Symposia, poster sessions and talks will take place on June 27th, 28th and 29th. A full programme can be found by following this link or downloading one of the below files. 

Schedule At A Glance BGA 2024 24 JUN 24 Pdf
PDF – 97.7 KB 847 downloads
Program BGA 2024 Post 24 JUN 24 Docx
Word – 197.6 KB 440 downloads
Program BGA 2024 Post 24 JUN 24 Pdf
PDF – 821.2 KB 743 downloads

Welcome reception

  • Wednesday evening, June 26th. 
    6:30pm-9pm (New faces meet and greet begins at 6pm)

Keynote Speakers

  • Thursday morning, June 27th

Image source: BigT images/Academy of Medical Sciences

Professor Anita Thapar

Professor, CBE FRCPsych FMedSci FLSW

Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Cardiff University

Title - Depression: dissecting heterogeneity


  • Thursday afternoon, June 27th

Dobzhansky Award Memorial Presentation for Professor Peter McGuffin

A memorial talk will be given by Professor Anita Thapar, and a 15-minute concert by the Heath String Quartet performing the world premiere of a quartet composed by Professor McGuffin


  • Friday morning, June 28th

Professor Karoline Kuchenbäcker

Professor of Genetic Epidemiology, Mental Health Neuroscience, Division of Psychiatry, University College London

Scientific Lead for Diverse Data, Genomics England

Title - Equity in genomic research


  • Saturday morning, June 29th

Professor Neil Davies

Professor of Medical Statistics at the Division of Psychiatry, and the Department of Statistical Sciences, University College London

Title - How can molecular genetic family-based studies help behavioural geneticists?


Banquet

  • Saturday evening