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EPTA Council Meeting and EPTA Conference

November 9-10 2000, Berlin

EPTA COUNCIL Annual Meeting

November 9th 2000, Reichstag Building, Room 3N.040
ca. 3.30 p.m. - 6.00 p.m.

Chair: Ursula Burchardt, MdB, President of the EPTA Network

Agenda
  1. Adoption of the record of the Rome Council Meeting
  2. Reports from the EPTA organisations
    • Statement by Board Members
    • Statement by the Directors
  3. Progress report of EPTA communication task force
  4. Discussion on the criteria for full EPTA membership and for associate status
  5. Applications for EPTA associate status
  6. Initiative to establish a TA unit at the Flemish Parliament
  7. EPTA Presidency in 2001 and 2002
6.00 p.m - 7.30 p.m.: Guided tour through the Reichstag

7.30 p.m.: Reception at the Finnish Embassy

9.00 p.m.: Dinner

EPTA - ANNUAL CONFERENCE
"Technology Assessment in Biomedicine and Health Care"

November 10th 2000
Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften,
Jägerstr. 22/23 (Gendarmenmarkt)
D-10117 Berlin

9.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.

Chair: Prof. Herbert Paschen, TAB

9.00 a.m - 9.30 a.m. registration and coffee

9.30 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. Morning Session

  • Opening of Conference:
    Ursula Burchardt, MdB, President of the EPTA network
  • Statement on development and activities of the EPTA network:
    Prof. Herbert Paschen

General Papers

10.00 - 11.00 a.m.

  • TA in Biomedicine and Health Care:
    From Clinical Evaluation to Policy Consulting - an Overview
    Leonhard Hennen, TAB, Germany
  • Health Technology Assessment
    Matthias Perleth, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover

Xeno-transplantation

11.00 a.m - 12.30 p.m
  • Sergio Bellucci, TA Secretariat, Swiss Science Council
    Lars Klüver, Danish Board of Technology
    Arnold Sauter, TAB, Germany


Lunch

1.30 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. Afternoon Session

Human Genome Research

1.30 - 3.00 p.m.
  • Pharmacogenetics
    Ian Gibson, MP and Peter Border, POST, United Kingdom
  • Genetic Diagnostics
    Thomas Petermann, TAB, Germany
  • Predictive Genetic Testing
    Rathenau Institute, Netherlands
  • EURO-Forum on Human Genetics
    Council of Europe, Committee for Science and Technology

Health Technology Assessment

3.00 - 4.30 p.m.
  • Erythropoietin in Tumour Anaemia
    Claudia Wild, ITA, Austria
  • Health risks posed by silicon implants
    Electromagnetic Radiation and its Physiological and Environmental Effects
    STOA, European Parliament
  • Telemedicine
    Finnish Committee for the Future
  • Biomedicine and Biosafety Issues in Italy
    Leonardo Santi, CBA/VAST, Italy

General Discussion

4.30 - 5.00 p.m.

End of Conference

5.00 p.m.

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