1'00 pmProf Alex Markham

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NCRI Informatics Initiative Workshop, 1-3.30
pm, 2 October 2005 Co-Chairs, Ken Buetow, Richard
Begent
1.00 pm Prof Alex Markham Introduction and
Welcome 1.15 pm Prof Richard Begent The NCRI
Informatics Initiative 1.45 pm Prof Sir Mike
Brady Medical Imaging 2.15 pm Prof Carlos
Caldas CancerGRIDA demonstrator for the
NCRI 2.45 pm Dr Ken Buetow The caBIG programme
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The NCRI Informatics Initiative

• Professor Alex Markham
• Chairman, National Cancer Research Institute

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NCRI Informatics Initiative
2001 NCRI formed Informatics identified as a
means of increasing the impact of cancer research
2002 National Panel to advise on way
forward 2003 Strategic Framework for the
Development of Cancer Research Informatics
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• The Strategic Framework Informatics Planning
  Matrix

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Published in Nature and BMJ, March 2004
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Progress of the Initiative(1 million cost to
date)

• Widespread consultation and start of culture
  change
• Data sharing review
• Data sharing policy adopted by NCRI Board
• Informatics resources, standards and projects
  mapped to the planning matrix
• Infrastructure and training reviews
• Collaborations established with US NCI, EBI, NHS
  Connecting for Health, e-Science Initiative
• Demonstration projects established
• Business case for the Platform adopted by NCRI
  Informatics High Level Steering Committee

See and use these resources at www.cancerinformat
ics.org.uk
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The next steps

• Build the NCRI Informatics Platform
• an organised set of informatics resources to
  facilitate data sharing and integration
• built by the research community
• coordinated by the NCRI coordination unit
• resource development in open collaboration with
  US NCI Centre for Bioinformatics