2011 WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT - eSocial Partnering Forum

2011 WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT - eSocial Partnering Forum

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Dear Colleague,

If you want to make a connection or find a partnering opportunity, it makes sense to attend the 7th annual World Stem Cell Summit, the largest stem cell conference in the United States this year and the most impactful interdisciplinary stem cell event in the world. Partnering has never been easier because the Summit has joined with eSocial, the new online partnering system, where Summit attendees can easily organize meetings and arrange activities with speakers, attendees and sponsors. If you have already registered you can now access the partnering forum. 

Join the World Stem Cell Summit Partnering Forum and connect with investors, entrepreneurs, funders, research collaborators and professionals in the stem cell field that can advance your goals!

The World Stem Cell Summit is the single global meeting intelligently designed to bring the entire stem cell ecosystem together with the aim of fostering collaborations, facilitating strategic partnerships and creating public awareness and appreciation for this burgeoning field. In 2011, we are staging the Summit in the spectacular setting of Pasadena, California in Los Angeles County in the state-of-the-art Pasadena Convention Center. It is a region that offers the best of everything. Learn more about Pasadena.

Recently Confirmed Speakers

• Kurt C Gunter, MD, FASCP, Global Medical Director, Hematology-Oncology, Hospira Inc., Lake Forest, Illinois on the panel A Global Approach to Clinical Trials - Pros and Cons.
   
• Alex Kharazi, MD, PhD, Chief Technology Officer, Stemedica Cell Technologies, Inc., San Diego on the panel GMP, GCP- Taking Cells to the Clinic- Scientific Perspectives.
   
• Dimitri Krainc, MD, PhD,
 Associate Professor,
 Harvard Medical School;
 Associate Neurologist,
 Massachusetts General Hospital, 
Boston on the panel Stem Cells for Modeling Neurological Disorders.
   
• Melissa J. Lopes, Esq, 
Associate Director for Research Policy and Implementation, 
Harvard University, Office of the Vice Provost for Research,
 Cambridge, Massachusetts on the panel State of the States: Research Programs, Public Funds and Interstate Collaborations.
   
• Camillo Ricordi, MD, 
Stacey Joy Goodman Professor of Surgery, 
Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, Microbiology and Immunology,
Director, Cell Transplant Center and Diabetes Research Institute, University of Miami on the panel Stem Cell Translational Report-Diabetes
  
  See all confirmed speakers and program participants

Stay Informed:

• View the 2011 Summit Program Agenda
   
• The 2011 World Stem Cell Report is provided to all Summit attendees exclusively as part of your registration. View the table of contents.
   
• To date 215+ Organizing Partners, Sponsors, Endorsing Organizations and Media Partners. View the full list.

The Summit is the largest interdisciplinary meeting of stem cell stakeholders, with an overarching purpose of fostering biomedical research and investment targeting cures. Timely, direct and comprehensive, the agenda features more than 170 speakers and 50 hours of in-depth presentations. The Summit is a three-day showcase of innovation that is organized to furnish partnering and networking opportunities to all attendees. View the agenda and register now!

The 2011 Summit is co-organized by the Genetics Policy Institute (GPI), California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), City of Hope, Cedars Sinai Regenerative Medicine Institute, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Keck School of Medicine of USC , Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and the Consulate General of Canada in Los Angeles.

Poster Prize provided by journal, Regenerative Medicine

Submit your poster to the 2011 World Stem Cell Summit to be entered into the Poster Prize and win the chance to be published in Regenerative Medicine. The five best posters, as selected by our judging panel, will have the opportunity to publish their poster in the Medline and ISI listed journal Regenerative Medicine (Impact Factor: 3.358), platinum media sponsor of the Summit. Awards will be presented to winners at the Exhibitor Networking Reception and Poster Viewing. New Poster Session Submission Deadline is September 2. Submit a poster abstract.

Sponsor/Exhibit at the World Stem Cell Summit

In the words of Woody Allen, “Eighty percent of success is showing up!” Sponsor opportunities are still available! The Summit’s industry track, standing alone, is the largest stem cell business conference in North America with top leaders from cell therapy, biotechnology, tool, devices and pharma in attendance on a program covering in depth the issues pertinent to translating basic research into cures, including discussions on regulatory pathways, cell standardization, reimbursements, financing, venture capital and economic development.    Request a sponsorship kit

The World Stem Cell Summit is your window to the future of medicine. We look forward to seeing you in October in Pasadena, California! Register now!

Cordially,

Bernard Siegel. J.D.
Co-Chair, World Stem Cell Summit
Executive Director, Genetics Policy Institute

Stay Informed: You can follow the latest developments on Twitter @WSCS2011 and Facebook.

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