Visit day two of the Europe Biobank Week Congress in this mini-series covering the event - part of the BBMRI-ERIC Podcast. 

Europe Biobank Week Congress is happening in Bologna, Italy from 13-16 May 2025. You’ll hear a flavour of the event through interviews with organisers, speakers and delegates. If you missed day one, find it at the Europe Biobank Week website.

EBW is the most important event of the year for the global biobanking community. A yearly congress, jointly organised between BBMRI-ERIC and ESBB, it unites over 800 biobankers, researchers, industry specialists and decision makers from across the life sciences to discuss the latest innovative research and industry changes. It features keynotes, parallel sessions and workshops and is held over four days.

This episode, recorded on 14 May, is when congress kicked off the scientific programme and covers the highlights.

Contributors to the episode, as they appear, are:

• Prof. Antonio Zoccoli, President of the ICSC
• Prof. Walter Ricciardi, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome
• Dr. Nicola Miller, School of Medicine, University of Galway
• Zohaib Hassan, German Biobank Node
• Prof. Elke Smits, Antwerp University Hospital and ESBB Ambassador
• Dr. Ricard Martinez, University of Valencia
• Dipl.-Ing. Roland Leiminger, ESBB
• Prof. Jens K Habermann, BBMRI-ERIC

Links:

• Europe Biobank Week: https://www.europebiobankweek.eu
• BBMRI-ERIC: https://www.bbmri-eric.eu
• ESBB: https://esbb.org
• ICSC: https://www.supercomputing-icsc.it/en/