{"id":3240,"date":"2026-06-23T08:38:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T08:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/?page_id=3240"},"modified":"2026-07-15T12:09:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T12:09:22","slug":"speakers-day-3-2027","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/index.php\/speakers-day-3-2027\/","title":{"rendered":"Speakers Day 3 (VAC2027)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3240\" class=\"elementor elementor-3240\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ffed097 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ffed097\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2351451\" 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Franco<\/h3><div id=\"ConnectiveDocSignExtentionInstalled\" data-extension-version=\"1.0.4\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff741ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ff741ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Group Leader at Cat\u00f3lica Biomedical Research Centre, Associate Professor at Cat\u00f3lica Medical School, Portugal<\/p><div id=\"ConnectiveDocSignExtentionInstalled\" data-extension-version=\"1.0.4\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-382f196 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"382f196\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ConnectiveDocSignExtentionInstalled\" data-extension-version=\"1.0.4\">Cl\u00e1udio A. Franco graduated in Biochemistry from the University of Porto and completed his PhD in Protein Structure and Function at Paris VI University, followed by postdoctoral training in vascular biology in the laboratory of Holger Gerhardt in London. He is currently Group Leader and Vice-Director at the Cat\u00f3lica Biomedical Research Centre and Associate Professor at Cat\u00f3lica Medical School in Lisbon. His laboratory investigates the fundamental mechanisms governing blood vessel formation and function, combining genetics, advanced imaging, bioengineering, computational modelling and AI-based image analysis to understand vascular disease. His work has contributed to the discovery of flow-migration coupling, the identification of dactylopodia, and the demonstration that physical and chemical cues compete to shape endothelial behaviour and vascular morphogenesis.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5dcf4d elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"d5dcf4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f4caec4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f4caec4\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"bio-Eklund\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cd2a2f7\" data-id=\"cd2a2f7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-0cf7762 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0cf7762\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ed2d90\" data-id=\"7ed2d90\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56f7930 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"56f7930\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Sabine-Bailly-rond.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Sabine-Bailly-rond.png 400w, https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Sabine-Bailly-rond-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Sabine-Bailly-rond-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b967f1\" data-id=\"5b967f1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d87ab6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d87ab6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\u00a0<\/h3><h3>Sabine Bailly<\/h3><div id=\"ConnectiveDocSignExtentionInstalled\" data-extension-version=\"1.0.4\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-986c588 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"986c588\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>Group leader at the Biology of Cancer &amp; Infection laboratory at CEA\/INSERM, Grenoble Alpes University, France<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-721f027 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"721f027\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr Sabine Bailly is a director of research at the INSERM Institute (Grenoble, France). She is working on the ALK1 signaling pathway and Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangectasia (HHT). In 2007, her group identified the two high affinity ligands for the endothelial receptors ALK1 and endoglin, which are BMP9 and BMP10. Using <em>Alk1<\/em>, <em>Bmp9 <\/em>and <em>Bmp10<\/em>-knockout mouse models, they showed that circulating BMP9 and BMP10 induce vascular quiescence. Her group is also involved in translational research. They have developed genetic functional tests for <em>ALK1, Endoglin, SMAD4, BMP9 and BMP10<\/em> genes mutated in HHT and are involved in several HHT clinical trials with the group of Dr Sophie Dupuis-Girod in Lyon (French HHT reference Center). 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data-id=\"d8d3e91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"269\" height=\"269\" src=\"https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/anonymous.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/anonymous.png 269w, https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/anonymous-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1cb4549\" data-id=\"1cb4549\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Bio<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aeb757e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"aeb757e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-256ed49 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"256ed49\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"bio-Graupera\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2da9ff7\" data-id=\"2da9ff7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-363f73c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"363f73c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d6400fa\" data-id=\"d6400fa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87b06c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"87b06c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"842\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15_Paloma.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15_Paloma.png 842w, https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15_Paloma-296x300.png 296w, https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15_Paloma-768x779.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 842px) 100vw, 842px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e49bba0\" data-id=\"e49bba0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-181c7bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"181c7bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><h3><span lang=\"EN-US\">Paloma Triana<\/span><\/h3><div>\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c19515 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c19515\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><p>Consultant Pediatric Surgeon, Pediatric Plastic Surgery Section and Vascular Anomalies Unit, La Paz Children&#8217;s Hospital, Madrid, Spain<\/p><\/div><div id=\"ConnectiveDocSignExtentionInstalled\" data-extension-version=\"1.0.4\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdef724 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bdef724\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Paloma Triana, MD, PhD, is a Consultant Pediatric Surgeon at La Paz University Hospital in Madrid, Spain, with subspecialty expertise in Pediatric Plastic Surgery and Vascular Anomalies. Her clinical and research work focuses on vascular anomalies, congenital malformations, and giant congenital nevi. She has extensive experience in targeted therapies for vascular anomalies, including sirolimus, alpelisib, trametinib, and rebastinib, and has participated as investigator in multiple international clinical trials, including the EPIK and RLY-2608 programs. She obtained her PhD with honours (Cum Laude) in 2023 for her research on sirolimus treatment in vascular anomalies. She founded and currently chairs the Pediatric Vascular Anomalies Committee at La Paz University Hospital. She has authored more than 60 peer-reviewed publications and is a frequent invited speaker at national and international vascular anomalies meetings.