Preliminary Programme

14.00

Welcome

Prof. Kurt Zatloukal – Project Coordinator – Director – Diagnostic and Research Institute of Pathology – Medical University of Graz – Austria

Alexandru Padurean – Project Officer – HaDEA – EU Commission

14.10

Addresses of MEPs

Vlad Voiculescu – Romania – RENEW Europe

Dan Barna – Romania – RENEW Europe

Aldo Patriciello – Italy – Patriots for Europe

14.20

Session 1 – Medical need of NGS and precision diagnostics in cancer care

Moderator

Prof. Ruth Ladenstein – Senior Consultant in Paediatric Oncology – St. Anna Children’s Cancer Research Institute – Austria, Coordinator ERN PaedCan – Board Member SIOP Europe 

Speaker

Prof. Paolo Casali – Director Medical Oncology Unit 2 – & Secretary of the Ethics Committee – Istituto Nazionale – Milan – Italy – Project Coordinator of Joint Action On Networks of Expertise on Cancer – Board Member ESMO

Panel Discussion

Dr. Giovanni ApolonePresident & Chairperson OECI EU Affairs – Scientific Director Foundation IRCCS – Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori – Milan – Italy

Dr. Marc van den Bulcke PhD – Head of Service – Sciensano – Belgium

Prof. Giuseppe Curigliano – Department of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology – University of Milano La Statale – Clinical Director – Division of Early Drug Development – European Institute of Oncology, IRCCS – Milan – Italy

Prof. Francesco de Lorenzo – President F.A.V.O. – Italian Federation of Volunteer Cancer Patient Organisations

Prof. Klaus Pantel – Director of Institute of Tumor Biology – University Hospital Eppendorf (UKE) – University of Hamburg – Germany 

Open Floor and Wrap Up

15.20

Session 2: How can innovative technologies meet regulatory requirements for in vitro diagnostics and how European standards can help

Moderator

Prof. Kurt Zatloukal – Project Coordinator – Director – Diagnostic and Research Institute of Pathology – Medical University of Graz – Austria

Speaker

Innovative Workflow Technologies and European Standards meet Regulatory Requirements

Dr. Uwe Oelmüller – Vice President, Head of the Molecular Diagnostics Technology Center for Sample Technologies – QIAGEN GmbH – Germany

Panel Discussion

Niklas Blomberg – Executive Director -IHI Innovative Health Initiative

Francesca Fenizia – Executive Director IQNPath

Flora Giorgio – Head of Unit Medical Devices D3 -DG Sante TBC

Matthijs van Meerveld –EFPIA Oncology Platform RepresentativeAssociate Vice President – Global Head of Access Policy & Patient Advocacy – Oncology Dept. – Menarini

Jesus Rueda Rodriguez – Director-General of Strategies and Special Projects – MedTech

Open Floor and Wrap Up

16.20

Coffee Break

16:40

Session 3: Health economic benefits of NGS as prerequisite for reimbursement schemes. How to overcome inequalities for patients in accessing precision diagnostics in Europe

Moderator

Prof. Wim van Harten – Group Leader Technologies & services in oncology – Survivorship & Rehabilitation

Speaker

Prof. Valesca Retèl – Endowed professor – Health Technology Assessment – Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management

Panel Discussion

Dr. Marc van den Bulcke PhD – Head of Service – Sciensano – Belgium

Prof. Fortunato Ciardiello – Director – Division of Medical Oncology – Dean of the School of Medicine and Surgery – University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli – Naples 

Francesco Florindi – Policy Officer – DG Research & Innovation – Unit D2 Health Innovations & Ecosystems – Brussels – Belgium

Prof. Lotte Steuten – Deputy Chief Executive – Office of Health Economics

Open Floor and Wrap Up

 

Conclusions

Prof. Marialuisa Lavitrano – School of Medicine and Surgery – University Milano-Bicocca – Italy
18.00 – 19.00

Cocktail Reception