The 11th Big Data Forum for Life and Health Sciences (BDF2026) was held successfully in Beijing, China, on October 13-15, 2026. The forum was hosted by the China National Center for Bioinformation (CNCB), co-organized by the National Genomics Data Center (NGDC) and the Global Biodiversity and Health Big Data Alliance (BHBD), and supported by the Alliance of National and International Science Organizations for the Belt and Road Regions (ANSO). Over 200 representatives from 8 countries, including Brazil, China, France, Hungary, Japan, Russia, Thailand and the UK, participated in the forum, including 8 member organizations of BHBD.

Mr. ZHANG Shizhuan, Deputy Executive Director of the ANSO Secretariat, delivered a speech at the conference, highlighting the role of ANSO in promoting inclusive collaboration in science, technology, innovation, and capacity building for a shared & sustainable future of humanity. Mr. Zhang also introduced the international associations established under the framework of ANSO since its inception, including BHBD.

Introduction about ANSO

Prof. SONG Shuhui, Chairperson of the BHBD Council, introduced the background and activities of BHBD, wishing to enhance international cooperation and communication on biodiversity and health big data through the BHBD network.

Introduction to BHBD

During the three-day event, over 40 experts and scholars delivered talks across six sessions, covering a variety of topics including data integration and curation, AI algorithms and models, biodiversity and health genomics, population and precision medicine, single-cell and cancer omics, as well as a special session of the China-Hungary Symposium on life and health sciences. Among them, representatives from BHBD member organizations (National Laboratory of Scientific Computation, Brazil; University of Montpellier, France; HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungary; Saint-Petersburg Pasteur Institute, Russia; Chulalongkorn University and BIOTEC, NSTDA, Thailand) shared their featured resources and research progress, and discussed enhancing further cooperation in the future within the BHBD framework.

Since its first launch in 2016, the forum has contributed to the promotion of knowledge exchanges and sharing on biodiversity and health big data among global researchers, as well as the expansion of BHBD networks for future international collaborations.

Group Photo