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to the 44th National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria

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September 8 (Friday)

Last updated on August 30, 2017

12.00 - 19.00 Registration

15.00 - 17.30 OPENING SESSION
Moderators: Draga Toncheva, Rumen Stefanov

Draga Toncheva Development of genomic medicine in Bulgaria

Rumen Stefanov State-of-art of rare disease policy in Bulgaria and the EU

Aspazija Sofijanova Rare diseases in Macedonia: from in the middle of nowhere to the point of a part of national programme

Vladimir Tomov Rare diseases and genomic medicine – patients’ perspective

Dragan Primorac Stem cell application for osteoarthritis in the knee joint

17.30 - 18.00 Coffee break

18.00 - 19.30 SESSION 1
Moderators: Draga Toncheva, Rumen Stefanov PARALLEL SYMPOSIUM 1
Supported by GSK

Borut Peterlin Genomic medicine in health care systems: the time for change Velichka Popova Mixed diseases of the connective tissue – systemic lupus erythematosus [in Bulgarian]

Kanay Yararbas Interpreting next generation sequencing and array data of patients with rare conditions

Ugur Ozbek Rare diseases in Turkey

Karin Writzl Next generation clinical genetics: genotype first or phenotype first approach

Jasmina Koeva Precision and personalized medicine – a promise or an imperative

20.30 - 23.00 Gala dinner

Please, note that the programme is subject to change and will be updated continuously up to the Congress. Visit the Congress website regularly to stay informed.