Keynote Speakers

We are honoured to introduce you to RW2023 keynote speakers

OPENING PLENARY SESSION

27 March, RSU Great hall or online

Janet Kelso

Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany

Marianna Prysiazhniuk

Stopfake.org, Ukraine

Dineke Zeegers

Strategic advisor, European Public Health Association

Agenda of the opening plenary session

PLACES

Prof. Peter Berglez

Örebro University, Sweden

Prof. Natalia Chaban

University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Prof. Erik Hahn

University of Applied Sciences Zittau / Görlitz & Dresden International University, Germany

Prof. Paulius Pakutinskas

Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania

Assist. Prof. Michał Pałasz

Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland

Assoc. Prof. Manuel Woschank

University of Latvia

Conference website

Society. Health. Welfare

Marike Kolossa-Gehring

German Environment Agency (UBA)

Prof. Steffen Fleßa

University of Greifswald, Germany

Angelos Kassianos

Cyprus University of Technology

Assoc. Prof. Zoë Kessler

Salem State University, Massachusetts, USA

Margrieta Langins

WHO Regional Office for Europe

Alba Llop-Gironés

WHO Regional Office for Europe

Prof. Aila-Leena Matthies

University of Jyväskylä, Finland

Prof. Susan Michie

University College London, United Kingdom

Prof. Robert West

University College London, United Kingdom

Conference website

Knowledge for Use in Practice

Section on Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare

Aleksandrs Mārtiņš Blūms

Permanent Representation of the Republic of Latvia to the EU

Ruthy Kaidar

Director for Healthcare Industry, Microsoft CEE

Prof. Koen Kas

Health futurist, Professor, Author, Delight Thinker, CEO of Healthskouts

Elīna Lidere

Innovations Ecosystems Lead, LMT

Baiba Ziemele

Head of Latvian Network of Patient Organizations

Section on Oncology, Haematology, Precision Medicine, Rare Diseases, Morphology, Pathology

Prof. Pavlo Fedirko

Institute of Radiation Hygiene and Epidemiology, National Research Center for Radiation Medicine of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine

Andrejs Ivanovs

Edinburgh Cancer Centre, United Kingdom

Prof. Vaidotas Urbonas

Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Lithuania

Section on Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Guido Claessen

Hartcentrum Hasselt, Belgium

Prof. Lucian Mihai Itu

Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania

Prof. Aldons (Jake) Lusis

University of California, Los Angeles, USA

Prof. Jan Tytgat

KU Leuven, Belgium

Section on Sports Medicine, Orthopaedics - Trauma, Rehabilitation

Prof. Flemming Dela

University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Assoc. Prof. Amelia Guadalupe Grau

University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain

Matteo Lancini

Mechanical and Thermal Measurement Laboratory of the University of Brescia, Italy

Prof. Levent Özçakar

Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey

Theodora Papadopoulou

Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Stanford Hall, Loughborough, United Kingdom

Prof. Fabio Pigozzi

University of Rome “Foro Italico”, Italy

Prof. Yannis Pitsiladis

University of Brighton, United Kingdom

Prof. Šarūnas Tarasevičius

Lithuanian University of Health Sciences

Prof. Tomáš Trč

Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic

Prof. Bülent Ülkar

Ankara University School of Medicine, Turkey

Assist. Prof. Daniel Wiznia

Yale School of Medicine; Yale School of Engineering, USA

Section on Infectious Diseases, Immunity and Allergology

Prof. Dimitrios P. Bogdanos

University of Thessaly, Greece

Prof. Anastasiia Bondarenko

European Medical School, International European University, Kyiv, Ukraine

Assoc. Prof. Giovanna Danieli

Marche Polytechnic University, Italy

Prof. Marcus Maurer

Institute of Allergology at the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany

Prof. Yehuda Shoenfeld

Chaim Sheba Medical Center (affiliated to Tel-Aviv University) Tel-Hashomer, Israel

Assist. Prof. Valtýr Stefánsson Thors

University of Iceland

Edita Strumilienė

Vilnius University, Lithuania

Section on Women's and Children's Health

Assoc. Prof. Noël C. Barengo

Florida International University in Miami, USA

Assoc. Prof. Daina Dreimane

University of California Irvine, USA

Prof. Kristina Gemzell Danielsson

Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Prof. Matthew Goldsmith

Washington University School of Medicine, USA

Prof. Henriëtte Moll

Erasmus MC – Sophia Children’s Hospital, The Netherlands

Prof. Corsino Rey

University of Oviedo, Spain

Section on Mental Health and Neuroscience

Prof. Winfried Meissner

Jena University Hospital, Germany

Prof. Baingio Pinna

Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Italy

Section on Dentistry and Pharmacy

Prof. Stefan Ruhl

University at Buffalo, USA

Conference website

University Teaching and Learning

Alvis Brazma

European Bioinformatics Institute of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory

Cath Brooksbank

EMBL-EBI European Bioinformatics Institute of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory

Ellie Hothersall

University of Dundee Medical School in Scotland, United Kingdom

Prof. Audronė Jakaitienė

Vilnius University, Lithuania

Conference website

Side Events

Exhibition and Lecture Series 'Points of View: Illusions, Perception and Why We See the World Differently' – 30 March

Satellite International Conference 'Modern Management of Severe Orthopaedic Injuries in War, Mass Casualty Situations and Humanitarian Disasters' – 31 March

Prof. Alexander Lerner

Ziv Medical Center / Bar-Ilan University, Israel

David McGreevy

Örebro University Hospital, Sweden

Prof. Baingio Pinna

Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Italy