55 – 11:20 
 11:20 – 11:30 | Presentation 1 – Characterizing Germline Immunoglobulin Diversity in Human and Mouse Corey Watson, University of Louisville Medical School Q&A | 
| 11:30– 11:55 
 
 11:55 – 12:05 | Presentation 2 – Role of Novel Regulatory Elements in the Formation of the Ig-k Repertoire Ann Feeney, The Scripps Research Institute Q&A | 
| 12:05 – 12:30 
 12:30 – 12:40 
 12:40 – 1:00 | Presentation 3 – Immunogenomics of the Rhesus macaque, an animal model for HIV vaccine development Akshaya Ramesh, University of California, San Francisco Q&A 
 AIRR Community Discussion Discussion Leaders: Marie-Paule Lefranc & Corey Watson IGH Haplotype and Germline Gene Nomenclatures | 
| 1:00 – 1:45 | Boxed Lunches & Poster Session I ~ LD10 Lower Level | 
| 1:45 – 2:15 | Minimal Standards Implementation Demos Steven Kleinstein, Nina Prak, Florian Rubelt, Christian Busse, & Syed Ahmad Chan Bukhari | 
| 2:15 – 2:25 | Session 3: IP Issues in Data Sharing across Shared Repositories Moderator’s Introduction: Tania Bubela, Simon Fraser University | 
| 2:45 – 3:05 | Presentation 1 – Learnings from Publicly Available Immune Receptor Datasets Harlan Robins, CEO, Adaptive Biotechnologies (Presentation) | 
| 2:45 – 3:05 | Presentation 2 – On the Human Immunome Project Jim Crowe, Vanderbilt University | 
| 3:05 – 3:25 | Break | 
| 3:25 – 3:45 | Presentation 3 – Intellectual Property Law Jacob Sherkow, New York Law School | 
| 4:30 – 5:00 | Panel – IP Issues in Data Sharing Harlan Robins, Jim Crowe & Jacob Sherkow | 
| 4:30 – 5:00 | Common Repository WG: Resolving IP and Protected Sequences Discussion and Community Vote Lindsay Cowell & Corey Watson | 
| 5:00 | End of Day at NIAID’s Fishers Lane Facility ~ Attendees return to Washington DC/Rockville Hilton Hotel | 
| 5:30 – 7:45 
 
 5:30 – 6:30 6:30 – 7:00 
 7:00 – 7:45 | Reception and Tool Demos at the Washington DC/Rockville Hilton Hotel Snacks provided ~ cash bar ~ Eisenhower Room No government funds will be used for food and drinks 
 5 minute Tool Demonstrations Panel on validation and improvement of AIRR analysis tools 
 Face-to-face tool demonstrations by teams | 
NIH Webinar Session Monday December 4, 2017 morning: Germline Gene Inference
NIH Webinar Session Monday December 4 2017 late morning: IGH Haplotypes & afternoon: Working Group Reports and IP Issues in Data Sharing

