This document discusses using information and communication technologies (ICT) to support global biomedical research infrastructure. It outlines: 1) How new data types from areas like genomics and nanomedicine are being generated at unprecedented scales and need to be collected, integrated and analyzed using distributed computing. 2) Issues around using electronic health records and research data to model human physiology and disease. 3) Participants in the discussion including experts from Microsoft, Spanish and Belgian universities who will discuss using ICT to advance personalized and genomic medicine.