Visit day one of the Europe Biobank Week Congress in this mini-series covering the event - part of the BBMRI-ERIC Podcast.  Europe Biobank Week Congress is happening in Bologna, Italy from 13-16 May 2025. You’ll hear a flavour of the event through interviews with organisers, speakers and delegates.  EBW is the most important event of the year for the global biobanking community. A yearly congress, jointly organised between BBMRI-ERIC and ESBB, it unites over 700 biobankers, researchers, industry specialists and decision makers from across the life sciences to discuss the latest innovative research and industry changes. It features keynotes, parallel sessions and workshops and is held over four days. This episode takes you to the first day - 13 May - which hosts several workshops run by experts within their field. Learn what makes the workshops unique and how they’re valued as education opportunities by delegates. Contributors to the episode, as they appear, are: Prof. Antonino Rotolo, Università di Bologna Dr. Nabila Choudhry - Research Analyst-Ethicist at WCM-Q Hugas Jasinskas, IT Specialist from The Biobank of Lithuanian Population and Rare Disorders Prof. Marialuisa Lavitrano, National Node Director for BBMRI Italy Dr. Sissy Kolyva, Hellenic Pasteur Institute Athens Stella Antoniou, Quality Manager at. BMRI-ERIC Dr. Marta Sobalska-Kwapis, Centre for Digital Biology and Biomedical Science - Biobank Lodz Links: Europe Biobank Week: https://www.europebiobankweek.eu BBMRI-ERIC: https://www.bbmri-eric.eu ESBB: https://esbb.org