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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
  • 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
  • Thursday, June 12, 2025
  • 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: Sebastian Knöbel, PhD – Miltenyi Biotec
    Showcase Presenter: Shinsuke Yoshida, PhD – CiRA Foundation
    Innovation Showcases
  • 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: Ann Byrne – bit.bio
    Showcase Presenter: Gianmarco Mastrogiovanni – Bit Bio Ltd
    Innovation Showcases
  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM HK Time
    FROM RESEARCH TO REALITY: TRANSFORMING REGENERATIVE MEDICINE AND FERTILITY
    Showcase Presenter: Fredrik Lanner, PhD – Karolinska Institutet
    Showcase Presenter: Christian C. Kramme, PhD, BS (he/him/his) – Gameto Inc.
    Showcase Presenter: Bruna Paulsen
    Showcase Presenter: Ferran Barrachina, PhD (he/him/his) – Gameto Inc.
    Innovation Showcases
  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM HK Time
    REDEFINING NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISEASE MODELS WITH STEM CELLS AND NEXT-GENERATION ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
    Showcase Presenter: Jen Pan
    Showcase Presenter: Hsiu-Chuan Lin, PhD – ETH Zürich
    Showcase Presenter: Marie Engelene J. Obien, PhD – MaxWell Biosystems
    Showcase Presenter: Zhuoliang Li, PhD – MaxWell Biosystems AG
    Innovation Showcases
  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM HK Time
    SUCCESSFUL 2D-TO-3D TRANSITION IN MSC BIOPROCESSING : BRIDGING BENCHTOP SCALE TO CLINICAL MANUFACTURING
    Speaker: Rukmini Ladi – sartorius stedim north america
    Innovation Showcases
  • 4:00 PM – 5:45 PM HK Time
    MEET-UP HUBS
    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: Yasunori Aizawa, PhD – Logomix, Inc.
    Innovation Showcases
  • 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM HK Time
    INNOVATION SHOWCASE
    Innovation Showcases
  • CONCURRENT TRACK - 8:30 AM THURSDAY
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM HK Time
    ANIMAL MODELS OF REGENERATION
    Concurrent Speaker: Mayssa H. Mokalled, PhD – Washington University, School of Medicine
    Concurrent Speaker: Tatiana Sandoval-Guzmán, PhD (she/her/hers) – Technische Universität Dresden
    Organ Generation and Regeneration
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM HK Time
    ISSCR CLINICAL BEST PRACTICES
    Global Stakeholder Initiatives
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM HK Time
    METABOLIC UNDERPINNINGS OF STEM CELLS
    Concurrent Speaker: Marlen Knobloch, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Lausanne, Switzerland
    Concurrent Speaker: Qiurong Ding, PhD – Shanghai Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Pluripotency and Development
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM HK Time
    NICHE REGULATION IN STEM CELLS AND TISSUE REGENERATION
    Concurrent Speaker: Honglin Wang, PhD – Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
    Concurrent Speaker: Ya-Chieh Hsu, PhD – 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: Michael S. Pepper, MBChB, PhD, MD, PD (he/him/his) – University of Pretoria
    Concurrent Speaker: Claire Booth, MBBS MSc PhD FRCPCH (she/her/hers) – 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: Paul Pang, PhD – Greenstone Biosciences
    Concurrent Speaker: Benedetta Artegiani, PhD and Delilah Hendriks, PhD (she/her/hers) – Princess Maxima Center
    Disease Modeling and Drug Discovery
  • PLENARY SESSION - 10:30 AM THURSDAY
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM HK Time
    PLENARY II: DEVELOPMENT ACROSS SCALES: FROM FERTILIZATION TO TISSUES TO ANIMALS
    Plenary Speaker: Hongmei Wang, PhD – Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Plenary Speaker: Bo Wang, PhD – Stanford University
    Plenary Speaker: Tao Tan, PhD (he/him/his) – Kunming University of Science and Technology
    Plenary Speaker: Misao Fujita, PhD – Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University
    Plenary Session
  • INNOVATION SHOWCASE - 12:30 PM THURSDAY
  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM HK Time
    INNOVATION SHOWCASE
    Innovation Showcases
  • CONCURRENT TRACK - 2:00 PM THURSDAY
  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM HK Time
    BUILDING AN ENHANCED IMMUNE SYSTEM TO FIGHT DISEASE

