Hot Topics in 2023 at World Stem Cell Summit

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JUNE 5 -9, 2023
World Stem Cell Summit
Wake Forest Biotech Place Conference Center
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Important Sessions on Policy, Commercialization, Disease Prevention and Treatments – June 5th through 9th
MONDAY JUNE 5, 2023
- 10:30:00 AM – 11:00:00 AM – Advancing Human Health in Space: The Final Frontier is Expanding; Ian White, PhD – Biotech Place, Atrium
- 11:00:00 AM – 11:30:00 AM – The Bioethical Basis for Healthspan: Will Stem Cells Get Lost in the Translation?; Graham
Parker, MD – Biotech Place, Atrium - 11:30:00 AM – 12:00:00 PM – Rudy the Rhino & Jeanne Loring: Saving Endangered Species with Stem Cells – Biotech Place, Atrium
TUESDAY JUNE 6, 2023
- 10:15:00 AM – 11:00:00 AM – Fireside Chat: AI Technologies at the Intersection of Regenerative Medicine & Healthspan; David Wood, Futurist and Alan Jakimo – Biotech Place, Atrerium
- 11:00:00 AM – 11:30:00 AM – HT: Potent Cell Therapy in Israel with Mesenchymal Placental Cells; Raphael Goradetsky, PhD – Classroom
- 11:30:00 AM – 12:00:00 AM – HT: Regulatory Issues and Healthspan, Ed Hudgins – Classroom
- 11:30:00 AM – 12:00:00 PM – HT: The Healthspan Code: Prevention, Treatments and Prevention of Disease Recurrence After A Successful Cure; Camillo Ricordi, MD – Biotech Place, Atrium
WEDNESDAY JUNE 7, 2023
- 08:45:00 AM – 09:00:00 AM – Opening Comments; Bernard Siegel, JD – Biotech Place, Atrium
- 09:00:00 AM – 09:45:00 AM – HT: Keynote – How ARPA-H will Accelerate Transformative Biomedical Breakthroughs; Amy Jenkins, PhD – Biotech Place, Atrium
- 09:45:00 AM – 10:15:00 AM – HT: Why US Companies are Conducting Cell Therapy Clinical Trials Outside the US; Moderator: Desiree Cox, MD, PhD. Panel: Desiree Cox, MD, PhD, Joshua Hare MD, Kyle Cetrulo – Biotech Place, Atrium
- 10:15:00 AM – 10:45:00 AM – HT: Why US Companies are Conducting Cell Therapy Clinical Trials Outside the US; Desiree Cox, PhD, Joshua Hare MD, Kyle Cetrulo – Biotech Place, Atrium
- 11:00:00 AM – 11:30:00 AM – HT: Video: How Regenerative Medicine Will Save Contact Sports; Haime Garza – Biotech Place, Atrium
- 11:45:00 AM – 12:15:00 PM – HT: Video: World Compass for Commercializing, Manufacturing and Marketing Cell & Gene Therapies; Hogan Lovells – Biotech Place, Atrium
- 01:00:00 PM – 01:30:00 PM – HT: Adipology: Can Business Translate the Promise of Adipose Tissue from Bench to Bedside?; Graham Parker, PhD and Adam Katz, Keith March, MD, PhD – Biotech Place, Atrium
- 01:30:00 PM – 02:00:00 PM – HT: US Policy & Regulation: An Update; Michael Druckman, JD and Janet Marchibroda – Biotech Place, Atrium
THURSDAY JUNE 8, 2023
- 09:15:00 AM – 10:15:00 AM – HT: SPACE Panel #1: Stem Cell Frontiers: Commercial Space Stations and the Future of Regenerative Medicine – Classroom
- 10:15:00 AM – 11:15:00 AM – HT: SPACE Panel #2: Stem Cell Frontiers: Stem Cell Science on the International Space Station: Disease Models, Stem Cell Therapies and Tissue Engineering – Classroom
- 11:15:00 AM – 12:15:00 PM – HT: SPACE Panel #3: Stem Cell Frontiers: Transitioning from the International Space Station to Commercial Space Stations at the End of the Decade – Classroom
- 12:15:00 PM – 01:00:00 PM – HT: Panel Discussion: A Roadmap to Precision Medicine; Moderator: Florina Gobel, Center for
Contemporary Sciences. Participants: Aysha Akhtar, Dane Gobel, Other TBD – Classroom - 02:00:00 PM – 02:30:00 PM – HT: Repositioning of Advanced Therapies in the Post-COVID Era; Jane Andrews, PhD, Cell Bridge
Strategies, LLC Founder & CEO – Classroom - 02:30:00 PM – 03:00:00 PM – HT: How to Position Your Startup for the Sequence of Fundraising: Family & Friends, Angel, Series
A, Series B; Neil Kellen, Cell Bridge Strategies, LLC – Classroom - 03:00:00 PM – 04:00:00 PM – Commercialization Sessions; Additional Companies TBA – Classroom
- 04:00:00 PM – 04:45:00 PM – CHT: The Emerging Discipline of Regenerative Surgery; Vijay Saradhi Gorantla, MD, PhD – Classroom
FRIDAY JUNE 9, 2023
- 10:45:00 AM – 11:15:00 AM – Healthspan and AI: Policymaking Advocacy with Alan Jakimo, Senior Public Policy Fellow Regenerative Medicine Foundation – Biotech Place, Atrium
Hot Topics in 2023 at World Stem Cell Summit – Meet The Speakers

Dr. Desirée Cox, MD, PhD
Director of Health Equity and Distributive Justice Initiatives at Healthspan Action Coalition

Kyle Cetrulo
Co-Founder of the International Perinatal Stem Cell Society, Founder and CEO of Heiwa Bushido Enterprises

Vijay Saradhi Gorantla, MD, PhD
Professor of Surgery and Director of the VCA Program at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist

Raphael Gorodetsky, PhD
Head of the Laboratory of Radiobiology and Biotechnology, Sharett Institute of Oncology, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem

Joshua M. Hare, MD
Director, Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

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

Camillo Ricordi, MD
Professor of Surgery and Director, Diabetes Research Institute and Cell Transplant Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Evan Y. Snyder, MD, PhD., FAAP
Professor and Program Director, Stem Cells and Regeneration Program
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute