ICG, The Annual Meeting of the International Conference on Genomics

What is ICG?

The International Conference on Genomics (ICG) is a global academic event in OMICS. With the permanent theme of “OMICS for ALL”, the ICG has been advocating academic freedom, inspiring innovation and promoting cooperation in the fields of life science.

Since 2006, thanks to the participation and contribution of the world’s prominent professionals and bioindustry leaders, the ICG has been acknowledged as one of the most important gatherings globally in the fields of life sciences. More than 1,500 world-class scientists, including Nobel Laureates from various countries have participated. And over 10,000 on-site and 15 millions online participants have witnessed the rapid development of life sciences and genomics in the past 19 years together with the ICG.

Chairman of the ICG

Huanming YANG

A member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Chinese Academy of Medical Science (CAMS). He is also a professor at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) and Peking Union Medical College (PUMC). Furthermore, Yang is vice-president of the Genetics Society of China and the Chinese Society for Urban Science Research, respectively Co-founder and Member of the Board of Directors of BGI Group.

Yang has been working on genomics and relevant fields for many years, and has been engaged in both research and teaching for nearly half a decade. Yang and his BGI team, together with collaborators, have made a significant contribution to the International Human Genome Project (HGP, 1999-2003), the International HapMap Project (HapMap, 2002-2006), International 1000 Genomes Project (G1K, 2008-2012), the International Cancer Genome Project (ICGP, 2008-2010), the international collaboration on Yeast Genome Redesign and Synthesis (Sc2.0, 2011-2017), and other human omics research, as well as sequencing and analyzing genomes of many other animals, plants, and microorganisms, with more than 580 publications in the international prestigious journals, including > 120 in Cell，Science, Nature and its series, H-index=130 (May 12, 2022). Yang has been elected as a fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), and an international/foreign fellow of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States, Germany, India, Ukraine, and that of Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, as well as a foreign associate of European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Co-chair of the ICG International
Independent Advisory Board

Lars BOLUND

Sir Royal of Denmark
Director of the Lars Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Chief scientist of the QEI

Fred DUBEE

Former Senior Counselor of the United Nations Secretariat
Former Senior Advisor, Global Compact Office
Professor of BGI

IIAB Members

Antoine DANCHIN

Member of the French Academy of Sciences, Molecular Biologist

Henry LEE

Honorary President of the Connecticut Science Advisory Center

Aristides PATRINOS

Director and Chief Scientist of Novim Institute

James CRABBE

Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford

Charles DELISI

Dean Emeritus, College of Engineering, Boston University

Jie QIAO

Academician of CAE, Executive Vice President of Peking University

Flemming BESENBACHER

Member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences, Professor at Aarhus University

Laurie GOODMAN

Editor-in-chief, Giga Science

George Fu GAO

Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Le KANG

Academician of CAS President of Hebei University

Lucas DILEO

Chairman of Broadland Consulting

Ole DOERING

Professor, Hunan Normal University

Marc van MONTAGU

Plant Biotechnology Outreach – Gent, Belgium

Qimin ZHAN

Academician of CAE, Director of the International Cancer Research Institute, Peking University

Mathias UHLEN

Member of the American Academy of Engineering and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Tilahun YILMA

Member of the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences, Member of the United States National Academy of Sciences

Miltos LADIKAS

Senior Research Fellow, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Vassilis KLISSOURAS

Professor Emeritus, Department of Sports Medicine and Physical Activity Biology, University of Athens

Mohamed HASSAN

President of the Sudan National Academy of Sciences

Walter GILBERT

Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry, 1980

Hans LEHRACH

Professor, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Germany

Haifan LIN

Founding Director of the Yale Stem Cell Research Center

Xiuwu BIAN

Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor of Army Medical University

Harris A. LEWIN

Members of the National Academy of Sciences Professor of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis

Yannis PITSILADIS

Head and Professor, Department of Physical Education and Health, HKBU

Jun YU

Assistant Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Tai-Ping FAN

Professor, Northwestern University Professor, University of Cambridge

Peter CARMELIET

Member of the German Academy of Sciences

Walter BODMER

Sir And Fellow of the Royal Academy of Sciences Professor,University of Oxford

Previous ICGs

On October 23, 2006, the ICG-1 was held in Hangzhou, China. More than 300 guests, including Prof. James Watson, the renowned discoverer of the DNA double helix structure and the Nobel Laureate, as well as Prof. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, and Sir J. Sulston, the 2002 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine.

On November 16, 2010, the ICG-5 was held in Shenzhen, China.

On October 30, 2007, the ICG-2 was held in Shenzhen, China.

On November 15, 2011, the ICG-6 was held in Shenzhen, China.

On November 5, 2008, the ICG-3 was held in Shenzhen,China.

On November 29, 2012, the ICG-7 was held in Shenzhen, China. In the same year, the ICG-Americas was held in Philadelphia, USA.

On November 3, 2009, the ICG-4 was held in Shenzhen, China.

On November 1, 2013, the ICG-8 was held in Shenzhen, China. In the same year, the ICG-Europe was held in Ghent, Belgium.

on November 3, 2016, the ICG-11 was held in Shenzhen, China.

On September 10, 2014, the ICG-9 and the 2014 Shenzhen International BT Leaders Summit were held in the Shenzhen, China.

On October 22, 2015, the ICG-10 was held in Shenzhen, China.

On October 26, 2017, the ICG-12 was held at the China National GeneBank in Shenzhen, China. The conference announced the establishment of the "George Church Institute of Regenesis".

On October 25, 2018, the ICG-13 was held in Shenzhen, China. 2018 marks the 65th anniversary of the discovery of the DNA double helix structure, the conference gathered more than 170 academic and industry leaders around the world.

On October 24, 2019, the ICG-14 was held in Shenzhen, China. Scientists from China, Sweden, Denmark, France and other countries cooperated to carry out microbial metagenomic research.

On October 26, 2020, the ICG-15 was held in Wuhan,China, the conference gathered 20 academicians and more than 100 top scientists in the field of genomics.

On October 26, 2021, the ICG-16 was held in Qingdao, China. The first International Cooperation Center for Spatiotemporal Omics was successfully launched.

From September 1st to October 30th, 2022, the ICG-17 was held successively in Qingdao, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, gathered 20 academicians and more than 200 scientists in the field of genomics.

In 2023, the ICG-18 was held successively in Zhangjiajie, Beijing, Nanjing, Wenzhou, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, and Singapore, gathered more than 300 scientists in the field of genomics from over 20 countries.

On May 18-19, 2024, the ICG-19-THA was held at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, and the ICG-19-China part is coming soon.

Co-organizers

Association of Chinese Genetics in America

Chinese Medical Doctor Association

BGI GROUP/ BGI Genomics/ BGI Research/ MGI

Chinese Society for Urban Studies

Botanical Society of China

Chinese Society of Biotechnology

China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation

Hangzhou Institute of Medicine (HIM), Chinese Academy of Sciences

China International Exchange and Promotive Association for Medical and Health Care

Science Popularization Committee

China Science Writers Association

The Genetics Society of China

China Union of Life Science Societies

Vocational Education Teaching Guidance Committee

China Zoological Society

TWAS-Advisory Committee on Pandemics

Fairy Lake Botanical Garden

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