Oxford Global was proud to present the 6th Annual Next Generation Sequencing Congress in November 2014 held at the QEII Conference Centre in central London. The congress was co-located with 2nd Annual Single Cell Analysis Congress and the NGS in Cancer Drug Development & Diagnostics Congress. This congress is Oxford Global's flagship event and over 400 senior level delegates attended the congress representing internationally renowned research & academic institutions, clinical research institutions, food & nutrition companies as well as leading pharmaceutical and biotech companies.

The congress featured 4 interactive streams:

  • NGS Technologies & Platforms
  • NGS Data Analysis Technologies & Platforms
  • NGS for Cancer Drug Development
  • NGS: Clinical Applications & Diagnostics

The congress consisted of over 60 case studies and presentations focusing on novel next generation sequencing platforms & technologies, the applications of NGS & key developments in cancer drug development and clinical diagnostics. Here are just a few of the congress speakers and their presentations:

Edward Oakeley, Basel Head Genomics, Novartis
Third Generation Sequencing: Seeking Perfection? Size Matters

Neil Ward, District Marketing Manager, UK & Ireland
Illumina Improvements

Luís R. Saraiva,, EBI-Sanger Postdoctoral (ESPOD) Fellow, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Single-cell Transcriptomics Of Olfactory Sensory Neurons

Nicholas Heredia, R&D Staff Scientist, Digital Biology Center (DBC), Bio-Rad Laboratories
Droplet DigitalTM PCR Applications

The success of Oxford Global congresses relies heavily on the feedback we receive from our delegates, speakers and solution providers. Oxford Global are delighted to share just some of the excellent feedback we received for our 2014 NGS & Single Cell congress.

Delegates and speakers at the congress praised the variety of topics on offer at the congress, the Core Facility Manager (Genomic Platform) from Imagine Institute for Genetic Disease said "I liked the variety of topics and technologies. I think the combination of Next Generation Sequencing and Single Cell is a really good idea."

Delegates also commented on the quality of the presentations and the flexiability the congress offered, the Laboratory Manager from Biogemma told us "There was a great balance between academic and private company talks. The quality of the presentations in the NGS streams was excellent. I particularly liked having the option to switch between streams with ease across the two days."

To read more testimonials from past delegates please visit: http://www.nextgenerationsequencing-congress.com/delegates/testimonials/

The solution providers were impressed with the congress staff's organisation and the networking opportunities available to them. The Director of Sales & Marketing from MMI - Microscopy Based Single Cell Solutions commented on this "The organisation and the staff were excellent. I met with numerous qualified participants and the relevance of the delegates was great."

The Product Manager from Silicon Biosystems was very impressed with the quality and relevance of the congress delegates "Excellent congress! We had plenty of relevant and interesting delegates coming to our booth over the two days."

To read more testimonials from past solution providers please visit: http://www.nextgenerationsequencing-congress.com/solution-providers/sp-testimonials/

Following the event, we analyse statistics and feedback from attendees, and we are proud to announce that we achieved an "Above Average" or "Excellent" rating in all categories including:

  • Overall Services of the Oxford Global Staff
  • Congress venue and overall organisation
  • Format & administration of the 1-to-1 meetings
  • Quality and relevance of the Solution Providers and Delegates

This is great news for everyone involved in the production of the 6th Annual Next Generation Sequencing Congress & 2nd Annual Single Cell Congress.

The 6th Annual Next Generation Sequencing Congress & 2nd Annual Single Cell Congress is part of Oxford Global's highly successful Genomics Series:

After the success of the 6th Annual Next Generation Sequencing Congress & 2nd Annual Single Cell Congress, Oxford Global Conferences are proud to announce that we will be hosting the 7th Annual Next Generation Sequencing Congress & 3rd Annual Single Cell Congress in London in November 2015. For further information on this or any of our congresses in the Genomics Series, please contact Danielle Dalby on +44 1865 248455 or by email on d.dalby@oxfordglobal.co.uk