Tentative Program Schedule

All timings are based on Nepal Standard Time (NPT) i.e GMT +5:45. This is the tentative schedule and is subject to change.

Feb
17
Sat
Registration (International Participants) @ Mirabel Resort Hotel
Feb 17 @ 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Organizing committee meeting with Delegates @ Mirabel Resort Hotel
Feb 17 @ 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Welcome Reception @ Mirabel Resort Hotel
Feb 17 @ 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Feb
18
Sun
Registration (National Participants) / Coffee @ Auditorium, Dhulikhel Hospital
Feb 18 @ 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Inauguration Ceremony @ Auditorium, Dhulikhel Hospital
Feb 18 @ 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM
Speaker 1 – Deepak Kumar Khadka, PhD @ Auditorium, Dhulikhel Hospital
Feb 18 @ 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM

SESSION I: BIOBANKING: INFRASTRUCTURE & STRATEGIC GOALS, ‘Status and direction of national funding for research’

Speaker 2 – Basanta Giri, PhD @ Auditorium, Dhulikhel Hospital
Feb 18 @ 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM

SESSION I: BIOBANKING: INFRASTRUCTURE & STRATEGIC GOALS, ‘Organization and research in Nepal and at the local biocenters (Hospital/University/Research Center)’

Speaker 3 – TBA @ Auditorium, Dhulikhel Hospital
Feb 18 @ 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM

SESSION I: BIOBANKING: INFRASTRUCTURE & STRATEGIC GOALS, ‘Core research at Nepal Hospitals’

Speaker 4 – Gretchen Repasky, PhD @ Auditorium, Dhulikhel Hospital
Feb 18 @ 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM

SESSION I: BIOBANKING: INFRASTRUCTURE & STRATEGIC GOALS, ‘FIMM, overview and strategic goals’

Speaker 5 – Kimmo Pitkänen, PhD @ Auditorium, Dhulikhel Hospital
Feb 18 @ 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM

SESSION I: BIOBANKING: INFRASTRUCTURE & STRATEGIC GOALS, ‘Biobanking in Finland / Helsinki’