Latvian Presidency Event
EUROPEAN UNION CONTRIBUTION
TO INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH
Astor Riga Hotel, Academy Hall,
Z.A.Meierovica Blvd. 10, Riga, Latvia
12 May 2015
AGENDA
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TUESDAY, 12 May 2015 |
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| Welcome | |
| 09.00 - 09.10 | Iveta Ozolanta, Vice-Rector, Rīga Stradiņš University |
| 09.10 - 09.20 | Guntis Belēvičs, Minister, Ministry of Health |
| 09.20 - 09.35 | Linda Austere, Chiefof Staff to the Minister for Education and Science at Ministry of Education and Science |
| 09.35 - 09.50 | Ojārs Spārītis, President, Latvian Academy of Sciences |
| Session 1 | |
| 10.00 - 10.20 | Cornelius Schmaltz, Deputy Head of Unit, Fighting Infectious Diseases and Global Epidemics, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN HORIZON 2020 |
| 10.20 - 10.40 | Nathalie Seigneuret, Senior Scientific Project Manager, Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) Perspective IMI PERSPECTIVE – ADDRESSING INFECTIOUS DISEASES THROUGH PUBLIC PRIVATE COLLABORATIONS |
| 10.40 - 11.00 | Elīna Dimiņa, Public Health Analist, Infectious Diseases Risk Analysis and Prevention Department, Centre for Disease Prevention and Control of Latvia. DEVELOPMENT AND STRENGTHENING OF THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM IN LATVIA |
| 11.00 - 11.30 | Coffee break |
| Session 2 | |
| 11.30 - 12.00 | Laura Marin, Programm coordinator, Joint Programme Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance (JPIAMR) JOINT PROGRAMMING AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR TRANSNATIONAL COLLABORATION |
| 12.00 - 12.30 | Robin Shattock, Professor of Mucosal Infection and Immunity at Imperial College in London, Advanced Immunisation Technologies (ADITEC) ADVANCED IMMUNIZATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR NEXT GENERATION VACCINES |
| 12.30 - 13.00 | Ioana Ispas, European Affairs Advisor for Bioethics, Genomics and Health, International Cooperation Department, National Authority for Scientific Research and Innovation. PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE IN ROMANIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES RESEARCH |
| 13.00 - 14.20 | Lunch break |
| 14.20 - 14.35 | Anna Pytko, National Contact Point of Poland POLISH INTEREST IN THE EUROPEAN RESEARCH IN HEALTH |
| 14.35 - 14.55 | Marek Kowalski, Professor, Medical University of Lodz, Poland, Head of Clinic of Immunology, Rheumatology and Allergology FROM GA2LEN TO HARC (HEALTHY AGEING RESEARCH CENTRE) - NETWORKING FOR RESEARCH AT THE EUROPEAN LEVEL |
| 14.55 - 15.10 | Argo Soon, Health National Contact Point of Estonia ESTONIAN PARTICIPATION IN FP7 HEALTH |
| 15.10 - 15.30 | Irja Lutsar, Professor, University of Tartu, Estonia, RESEARCH IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES – EASTERN VS WESTERN EUROPE |
| 15.30 – 15.40 | Coffee break |
| 15.40 - 15.55 | Vaiva Lesauskaite, Vice-Rector for Research, Professor, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences CENTRE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR HEALTHY AGEING: TEAMING FOR EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION |
| 15.55 - 16.15 | Gitana Andrulaityte, Public Health Specialist, HIV/AIDS/STI Epidemiological Surveillance Division, Centre for Communicable Diseases and AIDS, Lithuania RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL AND BIO-BEHAVIOURAL SURVEILLANCE OF TARGET POPULATIONS |
| 16.15 - 16.30 | Uldis Berķis, Health National Contact Point of Latvia INFECTIOUS DISEASES RESEARCH - FOCUS AREA FOR LATVIAN HEALTH RESEARCH IN FP7 |
| 16.30 - 16.50 | Osvalds Pugovičs, Director, Institute of Organic Synthesis, Latvia SEARCH FOR NEW ANTI-INFECTIVES AT THE LATVIAN INSTITUTE OF ORGANICS SYNTHESIS |
| 16.50 - 17.00 | Modra Murovska, Director, Associate Professor, August Kirchenstein Institute of Microbiology and Virology, Latvia Project Coordinator, BALTINFECT COORDINATION AND SUPPORT ACTION - TOOL TO INCREASE INFECTIOUS DISEASES RESEARCH POTENTIAL IN RĪGA STRADIŅŠ UNIVERSITY |