Badylak, Stephen F.
(McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Pittsburg, PA, USA)
Role of innate immunity in acceptance and remodeling of biologic scaffolds composed of xenogeneic extracellular matrix

Bates, Damien
(Organogenesis Inc., Canton, MA, USA)
Molecular mechanisms underlying Tissue Engineering and Cell Therapy

Bliss, Tonya
(Stanford University School of Medicine | Dept. of Neurosurgery, Stanford, CA, USA)
The role of transplanted human neural stem cells in brain repair after stroke

Bonfiglio, Gregory A.
(Proteus Venture Partners, USA)

Bresler, Herbert S.
(Battelle Health & Life Sciences, Columbus, OH, USA)
Systems engineering approach to the manufacture of cell-based products

Brinker, Thomas
(International Neuroscience Institute | Neurosurgical Department, Hannover, Germany)
Cerebral transplantation of encapsulated, genetically engineered mesenchymal stromal cells secreting GLP-1: rationals and preliminary results of a phase I trial in stroke patients

Brüstle, Oliver
(University of Bonn | Institute of Reconstructive Neurobiology, Bonn, Germany)
Stable somatic stem cells from pluripotent sources

Bulte, Jeff W.M.
(Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | Institute for Cell Engineering, Baltimore, MD, USA)
Cellular magnetic resonance imaging in regenerative medicine

Carrier, Ewa
(Moores UCSD Cancer Center, La Jolla, CA, USA)
Generation of human embryonic stem cells-derived erythrocytes

Charron, Dominique
("Hopital SAINT-LOUIS. IUH, Immunology, Paris, France")
Immunogenicyt and immune-reconstitution in regenerative medicine

Cossu, Giulio
(Stem Cell Research Institute, Milan, Italy)
Vessel associated progenitors and their use for the cell therapy of muscular dystrophy

de Boer, Jan
(University of Twente | Institute of Biomedical Technology, Enschede, The Netherlands)
Hidden talents of stem cells

Dhein, Stefan
(Heart Centre Leipzig, Cardiac Surgery, Germany)
Stem cells, cardiomyocytes and beta-adrenoceptors in ischemic and dilative cardiomyopathy. On the interaction of stem cells with cardiomyocytes.

Doser, Michael
(German Institutes for Textile and Fiber Research Denkendorf, Germany)
Fibrous biomaterials for tissue regeneration

Fändrich, Fred
(University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein | Dept. of General and Thoracic Surgery, Germany)
Immune regulation and tolerance induction

Falkenhagen, Dieter
(Danube University Krems | Dept. for Clinical Medicine and Biotechnology, Krems, Austria)
The Hybrid MDS (Microspheres Based Detoxification System) - A future perspective for extracorporeal cell-therapy in sepsis and liver failure

Flory, Egbert
(Paul-Ehrlich-Institut | Tissue Engineering & Somatic Cell Therapies, Langen, Germany)
How to put human cell-based medicinal products on the European market

Hoerstrup, Simon P.
(University of Zurich | Cardiovascular Surgery Research, Zurich, Switzerland)

Hunt, John
(University of Liverpool | UKBioTEC, Liverpool, UK)
Directing Human Adult Stem Cell Phenotype and Differentiation using Substrate Definition

Hutmacher, Dietmar W.
(Queensland University of Technology | Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Kelvin Grove, Australia)
Translation of tissue engineering concepts into cancer research

Jakob, Franz
(University of Würzburg, Orthopedic Center for Musculoskeletal Research, Germany)
Mesenchymal Stem Cells - Biology and Therapeutic Potential

Kang, Kyung-Sun
(Seoul National University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Korea)
Epigenetic regulations of aging in adult stem cells

Karp, Jeffrey M.
(Havard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Camridge, MA, USA)
Gecko inspired biomedical adhesives

Kessler, Charles
(European Commission | Research Directorate-General, Brussels, Belgium)
EU support for stem cell research

Kriegstein, Arnold R.
(University of California | Department of Neurology, San Francisco, CA, USA)
The dynamics of neural stem and progenitor cells in cortical development

