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SUMMARY:World Orphan Drug Congress 2025
DESCRIPTION:27 – 29 October 2025 \nAmsterdam\, The Netherlands World Orphan Drug Congress 2025Strategy\, Advocacy & Partnering For The Global Orphan Drug IndustryThe World’s Largest Rare Disease Event\nThe World Orphan Drug Congress is the largest and most established orphan drug & rare disease meeting of its kind across the globe. From cell and gene therapy\, genetic testing\, and market access\, to real world evidence\, this one meeting covers the whole orphan drugs value chain where science\, government and manufacturers all come together to create ground-breaking progress. \nThe European Brain Council (EBC) will take part in the congress in the following session: \nFuture of the Mind: Investing in Cognitive Health for Human & Economic Flourishing\n20 January 2026 / 08:55 – 09:30 CET\nLocation: Heimatmuseum\, Museumstrasse 1\, Davos\, Switzerland \nFrédéric Destrebecq\, EBC Executive Director\, will be moderating a panel discussion on ‘Future of the Mind: Investing in Cognitive Health for Human & Economic Flourishing’ on January 20th\, 2026. This session explores the emerging concept of brain capital and the critical role of cognitive health in driving both human and economic flourishing. Leaders from neuroscience\, investment\, and innovation discuss how supporting brain health and neuro-innovation can unlock productivity\, wellbeing\, and long-term societal impact. \nLearn More & RegisterThe $11+ Trillion Care Economy: Steps for Investors\, Boardrooms\, and AI\n21 January 2026 / 09:00 – 10:15 CET\nLocation: IHC House\, 65 Promenade\, Davos \nOn January 21st\, EBC will take part in a roundtable titled ‘The $11+ Trillion Care Economy: Steps for Investors\, Boardrooms\, and AI‘ at the IHC House. The session will explore brain health as a defining care example\, with new models emerging in MENA\, Asia and beyond that are increasingly intertwined with caregiving best practices in cancer\, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. It will examine Al and digital health’s impact across these disease areas\, where breakthroughs in early detection\, remote monitoring and personalised treatment are moving from pilot to scale. Participants will assess which innovations have achieved meaningful clinical and financial results\, and confront the hard barriers that remain: workforce shortages that technology alone cannot solve\, fragmented data systems that prevent care coordination\, and payment models that still reward volume over value. \nThe discussion will identify what must change in investment strategy\, regulatory policy and organizational design to unlock the $11 trillion care economy’s potential for patients\, providers and payers alike. \nPurpose Beyond Longevity: Health\, Demography and Political Responsibility\n22 January 2026 / 10:00 – 12:00 CET\nLocation: House of Collaboration\, Davos \nFrédéric Destrebecq\, EBC Executive Director\, will additionally speak during a session titled ‘Purpose Beyond Longevity: Health\, Demography and Political Responsibility‘. As science and technology extend human life\, we must ask: What do we live longer for? How can longevity policies foster purpose\, wellbeing\, and intergenerational solidarity\, while ensuring equitable access and global impact\, including for populations in the Global South? \nThe session is partnership-forward and solution-oriented\, framing longevity as a shared opportunity for governments\, multilateral institutions\, the private sector\, and civil society to advance health\, wellbeing\, and societal impact across generations\, fostering ethical leadership\, inclusive innovation\, and intergenerational solidarity while promoting equitable access globally. \nLearn More & RegisterThe Science of Mindfulness: Rethinking Leadership\, Wellbeing\, and the Human Potential\n22 January 2026 / 14:30 – 15:30 CET\nLocation: Davos Platz\, Graubünden \nFrédéric Destrebecq\, EBC Executive Director\, will speak during a session titled ‘The Science of Mindfulness: Rethinking Leadership\, Wellbeing\, and the Human Potential‘. The session serves as a cross-disciplinary conversation on the science of mindfulness bridging neuroscience research\, technology and contemplative wisdom. The discussion will explore how mindfulness shapes brain health\, resilience\, and human flourishing\, offering evidence-based insights and lived perspectives on its role in wellbeing\, leadership\, and longevity. \nLearn More & RegisterIntroducing the Global Brain Economy Initiative (GBEI)\nBrain Capital is fast emerging as essential infrastructure for the 21st-century economy. Strategic investment has the potential to unlock an estimated $6.2 trillion in annual global GDP\, yet efforts remain fragmented across healthcare\, education\, workforce development\, and public policy. GBEI will work with a group of global leaders to help bring efforts together and move a coordinated brain economy forward. EBC Executive Director Frédéric Destrebecq will join the Advisory Committee\, which plays an important role in shaping priorities and ensuring the initiative stays grounded in real-world impact. \nLearn More
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LOCATION:Amsterdam\, The Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Rethinking MG
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