08:30RegistrationO'Reilly Hall, University College Dublin

09:00

Opening Address

Professors Rachel Crowley & Cormac McCarthy

Co-Leads, Rare Disease Clinical Trial Network

SESSION 

ONE

EUROPEAN REFERENCE NETWORK REGISTRIES

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09:10

Rare Disease Research Catalyst Data Overview

Mr Daniel Mikula, Rare Disease Research Catalyst Consortium

09:20

European Registries for Rare Endocrine and Bone Conditions

Professor Natasha Appelman-Dijkstra, Leiden University Medical Centre

09:35

Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) Registry

Dr Sinéad Hickey, Debra Ireland

Ms Lara Cutlar, NISR Solutions CLG

09:50

Rare Neurological Disease Registry

Professor Sinéad Murphy, Tallaght University Hospital, Trinity College Dublin

10:05

ERN Lung Registries and Academy

Ms Elisabeth Humbert-Dorfmüller, ERN Lung

10:20

Panel Discussion

Chaired by:

Dr Fiona Browne, Children’s Health Ireland/National & International Skin Registries
Dr Kyrylo Lebed, Rare Disease Research Catalyst Consortium

10:40

Clinical Trial Spotlight: Autoimmune Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis-IMPALA 2

Professor Elisabeth Bendstrup, Aarhus University

10:55

PPI & Seed Funding Presentations

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11:00

Poster Viewing & Networking

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11:45

Clinical Trial Spotlight: Rare Bone Disorders - TOPaZ/ZiPP-LTE

Professor Stuart Ralston, University of Edinburgh

SESSION

TWO

RARE DISEASE CLINICAL TRIALS - STAKEHOLDERS PERSPECTIVES

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12:00

Regulatory Perspective

Ms Emer Cooke, European Medicines Agency

12:15

Public Patient Involvement (PPI) Perspective

Ms Mary Vasseghi, Trinity College Dublin

12:30

Industry Perspective

Mr Killian MacDonald, Gilead Sciences Ireland & Clinical Research Exchange Group, IPHA

12:45

Panel Discussion

Chaired by:

Professor Elisabeth Bendstrup, Aarhus University
Professor Sean Gaine, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital

13:00

Lunch & Poster Viewing

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14:00

Clinical Trial Spotlight: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy – DYNE-DELIVER

Dr Declan O’Rourke, Children’s Health Ireland, Temple St.

SESSION

THREE

TRIALS METHODOLOGY & TRANSLATION

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14:15

Translating Basic Science into Meaningful Therapies - New therapeutic approaches in pulmonary arterial hypertension

Professor Marc Humbert, Université Paris-Saclay

14:45

Platform Trials

Dr Leanne Hays, HRB PRIME Ireland, Irish Critical Care-CTN

15:00

Study Within a Trial (SWAT)

Professor Valerie Smith, UCD

15:15

Panel Discussion

Chaired by:

Dr Linda O’Neill, UCD
Professor Bruce Trapnell, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, USA

15:30

Poster Viewing & Networking

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16:00

Clinical Trial Identification Project Overview

Ms Sarah Forde, Rare Disease Clinical Trial Network

16:15

KEYNOTE LECTURE

Clinical Trial Designs: New Options for the Study of Rare Diseases

Professor Jeffrey Krischer, University of South Florida, USA

17:15

Poster Prize Presentations

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17:20

Closing Address

Followed by Drinks Reception

Professor Michael Keane, Head of School, School of Medicine, UCD