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Tuesday, May 13, 2025
07:30 – 19:00 CEST
Registration
Location: Glass Entrance (-1)
07:30 – 19:30 CEST
Cloakroom
Location: Glass Entrance (-1)
08:30 – 16:00 CEST
Preconference Workshop: Clinical Evaluation - Optimizing Clinical Data and State-of-the-art Searches for MDR Compliance
Location: Studio 211 (level 2)
Presenter: Christiane Reinwald, PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) – be-on-Quality GmbH
Presenter: Mette Stoedter, PhD (Dr rer medic) (she/her/hers) – be-on-Quality GmbH
Presenter: David John Mandley, PhD (he/him/his) – NAMSA
Medical Devices
08:30 – 16:00 CEST
Preconference Workshop: EU Pharmaceutical Regulatory Reform
Location: Studio 202 (level 2)
Workshop Leader: Rebecca Lumsden, PhD (she/her/hers) – Sanofi
Presenter: Yves Jacob (he/him/his) – Sanofi
Presenter: Alberto Ganan, PhD – European Medicines Agency
Presenter: Lilia Luchianov – European Commission
Presenter: Nikos Dedes
Pharmaceuticals
08:30 – 16:00 CEST
Preconference Workshop: From Concept to Compliance: Overcoming the Regulatory Challenges of Clinical Performance Studies
Location: Studio 204 (level 2)
Presenter: Natalie Batty, MPH – Aignostics
Presenter: Marina Belonogova, PhD (she/her/hers) – Johnson and Johnson
Presenter: Kristiane Schmidt, PhD (she/her/hers) – Qserve Consultancy BV
Presenter: Carlos Galamba – MDx CRO
IVDs
08:30 – 16:00 CEST
Preconference Workshop: AI - Your Best Buddy on the Path to Regulatory Compliance
Location: Studio 201 AB (level 2)
Presenter: Florian Tolkmitt, n/a – PRO-LIANCE GLOBAL SOLUTIONS GmbH
Presenter: Stephen Gilbert, PhD (he/him/his) – Else Kröner Fresenius Center for Digital Health, Technische Universität Dresden
Presenter: Sarai Pahla, Bachelors Degree in Medicine and Surgery, Masters Degree in Regulatory Affairs – CriterionEdge, self-employed
Software/AI/Cybersecurity
08:30 – 16:00 CEST
Preconference Workshop: IVDR Technical Documentation
Location: Studio 206 (level 2)
Workshop Leader: Francesca Bevilacqua, PhD (she/her/hers) – TÜV SÜD Italy
Presenter: Catherine Holzmann, N/A – GMED Certification Division
Presenter: Alex Laan, Dipl.-Ing. (he/him/his) – BSI
Presenter: Marco Caproni (he/him/his) – TUV SUD
Presenter: Guillaume Berger – GMED
IVDs
08:30 – 16:00 CEST
Preconference Workshop: PMS Process- dos and Don'ts
Location: Studio 212 (level 2)
Presenter: Vaso Basinou, PhD (she/her/hers) – Freelancer
Presenter: Ivan Stoyanov, Dr. – SGS Notified Body, 1639
Presenter: Andrea Biasiucci, PhD – confinis
Presenter: Claudio Alberti, PhD – confinis
Medical Devices
14:00 – 15:00 CEST
RAPS Career Development Session for Students
Location: Studio 312
Moderator: Kim Young, MSc (she/her/hers) – RAPS
Panelist: Maham Ansari, MS, RAC – Precision for Medicine
Panelist: Kate Stockman
Panelist: Corinne Delorme, RAC – nexialist
Panelist: Michal Wosiak, MPharm (he/him/his) – Novartis Poland
16:30 – 18:30 CEST
Euro Convergence 2025 Welcome and Opening Plenary: The Future of Regulation and European Competitiveness
Location: Gold Hall (level 0)
Keynote Panelist: Peter Bischoff-Everding, PhD (he/him/his) – European Commission, Directorate-General Health and Food safety
Moderator: Koen Cobbaert (he/him/his) – Philips
Panelist: Stephen Gilbert, PhD (he/him/his) – Else Kröner Fresenius Center for Digital Health, Technische Universität Dresden
Panelist: Jana Russo, MA – MedTech Europe
Panelist: Steffen Thirstrup, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – European Medicines Agency (EMA)
Panelist: Erik R. Vollebregt – Axon Lawyers
18:30 – 19:30 CEST
Opening Reception in Exhibition Hall
Location: Grand Hall 1/2 (Level -2)
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