Agenda

Day 1

All times are in Central European Summer Time (CEST) / UTC +2

09:00
 – 09:30

Welcome and Opening of the Biotech Atelier

Dr. Dimitar Georgiev
Assoc. prof. Dr. Borislav Borissov

09:30
 – 10:45

Movement Health 2030: the Future of Healthcare

Moderator
Bogi Eliasen, CIFS

Prof. Joanne Hackett, IQVIA
Bernard Grimm, EuropaBio
Toni Andreu, EATRIS
Thomas Allvin, EFPIA
Alexander Aleksiev, SAT Health

10:45
 – 11:15

Keynote lecture

The Innovative Health Initiative - Europe’s new public private partnership in health

Pierre Meulien, Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI)

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Small Ateliers

FLOW 1

Precision Medicine: From Breakthroughs to Patient Benefits and Advancement in Direct-to-Consumer Testing

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11:30
 – 12:30

The Microbiome and Nutrigenetics

Assoc. Prof. Milena Georgieva, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
MD, PhD Olga Antonova, Medical University of Sofia, Re:Gena
Dr. Nikolaus Gasche, Biome Diagnostics
Prof. Dr. (M.D., PhD, CHTC, Hom) Sarper Diler, Istanbul University Istanbul Medical Faculty,

12:30
 – 13:00

Break

13:00
 – 14:00

Non-invasive Prenatal and Neonatal Testing

Moderator
Dr. Dimitar Georgiev

Prof. Alexey Savov
Dr. Hristo Ivanov
Joanna Dragneva
Dr. Dimitrina Konstantinova
Alekhya Narravula
Dr. Stephan Busche

14:00
 – 15:00

Lifestyle and Health Advances

Moderator
Dr. Dimitar Georgiev

Robert Yanevski
Boryana Gerassimova
Petri Kiuru

15:00
 – 15:20

Keynote lecture

This Time It's Personal: Precision Mental Health Solutions for Better Care

Kip Olmstead

15:20
 – 16:20

Psychiatry: Pharmacogenetics and Personalised Practices

Moderator
Russell Amato, Genomind

Mr. Petar Shopov, NMGenomix
PharmD, BCPP Seema Patel, Genomind
Kristina Russeva, MD, Psychiatrist
Simone Spichak, Entrepreneur, Neuroscientist and Journalist

16:20
 – 16:40

Keynote Lecture

TBA

Daniel Dowd, Genomind

16:40
 – 17:45

Neurology: precision medicine and management

Moderator
Dr. Dimitar Georgiev

Dee McKnight
Prof. Dr. Victoria Sarafian
Prof. Dr. Dobrin Svinarov
Dr. Diana Barca
Dr. Neviana Ivanova

17:45
 – 17:50

Closing Remarks

FLOW 2

ART (Assisted Reproductive Technology) Atelier

Password: BA2021

13:30
 – 14:45

Presentations and Discussion Panel

Assisted reproductive technology (ART)

Dr. Georgi Stamenov
Prof. Dr. Savina Hadzhidekova
Dr. Mila Petrova
Dimitar Parvanov

14:45
 – 15:15

Keynote lecture

Social freezing not cost effective to the society

prof. Zion Ben-Rafael

15:15
 – 15:45

Keynote lecture

Problems with Using Polygenic Scores to Select Embryos

Assoc. Prof. Patrick Turley

FLOW 3

Computerized System Validation (CSV)

Password: BA2021

11:30
 – 11:50

Keynote

Where are we now? Did CSV keep its promises? Is “traditional CSV” still the right approach for new technologies (cloud, AI, ML, etc.); How can we assure high quality software in an effective and efficient way?

