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President/ Organizer of International Conferences

1. The European Excellence Network on Gastric Cancer. 4th International Meeting, March 3, 2007, Athens (Greece). President: D.H. Roukos:

Invited speaker in World Congresses and International Greek scientific meetings

1. 5th Familial Cancer Conference. June 7th – 8th, 2012, Madrid, Spain. Invited Speaker: D.H. Roukos: The clinical potential of sequencing cancer genomes for personalized medicine.

2. Third EUNE Gastric Cancer International Workshop. European Guidelines for Gastric and Esophagogastric Junction Cancer. June 8th – 9th, 2012, Maternushaus Cologne, Germany. Invited Speaker: D.H. Roukos: European guidelines for gastric and esophagogastric junction cancer with round table discussion and workshop conclusions. Differences in Greece.

3. Greek-Cypriot Symposium of Surgical Oncology. 30-31 March 2012, Nicosia, Cyprus. Invited Speaker: D.H. Roukos: Peritoneal Carcinomatosis: Genetic epigenetic and biological parameters approach.

4. 13th Biennial Meeting of the International Gynecologic Society, 23-26 October, 2010, Prague, Czech Republic. Invited Speaker: D.H. Roukos: Meet the Expert: Cancer Genome and systems biology approaches-based personalized treatment of Breast Cancer.

5. NGS: The Ultimate for Molecular Diasgnostics. Medical Sequencing and Mutation Discovery. 5-7 October, 2010, Hannover, (Germany). Invited Speaker: D.H. Roukos: Systems Medicine Perspective towards Bionetworks-Based Discovery of Biomarkers and Biologic Agents in Cancer.

6. 2nd International Meeting in Breast Oncology. 11-13 June, 2010, Athens, (Greece). Invited Speaker: D.H. Roukos: Personal genomics - Systems Biology.

7. Tagung der Rhein-Main-AG Minimal Invasive Chirurgie. 4-6 March, 2010, Frankfurt, (Germany). Invited Speaker: D.H. Roukos: Laparoscopic gastrectomy - a reality in the Western World.

8. XI th NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF COLOPROCTOLOGY WITH INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION. October 8-10, 2009, Varna, (Bulgaria). Invited Speaker: D.H. Roukos: Hereditary Colorectal cancer: Personalizing decisions in prevention and treatment.

9. 13th Surgical week. July 26-30, 2009, Chalkidiki, (Greece). Invited Speaker: D.H. Roukos: Discovering genotype-phenotype prediction for personalized surgery and oncology.

10. 8th International Gastric Cancer Congress. June 10-13, 2009, Krakow, (Poland). Invited Speaker: D.H. Roukos: Personal genomics and systems biology: novel model for a patient-tailored management - state of art lecture.

11. 8th International Gastric Cancer Congress. June 10-13, 2009, Krakow, (Poland). Consensus Conference lecture: D.H. Roukos: Molecular targeting therapy.

12. 5th Breast Symposoum. 28-30 May, 2009, Athens, (Greece). Invited Speaker: D.H. Roukos: The genetics redisposition for Breast Cancer: Present and Future.

13. Kyoto Breast Cancer Consensus Conference International Convention 2009. 16-18 April, 2009, Kyoto (Japan). D.H. Roukos: Consensus session: Interaction with systemic therapy.

14. Kyoto Breast Cancer Consensus Conference International Convention 2009. 16-18 April, 2009, Kyoto (Japan). Invited Speaker: D.H. Roukos: Intergrating standard and genetics-personal genomics data into surgery-guided algorithm and causal network models towards personalized breast cancer treatment.

15. 26th Congress of the Hellenic Surgical Society, 12-16 November, 2008, Athens, (Greece). Speaker: D.H. Roukos: Hereditary Cancer Syndromes.

16. 6th Scientific Meeting of the Hellenic Group for Clinical Radiation Oncology (He.G.C.R.O.), 22-23 October, 2008, Kamena Bourla, Greece. Speaker: D.H. Roukos: Personalized management of cancer: Perspectives - Limitations of Genetic Testing and Genomewide Association Studies.

17. 2nd World Conference on Magic Bullets, 3-5 October, 2008, Nurnberg , Germany . Speaker: D.H. Roukos : Personalized management of breast cancer: Promises and Challenges of Genetic Testing and Genomewide Association Studies.

18. XXXI Congresso Nationale SICO, 19-21 Giugno, 2008, Forli, (Italy). Speaker: D.H. Roukos : Translational research. Il parere dell ‘esperto: A Scarpa.

19. Gastric Cancer International Workshop, 4-5 April 2008, Rome, (Italy). Speaker: D. Roukos: Genomic-based model for personalized treatments.

20. 7th International Gastric Cancer Congress, May 9-12, 2007, Sao Paulo (Brazil), Speaker: D.H. Roukos : Quality of Life after total gastrectomy.

