CTGCT Conference, 18th Oct 2024

Translational Medicine Ecosystem

Ljubljana, Slovenia, Friday 18th October 2024, Location: Kemijski inštitut

8:30 Registration

9:00 Welcome Addresses

Gregor Anderluh, National Institute of Chemistry
Mojca Benčina, CTGCT
Štefanija L. Zlobec, Patient Organisations Association of Slovenia

9:20 Research Talks

From research to clinical research: from bench to mensch, Heiko von der Leyen, Orgenesis

Why is Translational Medicine not as sexy as academic research? Jürgen Kuball, UMC Utrecht

New Drug Development at UCL – What We Learned, Jane Kinghorn, University College London

10:50 Coffee & Delicacies

11:30 Clinical Research Talks

Tanja Jesenko, Oncology Institute Ljubljana

Matjaž Sever, University Medical Centre Ljubljana

Damjan Osredkar, University Medical Centre Ljubljana

12:30 Luncheon

13:00 Industry Talks

Translational Medicine from the perspective of the industry, Vered Caplan, Orgenesis

Biotech Hills Ecosystem, Borut Čeh, Labena

13:40 The Expert Panel: Cooperation along the translational path

Marko Hawlina, University Medical Centre Ljubljana
Mateja Urlep, NIBA Labs
Tanja Španić, Europadonna Slovenia
Janko Burgar, Roche Slovenia
Nina Dremelj, Vesna Venture Capital
Roman Jerala, National Institute of Chemistry

15:00 Final lecture:

Samo Zver, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, TBC

15:20 Layman’s conference: takeouts

Renata Dacinger, RTV SLO, TBC

15:30 Conference Closing Thoughts, Mojca Benčina, CTGCT