The "World Conference on Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation (WCCDG) for Families and Professionals” is a biennial event fruitfully designed in collaboration with leading experts in the field of CDG: families and professionals work together to exchange knowledge, experiences, needs and perspectives.
The largest World event that gathers Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation (CDG) families and professionals. This event is designed to tackle the most important challenges facing the Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation (CDG) community! Hence, this year we want to try something new! The keynotes will be followed by Think Tanks were all the attendants will be able to discuss and comment what they have learned. To learn more about the First and Second World Conference on Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation for Families and Professionals please visit http://www.apcdg.com/education.html
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***Press Release***
The final agenda is available!
For next year’s conference we have focused on the several steps that lead to therapies: diagnosis, pre-clinical research, clinical trials and management therapies that are already available for the CDG Community. This is a diverse agenda which intends to bring together all the important stakeholders: Patients and Families, Researchers and Medical professionals and Pharmaceutical companies. In the name of the Portuguese CDG and Other Metabolic Rare Disorders Association (APCDG) we welcome all the CDG Community to participate in the 4th World Conference on Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation (CDG) for Families and Professionals ““The CDG road: from diagnosis to therapies”! |
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Sandra Pereira Pinto, Architect
Mother to Martin Advisory member at Portuguese Association CDG and Spanish CDG Association |
Tatiana Rijoff, PhD student at CERN
Mother to Camilla Founder of CDG Switzerland and member of CDG Italia |
The registrations for the WCCDG are open!
Start planning your trip! |
DEADLINE EXTENSION!
New registration date = 10th June! |
Venue
The 4th World Conference on CDG will be held at the Auditorium Pf Simões dos Santos at Faculty of Dental Medicine of the University of Lisbon, Cidade Universitária, 1649-003, Lisbon.
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In this year's edition we will have posters!
We want to attract young researchers and have them present their work in the CDG field. If you would like to submit you poster abstract go HERE! |
The "World Conference on Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation for Families and Professionals" Symbol was selected by our World CDG community through a votation process in 2015.
It recognizes the continuous efforts that families and professionals, are doing united to boost research. The urgent goal: to achieve a better quality of life for our CDG children and adults in our lifetime. It is our hope that the logo will make the conference easily recognizable and memorable at the international level. Importantly, it will boost visibility for CDG and its community needs. |
This event was created and initiated by the Portuguese Association for CDG and related Rare Metabolic Diseases (APCDG-DMR) with four main objectives:
To learn more about the First and Second World Conference on Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation for Families and Professionals please visit http://www.apcdg.com/education.html |
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