VENUE

Google Launchpad

1st Floor, 543 Howard St 1st Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105

DATE AND TIME

Friday September 13th: 18.00 - 23.00

Saturday September 14th: 9am - 23.00

Sunday September 15th: 9am -18.00

STREAMING TALKS

Talks will be streamed on SVAI’s Facebook Page.

Final presentations are streaming on SVAI’s Slack Channel.

AGENDA

Friday September 13th

6 PM - Convene and Registration opens

7-8 PM - Dinner and mentor presentations 

  • 5m Welcome & Introduction

  • 15m NF1 Overview (Ray Mattingly)

  • 15m NF2/Schwannomatosis Overview (Marco Giovannini) 

  • 10m NF Genomics (Nancy Ratner)

  • 10m NF Preclinical Drug Discovery (Marc Ferrer)

  • 10m NF Imaging (Wenli Cai)

  • 10m - Patient perspective talk (Onno Faber)

8-11 PM - Participants assemble teams and formulate projects

10 PM - Genomics office hours with Ben Busby et al.


Saturday September 14th

9 AM - Convene, breakfast


9-12 PM - Work time


12-1 PM - Work time and lunch


1-7 PM - Work time


7-8 - Dinner

Sunday September 15th

8-11 - Work time


9 AM - Convene, breakfast


9-12 PM - Work time and finalize presentations


12-1 PM - Work time and lunch


  • Presentation by Freddy about MIT Grand Hack opportunities


  • Presentation by Ben about NCBI Hackathon opportunities


1-3 PM - Finalize presentations and documentation


3-6 - Poster presentations, evaluations by mentors and drinks, socializing


6 - Announce Leading Analysis selected for conference presentation

FORMAT

This is a weekend hackathon style event, and it will not run overnight. If you are traveling from outside of the Bay Area please make housing arrangements.

TRANSPORTATION & PARKING

  1. BART Transit: 0.4 miles walk from Montgomery St. BART Station.

  2. Ride-Share: Please join #transportation in our slack channel to coordinate ride sharing with other participants.

  3. Parking: NOT RECOMMENDED. Street parking is available but is restrictive. If you drive, please do not leave any valuables visible in your car.

FOOD & DRINKS

All meals and drinks will be provided for the weekend. The menu will be posted here when ordred.