RQMO: Last Zebinary of the Month of Zebra 2026
Speaker: - François Bernier, entrepreneur, strategist, co-founder of Horizon b2b

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Speaker: - François Bernier, entrepreneur, strategist, co-founder of Horizon b2b
ACCELERATED ACCESS TODAY, DEMONSTRATING VALUE FOR 2026 AND BEYOND This Rare Disease Day, join CORD for a 1-hour webinar marking the first 1.5 years of Canada’s Rare Disease Drug Strategy (RDDS). The session celebrates progress in accelerated access while focusing on what comes next: demonstrating value.
This Rare Disease Day, Massey College is the Massey community to join us for a special Fireside Chat on an issue that touches more lives than many realize. Lindy Forte, Mai K., Catherine Stratton, MPH, and Ian Stedman will share brief opening reflections from their respective perspectives on rare diseases. Together, they’ll explore how we […]
On February 28th, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., we invite you to participate in the RQMO 2026 International Rare Disease Day. The event will be held in hybrid mode, meaning that it will be possible to attend in person or virtually.
This is your chance to be a part of an immersive event at the forefront of innovation in personalised medicine. Join ER PerMed and work together with experts, innovators, and visionaries to shape the future of healthcare.
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.
Join this in-person workshop focused on how to measure and evaluate the impacts of engaging people with lived and living experience in health research, systems, and policy. The session will share practical approaches, real-world case examples, and lessons learned from engagement evaluation. Participants will learn how to select and apply evaluation tools to measure impact […]
The Rare Kidney Disease Foundation presents: RKDF 5th International ADTKD Summit - A Time For Action Friday, March 6, 10AM - 1:00PM EST - Science Program Saturday, March 7, 10AM - 1:00PM EST - Patient Program
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 […]
McGill’s RareDIG is excited to welcome you to the eighth edition of Rare Disease Day! Millions of individuals are affected by rare diseases worldwide and Rare Disease Day is hosted in support of these patients and family members. Students, researchers, physicians, patients, and community members will meet at Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre at The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) […]
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