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Past Conferences NRC 2006 Program 2006
Program 2006
15th - 16th of May 2006
Day 1
15th of May 2006
10:00 Registration
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Welcome address
Stener Kvinnsland, Vice President, Haukeland University Hospital
13:15 Research and regional development
13:15 Research and regional development
Herman Friele, Mayor, City of Bergen
13:30 Science and the Bergen research community
Jarle Ofstad, Professor emeritus
13:45 Coaching in order to stimulate top research
Jan Olofsson, Haukeland University Hospital
14:15 Fruit/coffee
Moderator: Jan Olofsson
15:00 Gene therapy of cancer
Rolf Bjerkvig, University of Bergen.
Per Eystein Lønning, Haukeland University Hospital
15:30 Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
Kenneth Hugdahl, University of Bergen
16:00 Orthopedic biomaterials
Anders Mølster, Haukeland University Hospital
16:30 Molecular biology and diabetes
Pål Rasmus Njølstad, Haukeland University Hospital
17:00 Vaccination against cancer?
Ole-Erik Iversen, Haukeland University Hospital
17:30 Chronic obstructive lung disease
Amund Gulsvik, University of Bergen
18:00 Questions and discussion
20:00 Conference dinner
Day 2
16 th of May 2006
08:30 Stimulating medical research in a complex hospital environment
Ole Didrik Lærum, University of Bergen
Moderator: Ole Didrik Lærum.
09:00 Facilitating Science in Tampere Research Community
Erkki Wuolijoki, Head of Research Administration. Tampere University Hospital.
09:30 The quality of the work environment
Sigrun Gunnarsdottir, Landspitali University Hospital
10:00 The clinical research center
Ernst Omenaas, Haukeland University Hospital
10:30 Short break
10:45 Clinical research – the value of networking
Else Thurman Nilsen, The Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research at the Norwegian institute of Technology (SINTEF).
11:15 New organizations for the health services and promotion of research
Dr. Karsten Bech, Associate Dean for Regional Faculty Development. Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen
11:45 The organization of clinical research in Sweden: trends in colaboration between medical faculty and health care organiation
Bengt Norrving, PhD, Director of administration, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm.
12:15 Lunch
13:15 Panel discussion:
“How to improve medical research in Nordic University Hospitals – challenges and solutions”
Moderator: Stener Kvinnsland
14:45 Concluding remarks
Jan Olofsson
15:00 End of Conference