WSCS AGENDA SCHEDULE

THURSDAY JUNE 9

9:00   PLENARY – BERNARD SIEGEL- WELCOME

9:05  Living in Your World – From Bootstraps to Market presented by Cell Bridge Strategies. Speakers: Jane Andrews, PhD.; Neil Kellen, MBA; Preveen Ramamoorthy, PhD.; Mike Fiske, MS.; Keith Parent, MS.

10:00  Biotech Start-Ups Formation, Funding and IP Licensing– presented by  Hogan Lovells, LLC.- Andrew Strong and Barry Burgoff

10:30  Evolving Government Reimbursement Issues, Investigations, and Early Planning for Interactions with FDA and CMS Your 2022 Guide to Navigating the Regulatory Pathways in the United States presented by Hogan Lovells,LLC.Speakers:  Mike  Druckman (moderator), Stuart Langbein, Thomas Beimers, Sally Gu, Sarah Thompson Schick, James Huang

11:00  Attacking Aging- Milestones in Science and Medicine to End Chronic Disease presented by Alliance for Aging Initiatives  Participating: Sonia Arrison, Dylan Livingston , Dr. Nir Barzalai,  Dr.Joshua Hare

11:30  Why Government Must Unlock the Potential of Regenerative Medicine  to Extend our Healthspan presented by Alliance for Longevity Initiative Participating: Sonia Arrison , Dylan Livingston, Breanna Deutsch, Bernard Siegel, Andrew Steele

 11:30 to 1:30  JOIN US LIVE Partnering Lounge  – hosted by Bernard Siegel
– talk with experts, chat with colleagues, breakout rooms available for your private meetings.

1:00  Mayo Clinical Center for Regenerative Medicine: National Ecosystem Focused on Regenerative Biotherapeutics and the Importance of Collaborations  Dr. Julie Allickson, Dr. David Lott, Dr. Abba Zubair, Dr. Saranya Whyles

2:00  The Role of Cord Blood and Birth Tissues- Past, Present and Future presented by the Cord Blood Association:  Speakers:  Dr. Joanne Kurtzberg, Dr. Ronit Simantov, Dr. Marcia Finney, Dr. Colleen Delaney

3:00   Maryland – THE Stem Cell State! presented by the Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund (MSCRF). Speaker: Dr. Amritha Jaishankar

MSCRF Short Presentations (Part 1)
Stem Cell Transplant Cures Child Dr. Elias Zambidis
Helping Children Survive Intestinal Conditions Dr. David Hackham
Cell Therapies Improves Live- Helps Veterans Dr. Luis Garza
New Method for Facial Reconstruction   Dr. Warren Grayson
Ending Diabetes With Cell Therapy Dr. Will Rust
Radically Simplifying Stem Cell Products Dr.Jon Rowley

  4:00 to 6:00  JOIN US LIVE Partnering Lounge  – hosted by Bernard Siegel
– talk with experts, chat with colleagues, breakout rooms available for your private meetings.

6:00  PLENARY KEYNOTE ADDRESS Dr. Arnold I. Caplan – Physicians, Hear Me Now. MSCs Will Change How Medicine Is Practiced!

7:00  2022 STEM CELL AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE “ACTION” AWARDS (Video)

Opening Remarks- Bernard Siegel
ADVOCACY- FRANCES VERTER & PARENT’S GUIDE TO CORD BLOOD
Introduction: Susan Kattamuri, Introduction:Simone Ghiddi. Introduction: Lauren Shepard, Acceptance: Dr. Frances Verter
PATHFINDER- MAHENDRA RAO
Introduction: Dr. Anthony Atala, Acceptance: Dr. Mahendra Rao
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT – ARNOLD CAPLAN
Introduction: Dr. Scott Bruder,  Acceptance: Dr. Arnold Caplan
LEADERSHIP- MARYLAND STEM CELL RESEARCH FUND
Introduction: Dr. Curt Civin, Introduction: Dr. Debra Mathews, Doug Doerfler (Maxcyte), Acceptance: Dr. Amritha Jaishanker
Closing Remarks: Bernard Siegel

FRIDAY, JUNE 10

9:00   Welcome Remarks- Bernard Siegel

9:05    Keynote Address: Dr. Graham Parker- Live long and prosper? How our lived experience pulls the trigger on our genetic inheritance: Gene x Environment

9:30    Keynote Address: Dr. Camillo Ricordi -The Science Behind the Healthspan Code

10:00   Introduction: Rudy the Rhino- Plea to the World Fireside Chat: Dr. Jeanne F.  Loring. and Dr. Jane Andrews, PhD “Stem Cell Science and the Pre-Extinction of Mammalian Species”

