Participants

Over 200 international thought leaders accepted invitations to participate in the Sage Commons Congress in San Francisco. There was strong representation from all stakeholder groups including Scientists, Modelers, Network Thinkers, Funders, Media and experts in Policy, IT Platforms and Digital Information. We were especially pleased to welcome eight Congress Awardees, promising young scientists who have successfully competed for support to attend the Congress.

Sage Commons Congress Attendees (23 April 2010)

Name Affiliation Descriptor
Edo Airoldi Harvard Biostats Modeler
Dr Ajay NHBRI Modeler
Peter Aldhous New Scientist Media
Brandon Allgood Numerate Modeler
Mariano Alvarez Columbia Modeler
Sam Aparicio BCCRC Scientist
Rolf Apweiler EBI Scientist
Cecilia Aradazza FasterCures Policy
Alan Attie Wisconsin Modeler
Linda Avey Brainstorm Res. Found. Advocate
Myles Axton Nature Digital info expert
Allan Balmain UCSF Scientist
Douglas Bassett Ingenuity
Cyril Benes MGH Scientist
Peter Berger Alitora Systems IT Platform
Alpheus Bingham Network Thinker
Robi Blumenstein CHDI Funder
Adam Bly SEED Magazine Media
Richard Bookman Univ. of Miami Scientist
Patrick Brown Stanford Scientist
Robert Bruggner Stanford Modeler
Anca Bucur Institut Jules Bordet Scientist
Ken Buetow NCI Network Thinker
Atul Butte Stanford Modeler
Andrea Califano Columbia Modeler
Cesar Castro IFTF Network Thinker
Richard Cave PLoS
Vivien Chan Novartis
Rowan Chapman Mohr Davidow Ventures Network Thinker
Pierre Chartrand CIHR Scientist
Michael Choy BCG
Tim Clark Harvard Digital info Expert
Sophia Colamarino Autism Speaks Advocate
Bruce Conklin The Gladstone Institutes Scientist
Bob Cook-Deegan Duke Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy Network Thinker
Jennifer Couch NIH Funder
Charles Crichton CR-UK, Oxford, METABRIC Modeler
Barry Crist Eli Lilly
Kevin Cronin NextBio
Christina Curtis Cambridge Res. Inst. Modeler
Michael Cusick DFCI
Carol Dahl Gates Foundation Funder
Jim Davies Oxford Modeler
Jonathan Derry Sage Bionetworks Scientist
Gini Deshphande Numedii, Inc.
Joel Dudley Stanford University IT platform
Monica Duke UKOLN Digital info Expert
Michel Dumontier Carleton University Scientist
Aled Edwards Network Thinker
Robert Epstein MEDCO Network Thinker
Laura Esserman UCSF
David Ewing-Duncan Fortune Magazine Media
Gang Fang U. of Minn, Twin Cities Modeler
Allison Farrell Nature Media
Paul Fisher University of Manchester
David Fore Lybba
Thomas Freeman Pfizer Network Thinker
Stephen Friend Sage Bionetworks Network Thinker
Gilles Frydman ACOR Advocate
Diane Gary Sage Bionetworks Network Thinker
Robert Gentleman Genentech Modeler
Cindy Geoghegan Patient & Partners
Neil Gibson Pfizer Scientist
Geoff Ginsburg Duke Scientist
Maria Giovanni NIAID, NIH Funder
Carole Goble U. of Manchester Digital info expert
Ted Goldstein UC Santa Cruz Modeler
Rebecca Goulding CSSI, UBC Policy
Lisa Green Creative Commons Policy
Sarah Greene New Scientist Media
Jeff Grethe NIF Scientist
Justin Guinney Sage Bionetworks Modeler
Jim Gusella MGH Scientist
Marc Hadfield Alitora Systems Network Thinker
Jeff Hammerbacher Cloudera Network Thinker
Greg Hannum UCSD
Ke Hao Merck Modeler
Reece Hart Berkeley Network Thinker
Edwin Hauw PacBio Scientist
Yoshihide Hayashizaki RIKEN Network Thinker
David Heckerman Microsoft IT platform
David Henderson Sage Bionetworks Network Thinker
Mark Hertle LSDF Funder
Maureen Hillenmeyer Scientist
Warren Hogarth Sequoia Cap Funder
Alisha Holloway The Gladstone Institutes Scientist
Dai Hongyue Merck Network Thinker
Lee Hood Systems Biology Network Thinker
Steve Horvath UCLA Modeler
Richard Howlett GenomeBC Funder
Hongmei HUang Novartis
Wolfgang Huber EMBL Modeler
Marc Hurlbert Avon Funder/Advocate
Trey Ideker UCSD Modeler
Mark Igra LabKey Network Thinker
Jon Izant Sage Bionetworks Policy
Joseph Jackson
Jonathan Jacoby R.A.R.E. Project Advocate
Orion Jankowski CDD Scientist
Jerome Jourquin NCI
Andrew Kasarskis Sage Bionetworks Network Thinker
Hideya Kawaji RIKEN Network Thinker
Roxanne Khamsi Nature Media
Hiroaki Kitano Sony Network Thinker
