Registration period open for the congress that will bring Álex Roca and Juan Carlos Unzué to Vila-real

The Conquistando Escalones Association, collaborating entity of the conference “Vila-real for science and innovation: research as a cure for millions” organized by the Vila-real City Council, opens the registration period to attend this event scheduled for next October 27, which will feature faces known to the general public such as Álex Roca, a reference in sports with disabilities, with cerebral palsy and a Guinness record, and Juan Carlos Unzué, former soccer player and former coach diagnosed with THE A. The event will be of a solidarity nature, so those interested in attending must make a donation that will go to medical research into Limb Limb Muscular Dystrophy 1F/D2. Registration can be done through this link.

Other professionals of recognized national and international prestige from different health branches will also give presentations such as José Alcamí (Carlos III Health Institute), Juan Vílchez (IIS La Fe de València), Rubén Artero (Universitat de València), Javier Poyatos and Alicia Novella ( IIS La Fe de València), María Jesús Vicent (Prince Felipe Research Center), Marian Corral (AELMHU Association) and Inés de la Riba (Sarepta Therapeutics). Thus, with a message of support for medical research as a vital tool for the present and future, the congress will bring to Vila-real researchers from various centers, pioneers in different areas and will seek, among other things, to break a barrier to bring science closer. and researchers to citizens.

Accreditation for healthcare personnel

Despite the scientific aspect of the event, which will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Vila-real Municipal Auditorium, it is open to the participation of any interested person since “we have asked the speakers to make the message as understandable as possible.” for any profile,” says the president of Conquistando Escalones, Abrahán Guirao. In addition, the congress is in the process of being accredited by the Continuing Training Commission so that healthcare personnel can earn training credits by attending this congress and educational centers have also been contacted to invite students from healthcare branches. “It is also aimed at patient associations similar to ours, in which for obvious reasons they want to know more about the present and future of therapies,” adds Guirao.

The president of the entity affirms that “there was no better place to bring a congress of this magnitude than Vila-real, being one of the driving forces of Conquistando Escalones, with a City Council and society that have always supported us and that is at the forefront as an innovative city.” Since its founding in 2015 and after the formation of the medical alliance coordinated by Conquistando Escalones, the entity has promoted different meetings between researchers so that they update and share their work. An experience that has earned Conquistando Escalones the desire to take a leap and present a congress to society that vindicates the importance of research, that explains how it works and how it currently stands in fields such as clinical, genetics or immunopathology. .

Search for research support

At Conquistando Escalones we are looking for companies from all over our territory that want to join as sponsors of the medical research that we champion. “Conquistando Escalones is declared a Public Utility by the Government of Spain, so the contributions have high tax deductions. Furthermore, with their donations, companies grow their brand in Corporate Social Responsibility and collaborate to carry out the first clinical trials of treatments for Limb-girdle Muscular Dystrophy 1F/D2 that already work in the laboratory,” Guirao recalls.

Those interested can contact administracion@conquistandoescalones.org or 646 040 968.