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  • Saturday, June 14, 2025
  • 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM HK Time
    PLENARY V: THE POWER OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY AND IMPACT (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 – BioLamina

    Panelist: Christine A. Wells – University of Melbourne

    Panelist: Ya-Wen Chen, PhD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    Panelist: Raeka Aiyar, PhD – Community Science, LLC

    Patient Panelist: Josy Pui Shan Chow

    Patient Panelist: The Ku Family

  • 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM HK Time
    PLENARY V: THE POWER OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY AND IMPACT (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 – BioLamina

    Panelist: Christine A. Wells – University of Melbourne

    Panelist: Ya-Wen Chen, PhD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    Panelist: Raeka Aiyar, PhD – Community Science, LLC

    Patient Panelist: Josy Pui Shan Chow

    Patient Panelist: The Ku Family

  • 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM HK Time
    PLENARY IV: STEM CELLS FOR HUMAN THERAPY (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
  • 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM HK Time
    REFRESHMENT BREAK
  • 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM HK Time
    PLENARY V: THE POWER OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY AND IMPACT (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
    Patient Panelist: The Ku Family (they/them/theirs)
    Plenary Session
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM HK Time
    PLENARY VI: AWARDS & KEYNOTE (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