Full Schedule

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM HK Time

CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMBINING CELL TRANSPLANTATION WITH NEUROMODULATION FOR SPINAL CORD INJURY

Science Spotlight Moderator: – Gladstone Institutes

Science Spotlight Speaker: – Tufts University

Science Spotlight Speaker: – Gladstone Institutes

Science Spotlight Speaker: – University of Standford

Science Spotlight Speaker: – Drexel University

Science Spotlight Speaker: – Keio University

Science Spotlights

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM HK Time

IMMUNOENGINEERING - FROM THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM TO ITS ENGINEERING NEXT-GENERATION THERAPY

Science Spotlight Moderator: – The University of Hong Kong

Science Spotlight Speaker: – Lund University

Science Spotlight Speaker: – University of Melbourne

Science Spotlight Speaker: – Chinese Academy of Sciences

Science Spotlight Speaker: – The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Science Spotlight Speaker:

Science Spotlight Speaker: – Harvard Medical School

Science Spotlights

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM HK Time

THE VALUE OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN ADVANCING STEM CELL SCIENCE: A PATHWAY TO ETHICAL, SOCIAL, AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE 

Science Spotlight Speaker: – Leiden University Medical Center

Science Spotlight Speaker: – University of California, Los Angeles

Science Spotlight Speaker:

Science Spotlight Speaker: – Leiden University Medical Centre

Science Spotlight Speaker: – Osaka University

Science Spotlight Speaker: – Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden University

Science Spotlights

12:00 PM – 6:00 PM HK Time

Exhibit & Poster Hall

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM HK Time

SCALABLE FEEDER-FREE IN VITRO DIFFERENTIATION OF STEM CELL-DERIVED NK CELLS

Showcase Presenter: – ACROBiosystems

Innovation Showcases

Presented By

1:00 PM – 1:30 PM HK Time

TECHNOLOGICAL STRATEGY FOR REALIZING THE PRODUCTION REVOLUTION OF DIFFERENTIATED CELLS FROM IPCS USING BOTULINUM HEMAGGLUTININ

Speaker: – Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University

Innovation Showcases

Presented By

4:00 PM – 5:35 PM HK Time

Exhibit Hall Theater Talks

4:00 PM – 5:45 PM HK Time

Meet-Up Hubs

4:00 PM – 6:00 PM HK Time

Welcome Reception

6:00 PM – 6:30 PM HK Time

EPIGENETICALLY CORRECTED REPROGRAMMING FOR IPS CELL-DERIVED THERAPIES AND DISEASE MODELING

Showcase Presenter:

Innovation Showcases

Presented By

6:00 PM – 6:30 PM HK Time

PLURIPOTENCY FOR THE PLANET: A GLOBAL CALL TO ADVANCE STEM CELL TECHNOLOGY FOR BIODIVERSITY

Showcase Presenter:

Innovation Showcases

Presented By

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM HK Time

CELLULAR AGRICULTURE: HARNESSING STEM CELLS FOR SUSTAINABLE FOOD INNOVATION

Science Spotlight Moderator:

Science Spotlight Speaker: – Roslin Technologies Limited

Science Spotlight Speaker: – National University of Singapore

Science Spotlight Speaker: – China Agricultural University

Science Spotlight Speaker: – Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation (SIFBI), A*STAR

Science Spotlight Speaker: – UPSIDE Foods

Science Spotlights

10:30 AM – 12:15 PM HK Time

PLENARY I: PRESIDENTIAL SYMPOSIUM

Plenary Speaker: – Harvard University

Plenary Speaker: – Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Plenary Speaker: – University of Maryland

Plenary Speaker: – Vision Care Inc., and Kobe City Eye Hospital, Ritsumeikan University

Plenary Session

10:30 AM – 12:15 PM HK Time

MONOAMINES, MITOCHONDIA, AND MOOD

Plenary Speaker: – Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Plenary Session

11:07 AM – 11:27 AM HK Time

Cassandra G. Extavour Title Coming Soon

Plenary Speaker: – Harvard University

Plenary Session

11:47 AM – 12:07 PM HK Time

AGE AND ECM: DESIGNING BIOMATERIAL MODELS TO UNDERSTAND THE ROLES OF MACROPHAGES IN REGENERATION

Plenary Speaker: – University of Maryland

Plenary Session

12:07 PM – 12:15 PM HK Time

SUSTAINABLE RETINAL CELL THERAPY

Plenary Speaker: – Vision Care Inc., and Kobe City Eye Hospital, Ritsumeikan University

