The original, translation-focused global meeting of stakeholders
June 14 -18, 2021
THE 2021 WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT
June, 14-18, 2021
Virtual Summit and Regenerative Medicine Essentials Course
Our Partners
Regenerative Medicine Foundation
Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Alliance for Cell Therapy Now
California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Stem Cells Translational Medicine
International Space Station National Laboratory
Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing of Cell and Tissue-Based Products
National Science Foundation
NFL Alumni Health
RegenMed Development Organization
Americans for Cures
Regenerative Medicine Manufacturing Society
Alliance for Regenerative Rehabilitation Research
North Carolina Biotechnology Center
WSCS NEWS AND OPINIONS
The Virtual World Stem Cell Summit is the global, super-ecosystem event, trans-disciplinary in scope. The Summit is designed to breakdown silos, expand your knowledge and forge collaborations, with the overarching collective goal to improve health and deliver cures. Combined with the RMF/WFIRM Regenerative Medicine Essentials Course, we are creating distinctive educational and futuristic experiences, where all participants will collect opportunities, become inspired and flourish. ”
Bernard Siegel
Founder of World Stem Cell Summit and Executive Director,
Regenerative Medicine Foundation
Regenerative Medicine Foundation
2021 WSCS and RME Course Speakers
Julie Allickson, PhD
Chief Manufacturing Development Center Officer, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Graca Almeida-Porada, MD, PhD
Professor, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Daniel Anderson, PhD
Department of Chemical Engineering, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences & Technology; David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research
Anthony Atala, MD
Director, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Steven Bauer, PhD
Cellular and Tissue Therapy Branch, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, US FDA
Arnold Caplan, PhD
Professor, Biology; Director of the Skeletal Research Center at Case Western Reserve University
Jennifer Elisseef, PhD
Wilmer Eye Institute and BME Translational Center, Johns Hopkins
Ashraf El Fiky, MBBCH(MD), PhD
Medical Officer, Emmes
John Fisher, PhD
Professor of Bioengineering at University of Maryland, Director of the Center for Engineering Complex Tissue (CECT)
Jaime R. Garza, MD, DDS, FACS
Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Director of Human Regenerative Cell Trials at Tulane University School of Medicine; Former NFL Player; Member, NFL Alumni
Riccardo Gottardi, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Assistant Professor, Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania
Sibylle Grad, PhD
AO Research Institute Davos, Switzerland
Aubrey de Grey, PhD
Chief Science Officer of the SENS Research Foundation and VP of New Technology Discovery at AgeX Therapeutics, Inc.
Joshua M. Hare, MD
Director, Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Joshua Hunsberger, PhD
Chief Technology Officer, RegenMed Development Organization (ReMDO); Executive Director, Regenerative Medicine Manufacturing Society (RMMS)
John Jackson, PhD
Associate Professor, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Alan Jakimo, JD
Regenerative Medicine Foundation
David Jin, MD, PhD
Director and Chief Executive Officer of Avalon Globocare Corp
Tom Kalil
Chief Innovation Officer at Schmidt Futures
Babak Kateb, MD
Founding Chairman of the Board of SBMT and Brain Mapping Foundation
Nancy King, JD
Professor, Wake Forest School of Medicine and WFIRM; Co-Director, Center for Bioethics, Health and Society and Graduate Program in Bioethics, Wake Forest University
Melissa King
Executive Director of Americans for Cures
James Kovach MD, JD
Director, Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of California Davis Health System, Chief Innovation Officer of Aggie Square
Joanne Kurtzberg, MD
Professor of Pediatrics & Pathology, Director, Marcus Center for Cellular Cures (MC3), Director, Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Director, Carolinas Cord Blood Bank at Duke
Sang Jin Lee, PhD
Associate Professor (Tenured), Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Deputy Director, Tissue Engineering Program; Director, Biofabrication Core Wake Forest School of Medicine
Jeanne Loring, PhD
Scripps Research Institute
Karina Nakayama, PhD
Professor, Oregon Health and Science University
Janet Marchibroda
President, Alliance for Cell Therapy Now
Frank Marini, PhD
Professor, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Tony Mikos, PhD
Louis Calder Professor, Department of Bioengineering, BioScience Research Collaborative, Rice University
Maria Millan, MD
President and CEO of California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM)
Claude T. Moorman, III, MD
President, Atrium Health Musculoskeletal Institute; Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery
Lorenzo Moroni, PhD
Professor at Maastricht University, MERLN Institute, Dept. of Complex Tissue Regeneration, The Netherlands
Sean Murphy, PhD
Assistant Professor, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Kiran Musunuru, MD
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Genetics Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania
Gail Naughton, PhD
Chairman and CEO, Histogen, Inc.
Jan A. Nolta, PhD
Director of the Stem Cell Program at University of California Davis School of Medicine
Christopher Porada
Professor, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Graham Parker, PhD
Professor Department of Pediatrics Wayne State University School of Medicine Detroit, MI
Wenchun Qu, MD, MS, PhD
Vice-Chair, Research and Innovation, Department of Pain Management and Director of Regenerative Pain Medicine, Mayo Clinic
Mahendra S. Rao, MD, PhD
Ceo panCELLa & Consultant-Regenerative Medicine
Brock Reeve
Executive Director Harvard Stem Cell Institute
Camillo Ricordi, MD
Professor of Surgery and Director, Diabetes Research Institute and Cell Transplant Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Beth E. Roxland, JD, M.Bioethics
Senior Consultant on Law, Health Policy and Ethics
Joan Schanck, MPA
Chief Education Program Officer, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Bernard Siegel, JD
Executive Director, Regenerative Medicine Foundation
Evan Y. Snyder, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.A.P.
Professor and Program Director, Stem Cells and Regeneration Program
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Robin Smith. MD, MBA
Author, Industry Leader, Influencer, founder, president and chairman of the board of the Cura Foundation and Stem for Life
Thomas C. Tubon, PhD
CoPI, NSF ATE InnovATEBIO National Center for Biotechnology at Madison College
Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, PhD
Professor, Columbia University
Bill Wagner, PhD
Director, McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine
David Williams, DSc
Professor and Director of International Affairs, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
James Yoo, MD, PhD
Chief Operations Program Officer, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Fanyi Zeng
Professor and Director, Shanghai Institute of Medical Genetics
Shuguang Zhang, PhD
Laboratory of Molecular Architecture Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
INFORMATIVE MEETINGS WITH LEADING EXPERTS
Attendees enjoy unequaled opportunities for networking, collaboration, new partnerships, and shaping the future of this rapidly advancing field.
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