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Confirmed Speakers and Program Participants

Caroline M. Alexander, PhD.
University of Wisconsin
Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Center
Madison, Wisconsin

David L Amrani, Ph.D., FAHA
Senior Director
Cellular Therapies - Head, R&D
Baxter Healthcare
Deerfield, Illinois

Lucie Brujin, PhD.
Science Director
ALS Foundation
Calabasas, California

Gabriela Gelbrin Cezar, DVM., PhD.
University of Wisconsin
Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Center
Madison, Wisconsin

R. Alta Charo, J.D.
Associate Dean, UW Law School
Professor of Law and Bioethics
UW Law School
UW Medical School
Madison, Wisconsin

Terry Devitt
Director
Research Communications
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin

Stephanie Dimmeler, PhD
University of Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany

Sharon Dunwoody, PhD.
School of Journalism & Mass Communication
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin

Jim Doyle
Governor
State of Wisconsin

Ian D. Duncan, PhD.
University of Wisconsin
Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Center
Madison, Wisconsin

Mark S. Ellinger, PhD., J.D.
Principal, Fish & Richardson, P.C.
Minneapolis, Minnesota

David M. Gamm,M.D., PhD.
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin

John D. Gearhart, PhD.
Director, Stem Cell Program
Institute for Cell Engineering
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Lawrence S.B. Goldstein, PhD.
Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, California

Raphael Gorodetsky, PhD.
Chief Scientist, Hapto Biotech
Sharett Institute of Oncology
Hadassah Medical Organization
Jerusalem, Israel

Louis M. Guenin, J.D.
Lecturer on Ethics in Science
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Alberto Hayek, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Islet Cell Research Laboratory Whittier Institute for Diabetes
La Jolla, California

Derek Hei, PhD.
US National Stem Cell Bank
Madison, Wisconsin

Eve Herold
Director of Public Policy Research & Education
Genetics Policy Institute
Author: Stem Cell Wars: Inside Stories from the Frontlines
Washington, D.C.

Matthew Herper
Senior Editor, Science
Forbes

Danny Heumann, J.D.
Heumannly Capable, Inc.
Ann Arbor, Michigan

John Hlinko
President and CEO
Grassroots Enterprise
Founder, StemPac
Washington, D.C.

Linda F. Hogle, PhD.
Department of Medical History & Bioethics
University of Wisconsin Medical School
Madison, Wisconsin

Insoo Hyun, PhD.
Stem Cell Research Ethics and Public Policy
Case Western State University
Cleveland, Ohio

Alan L. Jakimo, MBA, JD
Partner, Sidley Austin, LLP
New York, New York

Timothy J. Kamp, M.D., PhD.
UW Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Center
University of Wisconsin Medical School
Madison, Wisconsin

Jeff Karan, M.B.A.
Proteus Venture Partners
Palo Alto, California

Hans Keirstead, PhD.
Reeve-Irvine Research Center
University of California-Irvine
Irvine, California

Peter D. Kiernan, III
Chairman
Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation
Short Hills, New Jersey

Robert Klein, J.D.
Chair of the Governing Board
California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM)
San Francisco, California

S. Peter Ludwig, J.D.
Darby & Darby
New York, New York

Chris Mason, MBBS, PhD., FRCS
Advanced Centre for Biochemical Engineering
University College London
United Kingdom

Stephen Minger, PhD.
Director, Stem Cell Biology Laboratory
Wolfson Centre for Age Related Diseases
King’s College London
London, UK

Mark Noble, PhD.
Department of Biomedical Genetics
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, New York

Jon S. Odorico, M.D.
University of Wisconsin
Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Center
Madison, Wiscosnin

Hideyuki Okano, MD, PhD
Dean of the Graduate School
Keio University
Tokyo, Japan

Daniel P. Perry
Executive Director
Alliance for Aging Research
Washington, D.C.

Linda Powers, J.D.
Chair, Maryland Stem Cell Commission
Toucan Capital Corp.
Bethesda, Maryland

Don C. Reed
Americans for Cures Foundation
Palo Alto, California

Amy Comstock Rick
President, Coalition for Advancement of Medical Research
CEO, Parkinson's Action Network
Washington, D.C.

Marilyn Robertson, PhD.
Executive Director
Scottish Stem Cell Network
Edinburgh, Scotland

Henrik Semb, PhD.
Division of Developmental Biology
Department of Experimental Medical Science
Lund University
Lund, Sweden

Jeff Sheehy
Aids Research Institute
University of California, San Francisco
ICOC, California Institute of Regenerative Medicine

Bernard Siegel, J.D.
Executive Director
Genetics Policy Institute
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

Glyn Stacey, PhD.
Director, U.K. Stem Cell Bank
Head of Division of Cell Biology and Imaging South Mimms
United Kingdom

Tom Still
Wisconsin Technology Council
Madison, Wisconsin

Clive N. Svendsen, PhD.
UW Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Center Madison, Wisconsin

Sally Temple, PhD.
Scientific Director
NY Neural Stem Cell Institute
Rensselaer, New York

The Honorable Tommy G. Thompson
Former Governor, State of Wisconsin
Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

James Thomson, PhD.
UW Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Center
Madison, Wisconsin

Alan Trounson, PhD.
President
California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
San Francisco, California

John Wagner, M.D.
Director, Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology and Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Director, Molecular and Cellular Therapeutics
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Michael J. Werner, Esq.
President, The Werner Group
Washington, D.C.

Nancy Witty
Executive Director
International Society for Stem Cell Research
Northbrook, Illinois

Wise Young, M.D., PhD.
Professor and Chair
W.M. Kleck Ceneter for Collaborative Neuroscience
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, New Jersey

Andreas M. Zeiher, MD
Chairman, Dept. of Medicine
J.W. Goethe University
Frankfurt, Germany

Su Chun Zhang, M.D., PhD.
University of Wisconsin
Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Center
Madison, Wisconsin
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