Regional Conference “Balkan Medicine”
Bucharest, 3-5 May 2006

Draft agenda for the workshop
"Regenerative Medicine"
5th of May 2006
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania

9:30- 9:50 Strategic Research Agenda of the European Technological Platform “Nanomedicine"

9:50- 10:30 FP6 research projects in priority 1 (LSH) related to “regenerative medicine”, including regional participation:
9:50- 10:10 Dr. Lena Dimitriou – University of Crete, Medical School, Department of Pediatric Hematology- Oncology, Heraklion, Crete, Greece (presentation title - to be confirmed later)
10:10- 10:30 Prof. Dr. Ion N. Mihailescu - National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Lasers Department, "Laser-Surface-Plasma Interactions" Laboratory (to be confirmed)
10:30- 10:50 Tanja Franciskovic – School of Medicine University of Rijeka, Croatia (to be confirmed)

10:50- 12:10 National initiatives, programmes and support activities of interest for “regenerative medicine” in the Balkan area
10:50- 11:10 Dr. Nacu Viorel – State University, Moldova, Chisinau: “Aspects of research on regenerative medicine in Moldova”
11:10- 11:30 Dr. S. Nezih Hekim – Dr. I Pakize Tarzi Laboratories, Turkey: “"Applications of Regenerative Medicine in Turkey"
11:30- 11:50 Varban Ganev – Medical University, Bulgaria (to be confirmed)
11:50- 12:10 Representative from the “National Research and Development Programme „New Materials, Micro and Nanotechnologies – MATNANTECH”, Romania (presentation title - to be confirmed later)

12:10- 12:30 Research themes related to “regenerative medicine” in Balkan countries as potential topics for FP7: Dr. Virgil Paunescu- Secretary of State, Ministry of Health, Romania (presentation title - to be confirmed later)

Contact person: Prof. Dan Dascalu (dascalu@imt.ro )