Plenary Session

12:30 PM – 12:55 PM HK Time

BREAKTHROUGH STRATEGIES USING NOVEL REAGENTS IN MASS PRODUCTION WITH IPSC EXPANSION & DIFFERENTIATION

Showcase Presenter:

Innovation Showcases

Presented By

12:30 PM – 1:00 PM HK Time

ADVANCING NEUROLOGICAL AND RETINAL RESEARCH WITH GENETICALLY DIVERSE HUMAN IPSC-DERIVED CELLULAR MODELS

Showcase Presenter: – STEMCELL Technologies, Inc.

Innovation Showcases

Sponsored By:

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM HK Time

Innovation Showcase

Innovation Showcases

1:05 PM – 1:30 PM HK Time

RAPIDLY GENERATING FUNCTIONAL FOREBRAIN NEURONS FROM HUMAN PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS USING AN NGN2 mRNA-LNP PLATFORM

Showcase Presenter: – STEMCELL Technologies Inc.

Innovation Showcases

Presented By

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM HK Time

Focus Sessions

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM HK Time

Poster Session 1 (Odd)

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM HK Time

Poster Session 1 (Even)

6:00 PM – 6:30 PM HK Time

Innovation Showcase

Innovation Showcases

12:00 PM – 6:00 PM HK Time

Exhibit & Poster Hall

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM HK Time

ADVANCING IPSC WORKFLOWS TO PAVE THE WAY FOR AUTOLOGOUS MANUFACTURING IN THE CLOSED SYSTEM CLINIMACS PRODIGY®

Showcase Presenter: – Miltenyi Biotec

Showcase Presenter: – CiRA Foundation

Innovation Showcases

Presented By

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM HK Time

EXPLORING THE APPLICATION OF DETERMINISTICALLY PROGRAMMED HIPSC-DERIVED CELLS TO ADVANCE EARLY-STAGE DRUG DISCOVERY

Showcase Presenter: – bit.bio

Showcase Presenter: – Bit Bio Ltd

Innovation Showcases

Presented By

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM HK Time

FROM RESEARCH TO REALITY: TRANSFORMING REGENERATIVE MEDICINE AND FERTILITY

Showcase Presenter: – Karolinska Institutet

Showcase Presenter: – Gameto Inc.

Showcase Presenter:

Showcase Presenter: – Gameto Inc.

Innovation Showcases

Presented By BioLamina, Gameto

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM HK Time

REDEFINING NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISEASE MODELS WITH STEM CELLS AND NEXT-GENERATION ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Showcase Presenter:

Showcase Presenter: – ETH Zürich

Showcase Presenter: – MaxWell Biosystems

Showcase Presenter: – MaxWell Biosystems AG

Innovation Showcases

Presented By

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM HK Time

SUCCESSFUL 2D-TO-3D TRANSITION IN MSC BIOPROCESSING : BRIDGING BENCHTOP SCALE TO CLINICAL MANUFACTURING

Speaker: – sartorius stedim north america

Innovation Showcases

Presented By

4:00 PM – 5:45 PM HK Time

Meet-Up Hubs

4:00 PM – 6:00 PM HK Time

Refreshment Break

6:00 PM – 6:30 PM HK Time

Geno-Writing™: The iPSC Genome Engineering Engine for Tomorrow’s Cell Therapy

Showcase Presenter: – Logomix, Inc.

Innovation Showcases

Presented By

6:00 PM – 6:30 PM HK Time

Innovation Showcase

Innovation Showcases

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM HK Time

ANIMAL MODELS OF REGENERATION

Concurrent Speaker: – Washington University, School of Medicine

Concurrent Speaker: – Technische Universität Dresden

Organ Generation and Regeneration

8:35 AM – 8:55 AM HK Time

OUT OF THE TANK APPROACHES TO PROMOTE NEURAL REPAIR

Concurrent Speaker: – Washington University, School of Medicine

Organ Generation and Regeneration

9:35 AM – 9:55 AM HK Time

INSIGHTS INTO SHARED AND DISTINCT MECHANISMS IN SALAMANDER LIMB AND HUMAN FINGERTIP REGENERATION

Concurrent Speaker: – Technische Universität Dresden

Organ Generation and Regeneration

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM HK Time

ISSCR CLINICAL BEST PRACTICES

Global Stakeholder Initiatives

Sponsored By

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM HK Time

METABOLIC UNDERPINNINGS OF STEM CELLS

Concurrent Speaker: – University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Concurrent Speaker: – Shanghai Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Pluripotency and Development

