| How many volunteers were present at the Congress? : |
About 6000 |
| Delegates from which countries presented in the congress? : |
Mainly from EU zone, but delegates from US, Canada, Middle East and far East had also attended. |
| Were the delegates of any other organizations present in the congress? : |
No |
| If yes, please write the names of the organizations in the box : |
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| What were the responses to your talking points? Were specific questions or concerns raised? : |
There were some questions about the commonness and regulations of the genetic tests in Iran, in particular for PND and the policies of the health system in this issues. |
| If you met staff members, please list their full names & positions. : |
Alexandre Reymond, Switzerland, Mike Snyder, United States |
| Please inform us if there are any follow up actions we need to talk with the members of the congress : |
No, actually there is no need to take further actiona as the process of attendance has been accoplished last year.
No, actually there is no need to take further actiona as the process of attendance has been accoplished last year.
No, actually there is no need to take further actiona as the process of attendance has been accoplished last year. |
| Your experiences about the travel processes(Providing ticket, accommodation,...) : |
It is a very time consuming process. It takes a lot of work to arrange for tickets, visa, accomodations. The most difficult one is to book your accommodations while you don't have a international bank card to make your reservation via hotel online system. |
| Please give a briefing of your own observations and outcomes of the congress: : |
Attendance in such meetings would update us about the recent progress and achievements in the medical genetics field, as there are substantial development in this field of bioscience.
The attendance of Iranian colleagues to these congresses are not proportionate to the extent of their numbers and activities in Iran and such under-represention, which is mainly due to financial concernes, may harm the impact of Iran at international level.
In addition, it is so crucial to take supportive measures to encourage post graduate students to participate in these events. |