- Dr. Amós García Rojas, from the World Health Organization (WHO), will take stock at the new ‘BioMed & Tech Talks’ event of the successes and failures during the pandemic from a scientific point of view.
- BM&TTalks’ will be held in Granada from April 8 to 11, coinciding with World Health Day and World Health Week, and is supported by the Progreso y Salud Foundation, among others.
Granada, March 7, 2024.- Four years after the outbreak of the COVID pandemic, the scientific community will take stock of the successes and failures at the new event ‘BioMed&Tech Talks’: Your appointment with research and innovation, to be held from April 8 to 11 in Granada, coinciding with World Health Day and World Health Week.
Dr. Amós García Rojas, medical epidemiologist and member of the Standing Committee for Europe of the World Health Organization (WHO), will be in charge of assessing the “agreements and disagreements” that have occurred from 2020 to the present.
Thus, the COVID and the pandemic will be the protagonists of the first edition of ‘BioMed & Tech Talks’, which for four days will bring together researchers, experts, hospital directors and managers, multinational and national pharmaceutical companies, and communicators from the United States, Europe and Latin America.
BM&TTalks’ is supported by the Progreso y Salud Foundation (FPS), of the Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs of the Andalusian Regional Government, and representatives from the World Health Organization (WHO), the European Commission, Farmaindustria, the Andalusian Health Service (SAS), Harvard University Medical School, the Spanish Association of Biocompanies (ASEBIO) and associations of health communicators from the United States, Europe and Latin America have already confirmed their participation.
A very critical voice during the pandemic
Dr. García Rojas was characterized during the pandemic years for being very critical of those who did not trust vaccines. During the pandemic he played a very important role in the media and as president of the Spanish Association of Vaccinology, he was the victim of verbal attacks and threats from anti-vaccine groups.
Since 2021, he has been part of the select group of prestigious specialists who form the Standing Committee of the World Health Organization (WHO) for Europe and will be responsible for taking stock of the pandemic, which from a scientific point of view has marked a turning point in the world of medicine.
While there have been significant advances in the scientific response to the COVID pandemic, important areas for improvement in terms of equity, global coordination and preparedness for future public health emergencies have also been highlighted.
Innovative format for a high-level event
The Granada Health Technology Park will host the first edition of ‘BioMed&Tech Talks’: Your appointment with research and innovation, a new independent, transversal, international and multidisciplinary event that from April 8 to 11, 2024 will give visibility to innovative projects in BioMedicine and BioTechnology.
The agenda will include two face-to-face sessions (Monday 8 and Tuesday 9 April) and two virtual sessions (10th and 11th). This format allows speakers who cannot travel to Granada to share their advances and messages with the whole community, which raises the academic level of this event to the maximum, which is held to coincide with World Health Day on Sunday, April 7.
All thepresentations of BM&TTalks can be followed through ‘The Observatory’, the digital platform of Medina Media Events, where all the interventions will be available 24/365 for consumption on demand, like Netflix, but at no cost.
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https://biomedandtechtalks.com/