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Conference Overview
Day One will consist of Panel Discussions and the beginning portion of "Stem Cells and Disease" Concurrent Sessions.
Panel Discussions
- How Stem Cell Research Is and Will Transform Healthcare
- The Political Climate in Washington
- Why the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation is Investing in Stem Cell Research
- Reprogramming - a New Vision for Creating patient specific cells
- The International Perspectives, Collaboration Opportunities and Stem Cell Banking
- Stem Cell Nation - Research Progress and Economic Development
Concurrent Sessions - "Stem Cells and Disease"
- Diabetes
- Parkinson's, ALS and Neurological Disorders
- Cancer
Day Two will consist of two independent conference tracks and continuation of the "Stem Cells and Disease" Concurrent Sessions
Track A: Critical Issues Impacting the Pro-Cures Movement
- Stem Cell Advocacy 2.0
- Ethical and Societal Issues Surrounding Embryonic Stem Cell Research
- Launching and Sustaining a Successful Grassroots Campaign
- Stem Cells and the Media
- Funding Basic Research: NIH, States and Private Philanthropy
Track B: Stem Cell Economics and the Trek from Bench to Bedside
- Stem Cell Commercialization and Market Trends
- Taking Research from the Labs to the Clinic- Regulatory and Translational Issues
- Intellectual Property Landscape
- The Investment Decision: Guidance for the Biotechnology, Pharma and Medical Device Industries
- How To Create and Sustain a Successful Stem Cell Company
Conversations with Experts Luncheon
- Strategies for your institution‚s ESCRO Committee
- Morality of Embryo Use in Research
- Religious Positions About Stem Cell Research
- Canada- Emerging Leadership in Stem Cells
- Australia- What‚s Happening Down Under
- How Regenerative Medicine May Find a Cure for Blindness
- Stem Cells and the 2008 Election
- Michigan- Frontlines in the Stem Cell Wars
- Tools for NIH Funding
- The Price for State Funding
- Building Student Support for Stem Cell Research
- Will Asia Lead the Way?
- VC Perspectives
- Opportunities in Stem Cell Law
- Core Stem Cell Technologies
- European Stem Cell Update
- UK Collaboration Opportunities
- Wisconsin- the Stem Cell State
- Weeding the Patent Thicket
- Constitutional Battles Ahead
Concurrent Sessions - "Stem Cells and Disease"
- Spinal Cord Injury and Multiple Sclerosis
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Aging
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