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About ICG-21
Dear Academic and Industry Colleagues,
Since its inaugural session in 2006, the International Conference on Genomics (ICG) has journeyed through two decades of discovery. Guided by the founding vision of “Omics for All,” ICG has consistently served as an interdisciplinary, cross-border platform for academic exchange, advancing genomics from the laboratory into everyday life. Today, ICG stands as one of the most influential annual gatherings in global life sciences, having witnessed and contributed to every major breakthrough — from the first draft of the human genome to precision medicine and synthetic biology.
In 2026, the convergence of artificial intelligence and healthcare has entered a new phase of “full-process transformation.” According to NVIDIA’s 2026 State of AI in Healthcare and Life Sciences report, 70% of healthcare organizations and life science companies are actively using AI. ARK Invest’s Big Ideas 2026 predicts that whole-genome sequencing costs will drop another tenfold within five years, while AI-driven diagnostic tools will grow fivefold — marking a historic inflection point driven jointly by AI and multi-omics.
The 21st annual meeting of the ICG (ICG‑21) will be held on September 7–8, 2026, at the BGI Center in Yantian, Shenzhen, China. On the morning of September 7, the “ICG‑21 Science Popularization Carnival” will take place. Dr. Yin Ye, CEO of BGI Group, will join a lineup of renowned science communicators to bring the public an inspiring feast of science communication, blending science with the humanities. On September 8, centered on the theme “Bio-Generative Intelligence for Health,” the conference will feature keynote presentations, thematic seminars, and cross-sector dialogues organized around five core directions: Health, Beauty, Longevity, Wisdom, and Happiness. We will explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping the frontiers of life science and how the benefits of genomic technology can truly reach every individual.
The main venue, BGI Center, is nestled in Yantian, Shenzhen—where mountains meet the sea. In the golden days of September, we sincerely invite you to join us as we embark on the next two decades of genomics.
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ICG-20 SPEAKERS
FAN Taiping (樊台平)
Professor, Biology Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences)
LI Xiaolin (李晓林)
AI Chief Scientist, Hangzhou Institute of Medicine, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Gane Ka-Shu Wong
Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta
MENG Fanbo (孟繁博)
Associate Professor, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
CHEN Guangyong (陈广勇)
Professor, Hangzhou Institute of Medicine, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Paul U. UNSCHULD
Professor and Director, Institute of Chinese Life Sciences, Charité Medical University Berlin
ZHAO Ye (赵晔)
Professor, Northwest University
Sonu M. M. BHASKAR
Director, Global Health Neurology Lab & NSW Brain Clot Bank, Sydney & Director (Visiting),
National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka
YANG Huanming （杨焕明）
Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Co-founder of BGI Group
Evangelos PROTOPAPADAKIS
Professor, Director of the NKUA Applied Philosophy Research Laboratory of
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
YANG Luhan （杨璐菡）
Co-founder and CEO, Qihan Biotech
Lars BOLUND
Honorary Professor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese
Academy of Medical Sciences
Frederick C. DUBEE
Senior Advisor, International Affairs BGI Group,
Co-Chair AIIB ICG
WANG Jian （王坚）
Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering,
Director of Zhejiang Lab
Walter BODMER
Principal Investigator of Laboratory, and Emeritus Professor, University of Oxford
HUANG Hefeng （黄荷凤）
Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Dean of the School of Medicine, Zhejiang University
George CHURCH
Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School,
Academician of the National Academy of Sciences
WU Xifeng （吴息凤）
Director, National Institute for Data Science in Health and Medicine, Zhejiang University
Francis P. CRAWLEY
Chair of CODATA's International Data Policy Committee
Michael James Cardwell CRABBE
Emeritus Professor of Wolfson College, University of Oxford
Carl Erik Mathias UHLEN
Professor, KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden),
President of the European Federation of Biotechnology
WANG Xiangdong (王向东)
Distinguished Professor at Fudan University;
Chief Scientist of Zhongshan Hospital
ZHOU Qing (周青)
Qiushi Distinguished Professor, School of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University
Vasileios KLEISOURAS
Emeritus Professor of Ergophysiology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens,
and Emeritus Professor at both the University of Athens and McGill University
Yannis PITSLILADIS
Professor, Hong Kong Baptist University
Rosane OLIVEIRA
Founder, President and CEO, Plant-Based Life Foundation
Kathy WONG
Phd Student, Hong Kong Baptist University, Department of Biology
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William BECKER
Executive Director, Presidential Climate Action Proiect, and Senior Associate with Third
Generation Environmentalism
Henry Chang-Yu LEE (李昌钰)
Forensic Scientist
LI Shengbin (李生斌)
Academician , European Academy of Sciences and Arts, and Dean, Professor and Doctoral
Supervisor of Bioevidence Sciences Academy, Xi'an Jiaotong University.
