2002 Strasbourg - European Society of Human Genetics

ESHG - Scientific Programme
Saturday, May 25, 2002
Time Room Erasme Room Schuman Room Tivoli
15.00 Opening Ceremony
(ESHG / EMPAG)
Chair: S. Antonarakis and J.L. Mandel
Welcoming Addresses by
15.30
–
17.00
Jean Louis Mandel
Local Host
Gerry Evers-Kiebooms
Co-chair EMPAG 2002
Stylianos Antonarakis
President of the ESHG
Fabienne Keller
Mayor of the city of Strasbourg, Deputy
President of the Urban Community of
Strasbourg
Eric Molinié
President of the French Association
against Myopathies (AFM)
Plenary Session PS 1
Chair: G. Utermann and J.L. Mandel
15.30 PS01. The Human Genome Sequence:
will it come to an end ?
J. Weissenbach
16.00 PS02. Gene therapy of inherited disorders.
Results and perspectives
A. Fischer
16.30 PS03. Patterns of human meiotic
recombination
A. J. Jeffreys, K. Holloway, L. Kauppi, C.
May, R. Neumann, T. Slingsby, T. Taylor
Conference sponsored by the Communauté Urbaine de Strasbourg
17.00
–
Coffee / Poster viewing / Exhibition
17.30
17.30
–
19.00
Plenary Session PS 2:
Human Genetics in the European
Context (ESHG / EMPAG)
Chair: S. Aymé and A. Kent
17.30 PS04. The Role of the European
Parliament in Human Genetics
R. Goebbels
17.50 The EC 6th Framework programme for
research
B. Mulligan
17.55 PS05. The European Orphan Drug
Legislation: Impact and Issues
Y. Le Cam
18.15 PS06. Patenting and Licensing diagnostic
tests: the BRCA case
Gert Matthijs, D. Stoppa-Lyonnet
18.35 Panel discussion
19.45 Welcome Reception at the Musée d‘Art
Moderne et Contemporain
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