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Speakers

The speaker panel for the Phacilitate Cell & Gene Therapy Forum 2010 is now almost complete. Amongst the high profile speakers who have already confirmed their participation are:

Dr Celia M. Witten, Director, Office of Cellular, Tissue & Gene Therapies (OCTGT), CBER, US FDA

Dr Mitchell Gold, President & CEO, Dendreon Corporation

Dr Chuck Wilson, Vice President, Global Head of Strategic Alliances, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research

Stephen Potter, Senior Vice President, Corporate & Business Development, Genzyme Corporation

Dr John McNeish, Executive Director, Regenerative Medicine, Pfizer, Inc

Dr Alain Vertès, Global Alliance Director, Roche Pharma Partnering

Dr. C. Randal Mills, President & CEO, Osiris Therapeutics, Inc

Stephen M. Kelsey, MD, Executive Vice President & Chief Medical Officer, Oncology, Geron Corporation

Gil Beyen, Co-founder & Managing Director (CEO), TiGenix NV

Leslie Wolfe, PhD, Vice President, Technology Development, Cellular Therapies, Genzyme

Dr Christian K. Schneider, Head of Division of EU Cooperation/Microbiology, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut & Chair, EMEA Committee for Advanced Therapies (CAT)

Andrea Hunt, Vice President, Regenerative Medicine, Baxter Healthcare Corporation

George W. Dunbar, Chairman of the Board, Aastrom Biosciences

Dr Brian A. Meltzer, Senior Director, RedScript Ventures, Johnson & Johnson Corporate Development

Dr Claudio Bordignon, President & CEO, MolMed SpA

Elona Baum, Esq, General Counsel, California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM)

Dr Sam Wadsworth, Group Vice President, Translational Research, Genzyme Corporation

Dr Alex Barkas, Managing Director, Prospect Venture Partners

Dr Jacqueline Corrigan-Curay, Acting Director, Office of Biotechnology Activities, National Institutes of Health

James M. Wilson, MD, PhD, Head, Gene Therapy Program, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine

Edward Lanphier, President & CEO, Sangamo BioSciences, Inc

Robert C. Moen, MD, PhD, President & CEO, Copernicus Therapeutics

Dr Robert A. Preti, President & Chief Scientific Officer, Progenitor Cell Therapy, LLC

Mike Rice, President, CEO & Chairman, BioLife Solutions, Inc

Mark E. Saad, CFO, Cytori Therapeutics, Inc

David Smith, Head of Global Therapeutic Cell Solutions, Lonza

Dr Debra S. Grega, Executive Director, Center for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine, National Center for Regenerative Medicine

Joao Siffert, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Ceregene

Kenneth C. Aldrich, Chairman & CEO, International Stem Cell Corporation & Managing Director, Convergent Investors, LLC

Dr Chris Holloway, Group Director of Regulatory Affairs & CSO, ERA Consulting Group

Prannath Marrott, FRACP, MRCP, Senior Vice President, Clinical Development & Regulatory Affairs, AnGes, Inc

Michael J. Werner, Partner, Holland & Knight

Gary J. Kurtzman, MD, Vice President & Managing Director, Life Sciences

Dr E. Edward Baetge, Senior Vice President & CSO, Novocell

Dr Jane Lebkowski, Senior Vice President & CSO, Regenerative Medicine, Geron Corporation

Gregg Sando, CEO, Cell Medica Limited

Ed Field, President & COO, Aldagen

Dr David Urdal, Chief Scientific Officer, Dendreon Corporation

Paul J. Schmitt, Managing Director, Novitas Capital

Dr Joshua M. Hare, Professor of Medicine, Director of the Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami

Sheila A. Mikhail, Chief Executive Officer, NanoCor Therapeutics, Inc

Kristin Comella, Vice President of Research & Corporate Development, Bioheart, Inc

Dr Jon Rowley, Director of Cell Therapy R&D, Lonza Biosciences

Eric Faulkner, Senior Director, US Market Access & Reimbursement, RTI Health Solutions

Dr Geert-Jan Mulder, General Partner, Forbion Capital Partners

Dr Gary J. McGarrity, Executive Vice President of Scientific & Clinical Affairs, VIRxSYS Corporation

Dr Joyce Frey-Vasconcells, Executive Director, PharmaNet

Dr Ram Mandalam, President & CEO, Cellerant Therapeutics, Inc

Dr Gabor M. Rubanyi, Chief Scientific Officer, Cardium Therapeutics

Dr Denise K. Gavin, Division of Cellular & Gene Therapies (DCGT), Office of Cellular, Tissue & Gene Therapies (OCTGT), CBER, US FDA

Dr Scott R. Burger, Principal, Advanced Cell & Gene Therapy

Professor Sander Van Deventer, CSO, AMT BV

Dr Dirk Büscher, Vice President of Research & Development, Cellerix

Dr Andrew L. Pecora, Chairman of the Board, Amorcyte

Dr Sonia Skarlatos, Deputy Director, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, NIH

Dr Dan Gincel, Director, Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund, Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO)

Dr Samuel G. Jacobson, Professor of Ophthalmology & Director, Center for Hereditary Retinal Degenerations & Retinal Function Department, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Aby J. Mathew, PhD, Senior Director, Strategic Relations & Senior Scientist,
BioLife Solutions, Inc

Dr Doug Jolly, Executive Vice President of Research & Product Development, Tocagen, Inc

Dr Philip D. Gregory, D. Phil, Chief Scientific Officer, Sangamo BioSciences, Inc

Jai Pal Singh PhD, Chief Scientific Officer, Vice President of Research, St Joseph’s Translational Research Institute

Robert Shaw, Technical Director, Ark Therapeutics

Dr Janneke Meulenberg, CEO, ORCA Therapeutics

Dr Wilfried Dalemans, CTO & Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, TiGenix NV

Professor Alan Boyd, Honorary Professor, College of Medical & Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham Medical School & Managing Director, alan boyd consultants ltd

Dr Dara Kraitchman, Associate Professor, Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology & Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Jack Harvey, MPH, Director of Manufacturing, Pervasis Therapeutics, Inc

Dr Liz Bui, Director, Intellectual Property & Corporate Development, Novocell

Brian S. Hampson, Senior Engineering Fellow, Aastrom Biosciences, Inc

Visit this page again soon to see who else you will be able to hear from – and meet – in Washington, DC this coming January.

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