Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Date: Saturday, 10/June/2023
9:00am - 6:00pmYoung Investigators Meeting Registration and Information Desk
Location: Bologna Congress Center
10:00am - 6:00pmYoung Investigators Meeting
Location: Bologna Congress Center - Sala Italia
To see the full programme of this Meeting, visit our website on this page.
Date: Sunday, 11/June/2023
10:00am - 6:00pmSlides Center
Location: Slides Center
10:00am - 6:00pmRegistration Desk
Location: Bologna Congress Center
11:00am - 1:00pmE-MIT Assembly
Location: Bologna Congress Center - Sala Europa
1:00pm - 2:00pmLunch
Location: Bologna Congress Center - Sala Europa
2:30pm - 3:00pmOpening Ceremony
Location: Bologna Congress Center - Sala Europa
3:00pm - 3:45pmKeynote Lecture: Doug Turnbull
Location: Bologna Congress Center - Sala Europa
3:45pm - 4:00pmCoffee Break
Location: Bologna Congress Center
4:00pm - 5:30pmSession 1.1: The impact of mtDNA variation and environment on rare and common diseases
Location: Bologna Congress Center - Sala Europa
Session Chair: Ian Holt
Session Chair: Emanuela Bottani
Invited Speakers: P. Chinnery; A. Enriquez
5:30pm - 6:15pmShow
Location: Bologna Congress Center - Sala Europa
6:15pm - 7:00pmTransfer to Cocktail Venue
Location: Bologna Congress Center - Sala Europa
7:00pm - 10:00pmWelcome cocktail
Location: Palazzo Isolani
Date: Monday, 12/June/2023
8:00am - 6:30pmSlides Center
Location: Slides Center
8:00am - 6:30pmRegistration Desk
Location: Bologna Congress Center
9:00am - 10:45amSession 2.1: mtDNA maintenance and expression
Location: Bologna Congress Center - Sala Europa
Session Chair: Zofia Chrzanowska-Lightowers
Session Chair: Massimo Zeviani
Invited Speakers: M. Falkemberg; A. Filipovska
10:45am - 11:00amCoffee Break
Location: Bologna Congress Center
11:00am - 12:45pmSession 2.2: Clinical 1: from new genes to old and novel phenotypes
Location: Bologna Congress Center - Sala Europa
Session Chair: Agnes Rotig
Session Chair: Daniele Ghezzi
Invited Speakers: R. Horvath; H. Prokisch
12:45pm - 1:45pmLunch
Location: Bologna Congress Center - Sala Europa
1:45pm - 3:30pmSession 2.3: Modelling pathogenic mechanisms: OXPHOS, metabolic rewiring and tissue specificity
Location: Bologna Congress Center - Sala Europa
Session Chair: Cristina Ugalde
Session Chair: Giovanni Manfredi
3:30pm - 3:50pmIndustry Workshop: Abliva AB
Location: Bologna Congress Center - Sala Europa
3:30pm - 4:30pmTea Break and poster session
Location: Bologna Congress Center
Session topics:
- Clinical 1: from new genes to old and novel phenotypes
- New technological developments and OMICS - Modelling pathogenic mechanisms: OXPHOS, metabolic rewiring and tissue specificity
4:30pm - 6:00pmSession 2.4: New technological developments and OMICS
Location: Bologna Congress Center - Sala Europa
Session Chair: Holger Prokisch
Session Chair: Leonid Sazanov
Invited Speaker: :S. Churchman; :H. Hillen
6:00pm - 7:00pmPoster session
Location: Bologna Congress Center
Session topics:
- Modelling pathogenic mechanisms: OXPHOS, metabolic rewiring and tissue specificity
Date: Tuesday, 13/June/2023
8:00am - 6:30pmSlides Center
Location: Slides Center
8:00am - 6:30pmRegistration Desk
Location: Bologna Congress Center
9:00am - 10:45amSession 3.1: Inflammation and Immunity as mitochondrial contributor to pathology
Location: Bologna Congress Center - Sala Europa
Session Chair: Jose Antonio Enriquez
Session Chair: Daria Diodato
Invited Speakers: S. Pluchino; M. Mittelbrunn
10:45am - 11:00amCoffee Break
Location: Bologna Congress Center
11:00am - 12:40pmSession 3.2: Mitochondrial mechanisms in neurodegeneration and neurodevelopment
Location: Bologna Congress Center - Sala Europa
Session Chair: Vincent Procaccio
Session Chair: Elena Rugarli
12:40pm - 12:45pmConference Picture
Location: Bologna Congress Center - Sala Europa
12:45pm - 1:15pmIndustry Workshop: Oroboros
Location: Bologna Congress Center - Sala Europa
12:45pm - 1:45pmLunch
Location: Bologna Congress Center - Sala Europa
