Gert-Jan van Ommen, telephone interview by Kathryn Maxson and Robert Cook-Deegan, conducted from Durham, NC, 2 February 2012. Van Ommen is a leading human geneticist from the Netherlands and the former head of the Department of Human Genetics at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC). He served as President of the Human Genome Organization (HUGO) Europe from 1995-1997, and President of HUGO from 1998-2000. HUGO played an integral role in the international organization and administration of the HGP. This transcript is available beginning 1 July 2014. Keywords: Human Genome Project, HGP, interview, Bermuda Principles, Bermuda Accord, International Strategy Meetings on Human Genome Sequencing, data sharing, science policy, genomics, genome, genome sequence, genetics, DNA sequence, DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid, NIH, National Institutes of Health, DOE, Department of Energy, Department of Human Genetics LUMC, Leiden University Medical Center, LUMC, the Netherlands, Human Genome Organization, HUGO, HUGO Europe, HUGO Europe President, HUGO President, Gert-Jan van Ommen.