Program: 
20th ABC Symposium 2023 Program
Outline
Venue
COEX, Room 301, Seoul (Home page)
Date and Time
Date: Wednesday, October 11, 2023
Time: 2PM - 6PM
Organizing Institutes
| Country | Abbreviation | Full name |
| Korea | KOBIC, KRIBB
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Korea Bioinformation Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology | Japan | DDBJ, NIG |
DNA Data Bank of Japan, National Institute of Genetics | China | CNCB-NGDC
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National Genomics Data Center, part of China National Center for Bioinformation |
Program
| Begin (PM) | End (PM) | Country | Presenter | Affiliation | Title |
| 2:00 | 2:05 |  |
Welcome address | ||
| Session 1. Data Centers Around the World | |||||
| 2:05 | 2:35 |  |
Masanori Arita | DDBJ | The future of data repositories in the context of CBD |
| 2:35 | 3:05 |  |
Yiming Bao | NGDC | Resources of China National Center for Bioinformation |
| 3:05 | 3:20 | Tea break | |||
| 3:20 | 3:50 | |
Seungwoo Hwang | KOBIC | Introduction to Korea BioData Station (K-BDS) |
| 3:50 | 4:20 |  |
Guy Cochrane | EBI | The European Nucleotide Archive: database of record, platform for data sharing and data brokering hub |
| 4:20 | 4:40 | Tea break | |||
| Session 2. Panel Discussion | |||||
| 4:40 | 5:40 | |
Masanori Arita | DDBJ | Discussion on free topics on biodata management such as CBD, sustainability of data repositories, biodata sharing policies, and international collaboration |
|
Yiming Bao | NGDC | |||
|
Guy Cochrane | EBI | |||
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Daniele Manzella | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | |||
|
Doheon Lee (Chair) | KAIST | |||
| Joon-Yong An | Korea University | ||||
| Seungwoo Hwang | KOBIC | ||||
Travel Information
See the PDF document for places to visit around the hotel, and detailed instruction for moving between Incheon Airport and InterContinental Seoul COEX by airport limousine bus: Travel_information_2023.pdf