Post- AWG Catalyst Summit Summary, YouTube & Slide Deck Links

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What a great day! Thank you to ~200 AWG members who joined our 2025 AWG Catalyst Summit🎉

SURVEY IS NOW CLOSED. Thanks all who completed it!

We believe the Catalyst Summit was a great success! We hope you had an enjoyable and productive time :hugs:

YouTube links from the Main Auditorium (each link starts at time stamp):

-00:07:25; Science, Summit Welcome, AWG Overview

-00:35:46; AWG subgroup lightning talks

-03:22:28; Spaceborne Computer/Federated Learning talk

-04:06:34; OSDR resource lightning talks

Slides from the 25 AWG Sub-Group Lightning Talks:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1X517Tqc0B4ZoW4i0WdJdY7PcmwquWeLUWZBlpHB5xAo/edit#slide=id.g32da2af9a7e_0_283

Slides from Intro-Welcome-Science Talk:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18BpQGEQlOEGCkycWN9N8wL2fbQjy6pesUiZohQkvhzA/edit?usp=sharing

Slides from OSDR Resource Category Lightning Talks:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1d0an7ZZDe1pJppvVqy6ESywcta0hFT8nUCOuPDmf8qg/edit?usp=sharing

Special thanks especially to the AWG Chairs @lauren.sanders @Dr.Overbey @paula6 @abegum @dr.richard.barker @AfshinBeheshti @kirill @daniela.bezdan

And thanks to all sub-group leads for their efforts in preparation @AfshinBeheshti @fumimuratani @alexa.sadier @asaravia @jgong @borjabarbero @ben.sikes @evartsb @nicholas.brereton @katherine.j.baxter @windymc @robert.j.reynolds-2 @pmadrigal @abegum @mboerrigter @pmisra30 @xmao @mattias.neset @seeratmaqsood @anuiris @nilufarali @jessicadurbano @canelson @kuppala @PCastano @abegum @lauren.sanders

Lastly, super thanks to @Jennifer_Claudio @lovorkad for doing heaps of the amazing prep work to make the day a success :100::heart: And of course thanks to our wonderful leadership with @gebresg & @danielle.lopez91 :tada:

Cheers all :tada::tada:
@HUMANawg @MultiOmicsAWG @AnimalAWG @AIMLawg @ALSDAawg @PlantAWG @MicrobesAWG @RLWG @FemaleReproAWG

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Hi Ryan, already got some feedback from my contacts visiting. The said it was the most professional online conference they ever attended. So congrats!
It was a pitty both Jon and me could not attend.
Thanks to @nicholas.brereton our Oral Microbiome subgroup was represented.
Respect for all what you and your team are doing!

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That’s great! Please put that feedback in the survey, even if you couldn’t attend

Yes super thanks to @nicholas.brereton for covering the Oral Microbiome :tada: @jonathon_baker

It was great to see the 27 AWG lightning talks back to back! Don’t believe they’d ever been brought together like that

@lauren.sanders also had a group breakout on a few new AWG subgroups people would like to start

Cheers!

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This was light years above any other online conference I’ve attended in terms of quality and enjoyability! The GatherTown platform was a brilliant idea. Beyond its success in breaking a lot of the normal barriers posed by the virtual modality, it was an excellent conference in its own right. Thank you to all the subgroup leaders and people who helped planned this!

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Thanks so much @dr.aslinger Elizabeth :hugs: This means a lot to hear coming from you :100: We’re honored to have you part of the AWGs, thanks for the message. Cheers :tada:

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Thank you for the very helpful explanations.

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Thanks Ryan and everyone who spoke at the summit, I was able to go back, watch the video and learn more about all the different groups and sub-groups. Thanks!

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