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f37ee15 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f37ee15\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1279443\" data-id=\"1279443\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac3830a elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ac3830a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-750a234 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"750a234\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6128eeb\" data-id=\"6128eeb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87cdbf2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"87cdbf2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"717\" height=\"718\" src=\"https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Antoni-Riera.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Antoni-Riera.png 717w, https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Antoni-Riera-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Antoni-Riera-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b88caa8\" data-id=\"b88caa8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5dfafd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a5dfafd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><h3>Antoni Riera-Mestre<\/h3><div>\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-285dac2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"285dac2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><p>Head of the Systemic and Vascular Diseases and Aging research Group. IDIBELL; Principal Investigator and Professor of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Universitat de Barcelona, Spain<\/p><\/div><div id=\"ConnectiveDocSignExtentionInstalled\" data-extension-version=\"1.0.4\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f271fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f271fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Riera-Mestre is a committed Internal Medicine specialist. He obtained his PhD in 2012 (University of Barcelona) and a Master in Health Management in 2014 (UIC-Barcelona). He is the Head of the Internal Medicine Department at Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge (Barcelona, Spain).<\/p><p>He has a special interest in rare vascular diseases and cardiovascular diseases, focusing on the clinical management and translational research of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT). He is the Director of the HHT Unit, Head of the Systemic and Vascular Diseases and Ageing Research Group at the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) and Principal Investigator within the CIBEROBN research network (Group CB12\/03\/30012).<\/p><p>He is also Professor at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the Universitat de Barcelona. Dr. Riera-Mestre has been the PrincipaI Investigator of 20 clinical trials, published more than 150 original articles indexed in PubMed and supervised six Doctoral Theses specifically focused on HHT.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2236de5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2236de5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ce8ef47\" data-id=\"ce8ef47\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dee9fc6 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"dee9fc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-d3105ba elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d3105ba\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a5b5f73\" data-id=\"a5b5f73\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-838ce04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"838ce04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Laurence-Boon.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Laurence-Boon.png 400w, https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Laurence-Boon-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Laurence-Boon-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-44ec114\" data-id=\"44ec114\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a13e456 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a13e456\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><h3>Laurence Boon<\/h3><div>\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcd763b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fcd763b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><p>Coordinator of the Centre for Vascular Malformations, Division of Plastic Surgery, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc (UCLouvain), Brussels, Belgium<\/p><\/div><div id=\"ConnectiveDocSignExtentionInstalled\" data-extension-version=\"1.0.4\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a51e56f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a51e56f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Laurence Boon, MD, PhD, is a Clinical Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at UCLouvain and leads the Multidisciplinary Center for Vascular Anomalies at Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc in Brussels. Specializing in vascular anomalies, she integrates treatment with translational research. Her notable leadership includes roles as Vice President, President, and Past President of the ISSVA, and she currently co-chairs the VASCA Working Group at VASCERN. A member of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium since 2015, Dr. Boon leads multinational clinical research, including phase III trials on therapies like sirolimus. Recognized with awards such as the INBEV-Baillet Latour Prize and the Gagna and Van Heck International Prize, she has authored numerous publications, supported by an H-index of 61 (Scopus) and 72 (Google Scholar). Dr. Boon co-founded VASCAPA, advocating for patients, and collaborates with genetics labs to innovate patient care in vascular malformations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>speakers Thursday 11 march \u00a0 Claudio A. Franco \u00a0 Group Leader at Cat\u00f3lica Biomedical Research Centre, Associate Professor at Cat\u00f3lica Medical School, Portugal \u00a0Cl\u00e1udio A. Franco graduated in Biochemistry from the University of Porto and completed his PhD in Protein Structure and Function at Paris VI University, followed by postdoctoral training in vascular biology in &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/index.php\/speakers-day-3-2027\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Speakers Day 3 (VAC2027)<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3240","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3240"}],"version-history":[{"count":48,"href":"https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3556,"href":"https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3240\/revisions\/3556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}