Full Program
RE(ACT) CONGRESS 2020:
*This program is subject to change without notice at any time*
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11th
Session A, 13h30 to 17h30
Workshop 1 (2h) : “Methodologies to assess the effect of diagnosis and therapies on RD patients”
- David Pearce – Intro & explanation of WG3
- John Belmont – Physicians Perspective
- Emily Griese – Population Health in healthcare: What does that mean for rare diseases?
- Alicia Basuskis – Measures to evaluate appropriate diagnosis on impact of diagnosis
- Patrizio Armeni – Evaluating impact of health benefits
- Daniel Ollendorf – Economics of rare disease diagnosis
- Vicki Seyfert-Margolis – Rare disease real world implementation of solutions in diagnostics
Workshop 2 (1h30): “The orphan drug development guidebook – Galaxy Guide”
POSTER SESSION A 17h30 to 18h30
Public Opening Ceremony 18h30 to 20
Welcome messages (from BLACKSWAN Foundation, European Joint Program Rare Disease and IRDiRC)
Alexandre Reymond, Director of the Center for Integrative Genomics and president of the executive board of the European Society of Human Genetics, CH “Genome architecture and diseases: the 16p11.2 paradigm”
THURSDAY, MARCH 12th
Session B, 9 to 12, “Diagnostic, WGS, artificial intelligence, new technologies”
- Mark Caulfield, UK
- Tudor Groza, AUS “Patient-driven self-phenotyping for precision health”
- Yaron Gurovich, USA
- Aravinda Chakravarti, USA – tbc
- Emmanouil Dermitzakis, CH – tbc
- Julian Isla Gomez, ES – tbc
LUNCH & POSTER SESSION B & C 12 to 13:30
Session C, 13:30 to 17, “Advanced therapies: gene editing, cell therapy“
- Alessandro Aiuti, IT
- Hans-Dieter Volk, DE “Immunological challenges in gene therapy”
- Nathalie Cartier-Lacave, FR
- Frank Baas, NL – tbc
- Hildegard Büning, DE – tbc
FRIDAY, MARCH 13th
Session D, 9 to 12, “Molecular etiology of RD, innovative clinical trials, precision medicine”
- PJ Brooks, USA
- Terence Beghyn, FR
- Gisou van der Goot, CH
- Jean-François Deleuze, FR – tbc
- Kristina Larsson, NL – tbc
LUNCH & POSTER SESSION C & E 12 to 13:30
Session E, 13:30 to 17, “Access to diagnostic and drugs for all”
- Susanne Weissbaecker, USA
- Benjamin Djoudalbaye, ET
- Durhane Wong-Rieger, CAN
- William Gahl, USA
- Mengchun Gong, CN – tbc
SATURDAY, MARCH 14th
Session F, 9 to 12, “Patient engagement in drug development and clinical trial”
- Nicola Bedlington, BE
- François Houÿez, ES
- Dimitrios Athanasiou, GR
- Nick Sireau, UK – tbc
Program updated August 19, 2019
