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2008 Speakers and PresentersConfirmed Speakers and Program ParticipantsCarolyn "Bo" Aldige Executive Director Prevent Cancer Foundation Alexandria, Virginia Caroline M. Alexander, Ph.D. Associate Professor Oncology Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Center University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin David L Amrani, Ph.D., FAHA Senior Director Cellular Therapies - Head, R&D Baxter Healthcare Deerfield, Illinois Kyriacos Athanasiou, Ph.D. Professor of Bioengineering Director of the Musculoskeletal Bioengineering Laboratory Rice University Houston, Texas Emmanuel Baetge, Ph.D. Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer Novocell, Inc. San Diego, California James Battey, Jr., M.D, Ph.D. Chair, Stem Cell Task Force National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland Lucie Brujin, Ph.D. Science Director ALS Foundation Calabasas, California Stephen Byer Stephen Byer and Associates Madison, Wisconsin Gabriela Gelbrin Cezar, DVM., Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Animal Sciences, Human Oncology Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Center University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin R. Alta Charo, J.D. Associate Dean, UW Law School Professor of Law and Bioethics University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin Sabrina Cohen Founder and Executive Director Sabrina Cohen Foundation for Stem Cell Research Miami Beach, Florida Timothy Coetzee, Ph.D. Executive Director Fast Forward, LLC National Multiple Sclerosis Society New York, New York Aiden Courtney Chief Operating Officer Roslin Cells Edinburgh, Scotland Graham Creasey, M.D. Professor, Neurosurgery Stanford University Medical Center Palo Alto, California Juan Domínguez-Bendala, M.Sc., Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor of Surgery Pancreatic Development & Stem Cell Laboratory Diabetes Research Institute University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine Miami, Florida Jim Doyle Governor State of Wisconsin Ian D. Duncan, BVMS, Ph.D. Professor, Medical Sciences, Veterinary Medicine Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Center University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin Sharon Dunwoody, Ph.D. Professor, Journalism & Mass Communication Associate Dean, Social Studies, Graduate School University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin Mark S. Ellinger, Ph.D., J.D. Principal, Fish & Richardson, P.C. Minneapolis, Minnesota Lena Eriksson, Ph.D. Science and Technology Studies Unit Department of Sociology University of York York, United Kingdom Fanyi Feng, M.D., Ph.D. Professor & Associate Director Shanghai Stem Cell Institute Institute of Medical Genetics Shanghai Jiaotong University Shanghai, China Erik Forsberg, Ph.D. (Poster Judge) Executive Director WiCell Research Institute Madison, Wisconsin Norman Fost, M.D., M.P.H. (Poster Judge) Professor, Pediatrics and Medical History and Bioethics University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin Peter Francis, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor Casey Eye Institute Oregon Health Sciences University Portland, Oregon Kathleen Gallagher Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Milwaukee, Wisconsin David M. Gamm, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin Richard Garr, J.D. President and CEO Neuralstem Rockville, Maryland John D. Gearhart, Ph.D. Institute for Regenerative Medicine University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Jonathan Gertler, M.D. Managing Director, Head BioPharma Investment Banking Leerink Swann Boston, Massachusetts Lawrence S.B. Goldstein, Ph.D. Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine University of California, San Diego San Diego, California Raphael Gorodetsky, Ph.D. Professor of Biotechnology and Radiobiology Hadassah - Hebrew University Medical Center Jerusalem, Israel & Chief Scientist, Hapto Biotech Louis M. Guenin, J.D. Lecturer on Ethics in Science Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts Gordon Gund Chairman The Foundation Fighting Blindness Princeton, New Jersey Austin Gurney VP Molecular and Cellular Biology OncoMed Pharmaceuticals Redwood City, California John Hambor, Ph.D. Chief Executive Officer Cell Design Alberto Hayek, M.D. Professor of Pediatrics Director, Islet Cell Research Laboratory Whittier Institute for Diabetes La Jolla, California John Hearn, Ph.D. Vice President International and Professor of Physiology The University of Sydney Sydney, Australia Derek Hei, Ph.D. Director U.S. National Stem Cell Bank Madison, Wisconsin Matthew Herper Senior Editor, Science Forbes Boston, Massachusetts Danny Heumann, J.D. Heumannly Capable, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan John Hlinko President and CEO Grassroots Enterprise Founder, StemPac Washington, D.C. Linda F. Hogle, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Medical History & Bioethics Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Center University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin Owen C. Hughes, J.D. Senior Corporate Counsel Pfizer, Inc. New York, New York Insoo Hyun, Ph.D. Stem Cell Research Ethics and Public Policy Case Western State University Cleveland, Ohio Silviu Itescu Founder and Director Mesoblast Ltd. and Angioblast Systems, Inc. Melbourne, Australia Alan L. Jakimo, M.B.A., J.D. Partner, Sidley Austin, LLP New York, New York Timothy J. Kamp, M.D., Ph.D. Co-Director UW Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Center University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin Jeff Karan, M.B.A. Proteus Venture Partners Palo Alto, California Hans Keirstead, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Neurology Reeve-Irvine Research Center University of California-Irvine Irvine, California Peter D. Kiernan, III Chairman Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Short Hills, New Jersey Robert Klein, J.D. Chair of the Governing Board California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) San Francisco, California William Linton CEO, Promega Madison, Wisconsin S. Peter Ludwig, J.D. Darby & Darby New York, New York Fabio Marazzi Senior Managing Partner Emmeplus Group