The Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) develops tools and policy frameworks for the responsible sharing of genomic and related health data. GA4GH's annual Connect meeting provides an opportunity for the community to advance product development and gather feedback on community needs. This year, Connect will take place from April 1 to April 4, 2025, and will be hosted at the Broad Institute. We invite the Broad community to attend! The full agenda is now available on the event website.

Sessions of interest include:

• From standards to practice: overcoming barriers in federated genomic data sharing
• Federated gnomAD and the future of VCF
• Data visiting
• Genomic health data ecosystem development and maturity level
• Genomic data from lab to clinic
• Standards for enabling federated machine learning
• Exploring AI-driven innovation: benchmarking large language models for rare disease diagnostics
• Adopting GA4GH standards to meet the needs of the Neuroscience Community
• Expanding and evolving the Federated Variant Level Matching platform for rare disease