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Speakers and presenters at the 2010 World Stem Cell Summit include some of the brightest and most influential thought leaders in the global stem cell and regenerative medicine community:

Melinda Abelman, M.Sc.
Office of Embryonic Stem Cell Research Oversight
Partners HealthCare System
Boston, Massachusetts

William B. Adams
Co-Founder
International Stem Cell Corporation
Oceanside, California

Grant Albrecht
GPI Advisor
President
Communication Unlimited
Valley Village, California

Joseph F. Amaral, MD
VP of Surgical Technologies
Office of Science and Technology
Johnson & Johnson Corporation

L. Tony Beck, PhD
Program Officer
Division for Clinical Research Resources
National Center for Research Resources
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

Kimberly Benton, PhD
Deputy Director
Division of Cellular and Gene Therapies
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Frank Bonner, PhD
Chief Executive
Stem Cells for Safer Medicines
London, United Kingdom

Nicholas Boulis, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurosurgery
The Emory Clinic
Atlanta, Georgia

Lois Brako
Director
Research Regulatory Affairs
University of Michigan

Carol Brenner, PhD
Associate Professor
Departments of Physiology and Obstetrics and Gynecology
Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan

Stephen Byer
Founder, Co-Executive Director
ALS Worldwide
Madison, Wisconsin

Arnold Caplan, PhD
Professor of Biology and General Medical Sciences (Oncology)
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

Robin A. Chadwick, PhD, JD
Partner/Shareholder
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner
Minneapolis, Minnesota

G. Rasul Chaudhry, PhD
Professor of Molecular Biology
Oakland University
Rochester, Michigan

Jose Cibelli, DVM, PhD
Professor
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan

Ellen Cogen Lipton
State Representative
House District 27
Michigan

Sabrina Cohen
President/Founder
Sabrina Cohen Foundation for Stem Cell Research

Timothy Collier, PhD
Professor
Translational Science & Molecular Medicine
Edwin A. Brophy Chair of Nervous System Disorders
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
East Lansing, Michigan

Natividad Cuende, MD, MPH, PhD
Executive Director
Andalusian Initiative for Advanced Therapies
Deputy Director, Regional Transplant
Coordination
Sevilla, Spain

Aubrey de Grey, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer
SENS Foundation
California, USA

Sumi Dinda, PhD
Assistant Professor
School of Health Sciences
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Oakland University
Rochester, Minnesota

Doug Doerfler
President and CEO
MaxCyte
Gaithersburg, Maryland

Juan Dominguez-Bendala, PhD
Director of Stem Cell Development for Translational Research
Diabetes Research Institute
University of Miami
Miller School of Medicine
Miami, Florida

Dawn Driscoll, MBA, PhD
Principal
DCi Biotech, Inc.
Yardley, Pennsylvania

Gary Dunbar, PhD
Director
Neuroscience Program
Brain Research and Integrative Neuroscience Center
Professor
Department of Psychology
Central Michigan University
Mt. Pleasant, Michigan

Rebecca Eisenberg, JD
Robert and Barbara Luciano Professor of Law
University of Michigan Law School
Ann Arbor, Michigan

James Eliason, PhD
Director
Stem Cell Commercialization Center
TechTown
Detroit, Michigan

Timo Faltus
Dipl. Jur., Dipl. Biol.
University of Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany

Eva Feldman, MD, PhD
Director 
JDRF Center for the Study of Complications in Diabetes
Director
Program for Understanding Neurological Diseases
Professor of Neurology
University of Michigan Health System
Ann Arbor, Michigan

David L. Felten, MD, PhD
Medical Director
Beaumont Research Institute
William Beaumont Hospitals
Royal Oak, Michigan

Ed Field
Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer
Aldagen, Inc.
Durham, North Carolina

Lance Gable, JD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Law
Wayne State University Law School
Scholar
Center for Law and Public's Health
Detroit, Michigan

Richard Garr, JD
President & CEO
Neuralstem Inc.
Rockville, Maryland

David Gelber
Producer
60 Minutes
CBS News

Stan Gerson, MD
Director
Ireland Cancer Center
Director
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Director
National Center for Regenerative Medicine
University Hospitals, Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio

Dan Gincel, PhD
Director
Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund
Owings Mills, Maryland

