Two dedicated scientific committees are established, one for the qPCR day, and another for the
NGS day. The committees are responsible for the scientific program, such as invitation of key note
speakers and selection of oral presentations from contributed abstracts.
Stephen Bustin
University of London, UK (qPCR)
Stefaan Derveaux
Ghent University, Belgium (qPCR)
Jo Vandesompele
Ghent University, Belgium (qPCR + NGS)
Hakim El Housni
ULB-Erasme Hospital, Belgium (qPCR)
Jan Hellemans
Ghent University, Belgium (qPCR)
Gilbert Vassart
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium (NGS)
Guillaume Smits
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK (NGS)
Daniel MacArthur
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK (NGS)
Harold Swerdlow
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK (NGS)