August 24-25, 2010
Edinburgh, Scotland

Agenda Topics

• Advances in Tissue Engineering
• Regenerative Medicine
• Drug Discovery and Disease-Related Research
• Therapeutic Potential of Pluripotent Human Embryonic and Reprogrammed Somatic Stem Cells
• Epigenetics
• Commercialisation of Stem Cell Research
• Start-Up Case Studies
• Regulatory and IP Situation
• Bioethics Related to Stem Cells
• Funding Sources for Stem Cell Research

Confirmed Speakers:
Geoff Raisman Professor, University College London
Karim Nayernia Professor, Newcastle University
Andrei Novik Professor, National Medical Surgical Center Russia
Enal Razvi Biotech Analyst, Select Biosciences
Alain Chapel Senior Investigator in Cell Therapy, Institute of Nuclear Safety
Eva Sykova Director of Institute, Institute of Experimental Medicine ASCR
Michael Detamore Associate Professor, University of Kansas
Jianhong Zhu Professor,
Fudan University Huashan Hospital 
Michael Edel Carlos III Principle Investigator, Center of Regenerative Medicine
Carlo Ventura Professor, University of Bologna
Joyce Frey-Caconcells Director, PharmaNet Development Group
Jaspal Khillan Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh
Bernard Binetruy Researcher, Inserm
Donna McLaren Head of Development and Production, Stem Cell Sciences UK
Mie Cong R&D Research Manager, Promega
Philippa Montgomerie Partner, DLA Piper
Marilyn Robertson Director of Operations, Scottish Stem Cells Network