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Wednesday, June 11, 2025
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM HK Time
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMBINING CELL TRANSPLANTATION WITH NEUROMODULATION FOR SPINAL CORD INJURY
Science Spotlight Moderator: Matthew Dominguez (he/him/his) – Gladstone Institutes
Science Spotlight Speaker: Nisha Iyer, PhD (she/her/hers) – Tufts University
Science Spotlight Speaker: Lyandysha Zholudeva, PhD – Gladstone Institutes
Science Spotlight Speaker: Maria del Mar Sánchez Martin, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Standford
Science Spotlight Speaker: Michael A. Lane, PhD (he/him/his) – Drexel University
Science Spotlight Speaker: Hideyuki Okano, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – 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: Chloe Kan – The University of Hong Kong
Science Spotlight Moderator: Rio Sugimura, MD, PhD – The University of Hong Kong
Science Spotlight Speaker: Carlos Filipe Pereira, PhD – Lund University
Science Spotlight Speaker: Christine A. Wells – University of Melbourne
Science Spotlight Speaker: Bin Zhou, MD, PhD – Chinese Academy of Sciences
Science Spotlight Speaker: Kathy Lui, PhD – The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Science Spotlight Speaker: Weike Pei
Science Spotlight Speaker: Jian Shu, PhD – 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: Martine C. de Vries, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Leiden University Medical Center
Science Spotlight Speaker: Amander Clark, PhD – University of California, Los Angeles
Science Spotlight Speaker: Roslyn Le Gautier
Science Spotlight Speaker: Hilda Mekelenkamp, PhD, RN – Leiden University Medical Centre
Science Spotlight Speaker: Kazuto Kato, PhD – Osaka University
Science Spotlight Speaker: Nienke de Graeff, MA MD PhD (she/her/hers) – 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: Tianfu Zhang, PhD – ACROBiosystems
Innovation Showcases

1:00 PM – 1:30 PM HK Time
TECHNOLOGICAL STRATEGY FOR REALIZING THE PRODUCTION REVOLUTION OF DIFFERENTIATED CELLS FROM IPCS USING BOTULINUM HEMAGGLUTININ
Speaker: Mee-Hae Kim, PhD – Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
Innovation Showcases

4:00 PM – 5:35 PM HK Time
EXHIBIT HALL THEATER TALKS
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
WELCOME RECEPTION

6:00 PM – 6:30 PM HK Time
EPIGENETICALLY CORRECTED REPROGRAMMING FOR IPS CELL-DERIVED THERAPIES AND DISEASE MODELING
Showcase Presenter: Matthew McCormack
Innovation Showcases

6:00 PM – 6:30 PM HK Time
PLURIPOTENCY FOR THE PLANET: A GLOBAL CALL TO ADVANCE STEM CELL TECHNOLOGY FOR BIODIVERSITY
Showcase Presenter: Ashlee Hutchinson
Innovation Showcases

SCIENCE SPOTLIGHTS - 8:30 AM WEDNESDAY
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM HK Time
CELLULAR AGRICULTURE: HARNESSING STEM CELLS FOR SUSTAINABLE FOOD INNOVATION
Science Spotlight Moderator: Danai Georgiadou
Science Spotlight Speaker: Deepika Rajesh, PhD – Roslin Technologies Limited
Science Spotlight Speaker: Alfredo Franco-Obregón, PhD (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
Science Spotlight Speaker: Jianyong Han, PhD (he/him/his) – China Agricultural University
Science Spotlight Speaker: Shigeki Sugli, PhD (he/him/his) – Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation (SIFBI), A*STAR
Science Spotlight Speaker: Stephan Alfaro (he/him/his) – UPSIDE Foods
Science Spotlights

PLENARY SESSION - 10:30 AM WEDNESDAY
10:30 AM – 12:15 PM HK Time
PLENARY I: PRESIDENTIAL SYMPOSIUM
Plenary Speaker: Cassandra G. Extavour, PhD (she/her/hers) – Harvard University
Plenary Speaker: Vidita A. Vaidya, PhD (she/her/hers) – Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Plenary Speaker: Erika Moore, Phd (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland
Plenary Speaker: Masayo Takahashi, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Vision Care Inc., and Kobe City Eye Hospital, Ritsumeikan University
Plenary Session

PLENARY SESSION - 10:30 AM FRIDAY
10:30 AM – 12:15 PM HK Time
PLENARY I: PRESIDENTIAL SYMPOSIUM
Plenary Speaker: Cassandra G. Extavour, PhD – Harvard University
Plenary Speaker: Vidita A. Vaidya, PhD – Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Plenary Speaker: Erika Moore, Phd – University of Maryland
Plenary Speaker: Masayo Takahashi, MD, PhD – Vision Care Inc., and Kobe City Eye Hospital, Ritsumeikan University

PLENARY SESSION - 10:30 AM WEDNESDAY
10:30 AM – 12:15 PM HK Time
PLENARY I: PRESIDENTIAL SYMPOSIUM
Plenary Speaker: Cassandra G. Extavour, PhD – Harvard University
Plenary Speaker: Vidita A. Vaidya, PhD – Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Plenary Speaker: Erika Moore, Phd – University of Maryland
Plenary Speaker: Masayo Takahashi, MD, PhD – Vision Care Inc., and Kobe City Eye Hospital, Ritsumeikan University

INNOVATION SHOWCASE - 12:30 PM WEDNESDAY
12:30 PM – 12:55 PM HK Time
BREAKTHROUGH STRATEGIES USING NOVEL REAGENTS IN MASS PRODUCTION WITH IPSC EXPANSION & DIFFERENTIATION
Showcase Presenter: Masahiro Kino-oka
Innovation Showcases

12:30 PM – 1:00 PM HK Time
ADVANCING NEUROLOGICAL AND RETINAL RESEARCH WITH GENETICALLY DIVERSE HUMAN IPSC-DERIVED CELLULAR MODELS
Showcase Presenter: Andrew Gaffney, PhD – STEMCELL Technologies, Inc.
Innovation Showcases

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: Robert Judson, PhD (he/him/his) – STEMCELL Technologies Inc.
Innovation Showcases

FOCUS SESSION & JOURNAL SESSION - 2:00 PM WEDNESDAY
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM HK Time
FOCUS SESSION
Focus Sessions

POSTER SESSIONS & EXHIBIT HALL EVENTS - 4: 00 PM WEDNESDAY
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM HK Time
POSTER SESSION 1 (ODD)

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM HK Time
POSTER SESSION 1 (EVEN)

INNOVATION SHOWCASE - 6:00 PM WEDNESDAY
6:00 PM – 6:30 PM HK Time
INNOVATION SHOWCASE
Innovation Showcases