1. WELCOME 11-13 December 2013© 2013, BRIITEBiomedical Research Institutions Information Technology Exchange

2. BRIITE Biomedical Research Institutions Information Technology Exchange http://www.briite.org 11-13 December 2013 Hosted by Salk Institute for Biological Studies La Jolla, California 11-13 December 2013© 2013, BRIITEBiomedical Research Institutions Information Technology Exchange

3. 3 © 2013, BRIITE http://www.briite.org BRIITE Mission Establish personal contacts, bringing together those responsible for research computing activities at biomedical research institutions. Identify and document common problems and interests. Seek opportunities for partnership / consortium activities. Identify common issues that should be brought to attention of home institutions, government and other funding agencies.

4. 4 © 2013, BRIITE http://www.briite.org BRIITE Goals Interaction among participants at meetings. Establishment of a community among IT professionals who support biomedical research. Sharing of ideas, methods, tools, insights, and lessons learned. Coordination of activities and approaches (when warranted). Ongoing interactions between meetings.

5. 5 © 2013, BRIITE http://www.briite.org BRIITE Meetings Began as a one-time, ad hoc gathering to exchange ideas. Initially evolved into a regular, twice-yearly meeting. Now has become an annual meeting. Session formats: plenary presentations, self- organizing discussions, tech-exchange meetings. Lots of opportunities for informal interactions. Most important results of BRIITE meetings happen after everyone goes home.

6. 6 © 2013, BRIITE http://www.briite.org Meeting Theme WHAT NOW: GREAT OPPORTUNITIES / GREAT(ER) CHALLENGES

7. 7 © 2013, BRIITE http://www.briite.org Meeting Agenda Thu NOON:Lunch (Foyer) Thu PM:Plenary comments, self-organizing breakout groups Thu eve: Reception / Dinner (Estancia, Ballroom A) Fri AM:Plenary session: reports from breakout groups; Tech Exchange Fri NOON:Lunch (Foyer) Thu AM:Introduction, plenary presentations Fri PM:Plenary session: Tech Exchange Fri PM:Tours: Salk and Scripps

8. 8 © 2013, BRIITE http://www.briite.org BRIITE Speakers (Thursday) WHAT NOW: GREAT OPPORTUNITIES / GREAT(er) CHALLENGES Robert Robbins Big Data: Yet Another Buzzword or Actual Big Deal? Warren Kibbe NCI Informatics Priorities for 2014 John Speakman Real Disaster Recovery: Getting Hit by Hurricane Sandy (and finding a silver lining) Matt Trunnell Taking Biomedical Computing to the Next Scale: The Global Alliance and Genome Bridge

9. WELCOME 11-13 December 2013© 2013, BRIITEBiomedical Research Institutions Information Technology Exchange