1:45pm - 3:30pmSession 3.3: Metabolic stress responses in mitochondrial diseases and cancer
Location: Bologna Congress Center - Sala Europa
Session Chair: Luca Scorrano
Session Chair: Luisa Iommarini
Invited Speaker: A. Trifunovic; L. Greaves
3:30pm - 3:50pmIndustry Workshop: UCB Farchim SA
Location: Bologna Congress Center - Sala Europa
3:30pm - 4:30pmTea Break and poster session
Location: Bologna Congress Center
Session topics:
- Clinical 2: natural history, biomarkers and outcome measures
- Inflammation and Immunity as mitochondrial contributor to pathology
- Metabolic stress responses in mitochondrial diseases, ageing and cancer
4:30pm - 6:00pmSession 3.4: Clinical 2: natural history, biomarkers and outcome measures
Location: Bologna Congress Center - Sala Europa
Session Chair: Costanza Lamperti
Session Chair: Alessandra Maresca
6:00pm - 7:00pmPoster session
Location: Bologna Congress Center
Session topics:
- Mitochondrial mechanisms in neurodegeneration and neurodevelopment
- The impact of mtDNA variation and environment on rare and common diseases
Date: Wednesday, 14/June/2023
8:00am - 6:00pmSlides Center
Location: Slides Center
8:00am - 6:00pmRegistration Desk
Location: Bologna Congress Center
9:00am - 10:30amSession 4.1: Therapy 1: preclinical developments
Location: Bologna Congress Center - Sala Europa
Session Chair: Michal Minczuk
Session Chair: Maria Falkenberg
Invited Speaker: N. Larsson; C. Viscomi
10:30am - 10:45amCoffee Break
Location: Bologna Congress Center
10:45am - 12:15pmSession 4.2: Therapy 2: clinical trials
Location: Bologna Congress Center - Sala Europa
Session Chair: Caterina Garone
Session Chair: Chiara La Morgia
Invited Speaker: N. Newman; M. Hirano
12:15pm - 1:05pmIndustry Workshop: Pretzel Therapeutics
Location: Bologna Congress Center - Sala Europa
12:15pm - 1:15pmLunch
Location: Bologna Congress Center - Sala Europa
1:15pm - 2:45pmSession 4.3: Therapy 3: reproductive options and mtDNA editing
Location: Bologna Congress Center - Sala Europa
Session Chair: Carlo Viscomi
Session Chair: Daniela Zuccarello
Invited Speaker: M. Herbert; M. Minczuk
2:45pm - 4:15pmTea Break and poster session
Location: Bologna Congress Center
Session topics:
- Late Breaking News
- mtDNA maintenance and expression
- Therapy 1: preclinical developments
- Therapy 2: clinical trials
4:15pm - 6:15pmPatients' session
Location: Bologna Congress Center - Sala Europa
Chairs: Kira Mann, Paula Morandi
16:15 – 16:35 Mitochondrial Diseases in childhood: hope for the future – Robert McFarland
16:35 – 16:55 Advances in clinical diagnosis and management of mitochondrial disorders, Holger Prokish
16:55 – 17:15 New therapies for mitochondrial diseases – an update, Carlo Viscomi
17:15 – 17:35 Gene therapy for mitochondrial optic neuropathies – an update, Patrick Yu Wai Man
17:35 – 18:05 Ask the Mito Doc. Discussion with patients and experts
18:05 – 18:15 Q&A
8:00pm - 10:00pmConference Dinner
Location: Palazzo Re Enzo
Date: Thursday, 15/June/2023
8:00am - 5:30pmRegistration Desk
Location: Bologna Congress Center
9:00am - 10:40amSession 5.1: Late breaking news session
Location: Bologna Congress Center - Sala Europa
Session Chair: Valeria Tiranti
Session Chair: Valerio Carelli
10:40am - 10:55amCoffee Break
Location: Bologna Congress Center
10:55am - 12:10pmKeynote Lectures: Carlos Moraes - Thomas Becker
Location: Bologna Congress Center - Sala Europa
Session Chair: Luigi Palmieri
Session Chair: Nils-Göran Larsson
12:10pm - 12:50pmClosing Lecture: Anu Suomalainen
Location: Bologna Congress Center - Sala Europa
12:50pm - 1:00pmAnnouncement of Award Winners
Location: Bologna Congress Center - Sala Europa
1:00pm - 1:10pmPresentation of the next Euromit Conference
Location: Bologna Congress Center - Sala Europa
1:30pm - 2:30pmLunch
Location: Bologna Congress Center - Sala Europa
2:30pm - 6:00pmSatellite Symposium: Mitochondrial optic neuropathies, the tip of the mito-iceberg
Location: Bologna Congress Center - Sala Europa
To see the full programme of this Meeting, visit our website on this page.