    Concurrent Speaker: Megan Levings, PhD – University of British Columbia

    Concurrent Speaker: Sonja Schrepfer, MD, PhD – Sana Biotechnology Inc. and UCSF

  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM HK Time
    EMERGING ETHICAL ISSUES WITH NEURAL ORGANOIDS
    Chair: Jeremy Sugarman, MD, MPH, MA – Johns Hopkins University
    Concurrent Speaker: Sergiu P. Pașca, PhD – Stanford University
    Concurrent Speaker: Julian Savulescu
    Commentator: Paola Arlotta, PhD (she/her/hers) – Harvard University
    Commentator: Kazuto Kato, PhD – Osaka University
    Global Stakeholder Initiatives
  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM HK Time
    EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE OF DEVELOPMENT AND REGENERATION
    Concurrent Speaker: Ayelete Voskoboynik, PhD (she/her/hers) – Stanford University
    Concurrent Speaker: Florian Raible, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Vienna
    Pluripotency and Development
  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM HK Time
    IN VIVO AND IN VITRO ORGAN GENERATION
    Concurrent Speaker: Hiromitsu Nakauchi, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Stanford University, USA and Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan
    Concurrent Speaker: Liangxue Lai, PhD – 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: Valerie Gouon-Evans, PhD, PharmD (she/her/hers) – Boston University and Boston Medical center
    Concurrent Speaker: Thomas Eschenhagen, MD (he/him/his) – 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: Stephanie Ma, PhD – The University of Hong Kong
    Concurrent Speaker: Ton Rabelink, MD – 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: Megan Levings, PhD – University of British Columbia
    Concurrent Speaker: Sonja Schrepfer, MD, PhD – Sana Biotechnology Inc. and UCSF
    Clinical Applications
  • POSTER SESSIONS & EXHIBIT HALL EVENTS - 4:00 PM THURSDAY
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM HK Time
    POSTER SESSION 2 (ODD)
  • EXHIBIT HALL THEATER - 4:00 PM THURSDAY
  • 4:00 PM – 5:35 PM HK Time
    EXHIBIT HALL THEATER TALKS
    Exhibit Hall Theater Talks
  • POSTER SESSIONS & EXHIBIT HALL EVENTS - 4:00 PM THURSDAY
  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM HK Time
    POSTER SESSION 2 (EVEN)
  • Friday, June 13, 2025
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM HK Time
    Toshio Suda Title Coming Soon
  • 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
  • 4:00 PM – 5:15 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
    REFRESHMENT BREAK
  • 5:15 PM – 5:45 PM HK Time
    CAREER EXPLORATION TALKS
  • CONCURRENT TRACK - 8:30 AM FRIDAY
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM HK Time
    Aging and Regeneration
    Concurrent Speaker: Emi K. Nishimura, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – The University of Tokyo
    Concurrent Speaker: Anissa Widjaja, PhD – Duke-NUS Medical School
    Organ Generation and Regeneration
  • CONCURRENT TRACK & CAREER PANEL - 8:30 AM FRIDAY
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM HK Time
    AI AND CANCER EVOLUTION
    Concurrent Speaker: Jiguang Wang, PhD – Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    Concurrent Speaker: Nathan Palpant, PhD – The University of Queensland
    Somatic Stem Cells and Cancer
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM HK Time
    Career Panel
    Panelist: William KC Cheung, PhD – Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation
    Panelist: Stylianos Lefkopoulos, PhD – Springer Nature
    Panelist: Megan Munsie, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Melbourne
    Panelist: Anjie Ni – McGill University
    Panelist: Janet Rossant, PhD – The Gairdner Foundation
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM HK Time
    CLINICAL TRANSLATION OF BIOENGINEERED TISSUE-BASED THERAPEUTICS
    Concurrent Speaker: Ryuichi Okamoto, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Institute of Science Tokyo
    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
    Concurrent Speaker: Jacob (Yaqub) Hanna, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Weizmann Institute of Science
    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
    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
    Concurrent Speaker: Sina Bartfeld, PhD – Technische Universität Berlin
