Events

The World's Conference:  Thalidomide

October 27th - 2009

Place: Secretaria de Estado dos Direitos das Pessoas com Deficiência (anexo ao Memorial da América Latina)
Address: Av. Auro Soares de Moura Andrade, 564 - Gate 10 (the old Parlatino street street block) - B. Funda

Free of Charge Event:

Target Audience: Doctors, Professionals of the Health, Associations and Families.

Registration 10:00am

Official Opening: Claudia (ABPST) and Bjorn (FfdN)

11:00am -Dr. Annika Markowic - Ambassador of Sweden (Partnership FFDN and ABPST) Overview of Swedish victims (benefits, health, work, rehabilitation)

11:20am - Authorities of São Paulo

12:00pm - World Panorama of Thalidomide, with presentation of global associations of victims of thalidomide (Brazil, Sweden, England, Australia, Germany, Japan, Austria, Canada)

13:00pm - Lunch

14:00pm - Dr.Sten.O. Olsson - WHO Program for International Drug Monitoring

14:20pm - Dra.Izabel Maior - Coordinator of CORDE (Law projects)

14:40pm - Dr.Eugenia Fávero - Prosecutor of the Federal Prosecutor (Achievements and disappointments at the court)

15:00pm - Dr. Benedito Brunca - General Coordinator of Social Security Benefits (Concessions, Skills, Adjustment of Benefit)

15:20h – Coffee break

15:40pm - Prof. Lavinia Schüler Faccini - Department of Genetics - IB Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Government Failures and monitoring)

16:00pm – Artur Custódio M. de Sousa - Coordinator of MORHAN and National Health Counselor (Manufacture, distribution, control, programs, etc.)

16:20pm – Prof Kerstin Strömland – Professor, Medical Doctor in Sweden (Thalidomide for 50 years ago until today)

17:00pm – Dra. Linamara Rizzo Battistella – State Secretary of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities