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Tuesday, March 27
StemCONN 07: Connecticut Capitol Day

11:30 am - 12:45 pm, Old Judiciary Room, The Capitol, Hartford
Welcome, Media and Legislative Briefing, and Poster Session

Directions

Hon. M. Jodi Rell
Governor
State of Connecticut

J. Robert Galvin, M.D., M.P.H.
Commissioner
Connecticut Department of Public Health

Leslie Weiner, M.D.
Chair, Department of Neurology
Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
Member of the Connecticut Stem Cell Research Peer Review Committee

M. William Lensch, Ph.D.
Instructor
Harvard Medical School
Member of the Connecticut Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Room 1C, Legislative Office Building, Hartford
A workshop for ESCRO members and the scientists who work with them
Preparing for human Embryonic Stem Cell (hESC) Review in a Politically Charged Environment

Directions

Karen Lebacqz, Ph.D.
Professor of Theological Ethics
Pacific School of Religion

Pearl O’Rourke, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Director of Human Research Affairs, Partners HealthCare System

J. Mark Waxman, Esq.
Partner
Foley & Lardner LLP

Julius Landwirth, M.D., J.D.*
Associate Director, Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics
Yale University
Member of the Connecticut Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee

*Moderator

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Room 1B, Legislative Office Building, Hartford
Interstate Collaboration on Stem Cell Research

Directions

Susan Stayn, J.D.
Member of the Stanford Program on Stem Cells in Society

Milton Wallack, D.D.S.
Co-Chairman, Connecticut Stem Cell Coalition
Member of the Connecticut Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee

Warren Wollschlager
Chief, Office of Research and Development
Connecticut Department of Public Health

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Old Judiciary Room, The Capitol, Hartford
Commercial Prospects for Stem Cell Research – Today and Down the Road

Directions

Charles Jennings, Ph.D.
Director, Neurotechnology Program
McGovern Institute for Brain Research

Joseph P. Hammang, Ph.D.
Senior Director, Science Policy and Public Affairs
Pfizer Global Research and Development

Peter Longo, M.B.A., C.P.A., C.F.A.
Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer
Connecticut Innovations

Stacy L. Taylor, Esq.
Partner
DLA Piper US LLP

Edward Wirth III, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Medical Director
Geron Corporation

Paul Pescatello, J.D., Ph.D.*
President & CEO
Connecticut United for Research Excellence

*Moderator

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm, Hilton Hartford
Informal VIP reception for speakers, sponsors, and other invited guests

Wednesday, March 28
StemCONN 07 Scientific Symposium: Basic Biology to Clinical Application

Location: The Hilton Hartford

Directions

Welcome: 8:30 am - 9:00 am

Opening Remarks
Milton Wallack, D.D.S.
Warren Wollschlager
Paul Pescatello, J.D., Ph.D.
Co-Chairmen, StemCONN 07

Reflections on Stem Cell Research
John McNeish, Ph.D.
Senior Director
Pfizer Global Research and Development

Session 1: 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Reprogramming

Rudolf Jaenisch, M.D.
Professor of Biology
Whitehead Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ian Wilmut, Ph.D.
Professor of Reproductive Science
Centre for Reproductive Biology, The Queen’s Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh
Member of the Connecticut Stem Cell Research Peer Review Committee

Xiangzhong (Jerry) Yang, Ph.D.*
Professor and Director of Center for Regenerative Biology
University of Connecticut School of Animal Science
Member of the Connecticut Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee

*Chair

Session 2: 10:30 am - noon
Biology of stem cells

Laura Grabel, Ph.D.
Fisk Professor of Natural Sciences
Wesleyan University

Haifan Lin, Ph.D.
Professor of Cell Biology
Director of Yale Stem Cell Research Program
Yale University School of Medicine

Miodrag Stojkovic, Ph.D.
Professor of Embryology and Stem Cell Biology and Deputy Director
Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe
Valencia, Spain
Member of the Connecticut Stem Cell Research Peer Review Committee

Ren-He Xu, M.D., Ph.D.*
Associate Professor of Genetics and Developmental Biology
Director, Human Embryonic Stem Cell Facility
University of Connecticut Health Center

*Chair

noon - 2:00 pm
Poster sessions and lunch

Session 3: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Adult stem cells

Arnold Kriegstein, M.D., Ph.D.
Director of the Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology
University of California, San Francisco

David Rowe, M.D.
Professor of Genetics and Developmental Biology
University of Connecticut Health Center

Catherine Verfaillie, M.D.
Professor
University of Minnesota Stem Cell Institute
Member of the Connecticut Stem Cell Research Peer Review Committee

Diane Krause, M.D., Ph.D.*
Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Yale University School of Medicine

*Chair

Session 4: 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Towards stem cell therapy

George Daley, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Harvard Medical School

Jeffrey Kocsis, Ph.D.
Professor of Neurology and Neurobiology
Yale University School of Medicine

Leslie Weiner, M.D.
Chair, Department of Neurology
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
Member of the Connecticut Stem Cell Research Peer Review Committee

Marc Lalande, Ph.D.*
Professor and Chairman, Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology
University of Connecticut Health Center

*Chair

After StemCONN join us for ...

"Promise: The Future of Stem Cell Research"

A televised public forum for general audiences
focusing on the key issues that surround stem cell research

Wednesday, March 28, 2007
7:30 pm

Mancheski Executive Seminar Room
Lender School of Business
Qunnipiac University
Hamden, CT

Directions

Featuring:

Arthur Caplan, Ph.D.
Emmanuel and Robert Hart Professor of Bioethics, Chair of the Department of Medical Ethics, and Director of the Center for Bioethics
University of Pennsylvania

George Daley, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Harvard Medical School

Mel Goldstein, Ph.D.
Meteorologist at WTNH-TV and Patient Advocate for Multiple Myeloma

Robert Lanza, M.D., Vice President of Research & Scientific Development
Advanced Cell Technology, Inc.

David L. Katz, M.D.. M.P.H.*
Associate Professor of Epidemiology & Public Health
Yale University School of Medicine
Medical Contributor to ABC News


*  Moderator

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