I'll be moderating a presentation and panel discussion next month in Waltham, MA as part of the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council's Life Sciences lecture series on "Technology And Life Sciences Collaboration."
Dr. Martin Leach, Head of Research and Biomarker IT at Merck Research Laboratories will present A Call to Arms - Data Standards in Collaborative Research. I've known Martin since my days at Bayer, when he was my counterpart at Curagen. He is an articulate and outspoken advocate for the collaborative benefits that are possible when data standards can be adopted and applied across industry and the academy. I anticipate that he will make a stirring call for biopharma groups working in areas like preclinical research and translational medicine to adopt some of the data standardization approaches that have been so successful on the clinic, such as CDISC, etc.
Immediately following Martin's presentation, we'll convene a panel to discuss what can and is being done toward the development and adoption of research data standards and asking 'if not, why not.' The panelists will include Dr. Chris Bouton, CEO of Entagen, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Bioinformatics at Boston University and former Head of Integrative Biology at Pfizer, Dr. Jens Hoefkens, Managing Director of GeneData USA, Michele Pontinen, MBA, Life Sciences R&D Practice Leader at CapGemini, and Matthew Trunnell, Manager of Research Computing at the Broad Institute.
For up to date information about the presentation and panel discussion, or to register to attend, please visit http://lifesciences081202.eventbrite.com/.