Daphne Koller Stanford Scientist
Michael Korn UCSF Scientist
Thomas Krohn Eli Lilly
Allan Kuchinsky Agilent Technologies Network Thinker
Ilya Kupershmidt NextBio Network Thinker
John Lamb Pfizer Network Thinker
Scot Land Network Thinker
Jake Leschly Ingenuity
Ruiqiang Li BGI Scientist
J. Jerry Li NCI/NIH
Ted Liefeld Broad Institute Network Thinker
Michael Linderman Stanford IT Platform
Patrick Loerch Merck IT Platform
John Luk NUHS Scientist
Clifford Lynch CNI Digital info expert
Liz Lyon DCC, UKOLN Digital info expert
Marcy MacDonald MGH Scientist
Lara Mangravite Sage Bionetworks Network Thinker
Florian Markowetz Cancer Research UK Modeler
Maryann Martone NIF Scientist
Patrick McGovern Lybba
Douglas McGray Freelance writer Media
Alison McLennan ANU College of Law Policy
Teri Melese UCSF
Jill Mesirov Broad/MIT/Harvard Modeler
Alan Michelson NIH Funder
Josh Millstein Sage Bionetworks Network Thinker
Lesa Mitchell Kauffman Foundation Advocate
Barend Mons NBIC
Vamsi Mootha Harvard Scientist
Spyro Mousses TGEN Modeler
Bernard Munos Lilly Network Thinker
Cameron Neylon STFC Scientist
Thinh Nguyen Science Commons Policy
Simon Noble CHDI Funder
Garry Nolan stanford Scientist
Pilar Ossorio Wisconsin Law
Joseph Owens Northwestern Univ
Soonmyung Paik NSABP Scientist
Irene Papatheodorou EBI, METABRIC Network Thinker
Lance Parsons Princeton Modeler
Mateo Pellegrini UCLA Scientist
Luis Perez-Breva MIT
Alex Pico Gladstone Institutes Network Thinker
Minping Qian Peking University
Jonathan Rees Science Commons Network Thinker
Paul Rejto Pfizer
Philippe Rocca-Serra EMBL-EBI Digital info Expert
Adam Rogers Wired Media
Carolina Rossini Berkman Policy
Karen Sachs Stanford Modeler
Susanna Sansone MIBBI, ISA, OBO, EBI Digital info Expert
Eric Schadt Sage, Pacific Biosciences Modeler
Toby Segaran MetaWeb Network Thinker
Michael Seo WE Forum Policy
Sohrab Shah BCCA Modeler
Ruchir Shah PLoS Digital info Expert
Nigam Shah Stanford Digital info Expert
David Shaywitz Network Thinker
Jeff Shrager CollabRx Network Thinker
Solly Sieberts Sage Bionetworks Network Thinker
Dinah Singer NCI Scientist
Deepak Singh Amazon IT Platform
Sitta Sittampalam Inst for Advan Med Innovations
Maya Skubatch Wilson Sonsini Policy
Todd Smith Geospiza Digital info Expert
MacKenzie Smith MIT Libraries Digital info Expert
Mike Snyder Stanford Scientist
Harold Solbrig Mayo Clinic Modeler
Josh Sommer Chordoma Fdn Advocate
Lucy Southworth Network Thinker
Paul Spellman Berkeley Lab Scientist
Bill Spencer Policy
Peter Speyer IHME/UW
Michael Stebbins White House Advisor on Biotech Policy
Dietrich Stephan Ignite Network Thinker
Mike Stocum Quintiles Network Thinker
Victoria Stodden SC Fellow, Berkman Digital info Expert
Josh Stuart UCSC Network Thinker
Andrew Su
Christine Suver Sage Bionetworks Network Thinker
Neil Swainston Manchester Centre for Integrative Systems Biology Network Thinker
Charlie Swanton Cancer Research UK Scientist
Murat Tasan Harvard Medical Scientist
Marty Tenenbaum CollabRx Network Thinker
Jessica Tenenbaum Duke Translational Medicine Institute Network Thinker
Sharon Terry Genetic Alliance Network Thinker
Kaitlin Thaney Science Commons Policy
Luke Timmerman Xconomy Media
Hannah Tipney UCHSC Scientist
Mike Travers CollabRx Network Thinker
Andrew Trister Washington Scientist
Anya Tsalenko Agilent Technologies Scientist
Nick Tsinoremas University of Miami Network Thinker
Rob Tufel Ivy Foundation Funder
Fred Turek Northwestern University Network Thinker
Igor Ulitsky WHI/MIT
Alison Urkowitz MJFF Funder
Laura Van’t Veer UCSF Network Thinker
Ken Warman Gates Foundation Scientist
Regina Warmoth Sage Bionetworks Network Thinker
John Wilbanks Science Commons Network Thinker
Sandy Williams Gladstone Network Thinker
Rob Williams U of Tennessee Scientist
Anne Wojcicki 23andMe Network Thinker
Denise Wolf UCSF
Brian Yandell U Wisconsin Modeler
Henry Yang Beijing Human Genome
Xia Yang Sage Bionetworks Network Thinker
Edward Yoshida Merck Policy
Yongtao Yu SCBIT
Bin Zhang Sage Bionetworks Modeler
Xuegong Zhang Tsinghua University
Judy Zhong Sage Bionetworks Network Thinker
Jun Zhu Sage Bionetworks Modeler