Together with the Allen Institute for Brain Science, the Janelia Farm Research Campus of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), and the Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study at George Mason University, several institutes at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) are co-sponsoring a scientific conference that will be held in conjunction with — but is independent of — the final round of the DIADEM Challenge.