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Table 9.2 Past Golden Helix Pharmacogenomics Days
A/A Year Date City Country
1 2009 May 7 Athens Greece
2 2010 April 15 Thessaloniki Greece
3 2011 April 8 Alexandroupolis Greece
4 October 7 Cagliari Italy
5 December 3 Msida Malta
6 2012 June 5 Belgrade Serbia
7 October 20 Patras Greece
8 November 30 Brno Czech Republic
9 2013 May 31 Zagreb Croatia
10 September 21 Amsterdam The Netherlands
11 October 10 Bled Slovenia
12 December 6 Aviano Italy
13 2014 May 30 Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina
14 October 10 Cardiff Wales
15 2015 March 6 Trieste Italy
16 June 22 Boston, MA United States of America
17 2016 May 27 Rotterdam The Netherlands
18 June 16 Lucca Italy
19 December 1 Granada a Spain
21 2017 May 4 Cairo Egypt
22 May 12 Vienna a Austria
23 November 4 Nicosia Cyprus
24 November 17 Toulouse a France

a U-PGx Personalized Medicine days (see text for details).

150 participants (mostly between 120 and 220 participants). Registration is
free of charge, attracting mostly local participants, but also participants from
neighboring countries and regions.
Since early 2009, the Golden Helix Foundation has organized 21 Golden
Helix Pharmacogenomics Days in 21 cities in 14 different countries in Europe,
Africa, and the United States (Table 9.2; Squassina et al., 2012; Stojiljkovic
et al., 2012).

Golden Helix Summer Schools
Golden Helix Summer Schools are the most recent addition to the Golden
Helix conference series. Established as a concept in 2013, and jointly orga-
nized under the umbrella of the Golden Helix Foundation and the Genomic
Medicine Alliance (see also next chapter), the Golden Helix Summer Schools
are international educational activities related to the fields of genomic medi-
cine and biomedical informatics. These educational activities constitute a
unique opportunity for researchers around the world to expand their knowl-
edge of the rapidly evolving field of genomic medicine and to exchange
innovative ideas in the conductive environment of the Greek islands. Each
summer school aims to provide a unique academic program intertwined with