8:35 AM – 8:55 AM HK Time

METABOLIC REGULATION OF LIVER REGENERATION

Concurrent Speaker: – Shanghai Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Pluripotency and Development

9:35 AM – 9:55 AM HK Time

METABOLIC REGULATION OF ADULT NEURAL STEM CELLS

Concurrent Speaker: – University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Pluripotency and Development

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM HK Time

NICHE REGULATION IN STEM CELLS AND TISSUE REGENERATION

Concurrent Speaker: – Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine

Concurrent Speaker: – Harvard University Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology

Somatic Stem Cells and Cancer

8:35 AM – 8:55 AM HK Time

HUMAN UMBILICAL CORD MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL-DERIVED EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES AMELIORATE INFLAMMATORY PHENOTYPE OF IMQ INDUCED RECHALLENGED MOUSE MODEL THROUGH PP6

Concurrent Speaker: – Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine

Somatic Stem Cells and Cancer

9:35 AM – 9:55 AM HK Time

SKIN DEEP: STEM CELLS AT THE NEXUS OF THE NICHE, PHYSIOLOGY, AND THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT

Concurrent Speaker: – Harvard University Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology

Somatic Stem Cells and Cancer

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM HK Time

REVOLUTIONIZING THERAPIES FOR CHRONIC DISEASES

Concurrent Speaker: – University of Pretoria

Concurrent Speaker: – UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health

Clinical Applications

8:35 AM – 8:55 AM HK Time

BROADENING THE TRANSPLANTATION DONOR BASE

Concurrent Speaker: – University of Pretoria

Clinical Applications

9:35 AM – 9:55 AM HK Time

THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF GENE THERAPIES FOR INBORN ERRORS OF IMMUNITY

Concurrent Speaker: – UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health

Clinical Applications

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM HK Time

STEM CELLS IN DRUG DISCOVERY: FROM CONCEPT TO APPLICATION

Concurrent Speaker: – Greenstone Biosciences

Concurrent Speaker: – Princess Maxima Center

Disease Modeling and Drug Discovery

Sponsored By

8:35 AM – 8:55 AM HK Time

CLINICAL TRIAL IN A DISH WITH INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS FOR DRUG DISCOVERY AND PRECISION MEDICINE

Concurrent Speaker: – Greenstone Biosciences

Disease Modeling and Drug Discovery

9:35 AM – 9:55 AM HK Time

ADVANCED HUMAN ORGANOID MODELS FOR DISSECTING TUMOR BIOLOGY

Concurrent Speaker: – Princess Maxima Center

Disease Modeling and Drug Discovery

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM HK Time

PLENARY II: DEVELOPMENT ACROSS SCALES: FROM FERTILIZATION TO TISSUES TO ANIMALS

Plenary Speaker: – Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Plenary Speaker: – Stanford University

Plenary Speaker: – Kunming University of Science and Technology

Plenary Speaker: – Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University

Plenary Session

10:35 AM – 10:55 AM HK Time

EX UTERO EMBRYOGENESIS OF NON-HUMAN PRIMATE EMBRYOS AND BEYOND

Plenary Speaker: – Kunming University of Science and Technology

Plenary Session

10:55 AM – 11:15 AM HK Time

IDENTIFYING AND UNDERSTANDING REGENERATION SUPRESSORS

Plenary Speaker: – Stanford University

Plenary Session

11:15 AM – 11:35 AM HK Time

FROM LABORATORY TO SOCIETY: PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS ON HUMAN IN VITRO GAMETOGENESIS

Plenary Speaker: – Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University

Plenary Session

11:35 AM – 11:55 AM HK Time

DECIPHERING THE MECHANISMS OF PRIMATE EARLY EMBRYOGENESIS AND PLACENTATION

Plenary Speaker: – Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Plenary Session

