The Lib Dems said it was "deeply disappointing Gordon Brown is using Sally Anne Bowman's terrible murder to mislead people about the DNA database".

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The lineup of speakers will include molecular biology pioneer Leroy Hood, co-founder of 23andMe Anne Wojcicki, scientific revolutionary and provocateur Eric Schadt, health insurance data analytics innovator Tina Brown-Stevenson, and founding CEO of Sun Microsystems Vinod Khosla, to name a few.

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Additional reporting by Victoria Murphy Barret, Heidi Brown, Stephane Fitch, Jack Gage, Susan Kitchens, Luisa Kroll, Claire Miller, Anne P.

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