Day 1: September 29th
Chair: Rita da Rocha Oliveira, Research Clinic Coordinator Luxembourg Research Clinic (LRC)
| TIME | PROGRAM 08h15-18h00 | SPEAKERS |
| INTRODUCTION SECTION | ||
| 08h15- 9h00 | Welcome & Coffee | |
| 09h00 – 09h10 | Opening Speech by the Minister of Health and Social Security | Martine DEPREZ Minister of Health and Social Security |
| 9h10 – 9h20 | Conference Introduction: Luxembourg Research Clinic | Christof VON KALLE, Prof, MD, PhD Director of the Luxembourg Research Clinic (LRC) |
| 9h20 – 9h30 | Fédération des Hôpitaux luxembourgeois (FHL) Mission & Role | Marc BERNA, MD General Director of Hôpitaux Robert Schuman (HRS), Vice-President Fédération des Hôpitaux Luxembourgeois (FHL) |
Chairs: Alessia Pochesci, MD Clinical Oncologist Medical Doctor responsible for the CHL Research Unit & Johannes Meiser, PhD Director Department of Cancer Research Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH)
| TIME | PROGRAM 08h15-18h00 | SPEAKERS |
| 9h30 – 09h50 | MASTER-LUX program Molecularly aided stratification for tumor eradication in Luxembourg | Michaël DANG, MD Clinical Oncologist at the Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg (CHL) Liza FILALI, PhD Program Coordinator, Luxembourg Research Clinic (LRC) |
| 09h50 – 10h10 | Post radical prostatectomy administration of Lu-PSMA in high risk of recurrence prostate cancer: an early phase 2 prospective trial (PRALux) | Victor-Emmanuel JOURET, MD Clinical Urologist, Hôpitaux Robert Schuman (HRS) Olivier SCHAEFFER, MD Head of the Nuclear Medicine Department at Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg (CHL) |
| 10h10 – 10h30 | PREImuno2: The effect of an immunomodulator (ImunoBran®) on the conventional treatment of cancer and his impact on the microbiota composition | Stefan RAUH, MD Medical Director, Centre Hospitalier Émile Mayrisch (CHEM) |
| 10h30 – 10h50 | SOCS: A longitudinal colorectal cancer collection for the discovery of new biomarkers and therapeutic targets PRECISION-PDX: Precision medicine for aggressive brain tumors: chasing a moving target | Elisabeth LETELLIER, Prof, PhD Head of Molecular Disease Mechanisms (MDM) group, Department of Life Sciences and Medicine (DLSM), University of Luxembourg Anna GOLEBIEWSKA, PhD Group Leader of NORLUX, Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH) |
| TIME | PROGRAM 08h15-18h00 | SPEAKERS |
| 10h50 – 11h00 | Poster Presenters – Pitch | Short presentations by selected junior researchers |
| 11h00 – 11h30 | Coffee break and poster session |
Chairs: Joelle Fritz, PhD Research Strategy Specialist Luxembourg Research Clinic (LRC) & Jean-Marc Cloos, MD, PhD, Psychiatrist and Medical Director at the Centre Hospitalier du Nord (CHdN)
| TIME | PROGRAM 08h15-18h00 | SPEAKERS |
| 11h30 – 11h50 | Orthostatic regulation of blood pressure in patients with vestibular disorders and neurodegenerative diseases | Alexandre BISDORFF, Prof, MD, PhD Neurologist, Centre Hospitalier Émile Mayrisch (CHEM) Stefano SAPIENZA, PhD Post-doctoral researcher, Digital Medicine group, University of Luxembourg (UL) |
| 11h50 – 12h15 | Clinnova: A precision medicine program in the heart of Europe Clinnova Brain: From diagnostic categories to functional stratification of mental disorders | Jasmin SCHULZ, PhD Strategic Program Lead, LRC Federico CEVOLI, PhD Programme Coordinator Mental Health, LRC |
| 12h15 – 12h30 | From a Parkinson’s patient to a founder: an AI clinical monitoring platform for neurodegenerative diseases | Jean-Alain JACHIET, MSc Lihoury Technology |
| 12h30 – 13h30 | Lunch break and poster session |
Chairs: Christof Von Kalle, Prof, MD, PhD Director of the Luxembourg Research Clinic (LRC) & Guy Berchem Prof, MD, PhD Clinical Oncologist and Medical Director Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg (CHL)
| TIME | PROGRAM 08h15-18h00 | SPEAKERS |
| 13h30 – 13h40 | Opening Speech by the Minister of Research and Higher Education | Stéphanie OBERTIN, MD Minister of Research and Higher Education, and Minister of Digital Transformation |
| 13h40 – 13h50 | Luxembourg Research Clinic Concept, Mission, and Support for Research Projects | Christof VON KALLE, Prof, MD, PhD Director of the Luxembourg Research Clinic (LRC) |
| 13h50 – 14h05 | Keynote Speaker Clinical Trials in Neurology | Olivier RASCOL, Prof, MD, PhD Professor of Clinical Pharmacology at Toulouse University Hospital |
| 14h05 – 14h50 | Panel discussion From vision to reality: Enabling clinical research in Luxembourg | MODERATOR Marc BERNA, MD General Director of Hôpitaux Robert Schuman (HRS), Vice- President Fédération des Hôpitaux Luxembourgeois (FHL) PANELISTS Olivier RASCOL, Prof, MD, PhD Professor of Clinical Pharmacology at Toulouse University Hospital Simone NICLOU, Prof, PhD Full Professor and Vice-Rector for Research at the University of Luxembourg René METZ, MD General Director, Centre Hospitalier Émile Mayrisch (CHEM) Martine GOERGEN, MD General Director, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg (CHL) Dominic KADDU-MULINDWA, MD Clinical Oncologist, CHdN |
