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Onsite: A Room with a Zoo (Flanders Meeting & Convention Center Antwerp), Belgium (aside from Saturday 18th Oct)

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Online: Zoom links will be shared on the What's on this Week calendar (pre-registration is not required)

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PRE-CONFERENCE: Saturday October 18, 2025 (Onsite & Online) (Times in CEST - local Antwerp time)

LOCATION:

LINDNER HOTEL, ANTWERP

09:00-17:00 CEST

Working Group
Closed (By Invitation Only)
Terminology Management Working Group
Chair: Rory Davidson
Room: TBC

(Catered breaks: Coffee: 10:30-11:00 & 15:00-15:30, served in room)

Sunday, October 19, 2025 (Onsite & Online) (Times in CEST - local Antwerp time)

08:00 CEST	Registration Desk Opens (Gorilla 1+3)
09:00-12:00 (Catered break: 10:30-11:00 in Gorilla 1 +3)	Governance Closed - MF only Member Forum Chairs: Anne Højen & Paul Wright Room: Okapi 1-3	Room: Gorilla 4	Room: Gorilla 5
12:00-13:00	Catered Lunch Break (Gorilla 1+3)
13:00-17.00 (Catered break: 15.00-15:30 in Gorilla 1 +3)	Governance Closed - MF only Member Forum Chairs: Anne Højen & Paul Wright Room: Okapi 1-3	Working Group Open to all SNOMED on FHIR Working Session Chairs: Peter G. Williams & Rob Hausam Room: Gorilla 4	Governance (13:00-15:00) Closed - MB only Management Board Technical Innovation Committee Chair: Christian Hein (15:30-17:30) Closed - MB only Management Board Finance, Audit and Risk Committee Chair: Anne-Marie Grey Room: Gorilla 5
17:30-19:00	Governance Closed (By Invitation Only) Management Board Chair & General Assembly Executive Chair: Alfhild Stokke Room: Gorilla 5

Monday, October 20, 2025 (Onsite & Online) (Times in CEST - local Antwerp time)

07:30 CEST	Registration Desk Open (Atrium)
09:00-10:30	October 2025 Business Meetings Opening Plenary & SNOMED International and Community of Practice Updates Open to all Welcome address from SNOMED International CEO Don Sweete. Followed by a series of SNOMED International updates, delivered to all delegates. Room: Marble Hall
10:30-11:00	Catered coffee break (Atrium)
11:00-12:30	Governance Closed - GA/MB only Joint GA/MB (pt. 1) Chair: Alfhild Stokke Room: Darwin Hall	Advisory Group Open to observers Managed Service User Group (pt.1) Chair: Terance Shird Room: Gorilla 1	Working Group Open to all Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Clinical Reference Group (pt. 1) Chair: W. Scott Campbell Room: Gorilla 3	Working Group Open to observers Dentistry Clinical Reference Group (pt. 1) Chair: Mark Jurkovich Room: Gorilla 4	Room: Gorilla 5	Room: Okapi 1+2	Room: Okapi 3
12:30-13:30	Catered Lunch Break (Atrium)
13:30-17:00 (Catered break: 15:00-15:30 in Atrium)	Governance (13:30-15:00) Closed - GA/MB only Joint GA/MB (pt. 2) Chair: Alfhild Stokke (15:30-17:00) Closed - GA only Closed General Assembly (pt.1) Chair: Alfhild Stokke Room: Darwin Hall	Advisory Group Open to observers Managed Service User Group (pt.2) Chair: Terance Shird Room: Gorilla 1	Working Group Open to all Drug Extension User Support Group Chairs: Shane Byrnes & Alejandro Lopez Osornio Room: Gorilla 3	Working Group Open to observers Dentistry Clinical Reference Group (pt. 2) Chair: Mark Jurkovich Room: Gorilla 4	Advisory Group Open to observers E-Learning AG Chair: Ian Spiers Room: Gorilla 5	Advisory Group Open to observers Modeling AG Chairs: Peter G Williams & Yongsheng Gao Room: Okapi 1+2	Working Group Open to all Nursing Clinical Reference Group Chair: Erica Culp & Christine Spisla Room: Okapi 3
17:00-18:00	Governance Closed - MB only Management Board HR & Remuneration Committee Chair: Andrew Roddam Room: Gorilla 5
18:00-20:00	Networking Event - Open to All (free of charge, registration required) Welcome Reception Venue: To be announced!