Lang, Richard A.
(Children's Hospital Research Foundation | Developmental Biology Division and Dept. of Ophthalmology, Cincinnati, OH, USA)
Macrophages WNT ligands in tissue repair and regeneration

Laurencin, Cato T.
(University of Connecticut | School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA)
Biodegradable micro-nano scaffolds for ligament and tendon regeneration

Macchiarini, Paolo
(Hospital Clinico de Barcelona, Dept. of General Thoracic Surgery, Spain)
Airway tissue engineering

Magin, Thomas
(Germany)
A novel, chaperone-based therapy approach for the dominant skin disorder epidermolysis bullosa simplex

Marx, Uwe
(ProBioGen, Germany)
Alternatives to Animal Experiments meet Regenerative Medicine

Mason, Chris
(University College London | Advanced Centre for Biochemical Enginering, London, UK)
Advances in Regenerative Medicine

Meissner, Alexander
(Harvard University | Dept. Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Cambridge, MA, USA)
Epigenomics and Cellular States

Mitzner, Steffen R.
(University of Rostock | Department of Medicine, Rostock, Germany)
Extracorporeal treatment of sepsis with granulocyte-based bioreactors

Negrin, Robert
(Stanford Cancer Center | Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Stanford, CA, USA)
Imaging of Immune Responses and their Regulation in Living Animals

O'Brian, Fergal
(Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Anatomy, Dublin, Ireland)
Collagen-based scaffolds for orthopaedic regenerative medicine: Applied biomaterials, mechanical forces and stem cell technology

Oreffo, Richard O.C.
(University of Southampton | School of Medicine | DOHaD, Southampton, UK)
Skeletal stem cell based strategies for bone regeneration – Bridging the Gap

Petracek, Jan
(European Medicines Agency, UK)
Risk Management of Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products in the European Union

Powers, Linda
(USA)

Quirk, Robin A.
(RegenTec Ltd, Nottingham, UK)
Injectable Scaffolds for Bone Repair Applications

Rao, Mahendra S.
(Invitrogen Corporation, Frederick, MD, USA)
Scalable culture of ESC and iPSC cells

Rohwedel, Jürgen
(University of Luebeck | Institute of Virology and Cell Biology, Luebeck, Germany)
In vitro differentiation of embryonic stem cells

Salmikangas, Paula
(National Agency for Medicines, Finland)
Cell-based medicinal products - Regulatory challenges and successes

Sawitzky, Birgit
(Charite University Medicine, institute of Medical Immunology, Berlin, Germany)
Tolerance induction in transplantation – Important players, immune monitoring and therapeutic optimisation

Schöler, Hans R.
(Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Münster, Germany)
Transcription factor - Induced pluripotency

Schwartz, Michal
(The Weizmann Institute of Science | Dept. of Neurobiology, Rehovot, Israel)
Memory T cells and blood-derived monocytes play essential roles in brain maintenance and repair

Siegel, Bernard
(USA)
Regulatory Affairs and Policy in Regenerative Medicine

Skutella, Thomas
(University of Tübingen | Institute of Anatomy, Tübingen, Germany)
Human germ stem cells

Strauer, Bodo-Eckehard
(Heinrich-Heine University of Duesseldorf | Clinic for Cardiology, Pneumology and Angiology, Germany)
Adult stem cell therapy of the infarcted and chronically failing left ventricle

Tuan, Rocky S.
(NIAMS | Cartilage Biology and Orthopaedics Branch, Bethesda, MD, USA)
Adult Stem Cells and Nanomaterials in Skeletal Tissue Engineering and Regeneration

Wilmut, Ian
(University of Edinburgh | MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Edinburgh, UK)
Stem cells in drug discovery

Wood, Kathryn
(Green College Oxford | Nuffield Dept. of Surgery, Oxford, UK)

Zhou, Qiao
(Harvard University | Dept. Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Cambridge, MA, USA)
Manipulating adult cell fate for regenerative medicine