| 14h50 -15h10 | The European Hypertension Excellence Centers: a model of clinical research network | Claude BRAUN, Prof, MD, PhD Medical Director of Hôpitaux Robert Schuman (HRS) Atul PATHAK, Prof, MD, PhD CEO, CMO, General Director of the National Heart Center (INCCI) |
| 15h10- 15h25 | ClinFIT in Luxembourg: Towards a universal rehabilitation assessment across the continuum of care | Eleftheria ANTONIADOU, MD, PhD Doctor specialised in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Centre Hospitalier du Nord (CHdN) |
| 15h25 – 15h40 | Voice AI Labs, a first-of-its-kind national infrastructure to boost vocal biomarker research and implementation | Aurélie FISCHER, PhD Scientific Coordinator, Department of Precision Health, LIH |
| 15h40 – 16h00 | Coffee break and poster session |
Chairs: Caroline Turk, MSc General Direction Advisor Hôpitaux Robert Schuman (HRS) & Serge Haan, Prof, PhD Professor in Biology Chemistry University of Luxembourg (UL)
| TIME | PROGRAM 08h15-18h00 | SPEAKERS |
| 16h00 – 16h20 | FastCoV: Study on the potential benefits of fasting for long Covid treatment | Raquel GÓMEZ BRAVO, MD, PhD General Practitioner, Centre Hospitalier Neuro-Psychiatrique (CHNP) Jochen SCHNEIDER, Prof, MD Prof, MD — PI/Head Medical Translational Research group, UL — CNER member |
| 16h20 – 16h40 | Pediatric Familial Hypercholesterolaemia (FH) screening in Luxembourg | Marianne BECKER, Prof, MD, PhD Pediatric Endocrinologist, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg (CHL), UL |
| 16h40 – 17h00 | Genomit: a global registry for mitochondrial disorders | Carole LINSTER, Prof., PhD Full Professor in Biochemistry, PI in the Enzymology & Metabolism group, University of Luxembourg (UL) Thomas KLOPSTOCK, Prof, MD, FEAN Professor of Neurology, Friedrich-Baur-Institute, LMU Klinikum, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
| 17h00 – 17h20 | Common viral infections and research opportunities at Kannerklinik | Isabel DE LA FUENTE GARCIA, Prof, MD, MSc Pediatrician specialised in Infectious Diseases, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg (CHL) Alexandros POPOTAS, MD Resident in General Pediatrics, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg (CHL) |
| 17h20 – 17h40 | Care4Asthma: Advancing pediatric asthma care by immune profiling and smart inhaler technology | Anna-Maria CHARATSI, MD Pneumology Pediatrician, CHL Christiane HILGER, PhD Group Leader, Molecular and Translational Allergology, LIH |
| 17h40 – 18h00 | Closing Remarks & Poster Prize |
Day 2: September 30th
Program in Collaboration with the HWL – Main Stage
The Future of Patient-Centered Research
Chair: Yves Thorn, KPMG Partner Corporate & Public Sector Market Leader
| TIME | PROGRAM 13h15-17h00 | SPEAKERS |
| 13h15- 13h30 | Opening Speech | Lex DELLES, PhD Minister of Economy, SME, Energy and Tourism |
| 13h30 – 13h50 | When performance is no longer enough: Evolving lean management to build robustness in healthcare organisations | Patrick DECOSTER, Prof, MD President of CA Cliniques Saint Jean, réseau hospitalier H.UNIS, Université Catholique de Louvain |
| 13h50- 14h10 | Keynote speaker | Zied TAYEB, Prof, PhD CEO & Founder MYelin H |
| 14h10- 15h00 | Panel Discussion Strengthening the clinical research ecosystem for healthtech innovation and resilient healthcare | MODERATOR Frank GLOD, PhD Deputy CEO, Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH) PANELISTS Francesca BORRELLI, PhD Head of European Funding Team, Luxinnovation Françoise LINERS, PhD Director Health Technologies, Ministry of Economy Patrick DECOSTER, Prof, MD President of CA Cliniques Saint Jean, réseau hospitalier H.UNIS, Université Catholique de Louvain Gideon GIESSELMANN, PhD Programme Manager, Luxembourg National Research Fund Zied TAYEB, Prof, PhD CEO & Founder MYelin H |
| 15h30 – 15h50 | How Denmark is structuring and supporting clinical research | KEYNOTE SPEAKER Louise HANSEN, PhD Pharma and MedTech Coordinator, Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark |
| 15h50 – 16h10 | The AI Ideal: Idealism and the governance of AI | KEYNOTE SPEAKER Niklas LIDSTRÖMER, MD, PhD Karolinska Institute Specialist Physician, Senior researcher in AI in Medicine |
| 16h10 – 17h00 | Panel Discussion The learning health system – Data and AI as key ingredients to anti-fragility | MODERATOR Louise HANSEN, PhD Pharma and MedTech Coordinator, Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark PANELISTS Rejko KRÜGER, Prof, MD, PhD, Clinical Neurologist, CHL Full professor in Neurosciences, University of Luxembourg, Director of Transversal Translational Medicine, LIH Jérôme BERNARD, MSc KPMG Partner, Consulting, Public sector and Healthcare Market Leader Jochen SCHNEIDER, Prof, MD PI/Head Medical Translational Research group, UL — CNER member Jean-François MICHEL, Prof, MD, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences at the University of Luxembourg, and co-founder of eSklepios Daniel THEISEN, PhD Director of ALAN Maladies Rares Niklas LIDSTRÖMER, MD, PhD Karolinska Institute Specialist Physician, Senior researcher in AI in Medicine |