10:30   INAUGURAL INDIA SYMPOSIUM

• 10:30 2022 India Symposium Welcome Remarks – Bernard Siegel
• 10:35 Regenerative Medicine and Cell Therapy – The India Landscape (Introduction) – Session Chair, Dr. Preveen Ramamoorthy (Cell Bridge Strategies)
• 10:45 Plenary Address – Renu Swarup (Policy – former Secretary, Govt. of India, Dept. of Biotechnology)
• 10:55 Panel Presentation – Dr. Mahendra Rao (Industry – panCELLa & Implant Therapeutics)
• 11:10 Panel Presentation – Dr. Ram Mandalam (Industry – Citrabio Consulting)
• 11:20 The Eyestem Proposition – Dr Jogin Desai (Industry – Eyestem)
• 11:30 Commercializing adult stem cell technology into real time applications – Mr. B.N. Manohar (Industry – Stempeutics)
• 11:40 Translating cell therapy product in India (Industry) – Dr. Suba Dravida and Uday Chatterjee (Industry – Transcell Biologics)
• 11: 50 Looking Beyond Challenges: A perspective on stem cell research in India – Dr. Maneesha Inamdar (Academic – JNU-inSTEM)

    11:30 to 1:30  JOIN US LIVE Partnering Lounge  – hosted by Bernard Siegel
– talk with experts, chat with colleagues, breakout rooms available for your private meetings.

1:00   The Expanse-Season 2! Stem Cell Research on the International Space Station- Impact on Health, Aging and Human Survival presented by the ISS U.S. National Lab. Speakers: Dr. Jane Andrews (moderator/presenter), Dr. Bill Wagner, Dr. Mike Roberts, Dr. Arun Sharma

2:00   Fireside Chat: Robert C. Jacobson (Author & Consultant- Space Advisors) and Bernard Siegel – Space is Open for Business- The Industry That Can Transform Humanity

2:30   The Tennessee Institute of Regenerative Medicine: Bringing together a powerful group of State-wide experts presented by TENNIRM.  Speakers: Dr. Gabor Tigyi, Dr. David Anderson, Dr. Karen A. Hasty, Dr. Stephen Alway

3:00   CIRM – The Power of Patient Advocacy presented by California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM). Speakers: Kevin McCormack, Melissa King, Adrienne Bel-Cors Shapiro, Jacqueline Hantgan

4:00   Fireside Chat: Bernard Siegel and Alan Jakimo -The Advocacy Toolbox / Longevity – Race to Space – Singularity

   4:00 to 6:00  JOIN US LIVE Partnering Lounge  – hosted by Bernard Siegel
– talk with experts, chat with colleagues, breakout rooms available for your private meetings.

SATURDAY JUNE 11

9:00   Your 2022 World Compass for Commercializing, Manufacturing and Marketing Cell and Gene Therapies presented by Hogan Lovells, LLC. Speakers: Mike N. Druckman (moderator- Washington), Lowell M. Zeta (Washington), James Huang (Washington), Ernesto Algaba (Mexico City), Cecilia Espinosa (Mexico City), Arne Thiermann (Hamburg), Mikael Salmela (Paris), Lu Zhou (Beijing), Carol Shas (Beijing), Mandi Jacobson (Sydney)

10:00   Keynote Address: Yoji Sato National Institute of Health Sciences – Head, Division of Cell-Based Therapeutic Products. “Japan’s Recent Progress in Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-based Therapies”

10:30   CIRM- A Historical Perspective and Look into the Future presented by California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Speaker:  Maria T.  Millan

   11:30 to 1:30  JOIN US LIVE Partnering Lounge  – hosted by Bernard Siegel
– talk with experts, chat with colleagues, breakout rooms available for your private meetings.

12:00 Maryland – THE Stem Cell State! MSCRF short presentations (Part 2)

 Introduction to MSCRF Doug Doerfler (Maxcyte)
 Stopping Advanced Aging Disease Dr. Kan Cao
 Fighting Parkinson’s New Research Dr. Valina Dawson
 Bone Tissue Engineering Dr. Jamie Spangler
 IPSC Derived Neurons Model Rare Disorder Dr. Ivy Dick
 Brain Repair with Stem Cells Dr. Piotr Walczak

2:00   Adipose Tissue, Regenerative Medicine, and the Regulatory Environment presented by Ricardo Rodriguez Executive Board, IFATS Balitmore, Maryland

2:30   “RACE TO SPACE TO SAVE HUMANITY”  Alan Jakimo, Dr. Graham Parker, Dr. Jeanne Loring, Beth Roxland. JD

3:00    Helping Patients Navigate Regenerative Medicine and Cell and Tissue-Based Therapies presented by Alliance for Cell Therapy Now and NFL Alumni.  Speakers: Dr. James Kovach, Dr. Peter Marks, Janet Marchibroda, Kyle Richardson, Dr. Fred Sanfilippo, Rod Woodson

   4:00 to 4:10  JOIN THE LIVE Partnering Lounge 
– talk with experts, chat with colleagues, breakout rooms available for your private meetings.