Ready4Future - Research, Industry, Institutions: a virtuous alliance for the resolution of the pandemic.
Women&Tech®
organizes the Webinar
"Research, Industry, Institutions: a virtuous alliance for the resolution of the pandemic"
May 7th, at 2:30 PM, Zoom platform
Milan, April 22, 2021 - In this period of great global health crisis, the need to inform and educate young people and citizens about the role of biotechnologies in serving the pandemic is becoming increasingly important, a paradigmatic example of how the way of designing a new drug has completely changed.
Scientists, the industrial world, and institutions have combined their expertise to provide, in just one year, concrete hopes for solving the pandemic, not only with medicines but also with support tools such as diagnostic systems. The speed at which this solution has been reached does not compromise the safety and effectiveness of the medicines produced, and that is why it is necessary to trust in science and public-private partnerships that have made all this possible.
Communication, during a public health crisis, is crucial, as much as a medical intervention, in fact, public communication policies are a necessary medical intervention in a system affected by an "infodemic".
In this context, with the aim of providing clear, targeted, and effective communication, Women&Tech® organizes on May 7, starting at 2:30 pm, the webinar titled "Research, Industry, Institutions: a virtuous alliance for the resolution of the pandemic".
During the event, topics ranging from the contribution of biotech to the development of vaccines and monoclonal antibodies to new formulative strategies based on nanotechnologies and research and development of diagnostic systems will be discussed, addressing issues related to intellectual property.
The final roundtable will focus on one of the lessons of the pandemic: effective collaboration between research institutions, industry, and institutions is necessary to address the health emergency.
The webinar agenda
Introduction
Maria Luisa Nolli, CEO of NCNBio
Biotechnology in the development of vaccines and monoclonal antibodies
- Loredana Bergamini, Medical Director of Janssen.
· Effective formulative strategies: is the future nano?
o Maria Carafa, Professor of Pharmaceutical Technology and Legislation - Sapienza University of Rome
The evolution of COVID-19 diagnostics from its emergence to date
Pierangelo Clerici, President of Fismelab (Federation of Scientific Laboratory Societies) and Amcli (Association of Clinical Microbiologists).
· Intellectual property, let's clarify
Paola Minghetti, Full Professor in the disciplinary group of Pharmaceutical Technology Applied at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences - University of Milan.
o Paola Sangiovanni, Partner at Gitti And Partners Law Firm
Roundtable discussion: What has this alliance taught us
Maria Pia Abbracchio, Vice-Rector responsible for Research Strategies and Policies - University of Milan
Pierpaola D’Alessandro, General Director of the ASL of Frosinone
Augusta Celada, Director General of the Regional School Office for Lombardy
Elena Sgaravatti, President of Plantarei, Co-founder & SH, DemBiotech
o Sergio Harari, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Milan
· Conclusions
Gianna Martinengo, Founder & CEO of Didael KTS - president Women&Tech® - Member INAB @STOA
The event is an integral part of the Industrial Biochemistry course, taught by Professor Maria Luisa Nolli, as part of the Master's Degree Course in Advanced Biotechnologies at the University of Pavia, coordinated by Professor Ornella Pastoris.
Women&Tech®
Born in 2009 from an idea by Gianna Martinengo, the Women&Tech Association - Women and Technologies aims to enhance female talent in technology, innovation, and scientific research, promote projects and actions aimed at fighting stereotypes and gender discrimination, contribute to guiding young people towards future professions and sustainable entrepreneurial models.
The association promotes the sharing and exchange of experiences and skills in the fields of technology, social innovation, sustainability, inclusion, human capital, skills, life science, art, culture, creativity, gender gap, and diversity.
For more information, visit the website https://www.womentech.eu/
Ready4Future
The project Ready4Future: the jobs of the future - New opportunities for young people (2009-2030) was conceived by the association Women&Tech to combine the two essential components of the future of Europe and our country: equality and youth. The goal is to contribute to transforming the current educational context into a new interpretation of training oriented not so much to traditional skills and abilities, but rather to those of the future.
Video presentation of the Ready4Future project: https://youtu.be/KEp8qcm2c5c
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