Scientific Committee Dr. Ali Jahanshahi MUMC+, The Netherlands co-Chair Prof. Christina Dalla National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece President, co-Chair Prof. Giuseppe Di Giovanni Magna Græcia University, Catanzaro, Italy Past- President Prof. Youssef Anouar Inserm, France President-elect Assoc. Prof. Khalid El Lali IAV Hassan II, Morocco General Secretary Prof. Jacques Noël Université Côte d'Azur Nice, France Treasurer Dr Liana Fattore IN-CNR, Italy Honorary Member Dr. Driss Boussaoud CNRS, France Honorary Member Prof Marc Landry University of Bordeaux, France Honorary Member Dr. Luisa Pinto Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, ICVS, University of Minho, Portugal, member member Prof. Eleonora Palma Sapienza University of Rome, Italy member Assoc. Prof. Eva de Lago Femia University of Madrid, Spain member Prof. Francisco Eliseo Olucha Bordonau Universitat Jaume I, Spain member Dr. Ioannis Sotiropoulos NCSR "Demokritos", Greece member Dr. Lucy Privitera Queen Mary University of London, Malta Campus member Assoc. Prof. Nermeen Zakaria Abuelezz MUST University , Egypt member Assoc. Prof. Sandra Vaz FMUL and iMM, Lisbon, Portugal member Prof. Taoufik Ghrairi El Manar University, Tunis, Tunisia member Assist. Prof. Zakaria Ouhaz Institut Supérieur des Professions Infirmière et techniques de la santé, Marrakech, Morocco member Prof. George Panagis University of Crete, Greece member Assist. Prof. Nikolaos Kokras National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece member Assist. Prof. Harris Alexopoulos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece member Dr. Alexia Polissidis Deree, The American College of Greece member Dr. Panos Politis Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens, Greece member Dr. Ourania Semelidou INSERM, France member