ZHAO Xingchun (赵兴春)
Deputy Director, Institute of Forensic Science, Ministry of Public Security, P.R.China
ZHU Bofeng (朱波峰)
Dean, School of Forensic Medicine, Shanxi Medical University
WANG Le (王乐）
Director of the Division of Forensic Science Application & Technology Development, Institute of Forensic Science, Ministry of Public Security, P.R.China
LAI Yiwei (赖毅维）
Research Scientist, BGI Research
WANG Xusheng (王旭升)
Associate Professor, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University
GU Ying（顾颖）
Deputy Director of State Key Laboratory of Genome and Multi-omics Technologies,
Deputy Director of BGI Research, Chief Executive Officer of BGI Cell
LI Huanhuan (李欢欢)
Professor, Guangzhou National Laboratory
LEI Ying (雷莹)
Research Scientist, BGI Research
YUAN Lin (原霖)
Technical Director, Sino-science Gene Co., Ltd
LIANG Lungang (梁伦纲)
Deputy Director of the IT Department and Head of AI Projects, BGI Genomics
YANG Meng (杨梦)
Senior Vice President, MGI; VP of Technology, BGI Group
LV Le (吕乐)
IEEE Fellow at IEEE Computer Society,
Head of Medical and Health AI Lab at Ant Group
GAO Xuan (高璇)
Assistant Director of the Gene+ Institute of Genetics
LI Bin (李斌)
Vice President, BGI Group
HE Zengquan (贺增泉)
Senior Development Manager, FGI
MA Wen (马文)
Product Director, DIAN Healthcare
JIANG Huayan (姜华艳)
Chief Operating Officer, BGI Cell
SHEN Lize (沈励泽)
Head of Marketing Department, Hangzhou Lianchuan Biotechnology Co., Ltd.
WANG Lingke (王灵珂)
Manager of Application Scientists, SPTLabtech
Rory COLLINS
CEO and PI of UK Biobank, University of Oxford
LV Jun (吕筠)
Director of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics,Peking University
ZHENG Weiling
Senior Business Development Lead, Precision Health Research, Singapore (PRECISE)
Prabhat JHA
Head of the Nuffield Department of Population Health，University of Oxford
XU Xun ( 徐讯 )
Chief Scientist, BGI Group,
Director, State Key Laboratory of Genome and Multi-omics Technologies
Jason TORRES
Senior Genetic Epidemiologist, Nuffiled Department of Population Health, University of Oxford
YANG Yungui (杨运桂)
Director, China National Center for Bioinformation
Robert SCOTT
Head of Genetic Research Department, GSK
LI Yuxiang （黎宇翔）
Chief Scientist in Bioinformatics, and Director of the Bio-Intelligence Technology Institute,
BGI Research
CHEN Zhengming (陈铮鸣）
Professor of Epidemiology, University of Oxford, Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences
JIN Xin (金鑫)
Chief Scientist in Population Genomics, BGI Research
CHEN Lu (陈璐)
Principal Investigator, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University
LI Hao (李昊)
Director of the Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Center, Director of the Multi-omics
Innovation Center of National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases - Beijing
Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University
YANG Jian (杨剑)
Professor and the Associate Dean, School of Life Sciences at Westlake University
YU Jintai (郁金泰)
Executive Deputy Director, the Institute of Neurology, Fudan University,
Deputy Director, the Department of Neurology at Huashan Hospital affiliated with Fudan University
CHEN Xingdong (陈兴栋)
Executive Director, Taizhou Institute of Health Sciences, Fudan University
BAO Wei (包巍)
Executive Director of the Public Health Research Institute, and Vice Dean of the School of
Clinical Medicine，University of Science and Technology of China
RUAN Hengchao (阮恒超)
Assistant Dean of Zhejiang University School of Medicine
DING Guohui (丁国徽)
Professor, International Human Phenome Institutes (Shanghai)
Cindy LAWLEY
Senior Director, Population Health Olink Proteomics
TU Huakang (涂华康)
Director of the Global Health Center, Professor and PhD Supervisor, Zhejiang University
School of Medicine
CAO Yanan (曹亚南)
Investigator, Ruijin Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine;
Director of the Institute of Ruijin Yangtze River Delta Health Research; Deputy Director of
Ruijin Hospital Wuxi Branch
YU Hong (虞洪)
Chief Physician, Executive Deputy Party Secretary of Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital
XU Guobin（徐国斌）
Member of the Zhejiang University Council, Chair of the Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital Council
Stephen J. O'BRIEN
Professor, the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center at Nova Southeastern University
Ingemar ERNBERG