Timm Pauli

11:30
 – 12:20

CSV and CSA - Pharma Industry perspective

Teva Pharmaceuticals

Lidia Karamanova

12:20
 – 13:20

Break

13:20
 – 14:05

Bye Bye Paper

Paperless CSV, Implementing Tools vs Regulation (Challenges), Strategies

Jean-Yves Celis

14:05
 – 14:25

Validating AI/ML Solutions

Rahul Kallampunathil
Ajeeth Veeraraghavan

14:25
 – 14:40

Comfort Break

14:40
 – 15:00

Panel Discussion

All lectures

15:00
 – 16:00

CSV and Best Practices

Deep Dive session

Chris Evans
Archie O’Leary

FLOW 4

Rare Diseases: Transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (ATTR-CA) & Gene Therapies for Rare Diseases

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11:30
 – 12:00

Keynote lecture

Advances in Diagnosis and Management of ATTR amyloid cardiomyopathy

prof. Julian Gillmore

12:00
 – 13:00

Expert Panel

Discussion

13:00
 – 13:30

Keynote lecture

The Potential of Gene Therapy for People with Rare Genetic Disorders

Dr. Martin Schulz, Sr Director Gene Therapy Platform and Cross Portfolio, Pfizer

FLOW 5

Movement Health 2030

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11:30
 – 12:45

Movement Health 2030 - Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)

Bogi Eliasen
Dr. Dimitar Georgiev
Dr. Stanimir Hasurdzhiev
Zoltan Lantos
Prof. Tõnu Esko

13:00
 – 14:00

Movement Health 2030 - Bulgaria

Why do we need a holistic digital health care strategy - what are the challenges & opportunities in Bulgaria’s digital healthcare environment

Deyan Denev
Radoy Pavlov
Dr. Radoslav Mangaldjiev
Dr. Slaveyko Djambazov
Georgi Kadrev

Day 2

All times are in Central European Summer Time (CEST) / UTC +2

09:15
 – 10:30

The Value of Patient Centricity - Why the Patient Voice is Essential

Jonathan Clark (moderator)
Peter Kapitein, Inspire2Live
Piarella Peralta, Diaceutics and Inspire2Live
Dr. Stanimir Hasurdzhiev, NPO-Bulgaria
Shirlene Badger, Illumina
Daryl Pritchard, Personalized Medicine Coalition (PMC)

10:30
 – 11:00

Interview

Dr. Dimitar Georgiev, Paralax Life Sciences & Peter Kapitein, Inspire2Live

11:00
 – 11:20

Keynote lecture / Presentation

Janssen4Patients.com

Patients at the Heart of Our Work

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FLOW 1

Advanced Healthcare Technologies - from concept to practice

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11:40
 – 13:00

HIV - the Neglected Pandemic

Valentin Nikolov
Prof. Dr. Radka Argirova
Assoc. prof. Ivaylo Alexiev
Momchil Baev
Tamas Bereszky
Susan Cole

13:00
 – 13:30

Break

13:30
 – 14:00

Keynote lecture

Quality Assurance in a Molecualr Food Testing laboratory (an overview)

Peter Delchev

14:00
 – 15:20

Human Genetics in Favor of Reliable Diagnostics

Erik Steinfelder
Prof. Osman Ugur Sezerman
Assoc. prof. Dr. Ivanka Dimova
James Duboff
Francesco Florindi

15:20
 – 15:50

Keynote lecture

15:50
 – 17:10

Wastewater and Antimicrobial Resistance

Radoslav Russev
Assoc. prof. Ivan Ivanov
Bernd Manfred Gawlik
Valentin Nikolov
Assoc. prof. Celia Manaia

17:10
 – 17:40

Keynote lecture

17:40
 –

Closing Remarks

FLOW 2

Patient Advocacy Worldwide

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11:30
 – 12:00

Keynote lecture

The Concept and Value of Patient Advocacy

Ghada Ibrahim

12:00
 – 12:30

Keynote lecture

My Stage IV Cancer Journey... And what helped me through it

Barbara Moss

12:30
 – 13:00

Keynote lecture

Towards a patient-centred approach in cancer care

Antonella Cardone

13:00
 – 13:30

Break

13:30
 – 13:45

The value of patient advocacy in the field of oncology – Inspire2Live World Campus, Inspire2Live ideology and development

Peter Kapitein
Jan Gerrit Schuurman

13:45
 – 14:05

Prevention in Action - Cervical Cancer

Jan Gerrit Schuurman
Salomey Eferemo

14:05
 – 14:30

Cancer Registers - first steps: Armenia

Hripsime Martirosyan

14:30
 – 14:45

Pancreatic Cancer – increasing pancreatic cancer awareness

Núria Malats

14:45
 – 15:00

Pain management - pancreatic cancer

Rob Tenbrinck – TBC

15:00
 – 15:15

Inspire2Live and International Agency for Research in Cancer (IARC) partnership and collaboration

