EPMA World Congress 2015

Start

Thu, 3 Sep 2015, 00:00

End

Sat, 5 Sep 2015, 00:00

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http://www.epmanet.eu

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Predictive medicine is a new philosophy in the healthcare and an attractive subject for currently initiated research activities aimed at a potential application of innovative biotechnologies in the prediction of human pathologies, a development of well-timed prevention and individual therapy-planning. The issue has several aspects which allow the expectations of great advantages for predictive diagnostics and personalised treatment as the medicine of the future. Amongst the most important aspects are a well-organised population screening, targeted prevention of the frequent pathologies, non- or minimally-invasive diagnostics, optimal therapy planning, personalised patient treatment, substantial improvement of the quality of life and the plausible solutions for particular social, ethical as well as serious economical problems. This decisive progress can be achieved only by well-coordinated fulfilment of the following components that are crucial for the practical realisation of this new philosophy in healthcare

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General Information

The paradigm change from delayed interventional to Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine (PPPM) is a leading global challenge in the 21st century. This is a new philosophy of advanced healthcare and the platform for more effective treatments tailored to the person that is considered as the "medicine of the future". This paradigm change can be achieved only by well-coordinated measures focused on solving the accumulating problems in healthcare and reducing the concomitant economical burden that societies across the globe are progressively facing. This task requires novel and creative political regulations and formation of new guidelines to advance current healthcare systems. The overall concept in the field is conducted by the “European Association for Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine” (EPMA) – the “umbrella”-organisation in over 40 countries around Europe and worldwide.
Of paramount importance is the communication among professionals – medical doctors, biotechnologists, computer-scientists, healthcare providers, organised patient groups, policy-makers, educators, etc. The EPMA-Congress is an important global event promoting a multidisciplinary consolidation in the branch. Inaugurated in 2011, the EPMA-World Congress takes place every two years. Some congress particularities we made to our good tradition, namely
1. PPPM-related implementation - a specialised session will be dedicated to "Clustered PPPM-Centres, Validation and Standards", where experiences will be shared from creating specialised PPPM-related Medical Centres in Europe and worldwide.

2. Strong integration of PPPM-related industry - without exception, each Congress-session will benefit from topic-related input by the industry and regulators, including innovative R&D concepts, advanced technologies, PPPM-cantered products, etc.

3. Consultations with the members of the EU-Commission considering innovative programmes, instruments and resrources to promote PPPM related research and implementation.

4. Substantial educational impacts of the EPMA meetings.

5. Creation of the Expert Recommendationsin the field of PPPM (see General Report & Recommendations in Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine 2012: White Paper of the European Association for Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine)

6. Full transparency of the EPMA meetings - see examples of the specialised sessions published in YouTube:

Registration Process

Congress fee:

Fee	Before June 1st, 2015	Beginning on June 1st, 2015
1. Regular participant	500,- €	550,- €
2. EPMA-members, 2015*	250,- €	300,- €

* confirmation essential

Registration form click here

Programme Details

Thursday, September 3rd

Hall A

13:00 – 16:30
Workshop of Young Professionals in PPPM
Hall B
13:00 – 15:15
Workshop: Travel Medicine
15:25 – 16:55
Workshop: Sport, Body Culture and Physical Activities

Coffee-break: 16:30 – 17:00

Hall A
17:00 – 17:25
Plenary Lecture:
Trevor Marshall, USA: Is there a Role for the Tin Foil Hat in PPPM?
17:30 – 19:30
Plenary Lectures:
Ella Flemyng, BMC, London - Presentation of the EPMA J. by the Publisher
Peter Butler, Springer - Presentation of the EPMA/Springer Book-Series by the Publisher
Editorial Board meeting

Welcome party: 19:30 – 21:00

Friday, September 4th

Hall A
8:30 – 9:55
Introduction
Olga Golubnitschaja and Vincenzo Costigliola
Plenary Lectures:
- Jean-Luc Sanne, EU-Commission, Brussels: „Horizon 2020" update and calls for 2016-2017
- Russ Andrews, USA: USA PPPM: Proscriptive, Profligate, Profiteering Medicine - Good for 1% Wealthy, Not for 99% Unhealthy
- Josef Flammer and Katarzyna Konieczka, Switzerland: “Flammer Syndrome” – lessons for PPPM

Parallel sessions

Hall A

1st slot

10:05 – 11:55

Cancer

2nd slot

12:00 – 13:00

Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Hall B

1st slot

10:15 – 11:00

Rare Diseases

2nd slot

11:15 – 13:00

Laboratory Medicine

Lunch: 13:00 – 13:45

3rd slot

13:45 – 15:15

Innovative Technologies

4th slot

15:30 – 16:30

Cardiovascular Disease

3rd slot

13:45 – 16:30

Dentistry

Coffee-break: 16:30 – 16:50

5th slot

16:50 – 18:50

Information and Communication Technologies

4th slot

16:50 – 18:50

Diabetes

Congress Dinner: 19:30 – 22:30

Best presentations in the Workshop “Young Professionals in PPPM” - Awarding Ceremony

Saturday, September 5th

Hall A
1st slot
8:30 – 10:00
Plenary Lectures:
- Niva Shapira, Israel: Breast cancer – the lessons for PPPM
- Frank Heemskerk: Business models in Healthcare Research and Innovation
- Olga Golubnitschaja, Vincenzo Costigliola: EPMA Burse for PPPM Proposals “Horizon 2020”

Coffee-break: 10:00 – 10:30

Hall A and B
2nd slot
10:30 – 13:00
Individual meetings of consortia

Lunch: 13:00 – 14:30

END OF THE CONGRESS