At EuroMIT 2026, the international congress dedicated to mitochondrial diseases currently being held in Angers, two sessions are reserved for patients on Thursday, June 4th. Follow the first one live… or on replay!
Exchanges between physicians, researchers and patients/patient associations (in compliance with LEEM/EFPIA ethical rules) will be at the heart of the final half-day of EuroMIT 2026, on Thursday, June 4th.
Here is the program and the link to follow the plenary session live or later.
15:30- 17:00 Plenary session – Broadcast live
Chaired by Amel Karaa (Harvard, USA), Vincent Procaccio (Angers, France)
Introduction and feedback on the survey results regarding the expectations of mitochondrial disease patients (5 min)
- Navigating the clinical heterogeneity of primary mitochondrial diseases (15 min + 5 min questions), with Marco Spinazzi – Angers University Hospital (France) and Emma Del-Rey – AMMi (France)
- Current management of a patient with primary mitochondrial myopathy (15 min + 5 min questions), with Piervito Lopriore – University of Pisa (Italy) and Paula Morandi – Mitocon (Italy)
- PRIOR: A regional platform for people living with a rare disease (10 min + 5 min questions), with Dominique Bonneau – Angers University Hospital (France)
- Research and development in mitochondrial diseases (15 min + 5 min questions), with Amel Karaa and Vincent Procaccio
- Questions from the audience
17:00- 18:00 Mitochondrial disease break-out sessions
• Session dedicated to hereditary optic neuropathies
Modérators : Patrick Yu-Wai-Man (Cambridge, UK), Guy Lenaers (Angers, France)
• Session dedicated to mitochondrial syndromes
Modérators : Amel Karaa (Harvard, US), Magalie Barth et Marco Spinazzi (Angers, France)
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