Meeting Information

Specific ISSCR Annual Meeting Goals

• Stimulate the advancement of basic and operational research in stem cells
• Educate researchers, health professionals and the public regarding stem cells
• Improve the health of humans through applied stem cell research
• Promote science-based policymaking in international health
• Foster international scientific collaboration in stem cell research
• Promote professional interest and career development in stem cell research
• Recognize exceptional achievement in stem cell research

Target Audience
This meeting is designed for researchers, clinical investigators, professors, government and health officials, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, representatives of commercial entities and others with an interest in stem cell research.

Attend This Meeting If You...

• Have been working in stem cell research and want to learn the most up-to-date science in the field
• Are new to stem cell research and seek to understand the various disciplines of the field
• Have been spending some of your professional time in stem cell research and are interested in obtaining an overview of the field

Benefit from This Meeting By...

• Hearing the results of the most recent and cutting-edge research in stem cell biology and applications
• Receiving essential scientific information for immediate use in your work setting
• Enhancing your network of colleagues in the stem cell research field
• Visiting exhibits on valuable products and services for the stem cell research community
• Participating in the adjunct meetings scheduled prior to and immediately following the ISSCR Annual Meeting

Meeting Objectives
After this meeting, you should be able to...

• Identify, evaluate and differentiate a wide variety of stem cell models and applications
• Understand the basic science background for stem cell research
• Comprehend the most current stem cell research in the broad scope of stem cell biology, including human and animal stem cells as well as embryonic and adult stem cells
• Understand current research related to uses and potential treatment protocols for stem cells

Accreditation
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through joint-sponsorship of the International Society for Stem Cell Research and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 32.25 Category 1 Credits toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the activity.

CME details and instructions will be provided to program registrants prior to the ISSCR Annual Meeting.

Disclosure of Institutional Support
The ISSCR 2003 Annual Meeting is supported in part by grants from the following United States National Institutes of Health agencies:

• National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney
  Diseases (NIDDK)
• National Institute on Aging (NIA)
• National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
• National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

Additional institutional support for this meeting is being provided by grants from the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, and the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Foundation.

Disclosure of Faculty's Commercial Relationships
Consistent with ISSCR policy, faculty for this meeting are expected to disclose any economic or other personal interests that create, or may be perceived as creating, a conflict related to the material discussed.

Meeting faculty will acknowledge the funding sources for the work on which they are reporting. This policy is intended to make you aware of faculty's interests, so you may form your own judgments about such material.

In addition, consistent with ISSCR policy, faculty are expected to disclose to you at the beginning of their presentation(s) any product mentioned during their presentation that is not labeled for the use under discussion or is still investigational. This policy is intended to allow you to form your own judgments about such material.

For details, contact the secretariat:
International Society for Stem Cell Research
60 Revere Drive, Suite 500
Northbrook, IL 60062 USA
847-509-1944 Fax: 847-480-9282
E-mail: isscr@isscr.org