Scientific program

Preliminary program
Wednesday, October 23, 2013

	Hall 2	Hall 3	Hall 4	Hall 5
9:00– 10:30 am				EMA/CAT – TRM Leipzig Collaborative Workshop I
10:30– 11:00 am	Coffee break
11:00 am– 12:30 pm	Stem Cell Differentiation I Weissmann, Irving	Bone and Cartilage Engineering I	Immunological Aspects of Regeneration	EMA/CAT – TRM Leipzig Collaborative Workshop II
12:30– 2:00 pm	Lunch break
2:00– 3:30 pm	Reprogramming and Pluripotency I Kawamoto, Hiroshi	In Vivo Models	Embryonal Stem Cells Hescheler, Jürgen	EMA/CAT – TRM Leipzig Collaborative Workshop III
3:30– 4:00 pm	Coffee break
4:00– 5:30 pm	Cell Therapy Reinke, Petra	Neuronal Regeneration	PhD Session I	EMA/CAT – TRM Leipzig Collaborative Workshop IV
6:00 pm	Opening Ceremony (Schöler, Hans) and Get-together in the Exhibition Area

Thursday, October 24, 2013

	Hall 2	Hall 3	Hall 4	Hall 5
9:00– 10:30 am	Embryonal Stem Cells Lanza, Robert	Cell Therapy for Stroke and Brain Injury	Automated Cell Manufacturing Williams, David	Regulation I: EU-ATMP Hospital Exemption Ziegele, Bettina
10:30– 11:00 am	Coffee break
11:00 am– 12:30 pm	A Utilitarian Approach to Modelling Disease Using Reverse and Forward Programming of Stem Cells Mummery, Christine Koch, Philipp Chambers, Stuart	RM EU-Projects Nöth, Ulrich	In Vitro Models	Commercialization Strategies I: Market Overview Razvi, Enal Faltus, Timo Siegel, Bernard Meier, Jürgen
12:30– 2:00 pm	Lunch break
2:00– 3:30 pm	Reprogramming and Pluripotency II Qian, Li	Tissue Engineering I Macchiarini, Paolo	Hematopoietic Stem Cells	Bio Logistics
3:30– 4:00 pm	Coffee break
4:00– 5:30 pm	Stem Cell Differentiation II (Video cast session with Canada) Zandstra, Peter (CCRM, CAN) Cross, Michael (TRM, GER)	Muscle, Skin and Soft Tissue Regeneration DeLuca, Michele	Toxicity and Safety	PhD Session II
6:00 pm	Poster Party

Friday, October 25, 2013

	Hall 2	Hall 3	Hall 4	Hall 5
9:00– 10:30 am	Reprogramming, Epigenomics and Cell Fate Werning, Marius	Regeneration of Sensory Organs Sowden, Jane	Bio-Nanomaterials I Vollrath, Fritz	Regulation II: Cord Blood Banking Isasi, Rosario Pelz, Amnon Alt, Rüdiger Razvi, Enal
10:30– 11:00 am	Coffee break
11:00 am– 12:30 pm	Stem Cell Differentiation III	Diabetes and Regeneration Lickert, Heiko	Manufacturing Cell Products	Commercialization Strategies II: Financing Opportunities Powers, Linda Schopen, Guido
12:30– 2:00 pm	Lunch break
2:00– 3:30 pm	Bone and Cartilage Engineering II Helder, Marco	Cardiac Regeneration Steinhoff, Gustav	Biomaterials and Scaffolds Lendlein, Andreas	Manufacturing Cell Products
3:30– 4:00 pm	Coffee break
4:00– 5:30 pm	Stem Cells and Tumorgenesis Watt, Fiona	Tissue Engineering II Walles, Heike	Imaging and Cell Tracking	PhD Session III
6:00 pm	Social Evening

Special PhD sessions

The conference places special focus on the next generation of scientists: Special non-topic-restricted PhD sessions have been reserved for young scientists and PhD students to present their work to an international audience. The PhD sessions will be chaired by renowned scientists who will share their knowledge and offer new impulses.

Main topics

Advances in:

Cell and Immunotherapy
Stem Cells
Cell and Tissue Engineering
Biomaterials and Tissue Interaction
Models of Regeneration
Molecular Mechanisms of Regeneration
Diagnostic and Imaging of Regeneration
Regulatory Affairs

Regeneration of:

Neurological Disorders
Autoimmune Disorders
Cardiac and Vascular Disorders
Cancer (Oncology)
Bone and Cartilage
Skin and Soft Tissue
Liver, Lung and Kidney