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International Rare Disease Research Consortium Shenzhen Conference

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Date: 07-Nov-14 to 09-Nov-14
Location: Futian Sheraton Hotel / Shenzhen / China
Category: Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals Conferences & Trade Fairs

This conference aims to raise awareness of the topic of rare diseases around the world and to foster international collaborations involving Chinese researchers and clinicians. It will provide unmissable opportunity to network with different rare disease communities from Europe, North and South America, Africa, and Asia-Pacific. We hope this will encourage and motivate investment of research and social resources in the field of rare diseases, to ultimately improve the diagnosis, treatment, and care of patients and their families.

It will be held with two days of conference - where four exciting parallel tracks will take place in the topics of Diagnostics, Interdisciplinary-Technologies, Therapies, and Educational - and one day of valuable training course

Programme of IRDiRC Conference
• Diagnostics
Sequencing and Other Omics Technologies
Interpretation of sequence data
Impact on Diagnosing Rare Diseases on Patients and on the Healthcare system
Sharing Information on Rare Diseases

• Interdisciplinary-Technologies
Registries and Biobanks
National Plans and Policies on Rare Diseases
Patient Involvement and Ethics in Rare Disease
Research
Health Technology Assessment and Access to
Orphan Drugs

• Therapies
Gene / Cell Therapy
A View of Therapeutic Development from the Industry
Regulatory Challenges for Drug Development in Rare Diseases
Clinical Trials: Challenges and Possibilities

• Educational
Principle of Genetic & Genomic Medicine


Training Course Program
• International Perspective
• Medical and Laboratory Applications of
Genomics for Rare Diseases
• Database and New Technologies
• Genetic and genomic clinic, genetic counseling,

Highlights of the Conference
•The educational track on 7-8 November
•A training course on genetics on 9 November
•A matchmaking workshop to facilitate collaboration between clinicians and scientists

Registration opens from 18 June onwards!

Exhibitors

Brett Monia (Isis Pharmaceuticals, USA), Christine Eng( Baylor College of Medicine, USA), Han Brunner ( Nijmegen, The Netherlands), Helen Firth (Cambridge University, UK), Kym Boycott (CHEO, Canada), Michael Brudno (University of Toronto, Canada), Nigel Laing (UWA, Australia), Paul Lasko (McGill University, Canada), Petra Kauffman (NCATS, USA), Yann Le Cam (EURORDIS, France)

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