The Conference, part of the European Research Agreement Early Programming of Modern Diseases (EPMD), is aimed to disclose the European Universities involvement in the  Project.

The EMPD research Project started on July 2009 by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Sapienza Università di Roma, l’Université Sciences et Technologies di Lille 1, l’Université Droit et Santé di Lille 2, l’Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), e l’Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. 

Since the 29 july 2010 Université Lille 1 (https://dri-dae.cnrs-dir.fr/ ) is the EMPD Main Office.

At the French meeting will attend Philippe Rollet, Chancellor Université Lille 1, Isam Sharour, Deputy Rector for the Research of Université Lille 1, Jean Claude Michalski, Glycobiology Research Unit Head of Université Lille 1, Stefania Maccari, Project EPMD France coordinator (Université Lille 1) and Anna Moles Project EPMD Italy coordinator coordinatrice (CNR).