Jonathan Glass, MD
Professor of Neurology
Director
Emory ALS Center
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia

Frank Gleeson
President
Destin, a subsidiary of Fate Therapeutics
San Diego, California

Edward Goldman, JD
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Health Management and Policy
Associate Professor
UM Department of ObGyn Women’s Hospital
University of Michigan School of Public Health
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Allen Goodman, PhD
Director of Graduate Studies
Wayne State University 
Detroit, Michigan

Raphael Gorodetsky, PhD
Associate Professor
Head
Biotechnology and Radiobiology Labs
Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center
Jerusalem

Jennifer Granholm
Governor
State of Michigan

Debra S. Grega
Associate Director Business Development
Office of Research
University of Michigan Medical School

Louis M. Guenin, JD
Lecturer on Ethics in Science
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Kurt C. Gunter, MD, FASCP
President-Elect
International Society for Cell Therapy (ISCT)
Global Medical Director
Hospira Inc.
Lake Forest, Illinois

Joshua Hare, MD, FACC, FAHA
Director
Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute
Chief
Division of Cardiology
Louis Lemberg Professor of Medicine
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, Florida

Alan G. Harris, MD, PhD
Vice President
Regenerative Medicine
Drug Development and Regulatory Affairs
Neostem
Manhattan, New York 

Robert Hariri, MD, PhD
CEO
Celgene Cellular Therapeutics

William Haseltine, PhD
President
William A. Haseltine Foundation for Medical Sciences and the Arts
Washington DC and New York City

Chris Hempel
Addi & Cassi Fund
Reno, Nevada

Rob Herrera
Chief Business Officer
Cell Line Genetics, LLC
Madison, Wisconsin

Ira Herrmann
Managing Director
Stem Cell Network NRW
Duesseldorf, Germany

Danny Heumann
Motivational Speaker and Founder
Heumannly Capable
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Rafi Hofstein, PhD
President and CEO
MaRS Innovation
Toronto, Canada

Kristi A. Hohenstein Elliot, PhD
Scientist
Cyntellect, Inc. 
San Diego, California

Anthony P. Hollander, PhD
ARC Professor of Rheumatology & Tissue Engineering
School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom

Marilyn Hysen
MCSCRC Regional Education Coordinator
Michigan Citizens for Stem Cell Research & Cures
Southfield, Michigan

Rosario Isasi, JD, MPH
Academic Secretary
International Stem Cell Forum Ethics Working Party
Research Associate
Centre of Genomics and Policy, Dept. of Human Genetics
Faculty of Medicine, McGill University
Montreal, Canada

Surapol Issaragrisil, MD, FACP, FRCP, FRCPA, FRCPath
Professor of Medicine
Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine
Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital
Mahidol University
Bangkok 10700, Thailand

Laura Jackson
Patient and Advocate
Livonia, Michigan

Alan Jakimo, MBA, JD
Partner, Sidley Austin, LLP
New York, New York

Timothy Kamp, MD, PhD, FACC
Associate Professor of Medicine
UW-Madison Medical School
Madison, Wisconsin

Ben Kaplan
Knowledge & Media Consultant
Palo Alto, California

Jeffrey Karan
Founding Partner
Woodside Capital Partners
Palo Alto, California

Dan S. Kaufman, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation
Associate Director
Stem Cell Institute
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Robert Klein, JD
Chair of the Governing Board
California Institute of Regenerative Medicine
San Francisco, California

Thomas Klein
Founder & CEO
Cytolon AG
Berlin, Germany

Nancy Koch
Counsel
California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
San Francisco, California

Jason Kolbert
Managing Director
National Securities
New York, New York

Story C. Landis, PhD
Chair
NIH Stem Cell Task Force
Director
NINDS, Office of the Director NIH/NINDS
Bethesda, MD

M. William Lensch, PhD
Instructor in Pediatrics
Faculty Advisor for Education
Children's Hospital Boston
Harvard Medical School
Harvard Stem Cell Institute
Boston, Massachusetts

Carl Levin
United States Senator
Michigan

Geoffrey Lomax, PhD
Senior Officer
Standards Working Group
California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
San Francisco, California

