Nano World Cancer Day
This third edition of the Nano World Cancer Day was held in fifteen different countries across Europe. It resulted in a positive and growing interest!
Organized by BioNanoNet in close collaboration with Medical University of Graz and NanoMedicine-Austria, the event was held at Graz, at Center for Medical Research.
It was a press conference open to journalists and public including a Q&A-session with national press.
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It was a success with more than 60 people attending including a member of the Austrian Parliament NR-Abg. Univ. Prof. Mag. Dr. Beatrix KARL and a representing Governor of the Province of Styria, LH Hermann Schützenhöfer and 10 journalists.
Find the complete report of the event here.
SPEAKERS
Rector Hellmut Samonigg, Medical University of Graz- Official Welcome
Sabine Oberhauser, Federal Minister of Health and Women’s Affairs – requested , Jörg Leichtfried, Federal Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology – requested & Reinhold Mitterlehner, Federal Minister of Science, Research and Economy – requested – Statements
ETPN Representative, Introductory presentation of the Nano World Cancer Day 2017 and of the European Technology Platform on Nanomedicine
Elisabeth Andritsch, Division of Oncology, Medical University of Graz- Needs in the treatment of cancer patients
Michael Speicher, Institute of Human Genetics, Medical University of Graz – Progress through nano-technological development in medicine
Berthold Huppertz, Biobank Graz – Improvement by scientific infrastructure for treating cancer
Wolfgang Graier or Roland Malli, Next Generation Fluorescence Imaging GmbH – Nano-technological applications in medicine
PRESS COVERAGE
Organized by VITO Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek/Flemish Institute for Technological Research in close collaboration with VLAIO Vlaanderen Innoveren & Ondernemen/ Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship (VLAIO) and Nano4Health project, the event was held at Brussels.
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SPEAKERS
Organized by Dechema under the aegis of the German NanoBioMedicine Platform, the event took place at Frankfurt.
The event was opened to public and 60 people attended it. Very interesting discussions arose between the audience and speakers from SMEs, Universities and association of patient.
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For more details (in German) about the event go here or here, or upload the flyer.
SPEAKERS AND PROGRAM
Organized by University of Iceland together with the University Hospital of Iceland, the press conference took place at Reykjavik and was opened to journalists and public. 30 people attended it. The Medor hf. company sponsored the event.
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SPEAKERS AND PROGRAM
PRESS COVERAGE
One of the leading daily press newspaper in Iceland Morgunblaðið, covered the event, find the article here.
Organized by the Trinity College of Dublin the eventtook place in Dublin.
The event was a press conference gathering a mixed audience from University and hospital.Speakers were from Universities and advisor of government.
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SPEAKERS
PRESS COVERAGE
The media coverage was good with one article published on the most important national journal of medical doctors Medicine News and one radio interview.
Organized by the Tel Aviv University the event tookplace in Tel Aviv and was broadcast http://video.tau.ac.il/nanocancerday2017
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SPEAKERS AND PROGRAM
Dr. Ahmi Ben-Yehuda will animate the event.
Organized by the CEN together with the University of Pavia the event took place in Pavia the press conference was opened to journalists and also scientists, engineers, policymakers and patient representatives.
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SPEAKERS AND PROGRAM
PRESS COVERAGE
Speakers were interviewed on a local radio and 3 articles were issued on several regional and national newspapers: La Provincia, Il Secoloxix and L’Altra Pagina.
Organized by NanoNextNL together with the Dutch Cancer Society and the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NOW), the event took place at Utrecht.
The event was open to journalists and public. More than 60 people attended the event and the audience was composed of scientists, engineers, policymakers and patient representatives.
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SPEAKERS AND PROGRAM
INSIGHTS
For more details about the meeting please find a short report here.
Organized by Institute of High Pressure Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences together with Society of Polish Nanomedicine, the press conference was opened to journalists and public and took place at Warsaw. Almost 160 people attended it.
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SPEAKERS AND PROGRAM
Organized by the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory together with TecMinho, the event was held at Braga
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SPEAKERS AND PROGRAM
PRESS COVERAGE
The press coverage was good and diverse
Organized by NanomeSpain and Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia supported by the Spanish government. the press conference took place at Val D’Hebron Institute of Oncology. It was opened to jounalists and public.
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SPEAKERS
PRESS COVERAGE
2 article were issued in one of themost read national newspaper El Mundo
Organized by Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and University Geneva the event took place at Geneva, at University Medical Center. The press conference was opened to journalists and public.
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SPEAKERS
INSIGHTS
Please find detail of the event here (In French)
Organized by the Gebze Technical University, the event took place at Gebze. It was a mixed audience composed of 80 people as students, researchers and clinicians.
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SPEAKERS
PRESS COVERAGE
Organized byProfiscio together with Endomag, the event took place at the University ofLiverpool in London. The pressconference was attended with more than 60 people as journalists and public.
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SPEAKERS
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