Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, Bethesda, Maryland
 
This conference was a three-day event that provided a broad overview of genomics in public health research, practice and policy to highlight how the science might be used to prevent disease and promote health across the life span. The event also engaged participants in considering how forecasted advances in genomic discovery may influence the future of public health.  
 
Keynote presentations, interactive plenary and break-out sessions on genomics research and public health practice were given by leaders in the fields of genomics and public health. Networking scientific poster sessions were held in the evenings.  
 
The goals of this event was to bring together multi-disciplinary professionals from national, state and global organizations to:

• Learn more about the use of genetics and genomics for improving public health interventions to prevent and control chronic, pediatric, infectious, environmental, and occupational diseases, and provide quality genetic services across the lifespan
• Understand the landscape of genomic applications as they are being used now and best practices to follow
• Learn about new scientific technologies and methods that can be implemented now or in the near future
• Understand the implications of the globalization of public health and genomics
• Determine the best steps to take in forging the direction of our work in the next five to 10 years

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