Welcome Address
Welcome address from Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Boston Children's Hospital
Wendy Chung
Keynote
Keynote Presentation
Speaker: Robert Green, ICoNS Chair, Professor of Medicine (Genetics) Harvard Medical School. BEACONS. BabySeq
The Long Arc of Genomics
Opening Panel: Dr Robert Green welcomes Nobel Laureate, Walter Gilbert, genomics and synthetic biology pioneer, George Church, and initiator of the Human Genome Project, Charles DeLisi.
Jim Bonham, ISNS
Title: Genomics & Newborn Screening
Speaker: Jim Bonham, President International Society of Neonatal Screening (ISNS)
Featured Abstract Session
Integrating Untargeted Metabolomics as a Second-Tier Functional Tool for Variant Interpretation in Genomic Newborn Screening
Speaker: José ManuelGonzález de Aledo Castillo
Featured Abstract Session
Eight genomic newborn screening implementation challenges observed in Early Check
Speaker: Heidi Cope
Featured Abstract Session
Parental Perspectives and Experiences with Genetic Testing and Surveillance for Cancer Predisposition in Healthy Young Children
Speaker: Kayla Hamilton
Lightning Poster Talks
Genetically-driven Immune Disease Genes in BEACONS Multi-State Genomic Newborn Screening. Jennifer Puck
Implementation Considerations for Pediatric Cancer Predisposition Focused Newborn Screening: Preliminary Qualitative Findings from the INSPECT Study. Stacey Pereira
CRINGENES: Advancing Newborn Screening in Spain through Genomic and Metabolomic integration. Hugo Rocha
Returning condition suspected results in genomic newborn screening: early experiences of parents and clinicians in the Generation Study. Emma Beecham
Multi-omic Newborn Screening: preliminary data on 25,000 newborns from the Puglia Genome Program. Paola Orsini
Result interpretation for autosomal recessive conditions identified by the GUARDIAN expanded genomic newborn screening study. Brenna Boyd
Toward Population-Scale Opt-Out Newborn Genetic Screening: Implementation Framework and Transition Readiness from Abu Dhabi. Sahar Almarzooqi
High expectations, deep concerns: South Korean parental perceptions of WGS-based newborn screening. Wonhoo Yoo
Results of assessment of infants with Long QT syndrome (LQTS) identified by the GUARDIAN (Genomic Uniform-screening Against Rare Disease in All Newborns) genomic newborn screening (gNBS) study. Brenna Boyd
Establishing a core outcome set for type 1 diabetes screening in infants and children. Whiwon Lee
GENETIC COUNSELING CHALLENGES FOR PEDIATRIC CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY GENETIC TESTING IN THE NEWBORN SCREENING: SPANISH CONSENSUS-CANGUR PROJECT. Estela Carrasco López
Selection of Genetic Conditions for the BEACONS-NBS study: The First U.S. Multi-State Genomic Newborn Screening Initiative. Harini Somanchi
Genetic counseling challenges following genomic newborn screening: Early experience from the PERIGENOMED project. Laurent PASQUIER
A Regionally Informed Master Gene List for Genomic Newborn Screening Identifies Actionable and Founder Variants in Middle Eastern Populations. Ammira Al-Shabeeb AKIL
Double-Stranded Politics: Partisan Trends in Genetics and Rare Disease Legislation from 2009-2025. Alexandra Crocker

