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Genetics: A Key to New Opportunities in Protecting Health

Congress Centre, zone B, 2nd floor, conference hall B1
Moderator
Marina Kaznafarova
Development Director, International Medical Cluster Foundation, Deputy Director of the Institute for the Training of Medical Education Specialists of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Further Professional Education RMANPE of the Ministry of Health of Russia
Speakers and experts
Irina Alekseenko
Deputy General Director for Science, Moscow Center for Innovative Technologies
Dmitry Artyukhov
Governor of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Region
Vladislav Bezrukov
Deputy General Director for Research, ArchiMed Clinic of New Medical Technologies LLC
Oleg Grin
Director, Scientific and Educational Center for Law and Bioethics in the Field of Genomic Research and Application of Genetic Technologies, Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL)
Oksana Drapkina
Director, National Medical Research Center for Therapy and Preventive Medicine of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
Julia Dyakova
First Deputy Director for Science, "Kurchatov Institute" National Research Center
Irina Zabolotnaya
Deputy Director of the Department of Social Policy, Norilsk Nickel
Anna Kostareva
Director, Federal State Budgetary Institution "National Medical Research Center named after. V. A. Almazov" of the Ministry of Health of Russia;
Sergey Kutsev
Director, Academician N.P. Bochkov Medical Genetic Research Center; Chief Freelance Specialist in Medical Genetics of the Ministry of Health of Russia
Dmitry Trofimov
Director, Institute of Reproductive Genetics, Academician V.I. Kulakov National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
Alexander Kharkchinov
Deputy General Director, Evogen