Welcome to our Events Calendar! Stay up-to-date with the latest happenings in the rare disease community in Canada and beyond. From webinar and conferences to workshops and other events, our calendar is your one-stop destination for all rare disease-related happenings. Explore upcoming events, mark your calendar, and join as we work together to make a difference in the lives of those affected by rare diseases.
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Stem Cell Network and BioCanRx are pleased to present this webinar on clinical translation, offering trainees, early-career investigators, and researchers a high-level introduction to how cell and gene therapies (including regenerative medicine and cancer biotherapeutics) move from the lab to clinical trials.
Are you a rare disease methodologist, investigator or trainee? Join RareKids-CAN and speaker Arlene Jiang for a Rare Methods Workshop on expert elicitation in rare disease research on March 11. Learn what expert elicitation is, how it can support rare disease clinical design and how expert input can be used to construct a prior distribution.
The Rare Disease Summit unites stakeholders to accelerate therapeutic innovation for areas of unmet medical need. Gain actionable insights on launch planning, market access, reimbursement strategies and strategic partnerships to optimize rare disease commercialization and elevate patient impact.
Co-organized by Conscience in partnership with The Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC) and local organizers at the Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), and the Institute of Research in Biomedicine (IRB), this two-day in-person symposium will bring together the global community working at the intersection of artificial intelligence, computational chemistry, and […]
The premier gathering for childhood-onset SPG4 research returns in 2026 — uniting leading scientists, clinicians, industry innovators, patient advocates, and families for three days of focused collaboration. Designed to accelerate the path from discovery to treatment, the symposium will feature experts from across the U.S. and abroad, offering a rare opportunity to share knowledge, align […]