Registration and WelcomeCoffee

Opening by Prof. Dr. Zviad Gabisonia, Director General of Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia, ERC NCP in Georgia

Welcome speech by Prof. Nino Doborjginidze, Vice Rector of
Ilia State University (Georgia)

Introduction: PROJECT MANAGEMENT’S SPEECH – AIMS AND STRUCTURE OF THE EVENT:
Dr. Nino Pataraia, Director of Business Research Center, Associate Professor, School of Business, Technology and Education, Ilia State University (Georgia)

Lunch Break

Session 2
PHTHALATES IN THE IRISH ENVIRONMENT – A WASTEWATER EPIDEMIOLOGY APPROACH TO ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH IMPACTS
Keynote speaker: Dr. Jenny Lawler, Head, Membrane and Environmental Technologies Group, School of Biotechnology (Dublin City University) and DCU Water Institute (Ireland)

Session 3
SYSTEM INTEGRATED NANOSCALE TRANSDUCERS FOR HIGH THROUGHPUT BIOSENSING
Keynote speaker: Dr. Vivek Pachauri, Research Group Leader, Institute of Materials in Electrical Engineering, Rheinisch- Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (Germany)

Coffee break

Session 4 (Skype) THE MAIN RESEARCH LINES OF THE ISP ON THE BIODEGRADATION OF TOXIC ORGANIC POLLUTANTS Keynote speaker: Dr. Raúl Muñoz Torre, the department of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology at the Institute of Sustainable Processes, Valladolid University (Spain)

Session 5
THE STATE OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT PHTHALATES AS ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS Keynote speaker: Dr. Natasa Milic, Full Professor in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad (Serbia)

Session 6: Workshop
HOW TO BOOST CAREER PERSPECTIVE OF EARLY STAGE RESEARCHERS Moderator: Eva Hnatkova, President, Eurodoc, European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers (Czech Republic)

Session 7
THE LASER-BASED NONLINEAR OPTICAL DETECTION OF ANALYTES USING DEGENERATE FOUR-WAVE MIXING (THE DEVELOPMENT OF TEST DEVICE THAT CAN DETECT PHTHALATES IN DIFFERENT SAMPLES AT LOW
CONCENTRATIONS). Keynote speaker: Dr. Giorgi Veshapidze, Associate Professor, School of Business, Technology and Education, Ilia State University, San Diego State University (Georgia)

Coffee break

Session 8
PHTHALATES IN THE NICU: WHAT DO WE KNOW? Keynote speaker: Dr. Myriam Bickle Graz, a developmental pediatrician affiliated to a large tertiary care neonatal center (Switzerland)

Session 9
THE SCOPE OF WORK OF THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE Keynote speaker: Dr. Nino Tsintsadze, Director of the Child Development Institute, Associate Professor in Speech and Language Therapy CLINICAL AND RESEARCH UNIT AT THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE
Keynote speaker: Dr. Tinatin Tchintcharauli, Professor in Neuropsychology, Head of Clinical and Research Unit at the Child Development Institute

Session 10
BRAINSTORMING IDEAS FOR THE ITN PROJECT AND DISCUSSING PARTNERS’ CONTRIBUTIONS Moderator: Dr. Nino Tandilashvili, Associate Professor, School of Business, Technology and Education, Ilia State University (Georgia)

Sum Up of the Day

Lunch Break

Session 11
SUMMING UP THE MAIN TOPICS OF PREVIOUS DAY DISCUSSIONS: MAIN DISCOVERIES ON RESEARCH ON PHTHALATES AND EXISTING CHALLENGES; FUTURE STEPS TO BE TAKEN FOR SOLVING EXISTING ISSUES;
Chair: Dr. Nino Tandilashvili, Associate Professor, School of Business, Technology and Education, Ilia State University (Georgia)

Session 12
REFINING PROJECT IDEAS FOR MARIE SKODOWSKA-CURIE INNOVATIVE TRAINING NETWORKS-H2020-MSCA-ITN-2020; DEVISING THE ACTION PLAN FOR DRAFTING THE PROPOSAL; Chair: Dr. Nino Pataraia, Director of Business Research Center, Associate Professor, School of Business, Technology and Education, Ilia State University (Georgia)

Mtskheta & Old Tbilisi Sightseeing