This hands-on workshop at IHCC 2020 aims to collect a variety of use cases for cohort interoperability and work towards practical steps to address them. This will include approaches for metadata harmonisation, querying/discovery, authentication, data retrieval and analysis. We propose to identify a subset of cohorts that will provide the relevant information for use case driven development.
We welcome any cohort with plans for prospective or retrospective metadata harmonisation, enthusiastic to share their experience and learn from CINECA’s perspective in the context of federated dataset discovery and analysis.

This webinar introduces the CINECA (Common Infrastructure for National Cohorts in Europe, Canada, and Africa) project, which aims to develop a federated cloud enabled infrastructure to make population scale genomic and biomolecular data accessible across international borders, to accelerate research, and improve the health of individuals across continents. CINECA will leverage international investment in human cohort studies from Europe, Canada, and Africa to deliver a paradigm shift of federated research and clinical applications.