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  • Friday, June 13, 2025
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM HK Time
    AGING AND REGENERATION (Theater 2, L1)

    Co-Chair: Jacqueline Barry, PhD – Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult

    Co-Chair: Fanyi Zeng, MD, PhD – Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine

    Concurrent Speaker: Emi K. Nishimura, MD, PhD – The University of Tokyo

    Presenting Author: Paula Martos Salvo – Lund University

    Presenting Author: Wolfgang Wagner, MD, PhD – Aachen University

    Presenting Author: Lily Guo, PhD – Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute

    Concurrent Speaker: Thomas Rando, MD, PhD – University of California Los Angeles

  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM HK Time
    CLINICAL TRANSLATION OF BIOENGINEERED TISSUE-BASED THERAPEUTICS (Hall 3F, L3)

    Co-Chair: Denise Zujur, PhD – Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University

    Co-Chair: William J. Anderson – Harvard University

    Concurrent Speaker: Ryuichi Okamoto, MD, PhD – Institute of Science Tokyo

    Presenting Author: Kevin D. Costa – Novoheart, Medera Biopharm

    Presenting Author: Wei Zuo, PhD – Tongji University

    Presenting Author: Shin-Jeong Lee, PhD – Yonsei University

    Presenting Author: Marcelo N. Rivolta, MD PhD – University of Sheffield and Rinri Therapeutics

