39 scientific results will be presented in poster presentations before noon on both conference days. Guidelines for poster presenters can be found here.
About 150 diverse abstracts are on the agenda, both as talks in a seminar and as poster presentations. Find all conference abstracts sorted by keywords here.
OPENING SESSION
Unnur Þorsteinsdóttir, president of the Faculty of Health Sciences, opens the conference.
GUEST LECTURERS
Hilma Holm discusses heart diseases and heredity on the first day of the conference. Jón Snædal presents a new drug for Alzheimer's/cerebral degeneration on the second day of the conference.
LECTURES FOR THE PUBLIC
Open lectures for the public will be held at lunchtime. Unnur Anna Valdimarsdóttir discusses the impact of trauma on health on the first day of the conference. Páll Þór Ingvarsson gives a talk on biotech drugs on the second day.
Tuesday 23 May
8:30-9:00
Registration
9:00-9:10
Salur HT102
Ráðstefnan sett: Unnur Þorsteinsdóttir, forseti Heilbrigðisvísindasviðs.
9:10-9:40
Salur HT102
Guest lecture: Meaningful use of genetic information in the management of cardiovascular diseases - insights from research at deCODE genetics. Hilma Holm.
Rástefnuslit, afhending Hvatningarverðlauna Jóhanns Axelssonar, einnig frá Þorkelssjóði og léttar veitingar.
Willum Þór Þórsson, heilbrigðisráðherra flytur ávarp og afhendir ungum vísindamanni sem flutt hefur erindi á ráðstefnunni verðlaun og viðurkenningu heilbrigðisráðuneytisins. Unnur Þórsteinsdóttir, forseti Heilbrigðisvísindasviðs HÍ lokar svo ráðstefnunni.