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International Society for Stem Cell Research

1st Annual Meeting
Preliminary Program

June 8-11, 2003
Washington, D.C., USA
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

Sunday, June 8
2:00-7:30 p.m. Attendee Registration Open
2:00-3:30 p.m. Poster Presenter Set Up
3:30-3:45 p.m.

Opening Plenary Session
Welcome and Introduction: ISSCR President
Leonard I. Zon, Children's Hospital Boston

3:45-7:00 p.m. Tissue Stem Cells: Douglas A. Melton, Moderator
Douglas A. Melton, Harvard University
Ronald D. McKay, NIH
Sally Temple, Albany Medical College
Fiona M. Watt, London Research Institute, UK
Gordon M. Keller, Mount Sinai Hospital
Norman Iscove, Ontario Cancer Institute, Canada
Margaret A. Goodell, Baylor University
6:00-7:00 p.m. Exhibitor Set Up
7:00-9:00 p.m. Opening Reception: Exhibits, Posters Open
8:00-9:00 p.m.

Poster Session (with presenters)

Monday, June 9
7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Attendee Registration Open
7:00-7:30 a.m. Refreshment Break, Exhibits Open
7:30-9:00 a.m. Stem Cell Genomics: Douglas A. Melton, Moderator
Ihor R. Lemischka, Princeton University
Alexey V. Terskikh, Burnham Institute
Miguel Santos, Harvard University
Junior Investigator presentation selected from abstracts
9:00-9:30 a.m. Refreshment Break, Exhibits Open
9:30 a.m.-Noon

Primordial Germ Cells - Their Special Status as Stem Cells: Davor Solter, Moderator
Davor Solter, Max-Planck Institute, Germany
Azim Surani, University of Cambridge, UK
Ruth Lehman, New York University
Daniel D. Kalderon, Columbia University
Martin Raff, University College London, UK
Junior Investigator presentation selected from abstracts

Noon-1:00 p.m. ISSCR Hosted Luncheon, Exhibits Open
1:00-3:00 p.m. Stem Cell Plasticity: George Stamatoyannopoulos, Moderator
Diane S. Krause, Yale University
Catherine Verfaille, University of Minnesota
Arturo Alvarez-Buylla, University of California, San Francisco
Giulio Cossu, Stem Cell Research Institute, Italy
Junior Investigator presentation selected from abstracts
3:00-3:15 p.m. Refreshment Break, Exhibits Open
3:15-5:00 p.m. Clinical Use of Stem Cells: W. French Anderson, Moderator
Don Kohn, Children's Hospital, Los Angeles
Olle Lindvall, University of Lund, Sweden
Judith A. Shizuru, Stanford University
GeorgeQ. Daley, MIT/Whitehead Institute
5:00-6:15 p.m. Dinner Break
6:15-8:00 p.m. Organ Stem Cells: Irving Weissman, Moderator
TBA
Darwin J. Prockop, Tulane University
Paul J. Simmons, McCallum Cancer Institute, Australia
Markus Grompe, Oregon Health & Science University
8:00-10:00 p.m. Ethics of Stem Cells: Laurie S. Zoloth, Moderator
TBA
TBA
Robin Alta Charo, University of Wisconsin
Roundtable: Laurie S. Zoloth, Northwestern University, Moderator
10:00 -11:00 p.m.

Poster Session (with presenters)

Tuesday, June 10
7:00 -7:30 a.m. Attendee Registration Open
7:00 -7:30 a.m. Refreshment Break, Exhibits Open
7:30-10:00 a.m. Exhibits Tear Down
7:15 a.m. Buses Leave Marriott for General Motors Cancer Research Foundation Annual Scientific Conference: Stem Cells
8:30 a.m.-3:45 p.m.

General Motors Cancer Research Foundation Annual Scientific Conference: Stem Cells
Samuel A. Wells, Jr., GM Cancer Research Foundation
Irving L. Weissman, Stanford University
Phillip A. Sharp, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Margaret T. Fuller, Stanford University
Judith E. Kimble, University of Wisconsin
Stuart H. Orkin, Harvard Medical School
Janet Rossant, University of Toronto, Canada
Austin Smith, University of Edinburgh, UK
Rudolph Jaenisch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Suzanne Cory, Hall Institute of Medical Research, Australia
David J. Anderson, California Institute of Technology
Peter Mombaerts, Rockefeller University
Fred H. Gage, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Charles J. Sherr, St. Jude Children's Research
Constance L. Cepko, Harvard Medical School
Christopher S. Potten, Epistem Ltd., UK

4:00 p.m. Buses Leave N.I.H. for Return to ISSCR Meeting at Marriott Wardman Park
5:00-6:30 p.m. Dinner Break
6:30-8:30 p.m.

ES Cells and Human Stem Cells: Moderator John D. Gearhart
John D. Gearhart, Johns Hopkins University
Derek van der Kooy, University of Toronto, Canada
Martin Pera, Monash University, Australia
Nissim Benvenisty, Hebrew University, Israel

8:30-10:15 p.m.

Novel Stem Cell Niches: Allan Spradling, Moderator
Allan Spradling, Carnegie Institute of Washington
Sean J. Morrison, University of Michigan
Freda Miller, University of Toronto, Canada
Shin-Ichi Nishikawa, Center for Developmental Biology, Japan

10:15-10:30 p.m.

Closing Remarks: ISSCR President
Leonard I. Zon, Children's Hospital, Boston

10:30-11:30 p.m. Posters Tear Down
Wednesday, June 11
7:00-7:30 a.m. Attendee Registration Open
7:00 -7:30 a.m. Refreshment Break
7:15 a.m. Buses Leave Marriott for General Motors Cancer Research Foundation Annual Scientific Conference: Stem Cells
8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

General Motors Cancer Research Foundation Annual Scientific Conference: Stem Cells
Alan Bernstein, Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Stuart H. Orkin, Harvard Medical School
Donald Metcalf, Hall Institute of Medical Research, Australia
Edison Liu, National University of Singapore, Singapore
John E. Dick, Toronto General Research Institute, Canada
Michael F. Clarke, University of Michigan
Ian Wilmut, Roslin Institute, UK
Laureate Lectures

3:30 p.m. Buses Leave N.I.H. for Return to ISSCR Meeting at Marriott Wardman Park
4:00 p.m. ISSCR First Annual Meeting Concludes

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