On 26 September 2022, OPTOMICS scientist, Will Rayner, from the Helmholtz Munich Institute of Translational Genomics gave a lecture titled ‘Towards Federated Genetic Analyses’ during the German Human Genome-Phenome Archive Lecture Series ‘Advances in Data-Driven Biomedicine‘. The talk focused on standardization of genetic analyses and protecting data for individuals, which are both critical topics in the OPTOMICS project.