    Concurrent Speaker: Xin Cheng, PhD – Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM HK Time
    AGING AND REGENERATION (Theater 2, L1)
    Co-Chair: Jacqueline Barry, PhD – Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult
    Co-Chair: Fanyi Zeng, MD, PhD – Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
    Concurrent Speaker: Emi K. Nishimura, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – The University of Tokyo
    Presenting Author: Paula Martos Salvo – Lund University
    Presenting Author: Wolfgang Wagner, MD, PhD – Aachen University
    Presenting Author: Lily Guo, PhD – Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
    Concurrent Speaker: Thomas Rando, MD, PhD – University of California Los Angeles
    Organ Generation and Regeneration
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM HK Time
    AI AND CANCER EVOLUTION (Convention Hall B, L1)
    Co-Chair: Nienke de Graeff, MA MD PhD (she/her/hers) – Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden University
    Co-Chair: Rafael Edgardo Carazo Salas, PhD – CellVoyant
    Presenting Author: Lap Hang Tse, PhD – The University of Hong Kong
    Presenting Author: Vincent R. Knight-Schrijver, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Cambridge
    Presenting Author: Yang Fu (she/her/hers) – The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
    Presenting Author: Huaigeng Xu, M.D.,Ph.D. (he/him/his) – University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
    Concurrent Speaker: Nathan Palpant, PhD – The University of Queensland
    Concurrent Speaker: Jiguang Wang, PhD – Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    Somatic Stem Cells and Cancer
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM HK Time
    CAREER PANEL: COMMUNICATING, CONNECTING AND LEADING THROUGH YOUR SCIENCE DEGREE (Convention Hall C, L1)
    Panelist: William KC Cheung, PhD – Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation
    Panelist: Megan Munsie, PhD (she/her/hers) – Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and University of Melbourne
    Panelist: Janet Rossant, PhD – Editor-in-Chief, Stem Cell Reports
    Panelist: Mimmi Mononen, PhD – Springer Nature
    Moderator: Anjie Ni, BSc (she/her/hers) – McGill University
    CAREER PANEL
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM HK Time
    CLINICAL TRANSLATION OF BIOENGINEERED TISSUE-BASED THERAPEUTICS (Hall 3F, L3)
    Co-Chair: Denise Zujur, PhD – Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University
    Co-Chair: William J. Anderson – Harvard University
    Concurrent Speaker: Ryuichi Okamoto, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Institute of Science Tokyo
    Presenting Author: Kevin D. Costa – Novoheart, Medera Biopharm
    Presenting Author: Wei Zuo, PhD (he/him/his) – Tongji University
    Presenting Author: Shin-Jeong Lee, PhD – Yonsei University
    Presenting Author: Marcelo N. Rivolta, MD PhD – University of Sheffield and Rinri Therapeutics
    Concurrent Speaker: Xin Cheng, PhD – Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
    Clinical Applications
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM HK Time
    FATE CHOICES IN DEVELOPMENT AND REGENERATION (Theater 1, L1)
    Co-Chair: Mingxia Gu, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Early Career Editorial Board, Stem Cell Reports
    Co-Chair: Gabriele Gelezauskaite – University of Sheffield
    Concurrent Speaker: Jacob (Yaqub) Hanna, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Weizmann Institute of Science
    Presenting Author: Xingguo Liu – Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Presenting Author: Tianming Wu, PhD – The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
    Presenting Author: Ying Zhang, PhD – The Francis Crick Institute
    Presenting Author: Qiong Wang, MD & PhD (she/her/hers) – Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
    Concurrent Speaker: Bhavana Muralidharan, PhD – Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine
    Pluripotency and Development
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM HK Time
    MANUFACTURING WITH COMMERCIALIZATION IN MIND (Hall 3G, L3)
    Chair: Ivana Barbaric, DPhil – The University of Sheffield
    Chair: Jennifer Moody, PhD – Danaher
    Concurrent Speaker: Ricardo Baptista, Eng PhD (he/him/his) – SmartCella
    Concurrent Speaker: Tenneille Ludwig, PhD (she/her/hers) – WiCell Research Institute
    Concurrent Speaker: Stefan Irion, MD (he/him/his) – BlueRock Therapeutics
    Concurrent Speaker: Lijian Hui, PhD – Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, CAS
    Concurrent Speaker: Ana Hidalgo-Simon, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Leiden University Medical Center
    Global Stakeholder Initiatives
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM HK Time
    STEM CELLS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE (Convention Hall A, L1)
    Co-Chair: Stuart Forbes, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – The University of Edinburgh
    Co-Chair: Su-Yi Tsai, PhD – National Taiwan University
    Concurrent Speaker: Sina Bartfeld, PhD – Technische Universität Berlin
    Presenting Author: Amos Chungwon Lee, PhD – Meteor Biotech
    Presenting Author: Jie ZHOU, PhD – The University of Hong Kong
    Presenting Author: Jose Agustin Cota Coronado, PhD – Monash University
    Presenting Author: Ying Xi, PhD (she/her/hers) – ShanghaiTech University, School of Life Science & Technology
    Concurrent Speaker: Kazuo Takayama, PhD (he/him/his) – Kyoto University
    Disease Modeling and Drug Discovery
  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM HK Time
    REFRESHMENT BREAK
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM HK Time
    PLENARY III: ADULT HOMEOSTASIS: STEM CELLS IN PHYSIOLOGY AND DISEASE (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
