Day 1 - 22 April 2013

 

8:00-9:15 Registration
9:15-9:30 avi Opening
Avi Treves
Sheba Cancer Research Center, Chairman, Israstem 2013, Israel
Israel
09:30 - 10:10
Plenary Session:
Chair:
Avi Treves
JK Pink HIRESRepurposing Cord Blood for Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine
Joanne Kurtzberg
Duke University Medical Center NC, USA
USA
10:10 - 10:40 Coffee break
Hall A - Rayman Central Hall B - Rayman West
10:40-12:40
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Session A:
Clinical Studies in Progress

Chair: Joseph Itskovitz-Eldor
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Rambam Health Care Campus, Accellta Ltd., Haifa, Israel
Israel
Eytan Abraham PicSession B:
Tools for Research and Development

Chair: Eytan Abraham
Product Innovation Research Manager
Pluristem, Israel
Israel
10:40 - 11:00
Keynote
Lecture:
Transplantation of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Secreting Neurotrophic Factors Shows Safety and Initial Indications of Clinical Benefit in ALS Patients in a Phase I/II Clinical Trial
Daniel Offen
BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Ltd., Petach-Tikva, Israel
Israel
Development of a Scale Up Process for Undifferentiated Human Pluripotent Stem Cells in an Industrial Bioreactor
Michal Amit
Stem Cells Center, Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel
Israel
11:00 - 11:20 Bringing Your Stem Cell Product to Market Faster
D. A. Prasanna
GM Ecron Acunova CRO, Bangalore, India
india
Cytokines and Growth Factors Used as Raw Materials for Cell and Tissue Based Products
Bernd Leistler
Development & Production, CellGenix GmbH, Freiburg, Germany
11:20 - 11:40 Intramyocardial Delivered Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Therapy in Patients with Chronic Refractory
Angina – 3 Years Follow-up

Jens Kastrup
Cardiology Stem Cell Center, Department of Cardiology, Rigshospitalet Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
denmark
Toward a Serum-Free, Xeno-Free Culture System for Optimal Growth and Expansion of hMSC Suited to Therapeutic Applications
Mira Genser-Nir
Biological Industries, Kibbutz Beit Haemek, Israel
Israel
11:40 - 12:00 A Prospective Multi-Center 24 Week Observational Study Evaluating Wound Healing Outcomes in 131 Patients Treated with Human Activated Leukocytes Suspension, an Advanced Cell Therapy
Adi Zuloff-Shani
Macrocure, Ramat-Gan, Israel
Israel
A Novel Method for Subretinal Transplantation of Human Adult Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells Ameliorates the Deterioration of Retinal Structure and Function in a Rat Model of Retinal Dystrophies
Ygal Rotenstreich
Goldschleger Eye Research Institute, Tel Aviv University, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
Israel
12:00 - 12:20 Adoptive Transfer of Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes in Metastatic Melanoma Patients: Intent-to-Treat Analysis and Efficacy after Failure to Prior Immunotherapies
Michal J Besser
Ella Institute for Melanoma, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel
Israel
Cell Therapy Compliant Culture Systems for Stem Cells
Mohan Vemuri
R&D, Primary & Stem Cell Division, Life Technologies, Frederick, MD, USA
USA
12:20-12:40 Single-Infusion of Donor Early Apoptotic Cells (Apocell) as Prophylaxis for Graft-Versus-Host Disease in Myeloablative HLA-Matched Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation. A Phase I-IIa Clinical Trial
Dror Mevorach
Enlivex, Jerusalem, Israel
Israel
An Innovative Manufacturing Strategy to Expand MSCs Using a Closed and Automated Device – A Case Study
Stefano Baila
Terumo BCT, Zaventem, Belgium
Belgium
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 - 14:40
Plenary Session:
Chair:
Shosh Merchav

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Cell Therapy: The First Step into the Emerging New Age of Regenerative Medicine
Christopher Calhoun
Cytori Therapeutics, San Diego, USA
USA
14:40 - 15:10 Coffee break
Hall A - Rayman Central Hall B - Rayman West
15:10-16:50 dekelSession C:
New Technologies in Translation
Chair: Benjamin Dekel
Pediatric Stem Cell Research Institute, Sheba Medical Center & KidneyCure, Israel
Israel

Shosh MerchavSession D:
Israel – Start Up Nation

Chair: Shosh Merchav
CEO, Multifacet Biosolutions Ltd., Israel


Israel

15:10 - 15:30
Keynote
Lecture:
Human Pluripotent Stem Cells: Implications for Basic and Translational Cardiac Research
Lior Gepstein
Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
Israel
The Gamida Cell Chronicles: Diary of a Clinical Adventure
Einat Galamidi Cohen
Gamida Cell, Jerusalem, Israel
Israel
15:30 - 15:50 Biomaterials for Translational Regenerative Medicine
Smadar Cohen
Biotechnology Engineering, Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel
Israel
A Novel Technology for Replenishment of Articular Lesions
Gila Maor
Anatomy and Сell Biology, Technion / Carticure Ltd., Haifa, Israel
Israel
15:50 - 16:10 Engineering Stem Cell Microenvironments for Controlled Induction of Differentiation
Shulamit Levenberg
Biomedical Engineering, Technion, Haifa, Israel
Israel
Cellection of Stem Cells - Moving from Membrane to Function
Shai Yarkoni
Cellect Biotechnology Ltd., Kfar-Saba, Israel
Israel
16:10 - 16:30 Committed Embryonic Tissue as a Novel Source for Tissue Regeneration
Yair Reisner
Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
Israel
Kadimastem: Stem Cells to Cure Diseases
Arik Hasson
Research & Development, Kadimastem Ltd, Ness Ziona, Israel
Israel
16:30 – 16:50 Implementation of Advanced Autologous Cell-Based Therapy for Diabetic Patients
Sarah Ferber
Orgenesis, Haifa, Israel
Israel
Human Embryonic Stem Cells in The Fight to Save Sight
Charles Irving
Cell Cure Neurosciences Ltd., Jerusalem, Israel
Israel

This program is subject to change

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