Tuesday, October 21, 2025 (Onsite & Online) (Times in CEST - local Antwerp time)

07:15-08:30 CEST

Social Event - Open to All (free of charge)
Guided city walk through Antwerp Old Town

Venue: MEET IN THE FOYER OF THE LINDNER ANTWERP HOTEL

08:00

Registration Desk Open (Atrium)

09:00-12:30

(Catered break:
10:30-11:00 in Atrium)

Governance
(09:00-10:30)
Closed - GA only
Closed General Assembly (pt.2)

Chair: Alfhild Stokke

Room: Darwin Hall

Advisory Group
Open to observers
Terminology Release AG
Chair: Andrew Atkinson

Room: Gorilla 1

Working Group
Open to all
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Clinical Reference Group (pt. 2)
Chair: W. Scott Campbell

Room: Gorilla 3

Working Group
Open to all
Translation User Group
Chair: Ole Våge

Room: Gorilla 4

Governance
(09:00-10:30)
Closed - MB only
Management Board
Chair: Andrew Roddam

(11:00-12:30)
Closed - MB & GA Exec only
Management Board
& GA Executive
Chair: Andrew Roddam

Room: Gorilla 5

Room: Okapi 1+2

Advisory Group
Open to observers
Content Managers AG
Chairs: Cathy Richardson & Monica Harry

Room: Okapi 3

12:30-13:30

Catered Lunch Break (Atrium)

13:30-15:00

Governance
Open to observers
Open General Assembly
With a special presentation by Tom Van Renterghem, Head of Data & Policy Information, Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment (Belgium)
Chair: Alfhild Stokke

Room: Marble Hall

15:00-15:30

Catered coffee break (Atrium)

15:30-17:30

Governance
Closed - GA/MB only
Joint GA/MB (pt. 3)
Chair: Alfhild Stokke

Room: Darwin Hall

Working Group
Open to observers
SNOMED Computable Languages Project Group
Chair: Kai Kewley

Room: Gorilla 1

Working Group
Open to all
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Clinical Reference Group (pt. 3)
Chair: W. Scott Campbell

Room: Gorilla 3

Working Group
Open to all
Anesthesia Clinical Reference Group
Chairs: Andrew Marchant & Patrick McCormick

Room: Gorilla 4

Working Group
Open to all
Mental & Behavioural Health Clinical Reference Group (pt. 1)
Chairs: Piper Ranallo & Jan Ivar Ernø

Room: Gorilla 5

Governance
Closed - MF Members only
Member Forum Discussion
Chairs: Anne Højen &
Paul Wright

Room: Okapi 1+2

Room: Okapi 3

19:00-23:00

Networking Event - Open to All (registration & ticket purchase required)
SNOMED International 2025 Awards Gala

Venue: Horta Grand Café & Art Nouveau Zaal

Wednesday, October 22, 2025 - including SNOMED CT EXPO 2025 Pre-Conference Sessions (Onsite & Online) (Times in CEST - local Antwerp time)

08:00 CEST

Registration Desk Open (Atrium)

09:00-12:30

(Catered break:
10:30-11:00
in Marble Hall)

Governance
Closed - GA only
Closed General Assembly (pt.3)
Chair: Alfhild Stokke

Room: Darwin Hall

Advisory Group
Open to observers
SNOMED CT Editorial AG
Chair: Jim Case

Room: Gorilla 1

Working Group
Open to all
Mental & Behavioural Health Clinical Reference Group (pt. 2)
Chairs: Piper Ranallo & Jan Ivar Ernø

Room: Gorilla 3

Working Group
Open to (German speaking) observers
German Translation Group
Chairs: Annatina Foppa, Frank Geier, Pero Grgic

Room: Gorilla 4

Room: Gorilla 5

Expo Pre-Con
Open to all
FHIR Terminology Services: A common approach to SNOMED binding for FHIR and openEHR
Chairs: Kate Ebrill & Pater G. Williams

Room: Okapi 1+2

Seminar
Open to all
Clinical Seminar: SNOMED CT in Cancer Care
Chair: Ian Green

Room: Okapi 3

12:30-13:30

Catered Lunch Break (Marble Hall)

13:30-17:00

(Catered break:
15:00-15:30
in Marble Hall)

Advisory Group
Open to observers
Joint Advisory Group Session
Chair: Peter G Williams

Room: Darwin Hall

Working Group
Closed (By Invitation Only)
Member Forum EU Working Group
Chairs: Theresa Barry & Silvia van Laar

Room: Gorilla 1

Working Group
Open to all
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Clinical Reference Group (pt. 4)
Chair: W. Scott Campbell

Room: Gorilla 3

Working Group
Open to observers
Common French Translation Project Group
Chairs: François Macary & Linda Parisien

Room: Gorilla 4

Governance
(13:30-15:00)
Closed (By Invitation Only)
GA Executive, Management Board Chair & CEO

Chair: Alfhild Stokke

Room: Gorilla 5

Expo Pre-Con
Open to all
BE/NL FHIR Terminology Server User Day
Chair: David Op de Beeck

Room: Okapi 1+2

Expo Set-Up

Room: Okapi 3