  • 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: Riya Sharma, BSc (she/her/hers) – STEMCELL Technologies Inc.
    Innovation Showcases
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM HK Time
    STEM CELLS AND CELL METASTASIS (Convention Hall B, L1)
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM HK Time
    ENGINEERING REGENERATION (Convention Hall A, L1)
    Co-Chair: Uma Lakshmipathy, PhD (she/her/hers) – Thermo Fisher Scientific
    Co-Chair: Lee L. Rubin – Harvard University
    Concurrent Speaker: Tae-Eun Park, PhD (she/her/hers) – Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
    Presenting Author: Yuan-Hung Liu, MD – Far Eastern Memorial Hospital
    Presenting Author: Zhe Wang, PhD – Kyoto University
    Presenting Author: Youngdoo Chung – Dankook University
    Presenting Author: Chao Christina Liang, BDS, MDS (she/her/hers) – The University of Hong Kong
    Concurrent Speaker: Linna Zhou, PhD (she/her/hers) – Nuffield Department of Medicine and Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford
    Organ Generation and Regeneration
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM HK Time
    EXPANDING THERAPEUTICS THROUGH STEM CELLS AND REPROGRAMMING (Convention Hall C, L1)
    Co-Chair: Athanasia D. Panopoulos, PhD – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    Co-Chair: Xian Weng (he/him/his) – Mytos
    Concurrent Speaker: Maria Pia Cosma, PhD – Centre for Genomic Regulation
    Presenting Author: Jean Paul Chadarevian, PhD – University of California, Irvine
    Presenting Author: Rongrong Wu, PhD (she/her/hers) – Zhejiang University
    Presenting Author: Dong-Wook Kim, PhD – Yonsei Univ College of Medicine
    Presenting Author: Keisuke Kaji, PhD – University of Edinburgh
    Concurrent Speaker: Pentao Liu, PhD (he/him/his) – The University of Hong Kong
    Clinical Applications
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM HK Time
    REGULATORY FRAGMENTATION AND UNPROVEN STEM CELL THERAPIES: BEYOND HARMONIZATION (Hall 3G, L3)
    Moderator: Misao Fujita, PhD – Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University
    Moderator: Douglas Sipp – Riken Center for Biosystems Dynamics, Japan
    Concurrent Speaker: Yaojin Peng, PhD (he/him/his) – Institution of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Concurrent Speaker: Ji hyeon Ju – College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea
    Concurrent Speaker: Marlena Pecyna, PhD, habilitation (she/her/hers) – Jagiellonian University
    Concurrent Speaker: Jaime Imitola, MD (he/him/his) – Deparment of Neurology University of Connecticut
    Global Stakeholder Initiatives
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM HK Time
    STEM CELL MODELS OF TISSUE INJURY AND REPAIR (Theater 2, L1)
    Co-Chair: Clive N. Svendsen, PhD – Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute
    Co-Chair: Malin Parmar, PhD (she/her/hers) – Lund University
    Concurrent Speaker: Sumru Bayin, PhD (she/her/hers) – The Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge
    Presenting Author: DI PAN, Msc (he/him/his) – Australian National University
    Presenting Author: Ana Lilia Serna-Valverde, MD, PhD – University of Nottingham
    Presenting Author: Julien Muffat, Ph.D. – University of Toronto/The Hospital for Sick Children
    Presenting Author: Lyandysha Zholudeva, PhD – Gladstone Institutes
    Concurrent Speaker: Patrick C.H Hsieh, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica
    Disease Modeling and Drug Discovery
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM HK Time
    STEM CELLS AND CELL METASTASIS (Convention Hall B, L1)
    Co-Chair: Carlos Filipe Pereira, PhD – Lund University
    Co-Chair: Nissim Benvenisty, MD,PhD – The Hebrew University
    Concurrent Speaker: Cheng Kui Qu, MD, PHD – Emory University
    Presenting Author: Maria Azkanaz, MSc. (PhD student) – Netherlands Cancer Institute
    Presenting Author: Wangqing Dun, PhD – Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College
    Presenting Author: Jennifer Pak Yan Ho, MS – Columbia University Medical Center
    Presenting Author: Youssef Ellaithy – Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
    Concurrent Speaker: Samra Turajlic, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – 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 (Theater 1, L1)
    Co-Chair: Anjie Ni, BSc (she/her/hers) – McGill University
    Co-Chair: Nika Shakiba – University of British Columbia
    Concurrent Speaker: Nicolas Rivron, PhD, Eng. (he/him/his) – Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Austrian Academy of Science
    Presenting Author: Antonio Giraldez – Yale School of Medicine
    Presenting Author: Maria Giovanna Garone, BSc, MSc, PhD (she/her/hers) – Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
    Presenting Author: Jia Ping Tan, PhD – Westlake University
    Presenting Author: Jacqueline Larouche – Retro Biosciences
    Concurrent Speaker: Alex Gould, PhD (he/him/his) – The Francis Crick Institute
    Pluripotency and Development
  • 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM HK Time
    REFRESHMENT BREAK
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM HK Time
    POSTER SESSION 1 (ODD)
  • 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM HK Time
    POSTER SESSION 1 (EVEN)
  • 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM HK Time
    INDUSTRY SCIENTISTS
    Meet-Up Hubs
  • 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM HK Time
    STUDENT AND POST DOC NETWORKING
    Meet-Up Hubs
  • 5:20 PM - 5:25 PM HK Time
    CAREER EXPLORATION TALK – NUWACELL BIOTECH & SHOWNIN BIOTECH
    Theater Speaker: Ying Zhang
    CAREER EXPLORATION TALKS
  • 5:20 PM - 5:25 PM HK Time
    CAREER EXPLORATION TALK– SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SHANGHAITECH UNIVERSITY
    Showcase Presenter: Qiuning Li
    CAREER EXPLORATION TALKS