2025 Human Cell Atlas Agenda

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Exhibition Area
9:00 AM - 9:05 AM
Main Hall - Auditorium
9:05 AM - 9:50 AM
Main Hall - Auditorium
9:50 AM - 10:50 AM


Session 1: Roadmaps for Building Atlases

Speakers:

Main Hall - Auditorium
10:50 AM - 11:20 AM
Exhibition Area
11:20 AM - 12:20 PM
Main Hall - Auditorium
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM


UNESCO:HCA Partnership Announcement
 

Speakers:

Main Hall - Auditorium
12:30 PM - 1:55 PM
Exhibition Area
1:55 PM - 2:45 PM
Main Hall - Auditorium
2:45 PM - 3:38 PM


Technology Showcase Day Part I

Speakers:

  • Framing Talk
  • Michael Schnall-Levin(10x Genomics):
  • Talk 2: Illumina
  • Arif Khan and Charlie Lee (AWS): AWS in Research
Main Hall - Auditorium
3:38 PM - 4:10 PM


Coffee Break
 

Meet the Editor Session

Madhura Mukhopadhyay (Nature Methods)
Located at the Registration Desk


 

Exhibition Area
4:10 PM - 5:00 PM


Technology Showcase Part II

Speakers:

  • Talk 4: SeekGene Bioscience
  • Talk 5: Stellaromics
  • George Emaunel (Vizgen): Pioneering the Next Era of Spatial Biology with MERFISH 2.0 and the MERSCOPE UltraTM Platform
  • Talk 7: Parse Biosciences
  • Talk 8: Scale Biosciences
     
Main Hall - Auditorium
5:10 PM - 6:10 PM
Breakout Room 1
Breakout Room 2
Main Hall - Auditorium
Breakout Room 4
6:20 PM - 6:35 PM
Main Hall - Auditorium
6:25 PM - 8:35 PM

Poster Rotation #1 and Exhibition Reception 

The opening reception is sponsored by Atrandi Biosciences.

 

Exhibition Area
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Exhibition Area
9:00 AM - 9:05 AM
Main Hall - Auditorium
9:05 AM - 9:55 AM
Main Hall - Auditorium
9:55 AM - 10:20 AM


Coffee Break


Meet the Editor Session

Madhura Mukhopadhyay (Nature Methods)
Located at the Registration Desk

 

Exhibition Area
10:20 AM - 11:50 AM


Session 3: Diversity and Equity

Speakers:

Main Hall - Auditorium
11:50 AM - 1:20 PM
Exhibition Area
1:20 PM - 2:38 PM


Technology Showcase Part III

Speakers:

  • Framing Talk
  • Patrick Bogard (Roche): Introduction to Sequencing by Expansion (SBX)
  • Patrick Murphy (Oxford Nanopore Technologies)
  • Talk 11: PacBio
  • Maybelline Giam (Element): High-Dimensional Biology: Advancing Single-Cell and Spatial Multiomics with AVITI24TM
  • Talk 13: Ultima Genomics
  • Talk 14: BD Biosciences
  • Talk 15: Singleron
Main Hall - Auditorium
2:38 PM - 3:53 PM


Session 4: Disease

Speakers:

Main Hall - Auditorium
3:53 PM - 4:25 PM
Exhibition Area
4:25 PM - 5:25 PM
Breakout Room 1
Breakout Room 4
Breakout Room 2
Main Hall - Auditorium
5:35 PM - 6:05 PM
Main Hall - Auditorium
6:05 PM - 6:15 PM
Main Hall - Auditorium
6:15 PM - 8:15 PM
Exhibition Area
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Unlocking Cellular Insights: AWS Cloud Solutions for Advanced Omics and Generative AI in Research

Join us for an interactive workshop that bridges cutting-edge cloud computing with advanced omics research and AI innovation. This hands-on session will demonstrate how AWS cloud solutions can accelerate your single-cell analysis workflows while introducing practical applications of generative AI in research settings. Participants will learn how to access and analyze data from AWS Open Data, leveraging AWS services such as AWS HealthOmics. Through guided examples, we'll showcase how to manage complex genomic workflows, and innovative ways to integrate generative AI models with biological research. Whether you're a computational biologist, wet lab researcher, or bioinformatician, you'll leave this workshop with practical knowledge to implement cloud-based solutions that can transform your research capabilities. The session is designed for both cloud beginners and experienced users, with a focus on collaboration, and research acceleration. Bring your laptops and let's go build.