Drew Lyall
Executive Director
Stem Cell Network (Canada)
Ottawa, Canada

Tak Mak, PhD
Director
Advanced Medical Discovery Institute
Director
The Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research
Senior Scientist
Division of Stem Cell and Developmental Biology
Advanced Medical Discovery Institute/Ontario Cancer Institute
Toronto, Canada

Ram Mandalam, PhD
President & CEO
Cellerant Therapeutics Inc.
San Carlos, California

Sheri Mark, RN, JD
President, Board of Directors
Michigan Citizens for Stem Cell Research & Cures
Southfield, Michigan

Chris Mason, MBBS, PhD, FRCS
Professor
Regenerative Medicine Bioprocessing
Advanced Centre for Biochemical Engineering
University College London
London, United Kingdom

Jeff Mason
Executive Director
Michigan's University Research Corridor
Lansing, Michigan

Tim Mayleben
CEO, President, and Director
Aastrom Biosciences, Inc.
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Brenton McCright, PhD
Senior Staff Fellow
Division of Cellular and Gene Therapies
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Andrew McKee
President & CEO
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF)
Toronto, Canada

Abner M. Mhashilkar, PhD
International Venture Consultant
Rockville, Maryland

Stephen Minger, PhD
Head of Research and Development
Cell Technologies
GE Healthcare
United Kingdom

LTC Brian D. Moore, DVM, PhD
Acting Director, Armed Forces
Institute of Regenerative Medicine (AFIRM)
US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command
Ft. Derrick, Maryland

Jorge Moreno-Cuevas, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
ITESM Escuela de Salud y Biotechnología
Monterrey, Mexico

Sean Morrison, PhD
Director
UM Center for Stem Cell Biology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Megan Munsie, PhD
Senior Manager
Research and Government
Australian Stem Cell Centre
Clayton Victoria, Australia

Keith Murphy
CEO and President
Organovo
San Diego, California

Denis O'Donnell
Seaside 88 Advisors, LLC
Boston, Massachusetts

K. Sue O’Shea, PhD
Professor
Cell and Developmental Biology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Thomas Okarma, MD, PhD
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Geron Corp.
Menlo Park, California

Harald Ott, MD
Center for Regenerative Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Jack M. Parent, MD
Department of Neurology
University of Michigan Medical Center
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Graham Parker, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Detroit, Michigan

Rita Perlingeiro, PhD
Associate Professor and Lillehei Endowed Scholar
Lillehei Heart Institute and Department of Medicine
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Daniel Perry
President and CEO
Alliance for Aging Research
Washington, D.C.

Anne Plant, PhD
Group Leader
Biochemical Science Division
Cell Systems Science Group
National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Gaithersburg, Maryland

Matthew Plunkett, PhD
VP & CFO
iPierian Inc.
South San Francisco, California

Linda Powers, JD
Past Chair
Maryland Stem Cell Commission
Toucan Capital Corporation
Bethesda, Maryland

William Prather, RPh, MD
Senior VP
Corporate Development
Pluristem Therapeutics, Inc.

Kevin Price
Chief Executive Officer
Scottish Stem Cell Network
Roslin BioCentre
Roslin, Midlothian, UK

Pranela Rameshwar, PhD
Professor
Medicine-Hematology/Oncology
UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
Newark, New Jersey

Stephen Rapundalo, PhD
President and CEO
MichBio
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Robin Rasor
Director of Licensing
Tech Transfer
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Don Reed
Vice President for Public Policy
Americans for Cures Foundation
Palo Alto, California

Thomas A. Reh, PhD
Professor of Biological Structure
Research Affiliate
Center on Human Development and Disability
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Heather Rooke, PhD
Science Director
International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR)
Deerfield, Illinois

Mark Rohrbaugh, PhD, JD
Director
Office of Technology Transfer
National Institutes of Health
Rockville, Maryland

Stephen Rose, Ph.D.
Chief Research Officer
Foundation Fighting Blindness
Owings Mills, Maryland

Mark L. Rosenblum, MD
Vice President Clinical Programs
Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital
Henry Ford Health Care System
Detroit, Michigan

Karen Rothenberg, MPA, JD
Marjorie Cook Professor of Law
University of Maryland School of Law
Baltimore, Maryland

