Dr. Alberto García Gómez, Director of the UNESCO Chair, offered reflections on the ethical dimension of medical research during the opening ceremony of the OncoGen (Centre for Gene and Cellular Therapies in the Treatment of Cancer).
While in Romania, García signed a “memorandum of understanding” between the UNESCO Chair and the University of Timișoara. García will also continue his work as a member of the Ethical Advisory Board in the European Union funded Reborne project regarding scientific research on the use of adult stem cells.
For more information on the UNESCO Chair’s collaboration with Reborn, see the previous story “Reborne Workshop on Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Issues.”
A full program of the opening ceremony is found below:
OPENING CEREMONY OF THE
CENTRE FOR GENE AND CELLULAR THERAPIES IN THE TREATMENT OF CANCER – ONCOGEN
Emergency Clinical County Hospital ”Pius Brînzeu” Timișoara
23 October 2015
Programme
| 10:30-10:45 | Ribbon cutting ceremony
SCJUT Directors, Officials, Project managers |
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| 10:45-11:30
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Official opening of the Center – official addresses
1. Project Manager: Prof. Dr. Virgil Paunescu 2. Presidential Administration: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Diana Loreta Paun 3. Ministry of Health: State Secretary Vulcănescu Răzvan Teohari 4. European Parliament: MEP Ing. Maria Grapini 5. National Authority for Scientific Research: Ec. Sanda Hilgen 6. OncoGen Scientific Board: Prof. Dr. Torsten Tonn 7. University of Medicine and Pharamacy Victor Babes Timisoara: Rector, Prof. Dr. Marius Raica 8. Prefecture: Ec. Eugen Dogariu 9. County Council: Titu Bojin 10. Timisoara Mayor: Prof. Dr. Nicolae Robu 11. West Regional Development Agency: Raluca Cibu Buzac 12. County Hospital Director: Prof. Dr. Marius Craina |
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| 11:30-12:30 | Visit of the OncoGen Centre | |
| 12:30-13:00 | Press Conference
OncoGen Conference Room |
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| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch break | |
| 13:30-16:30 | Round table OncoGen towards Horizon 2020
OncoGen Conference Room |
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| 13:30-15:00 | European research priorities in advanced therapies | |
| Advanced therapies within Europe
Dr. Paula Salmikangas, Chair of the Committee for Advanced Therapies (CAT) at European Medicines Agency (EMA), London, UK |
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| Romanian vision for supporting the development of Advanced Therapies
Dr. Simona Badoi, ANM, Romanian CAT representative |
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| Building bridges in Translational Medicine, EATRIS experience
Dr. Giovanni Migliaccio, the Scientific Director of EATRIS (European Infrastructure for Translational Medicine), Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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| New trends in cell based therapies of cancer
Prof. Dr. Torsten Tonn, Director of the Institute for Transfusion Medicine, North-East Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Germany, Member of the Scientific Advisory Board UMF Victor Babes Timisoara |
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| PACT Vienna support for regenerative medicine
Prof. Dr. Michael Comer, Chairman PACT (Platform for Advanced Cellular Therapies), Vienna, Austria |
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| 15:00-15:20 | Coffee break | |
| 15:20-16:30 | The interdisciplinary approach in research | |
| Horizon 2020 strategy addressing Personalised Medicine
Prof. Dr. Carmen Panaitescu, University of Medicine and Pharamacy Victor Babes Timisoara |
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| OncoGen strategy for excellence in research
Prof. Dr. Virgil Paunescu, OncoGen Project Manager |
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| Ethics dimension of medical research
Prof. Dr. Alberto García Gómez, UNESCO (Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights), Rome, Italy |
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| Concluding remarks | ||