Jan Gerrit Schuurman
Ilona Schelle – TBC

15:15
 – 15:30

Discussion and Conclusion

Jan Gerrit Schuurman

15:30
 – 16:00

Keynote lecture

Personalised Medicine and Patient Advocacy

Jeffrey Waldron

16:00
 – 16:30

Keynote lecture

The Intersection of a Science Background and Patient Advocacy: How I Became a Better Advocate

Ella Balassa

16:30
 – 17:00

Keynote lecture

Personalised Medicine - building bridges among patients, researchers, decision makers & industry

Francesco Florindi

FLOW 3

Keynotes - COVID-19, oncology

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11:30
 – 12:00

Keynote lecture

The Role of biomarkers in Personalised Medicine

Dr. Liubov Simeonova

12:00
 – 12:30

Keynote lecture

Precision medicine in daily routine, face reality

Jean-Francois Laes, PhD

12:30
 – 13:00

Keynote lecture

Liquid biopsy - TBC

Dr. Catherine Alix-Panabières

13:00
 – 13:30

Keynote lecture

Impact of access to biomarker test on the patient pathway

Luiz Correa

13:30
 – 14:00

Keynote lecture

Advantages of automated and digital Tissue Engineering and 3D cell cultivation

Manfred Taschner

14:00
 – 14:30

Keynote lecture

Don't let Cancer become the Forgotten "C" in the Fight against COVID-19

Prof. Dr. Mark Lawler

14:30
 – 15:00

Keynote lecture

COVID-19 vaccination for Cancer Patients

Prof. Dr. Sarper Diler

15:00
 – 15:30

Keynote lecture

How to fund your life science/biotech startup with non-dilutive funding

Ishai Shamir

15:30
 – 16:00

Keynote lecture

Menopause and Employment - the Law

Yvonne Gallagher

Day 3

All times are in Central European Summer Time (CEST) / UTC +2

09:30
 – 10:45

Digital Health: Supporting Health Through Technologies

Moderator
Dr. Alexander Simidchiev, Digital Missionary

Andrew Fried, Healthcare and Life Sciences Industry Leader
Prof. Mark Lawler, Queen’s University, Belfast
Mira Ganova, DHI Cluster
Prof. Silvia Ilieva, GATE Institute
Andy Bleaden, ECHAlliance

10:45
 – 11:15

Keynote lecture

Digital Solutions to Healthcare Problems

Dr. Mark Hiatt, Guardant Health

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FLOW 1

Digital Therapeutics Flow 1

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11:30
 – 12:00

Keynote

DTx AI as a Medical Device

Johan Ordish

15:30
 – 16:00

Keynote

Health Equality Through Innovation

Nick Desai

16:15
 – 17:00

Keynote

DTx in Cancer Treatment

Anand Parikh

17:15
 – 18:15

DTx Funding

Eugene Borukhovich
Deepa Prasad
Laura Wamprecht
Lucanus Polagnoli
Michael Schuster

FLOW 2

Digital Therapeutics Flow 2

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16:00
 – 17:00

DTx in Neuroscience

Georgi Natchev
Dr John Krakauer
Brian Harris

17:15
 – 18:15

DTx Innovations

Georgi Natchev
Markus Dahlem
Terry Myerson
Michael (Fox) van der Linde
Rachel Francine

FLOW 3

Data Platforms and AI for Digital Health

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11:30
 – 12:30

Data Platforms for Digital Health

12:45
 – 13:45

AI for Alzheimer Disease

FLOW 4

Ex-pat Session: Success Stories

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15:30
 – 17:00

Ex-pat Session

Success Stories

Violeta Georgieva
Teodora Lalova, Doctoral Researcher at KU Leuven
Petar Petrov, Metabolism Research Scientist
Elitza Yankova, Postdoctoral Research Associate at Milner Therapeutics Institute, University of Cambridge
Radoslav (Rudy) Staykov, Vice President Operations at LEPZI Biotechnology
Eva Minkov, Managing Partner at Novexpharma

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