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM HK Time

Innovation Showcase

Innovation Showcases

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM HK Time

Building an Enhanced Immune System to Fight Disease

Concurrent Speaker: – University of British Columbia

Clinical Applications

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM HK Time

TRANSLATING DISCOVERIES INTO THE CLINIC: OVERCOMING THE ALLOGENEIC TRANSPLANT BARRIER

Concurrent Speaker: – Sana Biotechnology Inc. and UCSF

Clinical Applications

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM HK Time

EMERGING ETHICAL ISSUES WITH NEURAL ORGANOIDS

Chair: – Johns Hopkins University

Concurrent Speaker: – Stanford University

Concurrent Speaker:

Commentator: – Harvard University

Commentator: – Osaka University

Global Stakeholder Initiatives

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM HK Time

Julia Savulescu Title Coming Soon

Concurrent Speaker:

Global Stakeholder Initiatives

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM HK Time

Sergiu Pasca Title Coming Soon

Concurrent Speaker: – Stanford University

Global Stakeholder Initiatives

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM HK Time

EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE OF DEVELOPMENT AND REGENERATION

Concurrent Speaker: – Stanford University

Concurrent Speaker: – University of Vienna

Pluripotency and Development

2:05 PM – 2:25 PM HK Time

KIN RECOGNITION AND CHIMERIC STEM CELL COMPETITION ENHANCE SURVIVAL IN A COLONIAL CHORDATE

Concurrent Speaker: – Stanford University

Pluripotency and Development

3:05 PM – 3:25 PM HK Time

RE-EMERGENCE OF STEM CELLS IN A MODEL FOR REGENERATIVE PLASTICITY

Concurrent Speaker: – University of Vienna

Pluripotency and Development

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM HK Time

IN VIVO AND IN VITRO ORGAN GENERATION

Concurrent Speaker: – Stanford University, USA and Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan

Concurrent Speaker: – Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Organ Generation and Regeneration

2:05 PM – 2:25 PM HK Time

Hiromitsu Nakauchi Title Coming Soon

Concurrent Speaker: – Stanford University, USA and Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan

Organ Generation and Regeneration

3:05 PM – 3:25 PM HK Time

XENOGENEIC REGENERATION OF HUMANIZED MESONEPHROS/HEART IN PIGS

Concurrent Speaker: – Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Organ Generation and Regeneration

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM HK Time

INSIGHTS INTO DISEASE MECHANISMS FROM STEM CELL RESEARCH

Concurrent Speaker: – Boston University and Boston Medical center

Concurrent Speaker: – University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf

Disease Modeling and Drug Discovery

2:05 PM – 2:25 PM HK Time

REGENERATION OF THE LIVER USING NUCLEOSIDE-MODIFIED MRNA ENCAPSULATED IN LIPID NANOPARTICLES -MRNA-LNP-

Concurrent Speaker: – Boston University and Boston Medical center

Disease Modeling and Drug Discovery

3:05 PM – 3:25 PM HK Time

ENGINEERED HEART TISSUE FOR DISEASE MODELING AND EFFICACY TESTING

Concurrent Speaker: – University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf

Disease Modeling and Drug Discovery

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM HK Time

METABOLISM, STEM CELLS, AND CANCER

Concurrent Speaker: – The University of Hong Kong

Concurrent Speaker: – Leiden University Medical Center

Somatic Stem Cells and Cancer

2:05 PM – 2:25 PM HK Time

METABOLIC REPROGRAMMING IN HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA TO DRIVE CANCER STEMNESS

Concurrent Speaker: – The University of Hong Kong

Somatic Stem Cells and Cancer

3:05 PM – 3:25 PM HK Time

METABOLISM IN THE TISSUE MICROENVIRONMENT REGULATES KIDNEY (RE)GENERATION

Concurrent Speaker: – Leiden University Medical Center

Somatic Stem Cells and Cancer

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM HK Time

MODULATING THE IMMUNE SYSTEM TO FIGHT DISEASE

Concurrent Speaker: – University of British Columbia

Concurrent Speaker: – Sana Biotechnology Inc. and UCSF

Clinical Applications

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM HK Time

Poster Session 2 (Odd)

4:00 PM – 5:35 PM HK Time

Exhibit Hall Theater Talks

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM HK Time

Poster Session 2 (Even)

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM HK Time

High mitochondrial mass characterizes enhanced self-renewal in aged hematopoietic stem cells.

Plenary Speaker: – IHCAMS

12:00 PM – 6:00 PM HK Time

Exhibit & Poster Hall

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM HK Time

ADVANCING ORGANOID MODELS: INTRODUCING NEW CAPABILITIES FOR INTESTINAL AND HEPATIC RESEARCH

Showcase Presenter: – STEMCELL Technologies Inc.

Innovation Showcases

4:00 PM – 5:15 PM HK Time

Exhibit Hall Theater Talks

4:00 PM – 5:45 PM HK Time

Meet Up Hubs

Meet-Up Hubs

4:00 PM – 6:00 PM HK Time

Refreshment Break

5:15 PM – 5:45 PM HK Time

Career Exploration Talks

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM HK Time

AGING AND REGENERATION

Concurrent Speaker: – The University of Tokyo

Concurrent Speaker: – Duke-NUS Medical School

Organ Generation and Regeneration

8:35 AM – 8:55 AM HK Time

STEM CELL FATE DECISION FOR PIGMENTED HAIR REGENERATION, AGING AND CANCER DEVELOPMENT

Concurrent Speaker: – The University of Tokyo

Organ Generation and Regeneration

9:35 AM – 9:55 AM HK Time

Anissa Widjaja Title Coming Soon

Concurrent Speaker: – Duke-NUS Medical School

Organ Generation and Regeneration

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM HK Time

AI AND CANCER EVOLUTION

Concurrent Speaker: – Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Concurrent Speaker: – The University of Queensland

Somatic Stem Cells and Cancer

8:35 AM – 8:55 AM HK Time

MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS AND TARGETED THERAPY IN SPINAL CORD DIFFUSE GLIOMAS

Concurrent Speaker: – Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Somatic Stem Cells and Cancer

9:35 AM – 9:55 AM HK Time

UNSUPERVISED APPROACHES TO DECODE THE FUNCTIONAL IMPACT OF GENETIC VARIATION

Concurrent Speaker: – The University of Queensland

Somatic Stem Cells and Cancer

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM HK Time

Career Panel: Communicating, Connecting and Leading through Your Science Degree

Panelist: – Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation

Panelist: – Springer Nature

Panelist: – University of Melbourne

Panelist: – McGill University

Panelist: – The Gairdner Foundation

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM HK Time

CLINICAL TRANSLATION OF BIOENGINEERED TISSUE-BASED THERAPEUTICS

Concurrent Speaker: – Institute of Science Tokyo

Concurrent Speaker: – Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Clinical Applications

Sponsored By

8:35 AM – 8:55 AM HK Time

CLINICAL APPLICATION OF PATIENT-DERIVED ORGANOIDS IN THE TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE

Concurrent Speaker: – Institute of Science Tokyo

Concurrent Speaker: – Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Clinical Applications

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM HK Time

FATE CHOICES IN DEVELOPMENT AND REGENERATION

Concurrent Speaker: – Weizmann Institute of Science

Concurrent Speaker: – Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine

Pluripotency and Development

8:35 AM – 8:55 AM HK Time

SYNTHETIC EX UTERO EMBRYOGENESIS: FROM NAIVE PLURIPOTENT CELLS TO BONA FIDE EMBRYO MODELS

Concurrent Speaker: – Weizmann Institute of Science

Pluripotency and Development

9:35 AM – 9:55 AM HK Time

UNRAVELING LSD1’S ROLE IN REGULATING HUMAN BRAIN-ENRICHED ECM/CELL ADHESION GENES AND PROGENITOR DYNAMICS

Concurrent Speaker: – Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine

Pluripotency and Development

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM HK Time

MANUFACTURING WITH COMMERCIALIZATION IN MIND

Chair: – The University of Sheffield

Chair: – Danaher

Concurrent Speaker: – SmartCella

Concurrent Speaker: – WiCell Research Institute

Concurrent Speaker: – BlueRock Therapeutics

Concurrent Speaker: – Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, CAS

Concurrent Speaker: – Leiden University Medical Center

Global Stakeholder Initiatives

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM HK Time

Cell Identity Conversion: Liver Regeneration and Cell Therapy

Concurrent Speaker: – Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, CAS

Global Stakeholder Initiatives

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM HK Time

INCREASING TRANSLATION BY INBUILT REGULATORY CONSIDERATIONS

Concurrent Speaker: – Leiden University Medical Center

Global Stakeholder Initiatives

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM HK Time

MANUFACTURING OF STEM CELL THERAPIES WITH COMMERCIALISATION IN MIND

Concurrent Speaker: – SmartCella

Global Stakeholder Initiatives

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM HK Time

Stefan Irion Title Coming Soon

Concurrent Speaker: – BlueRock Therapeutics

Global Stakeholder Initiatives

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM HK Time

Tenneille Ludwig Title Coming Soon

Concurrent Speaker: – WiCell Research Institute

Global Stakeholder Initiatives

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM HK Time

STEM CELLS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Concurrent Speaker: – Technische Universität Berlin

Concurrent Speaker: – Kyoto University

Disease Modeling and Drug Discovery

8:35 AM – 8:55 AM HK Time

INFECTION, INFLAMMATION AND CANCER IN THE GUT - ORGANOIDS AS MODEL

Concurrent Speaker: – Technische Universität Berlin

Disease Modeling and Drug Discovery

9:35 AM – 9:55 AM HK Time

RESEARCH FOR VIRAL RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS USING ORGANOIDS AND ORGAN-ON-A-CHIP

Concurrent Speaker: – Kyoto University

Disease Modeling and Drug Discovery

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM HK Time

PLENARY III: ADULT HOMEOSTASIS: STEM CELLS IN PHYSIOLOGY AND DISEASE

Plenary Speaker: – Duke-NUS Medical School

Award Winner: – Harvard University

Plenary Speaker: – QIMR Berghofer

Plenary Speaker: – Institute of Hematology and Blood Disease Hospital

Plenary Session

10:35 AM – 10:55 AM HK Time

CARDIOPEDIA: COMPREHENSIVE MODEL OF LIGAND-FUNCTION-OMICS FOR PREDICTION OF THERAPEUTIC TARGETS

Plenary Speaker: – QIMR Berghofer

Plenary Session

10:55 AM – 11:15 AM HK Time

WAKING UP “SLEEPING” NEURAL STEM CELLS

Plenary Speaker: – Duke-NUS Medical School

Plenary Session

11:18 AM – 11:38 AM HK Time

PASSAGE OF TIME IN BRAIN ORGANOIDS: THE JOURNEY TO UNDERSTAND HUMAN BRAIN DEVELOPMENT AND MATURATION

Plenary Speaker: – Harvard University

Plenary Session

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM HK Time

Innovation Showcase

Innovation Showcases

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM HK Time

ENGINEERING TISSUE REGENERATION

Concurrent Speaker: – UNIST

Concurrent Speaker: – Nuffield Department of Medicine and Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford

Organ Generation and Regeneration

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM HK Time

Engineering 3D Human Tissue for Disease and Repair

Concurrent Speaker: – Nuffield Department of Medicine and Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford

Organ Generation and Regeneration

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM HK Time

Gut organoid-based microphysiological systems to study mucosal regeneration and defense mechanisms

Concurrent Speaker: – UNIST

Organ Generation and Regeneration

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM HK Time

REGULATORY FRAGMENTATION AND UNPROVEN STEM CELL THERAPIES: BEYOND HARMONIZATION

Moderator: – Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University

Moderator:

Concurrent Speaker: – Deparment of Neurology University of Connecticut

Concurrent Speaker: – College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea

Concurrent Speaker: – Jagiellonian University

Concurrent Speaker: – Institution of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Global Stakeholder Initiatives

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM HK Time

Jaime Imitola Title Coming Soon...

Concurrent Speaker: – Deparment of Neurology University of Connecticut

Global Stakeholder Initiatives

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM HK Time

Ji Hyeon Ju Title Coming Soon..

Concurrent Speaker: – College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea

Global Stakeholder Initiatives

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM HK Time

JUDICIAL VARIABILITY IN THE REGULATION OF THE STEM CELL INDUSTRY IN CHINA

Concurrent Speaker: – Institution of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Global Stakeholder Initiatives

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM HK Time

REGULATORY FRAGMENTATION AND UNPROVEN STEM CELL THERAPIES: BEYOND HARMONIZATION - EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE

Concurrent Speaker: – Jagiellonian University

Global Stakeholder Initiatives

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM HK Time

EXPANDING THERAPEUTICS THROUGH STEM CELLS AND REPROGRAMMING

Concurrent Speaker: – Centre for Genomic Regulation

Concurrent Speaker: – The University of Hong Kong

Clinical Applications

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM HK Time

Human expanded potential stem cells for fundamental research and translational applications

Concurrent Speaker: – The University of Hong Kong

Clinical Applications

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM HK Time

STRATEGIES AND ADVANCES IN REGENERATING AND SUSTAINING NEURAL TISSUE

Concurrent Speaker: – Centre for Genomic Regulation

Clinical Applications

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM HK Time

STEM CELL MODELS OF TISSUE INJURY AND REPAIR

Concurrent Speaker: – The Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge

Concurrent Speaker: – Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica

Disease Modeling and Drug Discovery

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM HK Time

HUMAN iPSCs IN Action: REVOLUTIONIZING DRUD SAFETY AND HEART DISEASE TREATMENT

Concurrent Speaker: – Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica

Disease Modeling and Drug Discovery

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM HK Time

UNDERSTANDING AND HARNESSING THE REGENERATIVE POTENTIAL OF THE BRAIN

Concurrent Speaker: – The Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge

Disease Modeling and Drug Discovery

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM HK Time

STEM CELLS AND CELL METASTASIS

Concurrent Speaker: – Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) & ICREA

Concurrent Speaker: – The Francis Crick Institute, The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Trust

Somatic Stem Cells and Cancer

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM HK Time

Plasticity, therapy resistance and immune evasion in metastatic colorectal cancer

Concurrent Speaker: – Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) & ICREA

Somatic Stem Cells and Cancer

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM HK Time

Samra Turajlic Title Coming Soon

Concurrent Speaker: – The Francis Crick Institute, The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Trust

Somatic Stem Cells and Cancer

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM HK Time

TECHNOLOGIES TO STUDY DEVELOPMENT AND PHYSIOLOGY

Concurrent Speaker: – Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Austrian Academy of Science

Concurrent Speaker: – The Francis Crick Institute

Pluripotency and Development

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM HK Time

BLASTOIDS: ELUCIDATING THE MOLECULAR DETERMINANTS AND THE EVOLUTION OF TIMING OF HUMAN BLASTOCYST IMPLANTATION

Concurrent Speaker: – Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Austrian Academy of Science

Pluripotency and Development

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM HK Time

CELL-TYPE SPECIFIC TAGGING AND TRACING OF METABOLITES IN VIVO

Concurrent Speaker: – The Francis Crick Institute

Pluripotency and Development

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM HK Time

Poster Session 3 (Odd)

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM HK Time

Poster Session 3 (Even)

9:30 AM – 11:00 AM HK Time

PLENARY IV: STEM CELLS FOR HUMAN THERAPY

Plenary Speaker: – University of Sydney

Plenary Speaker: – Keio University School of Medicine

Plenary Speaker: – eGenesis

Plenary Speaker: – The University of Edinburgh

Plenary Session

Sponsored By

10:35 AM – 10:55 AM HK Time

Jean Yang Title Coming Soon

Plenary Speaker: – University of Sydney

Plenary Session

10:55 AM – 11:15 AM HK Time

MACROPHAGE CELL THERAPY FOR LIVER DISEASE: FROM BENCH TO CLINIC

Plenary Speaker: – The University of Edinburgh

Plenary Session

11:15 AM – 11:35 AM HK Time

REGENERATIVE MEDICINE FOR SPINAL CORD INJURY USING IPS-DERIVED NEURAL STEM CELLS

Plenary Speaker: – Keio University School of Medicine

Plenary Session

11:35 AM – 11:55 AM HK Time

REVOLUTIONIZING THE TREATMENT OF ORGAN FAILURE

Plenary Speaker: – eGenesis

Plenary Session

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM HK Time

PLENARY V: INCLUSIVITY AND EQUITY IN SCIENCE AND HEALTH

Panelist: – BioLamina

Panelist: – University of Melbourne

Panelist: – Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine

Panelist: – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Panelist: – Community Science, LLC

Patient Panelist: – The University of Hong Kong

Patient Panelist:

Plenary Session

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM HK Time

PLENARY VI: AWARDS & KEYNOTE

Plenary Speaker: – San Raffaele Scientific Institute

Award Winner: – McEwen Stem Cell Institute, University Health Network

Award Winner: – Weizmann Institute of Science

Plenary Session

2:09 PM – 2:29 PM HK Time

MODELING HEMATOPOIETIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR DEVELOPMENT WITH HUMAN PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS

Award Winner: – McEwen Stem Cell Institute, University Health Network

Plenary Session

2:30 PM – 2:50 PM HK Time

EX VIVO GENE THERAPY FOR DMD: TOWARDS A UNIVERSAL DONOR CELL

Plenary Speaker: – San Raffaele Scientific Institute

Plenary Session