Session 1:  Genetic Counselling in the era of precision medicine

• Preparing the counselling workforce for the genomic wave
• Overview of genetic counselling services in the region
• Forum: Integrating genetic counselling in patient care to ensure responsible use of genetic profiling

Session 2: Genetic testing now and in future

• Genetic profiling: from diagnosis to risk prediction
• Whole genome sequencing: who wants to know?
• Ethical, social and psychological impact of direct-to-consumer genetic testing

• Debate : Genetic profiling creates more societal harm than good

Session 3: Diagnosis and Genetic Counselling for Rare disease

• Updated approach in the diagnostic odyssey of rare diseases
• Providing support for patients and their family members: a genetic counsellor’s role
• Treatable inherited conditions re- visited (Sponsored symposium by Novartis)
• Genomic sequencing as the first-line diagnostic testing: impact on clinical management for rare genetic disorders (Sponsored symposium by 3billion) 
• Q&A and case study discussions

Session 4:  Utility of cancer genetic testing

• Genetic profiling for cancer treatment decision making
• Updates on Genetic counselling and testing for hereditary breast, ovarian, prostate and pancreatic cancer
• Updates on Genetic counselling and testing for colorectal cancer
• Comprehensive genomic profiling – a new paradigm in oncology (Sponsored symposium by AGTC Genomics)  
  
• Q&A and case studies discussion

Session 5: Genetic Counselling Challenges in Reproductive genetics

• Prenatal Genetic Testing  
• Genetic counselling for Preimplantation Genetic Testing and Carrier Screening
• Q&A and Case studies discussion