SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON STEM CELLS
Agrigento-Favara, 11th-13th October 2007- Italy
Conference Program
Thursday, October 11th
10 am Short walk along the Via Atenea to meet with the Mayor
Chiaromontano Castle in the nearby town of Favara
5 pm Opening of the Conference and Greetings from the Authorities
9 pm Guided Tour to the Valley of the Temples
Congress Palace in Agrigento
Friday, October 12th, Morning Session
10.30 am
Mari Dezawa, MD, PhD, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan:
Insight into auto-cell transplantation: the unexpected discovery of neuron and muscle induction system in bone marrow stromal cells.
11.00 am
Hiroshi Kanno, MD, Ph.D, Department of Neurosurgery, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan:
Neural induction of bone marrow stem cells using gene/ protein transfer and application for neural regeneration.
11.30 am
Stefano Pluchino, MD, PhD, Neuroimmunology, Unit-DIBIT, Institute of Experimental Neurology, IRCCS; San Raffaele, Milan, Italy:
Neural stem/precursor cell (NPC) transplantation in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in mice: unraveling the molecular bases of NPC-dependent immunomodulation.
12.00 Open discussion
1.00 pm Break
4.00 pm Afternoon Session
4.30 pm
Franca Fagioli, MD, Laboratory, Transplant, Stem Cells and Cell Therapy Center, “Regina Margherita” Pediatric Hospital, Turin, Italy:
Stem Cells in the treatment of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
5.00 pm
Alan MacKay-Sim, B Arts, PhD, National Adult Stem Cell Centre, Griffith University, Nathan, Quensland, Australia:
Up the nose: Adult Stem Cells from the Human Olfactory Mucosa
5.30 pm
Ornella Parolini, PhD, “E.Menni” Research Center, Fondazione Poliambulanza Istituto Ospedaliero, Brescia, Italy:
Human Term Placenta Chorionic Membrane as a source of Stem Cells.
6.00 Open discussion
7.00 Break
9.00 pm Chiaromontano Castle in Favara
Concert for the participants and city tour
Congress Palace in Agrigento
Saturday, October 13th
10.00 am Opening of the Morning Session, second day
10.30 am
Habib Nagy A., ChM FRCS, Professor of Hepato-biliary Surgery, Division of Surgery, Oncology, Reproductive Biology and Anesthetics, Imperial College, London, UK:
"OmniCyte - an Adult Bone Marrow Cell"
11.00 am
Biancamaria Longoni, MD, PhD, Division of Oncology, Transplant and Advanced Technology in Medicine, University of Pisa, Italy:
Mesenchymal Stem Cell: new Perspective for Pancreatic Islet Transplantation.
11.00 am
Michael Brouard, MD, PhD, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland:
Stem Cells & Microenvironments in Mammalian Epidermis
12.00 am Open discussion
1.00 pm Break
4.00 pm Afternoon Session, second day
Prof. Enzo Di Natali:
Genetically altered human embryos: ethical dilemmas.
5.00 pm
Prof. Albert Garcia:
The European Council on Stem Cells regulation.
5.00 pm Open discussion
6.00 pm
Prof. Salvino Leone:
Closing remarks.