PRILIMINARY PROGRAM - INTERNATIONAL STEM CELL MEETING
TUESDAY, MAY 27, 2008 |
| 09:00-10:05 |
OPENING CEREMONY |
David Intercontinental - Hall A |
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WELCOME
Mr. Eli Yishai
Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor, Israel
Honorable Mr. Shimon Peres
President of the State of Israel |
| 10:05-10:35 |
KEYNOTE LECTURE |
David Intercontinental - Hall A |
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Stem Cells and Drug Discovery
Sir. Prof. Ian Wilmut
Leader of the Queen's Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh, UK |
| 10:35-11:10 |
COFFEE BREAK |
| 11:10-13:00 |
PLENARY SESSION I: THE POTENCY OF EMBRYONIC STEM
Invited Lecture |
Dan Panorama - Hall E |
11:10
11:50
12:30 |
Prof. Austin Smith
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Prof. Robert Lanza
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA Prof. Yehudit Bergman
The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel |
| 13:00-14:15 |
LUNCH BREAK |
| 14:15-15:35 |
SESSION 1A: EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS |
Dan Panorama - Hall E |
14:15
14:35
14:55
15:15 |
Prof. Shulamit Levenberg
Senior Lecturer, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Technion Institute, Israel
Dr. Eran Meshorer
The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
TBD
TBD |
14:15-15:35 |
SESSION 1B: TISSUE ENGINEERING |
Dan Panorama - Hall F |
14:15
14:35
14:55
15:35 |
Prof. Smadar Cohen
Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel
Dr. Dror Seliktar
Technion Institute, Haifa, Israel
Prof. Rafi Gorodetsky
Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
TBD |
| 15:35-16:10 |
COFFEE BREAK |
16:10-17:30 |
PLENARY SESSION II: NEURONAL STEM CELLS
Invited Lectures |
Dan Panorama - Hall E |
16:10
16:50 |
Prof. Anders Bjorklund
Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Prof. Sally Temple
NY Neural Stem Cell Institute, Rensselaer, NY, USA |
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 2008 |
09:00-09:50 |
PLENARY SESSION III: THE POTENCY OF ADULT STEM CELLS
Invited Lectures
|
Dan Panorama - Hall E |
09:00
09:40
10:20 |
Prof. Robin Ali
University College London, London, UK
Prof. Catherine Verfaillie
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Prof. Dov Zipori
Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel |
| 10:50-11:20 |
COFFEE BREAK |
| 11:20-13:00 |
SESSION 2A: ENDODERMAL STEM CELLS
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Dan Panorama - Hall E |
11:20
11:40
12:00
11:40-12:00
12:00-12:20 |
Prof. Eithan Galun
Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
Dr. Yuval Dor
The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
Dr. Sarah Ferber
Tel-Aviv University, Israel
TBD
TBD |
| 13:00-14:00 |
LUNCH BREAK |
| 11:20 - 13:00 |
SESSION 2B: HEMATOPOIETIC AND MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS
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Dan Panorama - Hall F |
11:20
11:40
12:00
12:20
12:40 |
Prof. Nadir Askenazy
Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Dr. Jacob Rachmilewitz
Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
TBD
TBD
TBD |
| 13:00-14:00 |
LUNCH BREAK |
| 14:00-15:00 |
PLENARY SESSION IV: STEM CELLS POLITICS AND ETHICS
|
Dan Panorama - Hall E |
14:00
14:30 |
TBD
TBD |
15:00-16:00 |
POSTER SESSION & COFFEE BREAK |
Posters Hall |
16:00 - 17:20 |
PLENARY SESSION V: EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS
Invited Lectures
|
Dan Panorama - Hall F |
16:00
16:40 |
Prof. Martin Pera
University of Southern California, CA, USA
Culture Adaptation of Human ES Cells, Self Renewal and Cancer
Prof. Peter W. Andrews
University of Sheffield, UK
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17:20 |
EXHIBITION |
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| 09:00-09:50 |
PLENARY SESSION VI: REPROGRAMMING AND STEM CELLS
Invited Lectures
|
Dan Panorama - Hall E |
09:00
09:40
10:20 |
Sir. Prof. Ian Wilmut
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
Prof. Kathrin Plath
UCLA School of Medicine, CA, USA
Prof. Howard Cedar
The Hebrew University, Jerusalem |
| 10:50-11:20 |
COFFEE BREAK |
| 11:20-13:00 |
SESSION 3A: EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS |
Dan Panorama - Hall E |
11:20
11:40
12:00
12:20
12:40 |
Prof. Ron Goldstein
Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD |
| 13:00-14:00 |
LUNCH BREAK |
| 11:20-13:00 |
SESSION 3B: STEM CELL BIOLOGY |
Dan Panorama - Hall f |
11:20
11:40
12:00
12:20
12:40 |
Dr. Benjamin Dekel
Tel-Aviv University, Israel
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD |
13:00-14:00 |
LUNCH BREAK |
| 14:00-15:20 |
SESSION 4A: EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS |
Dan Panorama - Hall E |
14:00
14:20
14:40
15:00 |
Dr. Yoav Soen
Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel
TBD
TBD
TBD |
| 15:20-15:40 |
COFFEE BREAK |
| 14:00-15:20 |
SESSION 4B: STEM CELL BIOLOGY
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Dan Panorama - Hall F |
14:00
14:20
14:40
15:00 |
Dr. Lilach Gilboa
Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel
TBD
TBD
TBD |
| 15:20-15:40 |
COFFEE BREAK |
| 15:40-17:30 |
PLENARY SESSION VII: HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS
Invited Lectures |
Dan Panorama - Hall E |
15:40
16:20
17:00 |
Prof. Paul J. Simmons
University of Texas, Houston, TX, USA
Prof. Eliane Gluckman
Hospital Saint Louis, Paris, France
TBD |
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