Donn Rubin
Chairman
Missouri Coalition for Lifesaving Cures
St. Louis, Missouri

Morrie Ruffin
Managing Director
Adjuvant Global Advisors, LLC
Bethesda, Maryland

Kathleen Russell
Michigan Coordinator
Parkinson's Action Network
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Dr. Adelheid Schneider
Director
Global Regulatory Affairs
Roche Diagnostics
Penzberg, Germany

John Schwarz, MD, FACS
Chairman
CureMichigan
Lansing, Michigan

Robert Shaw
Commercial Director
Stem Cell Initiative
Millipore Corporation
Billerica, Massachusetts

James Shayman, MD
Professor
Internal Medicine & Pharmacology
Associate Vice President for Research-Health Sciences
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Gordon Sherriff
Chief Operating Officer
Angel Biotechnology PLC
Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Rupa Shevde, PhD
Senior Scientist/Director
Education Outreach
Morgridge Institute for Research
WiCell Research Institute
Madison, Wisconsin

Bernard Siegel, JD
Executive Director
Genetics Policy Institute
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

Doug Sipp
Manager
Office for Science Communications and International Affairs
RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology
Kobe, Japan

David Smith, MBA
Head of Cell Therapy
Lonza Walkersville, Inc. 
Walkersville, Maryland

Gary D. Smith, PhD
Associate Professor, Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Associate Professor, OB/Gyn
Director
Assisted Reproductive Technologies Laboratories
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Robin Smith, MD, MBA
Chairman & CEO
Neostem Inc. 
New York, New York

Evan Y. Snyder, MD, PhD, FAAP
Professor
Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute
Director
Stem Cell Research Center
Attending Physician and Faculty
UCSD
La Jolla, California

Paul de Sousa, PhD
Senior Research Fellow
MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine
University of Edinburgh
Co-Founder, CSO, Regulatory License Holder
Roslin Cells Ltd. 
Edinburgh, Scotland

Jeffrey Stern, MD, PhD
Board Chair & Director
Translational Research
New York Neural Stem Cell Institute
Rensselaer, New York

Jeremy Sugarman, MD, MPH, MA
Harvey M. Meyerhoff Professor of Bioethics and Medicine
Phoebe R. Berman Bioethics Institute and Department of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

Ben Sykes
Senior Programme Manager
UK National Stem Cell Network
United Kingdom

Sally Temple, PhD
Scientific Director
Neural Stem Cell Institute
Rensselaer, New York

Dean Tozer
Senior Vice President
Advanced BioHealing, Inc.
Westport, Connecticut

Avi Treves, PhD
Deputy Director
Cancer Research Center
Sheba Medical Center
Tel Hashomer, Israel

Gil Van Bokkelen, PhD
Chairman and CEO
Athersys Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio

Alain Vertes, PhD
Global Alliance Director
Roche
Basel, Switzerland

John Wagner, MD
Scientific Director
Clinical Research
Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program and Stem Cell Institute
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota

James Walters
Managing Director
Life Sciences Practice Group
Aon Insurance

Huber Warner, PhD
Associate Dean for Research
College of Biological Sciences
University of Minnesota
St. Paul, Minnesota

Michael Werner, Esq.
Holland & Knight
Washington, D.C.

Mike West, PhD
CEO
BioTime, Inc.
Emeryville, California

Max Wicha, M.D.
Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Director
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Ann Arbor, Michigan

George Wilson, PhD
Scientific Director, BioBank
Chief, Radiation Biology
Director of the Erb Family Molecular and Genetics Laboratory
Beaumont Hospitals
Royal Oak, Michigan

Samuel S. Woodley, PhD
Principal
Fish and Richardson
New York, New York

Mary Woolley
President
Research!America
Alexandria, Virginia

Yukiko Yamashita, PhD
Assistant Professor
Center for Stem Cell Biology
Life Sciences Institute
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Wise Young, MD, PhD
Professor and Chair
W.M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, New Jersey

John Yu, MD
Director
Brain Tumor Center
Director
Surgical Neuro-oncology
Director
Gamma Knife Center
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

Nicholas A. Zachariades, PhD
Partner
Novak Druce + Quigg LLP
West Palm Beach, Florida

Laurie Zoloth, PhD
Professor
Medical Humanities & Bioethics and Religion
Director
Center for Bioethics, Science and Society
Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois