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  • Wednesday, Jun 11th
    10:30 AM – 12:15 PM HK Time
    PLENARY I: PRESIDENTIAL SYMPOSIUM
    Location: Grand Hall, L3
    Chair: Valentina Greco, PhD – Yale Stem Cell Center,Yale Medical School
    Plenary Speaker: Claire Booth, MBBS MSc PhD FRCPCH (she/her/hers) – UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
    Plenary Speaker: Vidita A. Vaidya, PhD (she/her/hers) – Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
    Plenary Speaker: Michael S. Pepper, MBChB, PhD, MD, PD (he/him/his) – University of Pretoria
    Plenary Speaker: Masayo Takahashi, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Vision Care Inc., and Kobe City Eye Hospital, Ritsumeikan University
    Plenary Session
  • Wednesday, Jun 11th
    11:14 AM – 11:34 AM HK Time
    MONOAMINES, MITOCHONDIA, AND MOOD
    Location: Grand Hall, L3
    Plenary Speaker: Vidita A. Vaidya, PhD (she/her/hers) – Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
    Plenary Session
  • Wednesday, Jun 11th
    11:34 AM – 11:54 AM HK Time
    ENSURING GLOBAL ACCESS TO ADVANCED THERAPIES
    Location: Grand Hall, L3
    Plenary Speaker: Michael S. Pepper, MBChB, PhD, MD, PD (he/him/his) – University of Pretoria
    Plenary Session
  • Wednesday, Jun 11th
    11:54 AM – 12:14 PM HK Time
    SUSTAINABLE RETINAL CELL THERAPY
    Location: Grand Hall, L3
    Plenary Speaker: Masayo Takahashi, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Vision Care Inc., and Kobe City Eye Hospital, Ritsumeikan University
    Plenary Session
  • Thursday, Jun 12th
    10:30 AM – 12:00 PM HK Time
    PLENARY II: DEVELOPMENT ACROSS SCALES: FROM FERTILIZATION TO TISSUES TO ANIMALS
    Location: Grand Hall, L3
    Co-Chair: Tina Mukherjee – Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine (inSTEM)
    Co-Chair: Takanori Takebe, MD, PhD – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Osaka University, and Institute of Science Tokyo
    Plenary Speaker: Tao Tan, PhD (he/him/his) – Kunming University of Science and Technology
    Plenary Speaker: Bo Wang, PhD – Stanford University
    Plenary Speaker: Misao Fujita, PhD – Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University
    Plenary Speaker: Hongmei Wang, PhD – Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Anne McLaren Memorial Lecture
    Plenary Session
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  • Thursday, Jun 12th
    10:35 AM – 10:55 AM HK Time
    EX UTERO EMBRYOGENESIS OF NON-HUMAN PRIMATE EMBRYOS AND BEYOND
    Location: Grand Hall, L3
    Plenary Speaker: Tao Tan, PhD (he/him/his) – Kunming University of Science and Technology
    Plenary Session
  • Thursday, Jun 12th
    10:55 AM – 11:15 AM HK Time
    IDENTIFYING AND UNDERSTANDING REGENERATION SUPRESSORS
    Location: Grand Hall, L3
    Plenary Speaker: Bo Wang, PhD – Stanford University
    Plenary Session
  • Thursday, Jun 12th
    11:15 AM – 11:35 AM HK Time
    FROM LABORATORY TO SOCIETY: PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS ON HUMAN IN VITRO GAMETOGENESIS
    Location: Grand Hall, L3
    Plenary Speaker: Misao Fujita, PhD – Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University
    Plenary Session
  • Thursday, Jun 12th
    11:35 AM – 11:55 AM HK Time
    DECIPHERING THE MECHANISMS OF PRIMATE EARLY EMBRYOGENESIS AND PLACENTATION
    Location: Grand Hall, L3
