Registration period open for the 3rd PTS Granada Research Congress, a key event for the exchange of innovative solutions in health sciences

30 September, 2024

● New features of the congress include awards for the best papers, B2B meetings with companies, parallel sessions with patient associations and informative lectures.

Granada 24/09/2024. The 3rd PTS Granada Research Congress, which will take place from 3 to 5 February at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Granada (UGR), has opened its registration and submission period for scientific communications. The call has been announced by the PTS Granada Foundation, a public entity with the support of the Regional Ministry of Universities, Research and Innovation, and organiser of the congress together with more than thirty public-private institutions that make up Granada Salud, an initiative to make the city visible and position it as a benchmark for innovation in health.

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Knowledge transfer between academia and the bio-health industry

This key event in the regional and national scientific calendar will be of interest to researchers, health personnel, students and representatives of research centres and companies. It will be an opportunity to learn about the most outstanding and current lines of research in biotechnology, medicine and pharmacology, and to establish possible synergies and collaborations between the different agents of the innovation ecosystem of PTS Granada. Talent, innovation and technological development will come together in this space for the exhibition of studies and projects, and also for training and networking, essential elements in professional growth and innovation.

The congress programme will include important new features such as awards for the best oral and written communications, B2B meetings with companies, parallel sessions with patient associations and informative talks.

The plenary lectures will be given by prestigious experts such as José Antonio Lorente Acosta, Professor of the Department of Legal Medicine, Toxicology and Physical Anthropology at the University of Granada, who will give the talk ‘Reflections on medical research from an ethical perspective’ at the opening of the congress. And the director of the Carlos III Health Institute (ISCIII), Marina Pollán Santamaría, will be responsible for the closing speech, which will focus on ‘Precision medicine and public health’.

The 3rd PTS Granada Research Congress will receive the support and sponsorship of the main entities and companies in the sector. And all attendees will receive an accreditation of participation as a training activity of scientific and health interest. More information on the congress website https://investiga.granadaessalud.es/.

About Granada Health

The Granada Salud initiative, the driving force behind the congress, is part of the key objectives of the Regional Ministry of University, Research and Innovation to promote and coordinate scientific and technical research, knowledge transfer, support for technological innovation and business investment in technology, as well as the development of entrepreneurial culture and technological entrepreneurship in the region.

The following entities form part of Granada Salud: UGR emprendedora, OTRI-UGR, Centro de Investigación Biomédica (CIBM), Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López-Neyra (IPBLN), Fundación MEDINA, Centro Pfizer de Genética y Oncología (GENYO), Fundación IAVANTE, Biobank of the Andalusian Public Health System, Instituto Mixto Universitario de Deporte y Salud (IMUDS), Hospital Universitario Clínico San Cecilio, Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Fundación de Investigación Biosanitaria Andalucía Oriental (FIBAO), Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria (ibs. GRANADA), the Andalusian School of Public Health (EASP), the Zaidín Experimental Station (EEZ-CSIC), Granada City Council, the Granada Confederation of Employers (CGE), the Association of Young Entrepreneurs (AJE), the Science Park, the Biological Air Quality Unit (UCBA-UGR), onTech Innovation, the Granada Technological Circle, the Granada Chamber of Commerce and Andalucía TRADE. And recently IFMIF-DONES; Fundación AI Granada, Instituto DaSCI, Centro Tecnológico CIDAF, CITIC-UGR, and Fundación Andalucía Emprende have joined as new members.