Bergamo, Italy Biddy (Carolyn A.) Martin, Ph.D. Chancellor University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin Chris Mason, MBBS, Ph.D., FRCS Professor, Regenerative Medicine Bioprocessing Group Advanced Centre for Biochemical Engineering University College London United Kingdom Robert Mays, Ph.D. Co-Founder and Senior Director of Regenerative Medicine Athersys, Inc. Cleveland, Ohio John McNeish, Ph.D. Senior Director, Genetic Technologies, Inc. Pfizer Global Research and Development Groton, Connecticut Stephen Minger, Ph.D. Director, Stem Cell Biology Laboratory Wolfson Centre for Age Related Diseases King’s College London London, UK Stephen A. Myrah UW Hospital & Clinics clinical trial participant Middleton, Wisconsin Mark Noble, Ph.D. Professor, Biomedical Genetics University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, New York Jon S. Odorico, M.D. Associate Professor, Surgery Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Center University of Wisconsin Madison, Wiscosnin Brenda Ogle, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Center University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin Hideyuki Okano, M.D., Ph.D. Dean of the Graduate School Keio University Tokyo, Japan Luis Parada, Ph.D. Professor, Developmental Biology, Cell Biology University of Texas-Southwestern Dallas, Texas Daniel P. Perry Executive Director Alliance for Aging Research Washington, D.C. Linda Powers, J.D. Chair, Maryland Stem Cell Commission Toucan Capital Corp. Bethesda, Maryland Erik Ranheim, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Pathology University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin Amish Raval, M.D. Assistant Professor, Medicine University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin Don C. Reed Vice President for Public Policy Americans for Cures Foundation Palo Alto, California Amy Comstock Rick President, Coalition for Advancement of Medical Research CEO, Parkinson's Action Network Washington, D.C. Marilyn Robertson, Ph.D. Executive Director Scottish Stem Cell Network Edinburgh, Scotland Stephen Rose Chief Research Officer The Foundation Fighting Blindness Princeton, New Jersey Julia Rubin Public Policy Associate Hadassah Washington, D.C. Peter Sartipy, Ph.D. Senior Scientist Cellartis AB Gotenborg, Sweden Kurt Saupe, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Medicine and Physiology University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin David Schaffer, Ph.D. University of California - Berkeley Berkeley, California Dietram Scheufele Professor, Life Sciences Communication & Journalism and Mass Communication University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin Nick Seay Cellular Dynamics International Madison, Wisconsin Henrik Semb, Ph.D. Professor, Functional Genetics Division of Developmental Biology Department of Experimental Medical Science Stem Cell Center, Lund University Lund, Sweden Jeff Sheehy Aids Research Institute University of California, San Francisco ICOC, California Institute of Regenerative Medicine Teepu Siddique, M.D. Professor, Neurology and Molecular Biology Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Evanston, Illinois Bernard Siegel, J.D. Executive Director Genetics Policy Institute Palm Beach Gardens, Florida Robert D. Simiri, M.D. Cardiovascular Diseases and Biochemistry Professor of Medicine Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota Greg Simon President FasterCures Washington. D.C. Robin Smith, M.D., M.B.A. Chairman and CEO NeoStem New York, New York Robert Streiffer, Ph.D. (Poster Judge) Associate Professor, Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Center University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin Glyn Stacey, Ph.D. Director, U.K. Stem Cell Bank Head of Division of Cell Biology and Imaging South Mimms United Kingdom Tom Still President Wisconsin Technology Council Madison, Wisconsin Clive N. Svendsen, Ph.D. Co-Director UW Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Center University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin Sally Temple, Ph.D. Scientific Director NY Neural Stem Cell Institute Rensselaer, New York Andre Terzic, M.D., Ph.D. Cardiovascular Diseases & Pharmacology Professor of Medicine Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota The Honorable Tommy G. Thompson Former Governor, State of Wisconsin Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services James Thomson, Ph.D. Professor, Anatomy Genome Center Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Center University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin Alan Trounson, Ph.D. President California Institute for Regenerative Medicine San Francisco, California Gordona Vunjak-Novakovic, Ph.D. Columbia University New York, New York John Wagner, M.D. Director, Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology and Blood and Marrow Transplantation Director, Molecular and Cellular Therapeutics University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota David Wahlberg Health and Medical Reporter Wisconsin State Journal Madison, Wisconsin David Walsh Partner Foley & Lardner Madison, Wisconsin Michael J. Werner, Esq. President, The Werner Group Washington, D.C. Rick Weiss Center for American Progress Washington, D.C. Michael West, Ph.D. CEO BioTime, Inc. Emeryville, California Paul Williamson, M.D., Ph.D. Senior Director The Cell Therapy Company division of Centocor R&D, Inc. Radnor, Pennsylvania Nancy Witty Executive Director International Society for Stem Cell Research Northbrook, Illinois Adrianne Wong, Ph.D. Manager, Beta Cell Replacement Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (JDRF) New York, NY Wise Young, M.D., Ph.D. Professor and Chair W.M. Kleck Ceneter for Collaborative Neuroscience Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey New Brunswick, New Jersey Su Chun Zhang, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor, Anatomy & Neurology Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Center University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin Laurie Zoloth, Ph.D. Professor of Medical Humanities & Bioethics and Religion Director of Center for Bioethics, Science and Society Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Evanston, Illinois | ||