Professor, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet
LAI Poh San
Professor and Director, Human Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Department of Paediatrics,
National University of Singapore
GU Zhongze（顾忠泽）
Professor and the Dean of School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering of
Southeast University
DING Guoqing（丁国庆）
Vice President, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine
WANG Xin (王鑫)
Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
HU Hai (胡海)
Deputy Director, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital
LI Weizhong (李伟忠)
Professor, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University
ZHOU Yanxin（周燕鑫）
R&D Director，DEEP Robotics
LIN Guanning（林关宁）
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
ZHU Shida（朱师达）
Vice President, BGI Genomics
GAO Feng (高峰)
Principal Investigator, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University
Partha P. MAJUMDER
Distinguished Professor, John C. Martin Centre for Liver Research & Innovations, Kolkata;
Indian Statistical Institute
Liang (吴靓)
Research Scientist, State Key Laboratory of Genome and Multi-omics Technologies; BGI Research
Tobias SJÖBLOM
Professor at Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University
Dean FELSHER
Director of Translational Research and Applied Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford
University School of Medicine
YUAN Shuqiang (袁庶强)
Chief Physician, Department of Gastric Surgery, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center
JI Jiansong (纪建松)
Professor, Director of the Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University
(Lishui Central Hospital).
CHENG Xiangdong (程向东)
President, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital
JIANG Huan (姜环)
Postdoc, University of Bristol, UK
Irina LEHMANN
Professor, BIH at Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin and IMI; Fudan University
ZHANG Tao (张涛)
Research Scientist, BGI Research, Wuhan
Borko AMULIC
Associate Professor in Immunology, School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine,
University of Bristol
Maria MASUCCI
Senior Professor, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet
Claude Mambo MUVUNYI
Director General, Rwanda Biomedical Centre
Jelena BEGOVIĆ
Vice Director, Institute for Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, University of Belgrade
LIU Xiaomin (刘小敏)
Bioinformatician, BGI Research, Wuhan
Karsten KRISTIANSEN
Professor, University of Copenhagen; BGI Research
LIU Ruixin (刘瑞欣)
Professor, Ruijin Hospital affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
QIN Huanlong (秦环龙)
Professor and Chief Physician, Executive Vice President, Suzhou Municipal Hospital
WANG Xinjun (王新军)
Assistant Research Fellow, Suzhou Municipal Hospital
NING Kang (宁康)
Professor, PI of Microbial Bioinformatics Group, Director of Department of Bioinformatics and Systems
Biology, School of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Ole DOERING
Professor, Hunan Normal University and Karlsruhe Institute for Technology
David PORTER
Associate Professor, Hunan Normal University
Stephen T.S. LAM
Director of Clinical Genetics Service, the Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital
Scott EDMONDS
Co-founder of CivicSight and CitizenScience.Asia
ZHU Wei（朱伟）
Vice-Chair, Shanghai Ethics Committee for Clinical Research
Wilderich TUSCHMANN
Professor of Mathematics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
LIU Liqun
Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU)
Ulrike UNSCHULD
Independent Researcher
Peter LAH
Dean of Pontifical Gregorian University
WANG Yusheng (王渝生)
Former Director and Party Secretary of the China Science and Technology Museum
Member of the National Education Advisory Committee
SHI Jun (史军)
Doctor of the Institute of Botany, CAS
Founder of the "Corn Laboratory" Popular Science Studio
WANG Jie (汪诘)
Science Popularization Writer
Science Popularization Film Screenwriter, Director
Science Popularization Film Screenwriter, Director
JI Maoye (季茂业)
Founding CEO of Cold Spring Harbor Asia
WANG Ximin (王西敏)
Science Popularization Experts of Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden
Promoter of Nature Education
KANG Changyun (康长运)
Vice Director, China Education Innovation Research Institute of Beijing Normal University
Chief Education Expert, BGl Bioverse