21. The European Excellence Network on Gastric Cancer. 4th International Meeting, March 3, 2007, Athens (Greece). Speaker: D.H. Roukos: Gene signature as biomarker for stomach cancer: Turning an idea into an integrated proposal for a novel prognostic test (WP1)

22. The European Excellence Network on Gastric Cancer. 3nd International Meeting, February 3, 2007, London (United Kingdom). Speaker: D.H. Roukos

23. The European Excellence Network on Gastric Cancer 2nd International Meeting, December 15, 2006, Kraków (Polland). Speaker: D.H. Roukos : Biologic and genetic prediction.

24. Gastric Cancer International Workshop, 1 April 2006, Rome, ( Italy ).
Speaker: D. Roukos: Novel biomarkers and targeted therapy change the design of future randomized controlled trials.

25. Ioannina University Courses in Pathology: Breast Pathology-Oncology , November 2-4 2005, Ioannina ( Greece ). Lecture: D. Roukos : Epidemiology of sporadic and familial breast cancers.

26. 39 th Annual Scientific Meeting of the European Society for Clinical Investigation , April 6-9 2005 Athens ( Greece ). Lecture: D. Roukos : Decision making strategies to prevent breast, ovarian cancer in BRCA carriers.

27. 5th Panellenic Congress on Tumor Markers & Targeted Therapies, 26-27 Nov. 2004, Athens
Roukos D . : Carcinogenesis-based chemoprevention and advances in genomics-based targeted treatment of gastric cancer.

28. 7th International Conference of Anticancer Research , October 25-30, 2004, Corfu . Advances in perioperative empirical chemo radiation and targeted therapies of gastric cancer.

29. 5th International Gastric Cancer Congress, May 4-7, 2003, Rome (Italy)
D. Roukos: Tailoring treatment for gastric cancer.

30. Fourth (4th) International Gastric Cancer Congress, April 29-May 2, 2001, New York ( USA )
Organization: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center , NY , USA
Symposium 07: The Evolving Role of Surgery, May 1, 2001
Invited Speaker: D Roukos: Preservation vs. Resection of the Spleen during Gastrectomy for Cancer.

31. Meeting of the European Study Group on Biology and Treatment of Gastrointestinal Lmphomas , April 8, 2000, Wurzburg ( Germany ).
Invited Speaker: D Roukos: Treatment of gastric lymphoma from surgical point of view.

32. International Symposium, Gastrointestinal Lymphomas, April 7, 2000, Wurzburg ( Germany ).
Invited Speaker: D Roukos: The Greek experience in the treatment of gastric MALT lymphoma.

33. 3rd International Gastric Cancer Congress, April 27-30 1999, Seoul/Korea - UICC (International Union Against Cancer).
Consensus Conference, April 27, 1999, Treatment of Gastric Cancer
Invited Speaker: D.H. Roukos: Therapeutic Value of D2-Resection in Gastric Cancer Evaluated with a New Concept

34. XXVth Balkan Medical Week, 1-4 July 1998, Ioannina, Greece. Gastrointestinal Lymphoma in the Balkan Countries.
Speaker: D.H. Roukos: Surgery as primary treatment for patients with gastric lymphoma: when for whom and why.

Chairman/Moderator in International Conferences

1. 13th Biennial Meeting of the International Gynecologic Society, 23-26 October, 2010, Prague, Czech Republic.
• CANCER GENOME AND SYSTEMS BIOLOGY APPROACHES-BASED PERSONALIZED TREATMENT OF BREAST CANCER. Chairman: D.H. Roukos (Greece).

2. 13th Surgical week. July 26-30, 2009, Chalkidiki, (Greece).
• Gastric Cancer Chairman: D.H. Roukos (Greece)

3. 8th International Gastric Cancer Congress. June 10-13, 2009, Krakow, (Poland).
• Basic and translational research - state of art lectures. Chairman: T. Hakulinen (Finland), Co-chairmen: W. Yasui (Japan), D.H. Roukos (Greece).

4. Kyoto Breast Cancer Consensus Conference International Convention 2009. 16-18 April, 2009, Kyoto (Japan). Moderators: S. Klimberg (U.S.A), D.H. Roukos (Greece). Axillary diagmosis and treatment.

5. The European Excellence Network on Gastric Cancer. 4th International Meeting, March 3, 2007, Athens (Greece). Chairman: D.H. Roukos

6. The European Excellence Network on Gastric Cancer - 2nd International Meeting, December 15, 2006, Kraków/Poland.
• Standardization project for surgical treatment in participating countries. Coordinator: D.H. Roukos (Greece),
Charmain: D.H. Roukos (Greece), C. Wittekind (Germany).

7. The European Excellence Network on Gastric Cancer - 2nd International Meeting, December 15, 2006, Kraków/Poland.
• Expert panel discussion and consensus:
D. Roukos (Greece), C. Wittekind (Germany), M. Degiuli (Italy), H.J. Meyer (Germany), D. D'Ugo (Italy), T. Lehnert (Germany), M. Krawczyk (Poland).