    Plenary Speaker: Hongmei Wang, PhD – Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Anne McLaren Memorial Lecture
    Plenary Session
  • Friday, Jun 13th
    10:30 AM – 12:00 PM HK Time
    PLENARY III: ADULT HOMEOSTASIS: STEM CELLS IN PHYSIOLOGY AND DISEASE
    Location: Grand Hall, L3
    Co-Chair: Kirsten C. Sadler Edepli, PhD – NYUAD
    Co-Chair: Lijian Hui, PhD – Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, CAS
    Plenary Speaker: James Hudson, PhD (he/him/his) – QIMR Berghofer
    Plenary Speaker: Hongyan Wang, PhD (she/her/hers) – Duke-NUS Medical School
    Award Winner: Paola Arlotta, PhD (she/her/hers) – Harvard University
    Plenary Speaker: Toshio Suda, MD,PhD – Institute of Hematology and Blood Disease Hospital, Ernest McCullough Memorial Lecture
    Plenary Session
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  • Friday, Jun 13th
    10:35 AM – 10:55 AM HK Time
    CARDIOPEDIA: COMPREHENSIVE MODEL OF LIGAND-FUNCTION-OMICS FOR PREDICTION OF THERAPEUTIC TARGETS
    Location: Grand Hall, L3
    Plenary Speaker: James Hudson, PhD (he/him/his) – QIMR Berghofer
    Plenary Session
  • Friday, Jun 13th
    10:55 AM – 11:15 AM HK Time
    WAKING UP “SLEEPING” NEURAL STEM CELLS
    Location: Grand Hall, L3
    Plenary Speaker: Hongyan Wang, PhD (she/her/hers) – Duke-NUS Medical School
    Plenary Session
  • Friday, Jun 13th
    11:18 AM – 11:38 AM HK Time
    PASSAGE OF TIME IN BRAIN ORGANOIDS: THE JOURNEY TO UNDERSTAND HUMAN BRAIN DEVELOPMENT AND MATURATION
    Location: Grand Hall, L3
    Plenary Speaker: Paola Arlotta, PhD (she/her/hers) – Harvard University
    Plenary Session
  • Friday, Jun 13th
    11:38 AM – 11:58 AM HK Time
    HIGH MITOCHONDRIAL MASS CHARACTERIZES ENHANCED SELF-RENEWAL IN AGED HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS
    Location: Grand Hall, L3
    Plenary Speaker: Toshio Suda, MD,PhD – Institute of Hematology and Blood Disease Hospital, Ernest McCullough Memorial Lecture
    Plenary Session
  • Saturday, Jun 14th
    9:30 AM – 11:00 AM HK Time
    PLENARY IV: STEM CELLS FOR HUMAN THERAPY
    Location: Grand Hall, L3
    Co-Chair: Angela R. Wu – Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    Co-Chair: Lygia da Veiga Pereira, PhD – Universidade de São Paulo
    Plenary Speaker: Jean Yang, PhD – University of Sydney
    Plenary Speaker: Stuart Forbes, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – The University of Edinburgh
    Plenary Speaker: Masaya Nakamura, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Keio University School of Medicine
    Plenary Speaker: Wenning Qin, PhD (she/her/hers) – eGenesis, John McNeish Memorial Lecture
    Plenary Session
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  • Saturday, Jun 14th
    9:35 AM – 9:55 AM HK Time
    FROM PIXELS TO PROFILES: PREDICTING SINGLE-CELL TRANSCRIPTOMICS INFORMATION FROM HISTOLOGY IMAGES
    Location: Grand Hall, L3
    Plenary Speaker: Jean Yang, PhD – University of Sydney
    Plenary Session
  • Saturday, Jun 14th
    9:55 AM – 10:15 AM HK Time
    MACROPHAGE CELL THERAPY FOR LIVER DISEASE: FROM BENCH TO CLINIC
    Location: Grand Hall, L3
    Plenary Speaker: Stuart Forbes, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – The University of Edinburgh
    Plenary Session
  • Saturday, Jun 14th
    10:15 AM – 10:35 AM HK Time