    Concurrent Speaker: Kazuo Takayama, PhD (he/him/his) – Kyoto University
    Disease Modeling and Drug Discovery
  • PLENARY SESSION - 10:30 AM FRIDAY
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM HK Time
    PLENARY III: ADULT HOMEOSTASIS: STEM CELLS IN PHYSIOLOGY AND DISEASE
    Plenary Speaker: Hongyan Wang, PhD (she/her/hers) – Duke-NUS Medical School
    Award Winner: Paola Arlotta, PhD (she/her/hers) – Harvard University
    Plenary Speaker: James Hudson, PhD (he/him/his) – QIMR Berghofer
    Plenary Speaker: Toshio Suda, MD,PhD – Institute of Hematology and Blood Disease Hospital
    Plenary Session
  • INNOVATION SHOWCASE - 12:30 PM FRIDAY
  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM HK Time
    INNOVATION SHOWCASE
    Innovation Showcases
  • CONCURRENT TRACK & CAREER PANEL - 2:00 PM FRIDAY
  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM HK Time
    ENGINEERING REGENERATION
    Concurrent Speaker: Tae-Eun Park, PhD (she/her/hers) – UNIST
    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
    REGULATORY FRAGMENTATION AND UNPROVEN STEM CELL THERAPIES: BEYOND HARMONIZATION
    Moderator: Misao Fujita, PhD – Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University
    Moderator: Douglas Sipp
    Concurrent Speaker: Jaime Imitola – Deparment of Neurology University of Connecticut
    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: Yaojin Peng, PhD (he/him/his) – Institution of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Global Stakeholder Initiatives
  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM HK Time
    REPROGRAMMING AND REJUVENATION FOR DYSFUNCTIONAL ORGANS
    Concurrent Speaker: Maria Pia Cosma, PhD – Centre for Genomic Regulation
    Concurrent Speaker: Pentao Liu, PhD (he/him/his) – The University of Hong Kong
    Clinical Applications
  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM HK Time
    STEM CELL MODELS OF TISSUE INJURY AND REPAIR
    Concurrent Speaker: Sumru Bayin, PhD (she/her/hers) – The Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge
    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
    Concurrent Speaker: Eduard Batlle, PhD – Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) & ICREA
    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
    Concurrent Speaker: Nicolas Rivron, PhD, Eng. (he/him/his) – Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Austrian Academy of Science
    Concurrent Speaker: Alex Gould, PhD (he/him/his) – The Francis Crick Institute
    Pluripotency and Development
  • POSTER SESSIONS & EXHIBIT HALL EVENTS - 4:00 PM FRIDAY
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM HK Time
    POSTER SESSION 1 (ODD)
  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM HK Time
    POSTER SESSION 1 (EVEN)
  • Saturday, June 14, 2025
  • 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM HK Time
    PLENARY VI: AWARDS & KEYNOTE
  • PLENARY SESSION - 9:30 AM SATURDAY
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM HK Time
    PLENARY IV: STEM CELLS FOR HUMAN THERAPY
    Plenary Speaker: Jean Yang, PhD – University of Sydney
    Plenary Speaker: Masaya Nakamura, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Keio University School of Medicine
    Plenary Speaker: Wenning Qin, PhD (she/her/hers) – eGenesis
    Plenary Speaker: Stuart Forbes, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – The University of Edinburgh
    Plenary Session
  • PLENARY SESSION - 11:30 AM SATURDAY
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM HK Time
    PLENARY V: INCLUSIVITY AND EQUITY IN SCIENCE AND HEALTH
    Panelist: Evan L. Lee Graham, PhD (he/him/his) – BioLamina
    Panelist: Christine A. Wells – University of Melbourne
    Panelist: Rica Tanaka, MD.,PhD (she/her/hers) – Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine
    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: Sophelia Chan, MD – The University of Hong Kong
    Patient Panelist: Josy Pui Shan Chow
    Patient Panelist: The Ku Family (they/them/theirs)
    Plenary Session
  • PLENARY SESSION - 1:30 PM SATURDAY
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM HK Time
    PLENARY VI: AWARDS & KEYNOTE
    Plenary Speaker: Giulio Cossu, MD (he/him/his) – San Raffaele Scientific Institute
    Award Winner: Gordon Keller, PhD – McEwen Stem Cell Institute, University Health Network
    Award Winner: Yonatan Stelzer, PhD – Weizmann Institute of Science
    Plenary Session