This workshop is in-person only. Please note that you must register for the HCA General Meeting and indicate you would like to attend the AWS Workshop when prompted. 

There is no additional cost to attend this workshop.

Individuals that have already completed registration can indicate if they would like to attend the workshop by modifying their registration: View or modify an existing registration 

 

This workshop is sponsored by AWS.


 

 
11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
Exhibition Area
12:45 PM - 2:40 PM


HCA Regional Networks Meeting, Part 1

The HCA Regional Networks will meet the afternoon of 11 June and will feature speakers from the HCA Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Latin America Regional Networks. The meeting will highlight the progress and opportunities unique to each Regional Network, explore opportunities for knowledge sharing and collaboration, as well as discuss ways to address gaps and regional challenges. 

This meeting is open to all attendees, both in person and virtual. 

Individuals that have already completed registration can indicate if they would like to attend the workshop by modifying their registration: View or modify an existing registration

Speakers:

  • Ayah Al-Rawni: HCA Archive and Regional Networks
  • Jones Gyamfi: Exploring tumor microenvironment heterogeneity of triple negative breast cancers via single-cell transcriptomics
  • Yasuhiro Murakawa
  • Ankita Chatterjee
  • Quan Nguyen
  • Khanh Do
  • Woong-Yang Park
  • Lan Jiang
 
2:40 PM - 3:00 PM


Coffee Break

 
3:10 PM - 5:00 PM


HCA Regional Networks Meeting, Part 2

The HCA Regional Networks will meet the afternoon of 11 June and will feature speakers from the HCA Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Latin America Regional Networks. The meeting will highlight the progress and opportunities unique to each Regional Network, explore opportunities for knowledge sharing and collaboration, as well as discuss ways to address gaps and regional challenges. 

This meeting is open to all attendees, both in person and virtual. 

Individuals that have already completed registration can indicate if they would like to attend the workshop by modifying their registration: View or modify an existing registration

Speakers:

  • Drew Neavin
  • Yulia Medvedeva
  • Varodom Charoensawan
 
4:25 PM - 5:00 PM
 
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM


Illumina Multiomics Showcase: Manufacturing Tour & Networking Session

This tour grants you exclusive access to Illumina's manufacturing and R&D facility in Singapore. Join the tour to discover how their sequencers and consumables are made. Illumina’s R&D team will also share the latest multi-omic tools that are available and currently in development.

If you are interested in attending, please email amea@illumina.com with the subject line “HCA Tour” and someone from their team will contact you to coordinate further details.

 

 
9:00 AM - 1:30 PM


Genetic Diversity Collaboration between Asia & Latin America

This session aims to bring together scientific networks from Asia and Latin America. Participants get to engage in cross-regional dialogue, reflecting on insights and learnings from the flagship AIDA initiative, fostering a shared understanding and future directions in shaping flagship projects

This meeting is open to all attendees, both in person and virtual. 

Please note the location of the HCA Asia and AIDA Project Meeting will take place at Nanyang Technological University. 
Address: NTU@one-north, 11 Slim Barracks Rise, Singapore 138664

Individuals that have already completed registration can indicate if they would like to attend by modifying their registration: View or modify an existing registration

9:00 - 10:30 AM - HCA Latin America Session

Session Moderators:

Alexandre Denadai Souza, Mariana Boroni, Patricia Severino, Vinicius Maracaja-Coutinho, and Yesid Cuesta

Speakers:

  • Sueli Mieko Oba Shinjo
  • Jaqueline Cruz Geraldis
  • Katherine Athayde Teixeira de Carvalho
  • Adriana F. Paes Leme
  • Geraldo A. Passos
  • Carlos Serrano
  • Marcelo Mori
  • Kenneth J. Gollob
  • Walderez Ornelas Dutra
  • Robson Carvalho
  • Valentina Parra
  • Carlos Alberto Orozco Castano
  • Diana Jennifer Moreno Garcia 
  • Liliana Lopez Kleine
  • Jorge Alexander Duitama Castellanos
  • Geysson Javier Fernandez Garcia
  • Rafael Parra Medina
  • Ricardo Chinchilla
  • Carlos Ortiz Ramirez
  • Yalbi Balderas
  • Lucia Spangenberg


10:30 - 11:05 AM - Coffee Break

11:05 AM - 12:35 PM:  HCA Asia + AIDA Session

12:35 - 1:20 PM:  Latin America + AIDA Discussion

 
Time Zone: (UTC+08:00) Singapore [Change Time Zone]