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  • Wednesday, June 11, 2025
  • 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
    Science Spotlight Speaker: Alfredo Franco-Obregón, PhD (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
    Science Spotlight Speaker: Jianyong Han – State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology, 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
    Science Spotlights
  • 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 Lane
    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
    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 Moderator: Megan Munsie
    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
    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
  • 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
  • 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM HK Time
    Exhibit & Poster Hall
  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM HK Time
    Innovation Showcase
    Innovation Showcases
  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM HK Time
    Focus Session
    Focus Sessions
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM HK Time
    Poster Session 1 (Odd)
  • 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
  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM HK Time
    Poster Session 1 (Even)
  • 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM HK Time
    Innovation Showcase
    Innovation Showcases
  • Thursday, June 12, 2025
  • 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 NICHE REGULATION IN STEM CELLS AND TISSUE REGENERATION 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

  • 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
    Revolutionizing Therapies for Genetic Diseases

    Concurrent Speaker: Michael S. Pepper, MBChB, PhD, MD, PD – University of Pretoria

    Concurrent Speaker: Claire Booth, MBBS MSc PhD FRCPCH – UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health

  • 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
  • 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
  • 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM HK Time
    Exhibit & Poster Hall
  • 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: 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
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM HK Time
    Poster Session 2 (Odd)
  • 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
    Refreshment Break
  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM HK Time
    Poster Session 2 (Even)
  • 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM HK Time
    Innovation Showcase
    Innovation Showcases
  • Friday, June 13, 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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, PhD (he/him/his) – SmartCella
    Concurrent Speaker: Tenneille Ludwig, PhD – WiCell Research Institute
    Concurrent Speaker: Stefan Irion, MD – BlueRock Therapeutics
    Concurrent Speaker: Lijian Hui, PhD – Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, CAS
    Concurrent Speaker: Ana Hidalgo-Simon, MD, PhD – 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
  • 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 – IHCAMS
    Plenary Session
  • 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
    Innovation Showcase
    Innovation Showcases
  • 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
    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
    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
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM HK Time
    Poster Session 3 (Odd)
  • 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
  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM HK Time
    Poster Session 3 (Even)
  • 5:15 PM – 5:45 PM HK Time
    Career Exploration Talks
  • Saturday, June 14, 2025
  • 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
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM HK Time
    Plenary V: Inclusivity and Equity in Science and Health
    Panelist: Evan L. Graham, PhD (he/him/his) – BioLamina
    Panelist: Christine A. Wells – University of Melbourne
    Panelist: Rica Tanaka, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Juntendo University, and ReEir Co., Ltd.
    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
  • 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