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Major diseases are complex in nature involving environmental, life style, ageing and genetic components. One of the future challenges is to integrate the knowledge of all these different components into computer models and "in silico" environments that will help the development and testing of new therapies for better prediction and prevention tools in healthcare.

An integrative research approach is therefore required to better understand the complex mechanisms behind human diseases.

The objectives of the conference will be:

* to communicate the opportunities and challenges of the Virtual Physiological Human and Integrative System Biology and other topics that lie at the crossroads of ICT, Biology and Medicine;
* to provide the possibility for discussions on progress beyond the current state of the art and to promote international cooperation and networking;
* to provide an overview about the current activities in these domains not only in EU but also in US and other countries, and to examine opportunities for closer cooperation between EU and US funding agencies.