Full Program

RE(ACT) Congress & IRDiRC Conference 2025

Times are in CET.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5h

Opening speech, 8h45 to 9

Plenary Talk on AI, 9 to 10

Session A, 10 to 13, « Diagnosing rare diseases: from NBS to machine learning »

Chairs: Helen Malherbe (ZA) and Alexander Hoischen (NL)

Steven Laurie, ES -TBC
Zornitza Stark, AU – TBC
Vincente Yepez, DE « When the outlier is the signal: RNA-seq based diagnostics of rare disorders »
Lisenka Vissers, NL

Lunch break and Poster Sessions A & B 13 to 14h30

Session B, 14h30 to 17h30 « Empowering data »

Chairs: Lindsey Murray (US) and Ronald Cornet (NL)

Nicole Vasilevsky, US
Sabine Österle, CH « The Swiss Personalized Health Network- from clinical routine data to FAIR research data »
Thomas Hellebrand, BE – TBC
Annalisa Landi, IT

THURSDAY, MARCH 6th

Plenary Talk on Regulatory Science, 9 to 10

Session C, 10 to 13, « ATMPs: challenges and opportunities of today »

Chairs: PJ Brooks (US) and Eleni Papanikolou (DE)

Axel Schambach, DE – TBC
Nick Sireau, UK « Challenges and opportunities for mRNA therapy for rare genetic diseases »
Johan Flygare, SE – TBC
Christian Seitz, DE – TBC

Lunch break and Poster Sessions C & D 13 to 14h30

Session D, 14h30 to 17h30, « Impacts of rare diseases on patients, families, and society »

Chairs: Virginie Hivert (FR) and Gareth Baynam (AU)

Sue Baker, AU
Rita Francisco, ES
Gina Cioffi, IT
Kirsten Johnson, UK
Sofie Skoubo, DK « School absence legislation governing in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark for children with chronic illness in compulsory education—A comparative study »

Social event, 18h30 To be confirmed

FRIDAY, MARCH 7th

Session E, 9 to 12, « Funding models »

Chairs: Adam Hartman (US) and Magda Chlebus (BE)

Lunch break and Poster Sessions E & F 12 to 13h30

Session F, 13h30 to 16h30, « Drug repurposing in rare diseases »

Chairs: Samantha Parker (FR) and Donald Lo (NL)

Best posters prize & Closing Ceremony 

Program updated October 7, 2024