Originally webcast April 23, 2008, the University of Washington Department of Genome Sciences presents the panel discussion moderated by Maynard Olson, University of Washington professor of medicine and a pioneer in human genome discoveries. Speakers included George Church, professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School and director of the Center for Computational Genetics; Bill Gates III, Microsoft; Eric Lander, founder of Broad Institute and one of the leaders of the Human Genome Project, exploring the molecular mechanisms underlying the basis of human disease; and Leona Peltonen of Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, a pioneer in the use of genetically isolated populations in the identification of disease genes. From the Series:The Personal Genome: Consequences for Society