"Moving Stem Cell Research from Bench to Bedside"
|
7:30-8:30 |
Registration and light continental breakfast |
|
|
8:30-8:45 |
Drew Gilpin Faust, PhD,
President of |
|
|
8:45-9:15 |
State of the Science: Notable Highlights in Stem Cell Research ’07-’08 David Scadden, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital |
|
|
|
Disease System Overviews and Key Questions Directing Current Research: |
|
|
9:15-9:45 |
Diabetes Douglas Melton, PhD - |
|
|
9:45-10:15 |
Nervous System Jeffrey Macklis, MD, D.HST
- |
|
|
10:15-10:30 |
Break |
|
|
10:30-11:00 |
Cardiovascular Kenneth Chien, MD, PhD - |
|
|
11:00-11:30 |
Cancer David Scadden, MD – |
|
|
11:30-Noon |
Reprogramming Kevin Eggan, PhD - |
|
|
Noon to 1:30 |
Lunch with Hospital CEO panel, by invitation (12:30-1:00) Gary Gottlieb, MD, MBA, Brigham and Women’s Hospital James Mandell, MD, Children’s Hospital Boston Peter Slavin, MD,
Ranch Kimball, |
|
|
Guests not seated at the luncheon will have an opportunity to view scientific posters presented by Harvard-affiliated researchers. The proceedings of the CEO Panel will be broadcast on screens throughout the poster area. A lunch buffet will be provided. |
||
|
1:30-2:00 |
|
|
|
2:00-2:30 |
|
|
|
2:30-3:00 |
Clinical Trials and the Center for Human Cell Therapy Jerome Ritz, MD – Dana Farber Cancer Institute |
|
|
3:00-3:30 |
International Collaboration | ISSCR Leonard Zon, MD – Children’s Hospital Boston |
|
|
3:30-4:00 |
Break |
|
|
4:00-4:30 |
Commercialization: Venture Capital Bob Higgins, MBA, Highland Capital Partners |
|
|
4:30-5:15 |
Commercialization: Industry Panel on Partnerships Thomas Gustafson (Eli Lilly) Robert Balderas (BD Biosciences) Mahendra Rao (Invitrogen) Patrick Schneider
(Millipore) Simon Tate (GlaxoSmithKline) |
|
|
5:15-5:30 |
Closing remarks Brock Reeve – Harvard Stem Cell Institute |
|
|
5:30-7:00 |
Reception and poster session |
Attendance at this event is by invitation only. Invitations will arrive in mailboxes the week of July 14. For more information, please visit the event website at: www.hscistemcellsummit.org
A block of overnight rooms ($219.00 per night) has been reserved for guests of the Summit at the Inn at Longwood. Reservations may be made by calling 1-800-468-2378 or 617-731-4700 and mentioning the "HSCI Stem Cell Summit".
Registration is being accepted separately for the "Human Embryonic Stem Cell Training Workshop" offered by Invitrogen. This free workshop will take place, concurrently with the Summit, in the Bray Room of the Conference Center. Visit the Invitrogen website at http://www.invitrogen.com/stemcell/hsci08 to register.
Questions? Please contact Maureen Herrmann (maureen_herrmann@harvard.edu) or Megan Donovan (megan_donovan@harvard.edu), or phone 617-496-6647.
|
Click here, to view all upcoming events.