Programme at a Glance Biomedica 2009
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April 1st 2009
---> April 2nd 2009
| 08:00 - 09:00 | Registration |
| 09:00 - 09:10 | Welcome by Dr. Fred Bollen, President of the Biomedica Foundation |
| 09:10 - 09:25 | Opening by Prof. Dr. Bernard Rentier, Rector of the University of Liège Belgium |
| 09:25 - 10:00 | Panel presentation with Mr. Julien Mestrez, Prof. P. Stinissen, Mr. Jos Hessels: Provincial Executives of the Province of Liège, the Province of Limburg, Belgium and the Province of Limburg, The Netherlands; Mr Hartmut Thomas, Department Head Research & Technology Policy for a.o. Life Sciences and Medical Technology, Ministry of Innovation, Science, Research and Technology NRW Germany. The panel discussion will be led by Mr. Hans Niessen, Director of the Euregio Meuse Rhine. |
| 10:00 - 10:20 | Drs. Richard Pluymakers, RA. Partner Assurance Ernst & Young Maastricht, The Netherlands; Beyond borders: Trends and market developments in Biotechnology (2009) |
| 10:20 - 11:00 | Keynote speaker Biomaterials & Biopolymers : Ir. Jan Ravenstijn, “Recent developments in biopolymers“ |
11:00 - 11:30 - Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:30 - ROOM I
Biopolymers-Material scaffolds for regenerative medicine
| 11:30 - 12.00 | Dr. Enrico Bastianelli,
Bone Therapeutics, Erasmus University Hospital Bruxelles, Belgium “Cell Therapy in Orthopedics: applications and promises” |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Dipl.-Ing. Anne-Marie Clarinval, SIRRIS, Gosselies, Belgium “Contribution of the rapid manufacturing to the scaffold engineering” |
11:30 - 12:30 - ROOM II
Nutraceuticals
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Dr. Jan Glatz, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands “Faty acids & cardiovascular disease” |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Dr. Donat de Groote, Probiox SA, Liège, Belgium “Prevention of oxidative stress by nutraceuticals” |
12:30 - 13:30 - Lunch, Poster sessions, matchmaking
13:30 - 14:10 - ROOM I
Biomaterials & Biopolymers
| 13:30 - 13:50 | Prof. Dr. Gerrit Eggink, Wageningen University, The Netherlands “Biosynthesis of innovative tailormade biopolymers” |
| 13:50 - 14:10 | Dr. Harald Liedtke, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Ingelheim, Germany, “Controlled degradable polyesters designed for medical application” |
13:30 - 14:10 - ROOM II
Nutraceuticals
| 13:30 - 13:50 | Dr. Pierre Opolon & Dr. Thomas Erpicum, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France & SEFFID SARL, Saint Remy de Provence, France “Drugs vs Nutraceuticals, Lyprinol, an experimental and clinical trial to no man's land.” |
| 13:50 - 14:10 | Dr. Ir. Carine Dortu, THT SA, Gembloux, Belgium “Recent scientific breakthroughs in probiotics” |
14:15 - 15:00 - Keynote - speaker Medical devices
| 14:15 - 15:00 | Prof. Yongmin Kim, University of Washington, Seattle, USA “Translational research and technology commercialization in bioengineering” |
15:00 - 15:30 - Coffee Break
15:30 - 17:10 - Room I
Molecular Medicine: Impact on Healthcare
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Mr. Arindam Mukherjee, Philips Healthcare, The Netherlands “Simplifying cardiac care: patient-centric solutions across care cycles” |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Prof. Dr. Christian Weber, RWTH and Universitätsklinikum Aachen, IMCAR, Germany “Novel strategies for the treatment of atherosclerosis” |
| 16:30 - 16:50 | Prof. Dr. Mat Daemen, Maastricht University Medical Center, CARIM, The Netherlands “Molecular medicine of cardiovascular diseases” |
| 16:50 - 17:10 | Prof. Dr. Chrit Moonen, University of Bordeaux, France “Noninvasive therapies with MRI guided focused ultrasound” |
15:30 - 17:10 - Room II
Medical Devices: Body Sensors
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Dr. Jean Luprano, CSEM, Neuchâtel, Switzerland “Research of CSEM in the field of Personal Healthcare” |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Prof. Dr. Ir. Jan. W. M. Bergmans, TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands “Advances in pregnancy monitoring” |
| 16:30 - 16:50 | Prof. Jacques Destiné, University Liège, Belgium “Body sensors in intelligent clothes and in sleep disordered breathing analysis” |
| 16:50 - 17:10 | Dr. Bart Haex, KU Leuven, Belgium “Personal Healthcare: a multidisciplinary approach” |
17:10 - 18:00 Transfer to reception
18:00 - 22:00 Reception & Dinner
Sponsored by the City of Liège
-->April 2nd 2009
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