Conferences/Meetings/Courses in Europe 2010

Date

Location

Event

15-16 September

Brussels, Belgium

Market & Patient Access for Chronic Disease Therapies: Dagmar Kownatka, Chair of the EDMA Diabetes Task Force and Head of Advocacy and Professional Relations at Roche Diagnostics, has been invited to participate to the speaker panel as an industry expert. The conference will enable participants to:

• Hear strategies to contain and manage chronic disease from policy makers and industry experts.
• Understand how disease management can improve outcomes and market-access.
• Find out the growth potential in major chronic therapeutic areas and their specific challenges and opportunities.
• Learn how stakeholder mapping and building a value proposition for HTA affects your market-access results.
• Discover how market leaders are implementing innovative product-value demonstration.
• Get information on innovative, cost containment and reimbursement models and upcoming healthcare budget reforms.
• Benchmark, network and co-operate with policy makers and key opinion leaders.

For further information and the registration form please click here.

22-23 September

Galway, Ireland

MEDTEC Ireland: a show for medical device manufacturers in Ireland. Highlights: EU Regulations, Medical Device Innovation and Technology Forum, Clinical Evaluation and Testing Workshop, and Building an Effective Product and Process Validation Workshop. For further information, visit the event website.

30 September - 2 October

Luxembourg

20th Alzheimer Europe Conference - Facing Dementia together: The conference hopes to explore the partnerships and collaborations necessary to promote a better quality of life for people with dementia and their carers. With the participation of eminent dementia experts who will further develop the theme in four plenary sessions which focus on the core relationship between people with dementia and their carers, as well as their relationship with professional carers, doctors and researchers. The final plenary session is dedicated to the collaboration between the wider dementia community and policymakers. More information can be found here.

30 September - 2 October

Berlin, Germany

5th International Symposium on Integrated Biomarkers on Cardiovascular Diseases: To impart an up-to-date and high level of knowledge and to support and enhance knowledge transfer in biochemical and bioimaging marker research from the basic research centers and clinical centers of excellence to the routine application in standard care. Please click here for further information.

6-9 October

Bad Hofgastein, Austria

13th European Health Forum Gastein: the EHFG is a major annual event for healthcare stakeholders across Europe. It brings together experts from (1) governments and public administrations, (2) business and industry, (3) the civil society, as well as (4) science and academia. For more information, visit the event website.

10-13 October

Paris, France

27th International Conference of the International Society for Quality in Healthcare Association (ISQua): Under the theme “Quality Outcomes: Achieving Patient Improvements” the conference will present a sophisticated scientific programme and offer a unique opportunity to share expertise and knowledge as well as extensive networking opportunities for the congress participants. For more information, visit the event website.

13-16 October

Lisbon, Portugal

First European Joint Congress on Laboratory Medicine in Health Care: The conference will consist of sessions and speakers focusing on clinically oriented topics that highlight the importance of the interface between clinical and laboratory medicine, reflected in the conference slogan, "Laboratory Medicine at the Clinical Interface". The deadline for reduced registration fees is 31 January 2010. For more information, visit the event website.

20-21 October

London, UK

Labelling and Packaging for Medical Devices and IVDs: this conference will deliver a comprehensive review of the global regulatory updates, and future developments for 2011, through a combination of regulatory updates and practical advice. For more information, visit the event website.

25-26 October

London, UK

Point Of Care Diagnostics - Market Adoption & Technology Trends: Drawing on key opinion leaders in the field of POC Diagnostics, the 7th Annual Point of Care Diagnostics conference will present an insight into the many challenges facing this industry and provide an opportunity to obtain information needed to remain competitive in an evolving market. For more information, visit the event website.

2-5 November

Paris, France

Journees Internationales de Biologie 2010: Congress (2-5 November) and exhibition (3-5 November). Special focus on health biology and environment, the future of medical laboratories, and education & innovation. For more information, visit the event website (in French and English).

8-10 November

Annecy, France

Advanced Course on Diagnostics: The course which is being organised by the Fondation Mérieux aims to advocate the value of diagnostics and to build capacity in critical decision making in diagnostics by providing scientists and decision makers with a comprehensive overview of the global landscape of diagnostics research and development, and appropriate use of quality-assured diagnostic tools to improve global health. EDMA Director General Christine Tarrajat has been invited to participate as member of the Scientific Committee. For the programme of the course please click here.

17-18 November

London, UK

Electrical and Electronic Equipment and the Environment 2010: The topics that will be included in this year's conference include RoHS, REACH, WEEE, Eco-design, the Batteries Regulation, and developments in Asia and the US. The conference attracts delegates from UK and international companies and is dedicated to providing a forum for discussing the effects of the plethora of environmental legislation that manufacturers and distributors need to comply with. For more information, visit the event website.

29-30 November

Prague, Czech Republic

11th EPPOSI Workshop on Partnering For Rare Disease Therapy Development: bringing representatives from EU and Member State institutions, clinicians, patient groups and industry together to address the current challenges faced by the rare disease community in Europe with the purpose of shaping the future European policy for rare disease therapy development. For more information, visit the event website.