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FIGURE 9.2 Logos of the three different types of Golden Helix conferences.
(A) Golden Helix Symposia; (B) Golden Pharmacogenomics Days, and (C) Golden Helix Summer Schools.

Golden Helix Symposia
The Golden Helix Symposia (http://symposia.goldenhelix.org/) are high-
caliber international research meetings. The themes of these symposia revolve
around the fields of genomic and personalized medicine. In particular, the
themes of these symposia series are selected by the Golden Helix Foundation
International Scientific Advisory Council, in close partnership with the local
organizing committee, so that new and often ground-breaking science is pre-
sented at every meeting. Symposia range in length from 2 to 4 days, and aver-
age attendance is 450 participants (ranging from 250 to 900 participants),
mainly staff scientists and biomedical researchers; postdoctoral fellows and
students from academia, working in the field of personalized research; and
scientists from pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, government
agencies, and private and research foundations from various countries world-
wide. Conference venues are usually prestigious locations in major cities
or summer retreats in the southern Mediterranean or eastern regions with