SUN Hailu (孙海陆)
Senior Teaching Manager，BGI-College
YIN Ye（尹烨）
Chief Executive Officer, BGI Group
LIN Xiaojing (林晓静)
Chairman of Zhejiang Prader-Willi Rare Disease Care Center, and member of the Rare Disease
Rehabilitation Committee of the China Rehabilitation Association for Disabled Persons
LI Yang (李阳)
Vice Principal, Shenzhen Experimental School, High School
JING Pingli (景平利)
Director and Principal of the Education and Training Center Directly Affiliated with the China
Vocational Education Association
SHANG Hongyan (尚红岩)
Professor, Guangdong Industry Polytechnic University
JI Chengzhong (嵇成中)
Vice Dean, China Institute for Educational Innovation, Beijing Normal University
ZHOU Hui (周慧)
Vice Principal, Beijing Middle School
LI Ziqing (李子青)
Chair Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Westlake University
Roland EILS
Professor, BIH at Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin and IMI, Fudan University
CHEN Luonan (陈洛南)
Distinguished Professor and Researcher, Chinese Academy of Sciences
WEN Chengping (温成平)
Professor, Vice President, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University
LI Zhaorong (李兆融)
Director of Biocomputing Research, Alibaba Cloud
Hans LEHRACH
Director Emeritus Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Founder and Chairman of the
Board Alacris Theranostics
YUAN Zhiyuan (原致远)
Associate Professor, Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-inspired Intelligence,
Fudan University
WANG Jieyu (王洁雨)
Research Scientist, BGI Research
Jürg GERTSCH
Professor and Institute Director, University of Bern, Switzerland
MENG Fanwang
Post Doctoral Fellow, Queen's University
Niki GASTINEL
CEO and Co-founder, Global Climate Solutions Institute;
Leader/Manager, Apple, Software Program;
Professional Association, President, California Software
Leader/Manager, Apple, Software Program;
Professional Association, President, California Software
CONG Yali (丛亚丽)
Professor and Director, Department of Medical Ethics, Peking University Health Science Center
Michael HEHENBERGE（video）
Founder and Partner, HM NanoMed LLC, Connecticut, USA
Miltos LADIKAS
Senior Researcher, Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis,
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Achilleas KLEISOURAS
Specialized Technical Laboratory Staff, Applied Philosophy Research Laboratory,
Department of Philosophy, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
SU Yeyang (苏夜阳)
Professor
Harris A. LEWIN
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), Research Professor,
Arizona State University
YU Fuqiang (于富强)
Professor, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Marc Van MONTAGU
Chairperson of the International Plant Biotechnology Outreach Association
(VIB-IPBO)
QIN Song (秦松)
Director, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ebrima JARRA
Practicing Soil Scientist; Executive Director, the Soil Solution
WANG Dantong (王丹彤)
Research Scientist, BGI Research
WANG Xumin (王绪敏)
Professor, Yantai University
BAI Mingze (白明泽)
Professor, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications
JIN Yan (金艳)
Chief Nurse, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Mohamed HASSAN
President of the Sudanese National Academy of Sciences.
Fellow of the Royal Society (UK)
Fellow of the Royal Society (UK)
WANG Jing (王晶)
Professor, The National Institute of Metrology, China
LIU Longqi (刘龙奇)
Executive Director of BGI Research
ZHANG Feng（张锋）
Curriculum Center, General Education Teaching & Research Office Fujian
Provincial Department of Education
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Call for Poster Submissions
Poster Submissions: Young scholars and students are given priority. Outstanding posters will be awarded prizes and recommended to partner journals. Inquiry: icg@genomics.cn
Conference Exhibition Invitation
The conference features a technology and industry exhibition area covering fields such as genomics, synthetic biology, precision medicine, and human health. Enterprises are welcome to inquire about participation.
Contact Email: icg@genomics.cn
Contact Email: icg@genomics.cn
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For more information regarding registration, exhibition, and participation, please contact the conference organizing committee via email: icg@genomics.cn
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