8. The European Excellence Network on Gastric Cancer - 2nd International Meeting, December 15, 2006, Kraków/Poland.
• Translational research.
Expert panel discussion and consensus: G. Galizia (Italy), G. Keller (Germany), P. Konturek (Germany), D. Roukos (Greece), R. Pisa (Italy), J. Rodriguez Preto (Portugal), A. Szczepanik (Poland), A. Leone (Italy).

9. The European Excellence Network on Gastric Cancer - 2nd International Meeting, December 15, 2006, Kraków/Poland.
• Education and Training Program.
Expert panel discussion and consensus: P. Gilly (France), A. Leone (Italy), A. Dziki (Poland), A. Garofalo, S. Gonzales Moreno (Spain), Mc Culloch (UK), H.J. Meyer (Germany), M. Drews (Poland), D. Roukos (Greece).

10. Gastric Cancer Treatment Consensus, 21 April 2006, Verona , ( Italy ), Italian Gastric Cancer Research Group Meeting. D. Roukos : Advances in gastric cancer treatment.

11. International Meeting for a Novel PARP in BRCA1 and BRCA2 associated Cancers, 3 February 2006, London , UK.

12. European Gastric Cancer Meeting , 12 December 2005, Sienna (Italy) Speaker: D. Roukos.

13. 4th International Gastric Cancer Congress, April 29-May 2 2001, New York ( USA ) Video Presentation. Moderator: D. Roukos (Ioannina Greece ), SJ Kim (Seoul , Korea). May 2, 2001.

14. 3rd International Gastric Cancer Congress, April 27-30 1999, Seoul/Korea. Posters EGC/Multiple Primary Cancers.
Chairman: DH Roukos ( Ioannina , Greece ), JI Lee ( Seoul , Korea )
Free Paper 23 Lymphoma, Smooth Muscle Tumor and Other Pathological Studies
Chairman: H Watanabe ( Niigata , Japan ), D.H. Roukos ( Ioannina , Greece ).

15. 38th World Congress of Surgery, International Surgical Week! SW 99, August 15-20, 1999, Vienna, Austria. Free Paper Session: Gastric Lymphoma/Ectopic Pancreas Moderators: S Dahlgren , Sweden , D.H. Roukos , Greece.

Member of the Scientific Committee

1. 13th Biennial Meeting of the International Gynecologic Society, 23-26 October, 2010, Prague, Czech Republic. Member of the Scientific Committee: D.H. Roukos.

2. Tagung der Rhein-Main-AG Minimal Invasive Chirurgie. 4-6 March, 2010, Frankfurt, (Germany). Member of the Scientific Committee: D.H. Roukos.

3. XI th NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF COLOPROCTOLOGY WITH INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION. October 8-10, 2009, Varna, (Bulgaria). Member of the Scientific Committee: D.H. Roukos.

4. 13th Surgical week. July 26-30, 2009, Chalkidiki, (Greece). Member of the Scientific Committee: D.H. Roukos.

5. 8th International Gastric Cancer Congress. June 10-13, 2009, Krakow, (Poland). Member of the Scientific Committee: D.H. Roukos.

6. 5th Breast Symposoum. 28-30 May, 2009, Athens, (Greece). Member of the Scientific Committee: D.H. Roukos.

7. Kyoto Breast Cancer Consensus Conference International Convention 2009. 16-18 April, 2009, Kyoto (Japan). Member of the Scientific Committee: D.H. Roukos.

8. 26th Congress of the Hellenic Surgical Society, 12-16 November, 2008, Athens, (Greece). Member of the Scientific Committee: D.H. Roukos.

9. Gastric Cancer International Workshop, 4-5 April 2008, Rome, (Italy). Member of the Scientific Committee: D.H. Roukos.

10. The European Excellence Network on Gastric Cancer. 4th International Meeting, March 3, 2007, Athens (Greece). Member of the Scientific Committee: D.H. Roukos.

11. The European Excellence Network on Gastric Cancer - 2nd International Meeting, December 15, 2006, Kraków/Poland.
Member of the Scientific Committee: D. Roukos (Greece).

12. Gastric Cancer Treatment Consensus, 21 April 2006, Verona , ( Italy ), Italian Gastric Cancer Research Group Meeting. Member of the Scientific Committee: D. Roukos

13. International Meeting for a Novel PARP in BRCA1 and BRCA2 associated Cancers, 3 February 2006, London , UK. Member of the Scientific Committee: D. Roukos.

14. European Gastric Cancer Meeting , 12 December 2005, Sienna ( Italy ) Member of the Scientific Committee: D. Roukos.

15. 4th International Gastric Cancer Congress, April 29-May 2 2001, New York (USA) Video Presentation. Member of the Scientific Committee: D. Roukos.

16. 3rd International Gastric Cancer Congress, April 27-30 1999, Seoul/Korea. Member of the Scientific Committee: D. Roukos.

17. 38th World Congress of Surgery, International Surgical Week! SW 99, August 15-20, 1999, Vienna, Austria. Member of the Scientific Committee: D. Roukos.