EPBS Conference ‘Future of Biomedical Science: Dark Clouds or Blue Skies?’
This year in Genoa we will celebrate 20 years of Biomedical Scientists having a common voice in Europe. We will remember our past which has formed the building blocks for the development of our future where we must focus. So this year conference we choose the topic “Future of Biomedical Science: Dark Clouds or Blue Skies?”, a conference enriched by a group of exciting speakers who will for sure challenge and help us prepare hopefully a bright future for all biomedical scientist in Europe.
Hourly Schedule
Future of Biomedical Science: Dark Clouds or Blue Skies
- 9:00 - 9:15
- Welcome / Fernando Mendes, President EPBS
- 9:15 - 9:30
- EPBS: 20 years, a growing / Marie Culliton, Past President EPBS
- 9:30 - 9:50
- Point of Care Testing (POCT) / Christopher Price, UK
- 9:50 - 10:10
- Current and future impact of Genomics / Maria Gazouli, Greece
- 10:10 - 10:30
- Discussion
- 10:30 - 11:00
- Coffee break
- 11:00 - 11:20
- Agile and responsive education program for BLS / Mireille Geng, Switzerland
- 11:20 - 11:40
- Translational research and bioinformatics / Cathal O Brien, Ireland
- 11:40 - 12:00
- Challenges for Continuous Professional Development (CPD) / Mette Lundstrøm-Dahl and Liv Kjersti Paulsen, Norway
- 12:00 - 12:20
- Discussion
- 12:20 - 14:00
- Lunch
- 14:00 - 14:20
- Impact of the European policy on the development of our profession / Fernando Mendes, President EPBS
- 14:20 - 14:40
- Impact of the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO) / Alan Wainwright, IFBLS president-elect
- 14:40 - 15:15
- Discussion
- 15:15 - 15:45
- Coffee break
- 15:45 - 16:05
- Change in healthcare landscape / Piero Cappelletti, Italy
- 16:05 - 16:25
- One workforce? Opportunities for laboratory medicine / Jo Martin, UK
- 16:25 - 17:00
- Survival of fittests / Patrick Mulhare, Ireland
- 17:00
- Conclusion / Fernando Mendes, President EPBS
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