Life Sciences Conferences

The Stem Cell Meeting

Agenda

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March 2009
(Dates to be released soon)

Day 1:

7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Welcome and Meeting Overview
G. Steven Burrill, CEO, Burrill & Company

9:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Keynote Presentation: CIRM: 3 Years Later - A Look Back & Forward - Are We Accomplishing What We Set Out to Do?

10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Break

10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
The Business of Stem Cells
Panel Chair: G. Steven Burrill, CEO, Burrill & Company

11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Keynote Presentation: Stem Cells on the Global Stage: Where is the Challenge Today & What Needs to Be Done?

12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Networking Luncheon
Informal discussions on business, economic, political and therapeutic topics with an international group of stem cell leaders from corporate, academic and government sectors.
Sponsor TBA

1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Science Panel

2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Break

3:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Clinical and Regulatory Challenges for Getting Stem Cells into the Market

3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Keynote Presentation: Advocacy/Ethics - Is It Getting Any Easier?

5:00 p.m. -7:00 p.m.
Networking Reception

Day 2:

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Keynote Presentation: Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

9:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Science Panel

11:00 a.m - 11:15 a.m.
Break

11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Big Pharma / Large Companies Applicant Discovery

12:30 p.m - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch

1:30 p.m.
Conference Concludes