    REGENERATIVE MEDICINE FOR SPINAL CORD INJURY USING IPS-DERIVED NEURAL STEM CELLS
    Location: Grand Hall, L3
    Plenary Speaker: Masaya Nakamura, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Keio University School of Medicine
    Plenary Session
  • Saturday, Jun 14th
    10:35 AM – 10:55 AM HK Time
    REVOLUTIONIZING THE TREATMENT OF ORGAN FAILURE
    Location: Grand Hall, L3
    Plenary Speaker: Wenning Qin, PhD (she/her/hers) – eGenesis, John McNeish Memorial Lecture
    Plenary Session
  • Saturday, Jun 14th
    11:30 AM – 12:30 PM HK Time
    PLENARY V: THE POWER OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY AND IMPACT
    Location: Grand Hall, L3
    Co-Chair: Valentina Greco, PhD – Yale Stem Cell Center,Yale Medical School
    Co-Chair: Kathryn S. Cheah – The University of Hong Kong
    Moderator: Sophelia Chan, MD – The University of Hong Kong
    Panelist: Evan L. Lee Graham, PhD (he/him/his) – BioLamina
    Panelist: Christine A. Wells – University of Melbourne
    Panelist: Ya-Wen Chen, PhD (she/her/hers) – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Panelist: Raeka Aiyar, PhD (she/her/hers) – Community Science, LLC
    Patient Panelist: Josy Pui Shan Chow
    Plenary Session
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  • Saturday, Jun 14th
    11:35 AM – 12:00 PM HK Time
    COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH IN SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY
    Location: Grand Hall, L3
    Panelist: Raeka Aiyar, PhD (she/her/hers) – Community Science, LLC
    Panelist: Ya-Wen Chen, PhD (she/her/hers) – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Panelist: Evan L. Lee Graham, PhD (he/him/his) – BioLamina
    Panelist: Christine A. Wells – University of Melbourne
    Plenary Session
  • Saturday, Jun 14th
    12:00 PM – 12:30 PM HK Time
    FROM ADVOCACY TO ACCESS: SMA PATIENT VOICES FROM HONG KONG
    Location: Grand Hall, L3
    Moderator: Sophelia Chan, MD – The University of Hong Kong
    Patient Panelist: Josy Pui Shan Chow
    Plenary Session
  • Saturday, Jun 14th
    1:30 PM – 3:00 PM HK Time
    PLENARY VI: AWARDS & KEYNOTE
    Location: Grand Hall, L3
    Co-Chair: Eugenia Piddini, PhD, BSc, MSc – University of Bristol
    Co-Chair: Kathryn S. Cheah – The University of Hong Kong
    Award Winner: Yonatan Stelzer, PhD – Weizmann Institute of Science
    Award Winner: Gordon Keller, PhD – McEwen Stem Cell Institute, University Health Network
    Plenary Speaker: Giulio Cossu, MD (he/him/his) – San Raffaele Scientific Institute
    Plenary Session
  • Saturday, Jun 14th
    1:44 PM – 2:04 PM HK Time
    TOWARD A SPATIOTEMPORAL MODEL OF MAMMALIAN GASTRULATION
    Location: Grand Hall, L3
    Plenary Speaker: Yonatan Stelzer, PhD – Weizmann Institute of Science
    Plenary Session
  • Saturday, Jun 14th
    2:09 PM – 2:29 PM HK Time
    MODELING HEMATOPOIETIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR DEVELOPMENT WITH HUMAN PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS
    Location: Grand Hall, L3
    Award Winner: Gordon Keller, PhD – McEwen Stem Cell Institute, University Health Network
    Plenary Session
  • Saturday, Jun 14th
    2:30 PM – 2:50 PM HK Time
    EX VIVO GENE THERAPY FOR DMD: TOWARDS A UNIVERSAL DONOR CELL
    Location: Grand Hall, L3
    Plenary Speaker: Giulio Cossu, MD (he/him/his) – San Raffaele Scientific Institute
    Plenary Session